TWEENS READ
2016
October 22, 2016
South Houston High School
South Houston, Texas
32 Authors
1 Great Day!
BUS GRANTS!!!!!
Are you interested in bringing a bus full of students to Tweens Read, but you need a little help funding it? Then apply for a Tweens Read Bus Grant! Tweens Read, thanks to the Barbara Bush Houston Foundation for Literacy, is pleased to offer 10 bus grants at a maximum of $100 each to interested schools. Bus grant applications are due by noon on October 3rd and recipients will be notified of their selection by October 10th. If you are interested in applying, click here to download the application. Please fill it out and submit it by clicking on the submit button below and attaching your completed application to the email.
Are you interested in volunteering to help at Tweens Read 2016? We have many volunteer opportunities available, and we couldn't make this happen without your help! If you are interested in signing up to volunteer, please follow these instructions and then click the volunteer button below to express your interest in volunteer opportunities. At that point, the Tweens Read volunteer coordinator will contact you directly. We look forward to seeing you on October 22nd, and thank you for volunteering!
Margaret Hale, Teri Lesesne, and Karin Perry Discuss
Tweens Read!
Did you miss Tweens Read 2015? Check out the awesome recap videos below or CLICK HERE to see all the tweets from the event! Thanks to committee member Jennifer Fountain for capturing the tweets in the Storify!
Video created by students at South Houston High School
Video created by Pasadena ISD Communications Department
Check out this incredible photo essay that appeared in the digital version of Publisher's Weekly!
Tweens Read Book Giveaway!!!
Thanks to the generosity of the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, the 2015 Tweens Read Event will be giving away 2 hardback copies of each of the 25 guest authors’ latest book. Fifty books will be given away during the day in the panel sessions. During each panel session, authors will randomly decide which books will be given away. Students receiving the books will be able to have the books autographed. Thank you, Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation for helping us spread the love of reading!
Animoto above created by J. Hinojosa
SPONSORSHIP NEWS
Tweens Read is thrilled to announce our newest sponsor! Click here for the press release!
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This is a FREE event!
The event will feature multiple authors of books for tweens speaking in panel sessions.
The event will feature multiple authors of books for tweens speaking in panel sessions.
Who is invited to participate?
- The target audience is tweens who are in grades 5-8.
- We welcome teachers, librarians, parents, and other advocates for children's and adolescent literacy attending with their tweens.
- The Festival will be promoted throughout the greater Houston area at public libraries, schools, and other youth-oriented agencies.