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Teen Read Week site

 

Teen Read Week Event Photo Gallery

 

Teen Read Week Celebration, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, N.Y., October 19, 2005  

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Brooklyn, N.Y. - Q'orianka Kilcher, who plays Pocohontas to Colin Farrell's John Smith in New Line cinema's forthcoming epic "The New World," celebrates Teen Read Week at Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library with award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson and local teens.  Thousands of libraries nationwide encouraged teens to read for the fun of it October 16 to 22.  Teen Read Week is sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.

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Q'orianka Kilcher                      Kilcher reads to teens             Kilcher reads
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Woodson reads to teens        Jacqueline Woodson                Woodson on stage
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Teen Read Week Celebration, Glendale Public Library, Glendale, Calif., October 19, 2005

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Los Angeles-World Wrestling Entertainment(r) SmackDown!(r) Superstar Rey Mysterio(r) celebrates Teen Read Week at Glendale (Calif.) Public Library with award-winning author Ron Koertge and local teens.  Thousands of libraries nationwide encouraged teens to read for the fun of it October 16 to 22.  Teen Read Week is sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.

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Rey Mysterio                         Mysterio signs autographs     Beth Yoke, Executive Director YALSA; Rey Mysterio;
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National Teen Read Week Spokespeople

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National - Q'orianka Kilcher, who plays Pocohontas to Colin Farrell's John Smith in New Line cinema's forthcoming epic "The New World," and World Wrestling Entertainment(r) SmackDown!(r) Superstar Rey Mysterio(r) headlined national Teen Read Week events at Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library and Glendale (Calif.) Public Library, respectively.  Thousands of libraries nationwide encouraged teens to read for the fun of it October 16 to 22.  Teen Read Week is sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. Kilcher and Mysterio are national spokespeople for the literacy initiative.

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Q'orianka Kilcher                     Rey Mysterio
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Kilcher and Mysterio Teen Read Week poster JPEGS  are also available. Please contact Macey Morales at mmorales@ala.org.

Media interested in more information on Teen Read Week may visit www.ala.org/trw05.



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