Great news, we have added even more resources to help you to confidently suggest horror to all age groups this summer. In general you should be using the Summer Scares Resource and FAQ page to find the titles, suggested reading lists, and details about how you can use our program to get more scary titles into more hungry readers' hands.
But here are the most recent updates.
First we have completed the podcast series and now there is an episode for each age level of titles. Each episode provides a discussion of each title with a sample book talk on how to hand sell it to patrons and information about the appeal of horror for adults, teens, and kids. The final episode in particular, with Kiera Parrott, has in depth information about how to work with the parents of middle grade readers when suggesting horror.
Here are all of the links from the Summer Scares Resources page pertaining to our podcasting partners.
- Our podcast partner Ladies of the Fright Summer Scares is covering our selections in detail with committee members:
- LOTF Episode 32: Summer Scares 1 with Carolyn Ciesla
- covers the adult selections and discusses the program in general
- LOTF Episode 34: Summer Scares 2 with Kelly Jensen
- covers the young adult selections and discusses the program in general
- LOTF Episode 36: Summer Scares 3 with Kiera Parrott
- covers the middle grade selections and discusses the program in general
In the author interview section, another Summer Scares author, Micol Ostow, has answered Grady Hendrix's interview questions here.
Also as part of Librarians' Day at StokerCon 2019 we had three Summer Scares authors join us on a panel where they talked about their work, their inspiration, and titles that they wish more people would read. The link to the notes from that specific panel are here. But you can also click here for the resource sheet for the entire Librarians' Day slate of programs.
That's what is new, but there is so much more for you to use at your library today, tomorrow, and all year long. Just click here for one-stop shopping.
Coming soon we will have official Summer Scares readalikes-- 3 readalike titles for each of the 9 titles. This means you will have even more horror to confidently suggest at every age level/
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