Book Talks
A Book Talk is NOT a review or a book "report." A book report tells somebody you read the book, a Book Talk tries to convince the person to read the book. The key to booktalking is to "sell, don't tell." Thus, a booktalk is more of an advertisement or a commercial.
A Book Talk is a Performance - you want to "hook" the listeners, to do everything, use every trick you can think of to make the booktalk fun, exciting, and suspenseful. The best scenario is that you succeed to the extent that the teens will want to read at least one of the books to find out how it ends. At worst, you have hopefully made their day a bit brighter and relieved the monotony of the typical school day. Two Book Talk Examples |