Playlists

**Music Playlists** Music is a huge part of being a teen. Music can enhance the reading experience by setting the mood for the book or by adding an audio component to reading. Many teens listen to music while reading, so why not encourage them to listen to these author generated playslists?

//**What do I do with a playlist? **//
 * Play the songs in your library. Put the featured book on display on your circulation desk or in another high-traffic area with a sign that says "Now Playing."
 * Create bookmarks with song titles & artists and place them in the book or incorporate them into a book display
 * Post them on your library website
 * Have a contest for students to create their own. They have to explain/justify why they picked these songs to go with that book.

 **Create Your Own Playlist**  There are several online playlist sites. Use one like [|Playlist.com] or [|Spotify] to compose your own playlist, or encourage students to compile a playlist.
 *  [|Gayle Forman's If I Stay]
 * [|Eleanor's Playlist from Eleanor & Park]

**Sample Playlists** Many authors create playlists to go with their books, or share music they listened to while they were writing, to set the mood. Here are some samples.
 * [|Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell]
 * [|The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer]
 * [|Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Papertowns by John Green]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare] - includes video clips!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Just Listen by Sarah Dessen]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Video Playlists** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Use the Youtube Playlist function to create your own video playlists.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create playlists of the book trailers for all of an author's works.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create a playlist of the book trailers for all the nominees for your state's Reader's Choice awards.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ISLMA's Abe Lincoln Award Playlist for 2013] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(compiled by Gretchen Metzler)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create playlists of book trailers for instant book talks - students can access them when you aren't available!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Program Idea!** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Gretchen Zaiteff hosted a Book Trailers Academy Awards event for her book group at University High School. She chose 28 book trailers and put them all in a YouTube playlist. She divided the titles into categories, such as "suspense," "romance" and "dystopian fiction." Students viewed the trailers, munched on Oscar shaped chocolates, then voted on the winners. The increase in circulation made all the titles box office hits!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Book Trailer Academy Award Playlist]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Book to Movies Playlist]