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On October 21: the American Corner Karaganda dedicated the Reading Club session to the Teen Read Week in American libraries. Teen Read Week (the third week in October) is an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), which is a national association of librarians, library workers and advocates whose mission is to expand and strengthen library services for teens, aged 12-18.

Why is it important to celebrate? For a lot of reasons! Teens have so many options for entertainment, so it's important to remind them to spend time reading for pleasure: it's free, fun, and can be done anywhere! Research shows that teens who read for fun have better test scores and are more likely to succeed in the workforce. During the event we also watched video with Teens' Top ten 2011 Winning author Acceptance- Cassandra Clare, the author of "Clockwork Angel."

Result: Teen Read  Week is a time to celebrate reading for fun and encourage teens to take advantage of reading in all its forms --books and magazines, e-books, audio-books and more -- and become regular library users. FLEX alumnus Batyrbek shared his experience about his participation in "The Big Read" Program in Minnesota that was focused on Harper Lee's book "To Kill a Mockingbird". Also, the participants received copies of the Reader's guides from "The Bid Read" program that were kindly provided to the ACK program by the National Endowment for the Arts!

This excellent initiative helps to bring libraries and teens together and promote reading! More photos on our Facebook Album Teen Read Week(October 14-21) in American Libraries