PBS
Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit! Collection
It's Lit! is a series of 14 smart, funny video essays from PBS Digital Studios about our favorite books and why we love to read. The series delves into topics like the evolution of YA, how science fiction mirrors our own anxieties, and...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Crusher by Niall Leonard
This is a video trailer for the book Crusher by Niall Leonard. The day Finn Maguire discovers his dad bludgeoned to death in a pool of blood, his dreary life is turned upside down. The prime suspect in his father's murder, Finn must race...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Lemony Snicket Reaches "The End"
Daniel Handler talks with NPR host Steve Inskeep in this interview. Click on the Listen button to hear the interview.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: The Evolution of Ya
Young Adult Fiction (YA) is dominating literature, and more young people are reading now than ever before. Lindsay Ellis explores how YA carved a place in publishing with It's Lit! from PBS Digital Studios. [5:43]
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Gemma Doyle Trilogy: Book Trailers
This site focuses on the Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray; it features video book trailers for each book in the trilogy. The trailer for A Great and Terrible Beauty, the first book in the trilogy, originally premiered on the 2006 Teen...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
This site provides a brief introduction to the young adult novel entitled All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab. Carly: She was sweet. Smart. Self-destructive. She knew the secrets of Brighton Day School's most privileged students. Secrets...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Ashtown Burials #1: The Dragon's Tooth
This site provides an introduction to Ashtown Burials #1: The Dragon's Tooth. by N. D. Wilson, the author of the acclaimed 100 Cupboards Trilogy. Readers will follow Cyrus and Antigone Smith's journey to join an order of explorers who...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Frank Portman on Andromeda Klein
This site shares a video of Frank Portman, author of Andromeda Klein, describe his new book, along with music he has written to go along with the story. In the story, Andromeda Klein has a few problems. Her hair is kind of horrible. Her...
Other
Ashtown Burials: The Dragon's Tooth and the Drowned Vault
This site contains a video preview for the book entitled Ashtown Burials: The Dragon's Tooth and The Drowned Vault, a fantasy written by N. D. Wilson. It also provides a link to an NPR interview with the author, a brief introduction to...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Icarus
This animation features the story of Greek mythology called Icarus, with an analysis of why Icarus did not heed his father's warnings about flying too close to the sun. They lead to deeper questions of parental advisements and...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Chosen: Analysis
This animation features a synopsis and interpretation of The Chosen by Chaim Potok and how it relates to deciding our own life path. 2:47sec.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Monster: Analysis
Why do we have so much trouble resisting peer pressure? The novel Monster serves as a great conversation starter on this topic. Watch this video for a quick recap on this young adult novel. [2:03]