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By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 10/14/2016
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 10/5/2016
It's coming! Sunday is the first day of #YALSA #TeenReadWeek, readergirlz! Did you remember we are celebrating with #RocktheDrop on Friday, October 14? Instead of dropping YA books in public places in April for Support Teen Lit Day, we are collectively leaving our books in the wild a week from Friday. So here are your bookmarks. Print and place them in your favs, and be ready to leave the books someplace special for a happy reader to find. Full info here.
As always, snap a pic and post: #RocktheDrop. We want to see your contributions! Let's get ready. One, two, three...GO!
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/15/2015
Today's the day, rgz! It's time for Operation Teen Book Drop, 2015, also known as #rockthedrop. April 16th is YALSA's Support Teen Literature Day.
Quick! Print out a bookmark below, created by Little Willow. Place it in a favorite YA book, and leave the novel in a public spot to be found. Tweet or post a pic at our facebook page with the hashtag #rockthedrop. Show your love for YA lit and brighten someone's day.
Off you go! Be sneaky. Be creative. Have fun! Oh, and if you find a book, let us know that, too! Drop a note in the comments. Alrighty. GO!
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By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/19/2013
As we look back over the day, you all rocked the drop from Glasgow to Georgia, from zoos to restaurants, from one reader to the next, and we thank you! What a celebration for Support Teen Lit Day. You all posted, tweeted, tumbled, and pinned. The photos are awesome on #rockthedrop and the readergirlz facebook page. Be sure to scroll through and enjoy what we did together. It's AMAZING!
Crissa, rgz HOST, always rocks the drop with style! Take a look at her video drop. Thank you, Crissa!
And here are just a few pics to remember the day:
Thank you, publishers, such as Team Egmont!
Thank you, libraries, such as San Diego County!
Thank you, authors, such as Sara Zarr in Salt Lake City to...
Liz Gallagher in Seattle.
Thank you, schools:
Courtney Craig Merritt
and thank you, readergirlz!
Bravo, everyone! Bravo!
By: Little Willow,
on 4/19/2013
If you were not able to rock the drop yesterday due to time, weather, or other such uncontrollable things, don't fret - you can totally drop a book today, this weekend, whenever time allows! When you do, leave us a comment here at the readergirlz blog or on Facebook, and tweet @readergirlz with the hashtag #rockthedrop - and include a picture if you took one!
You can also participate on a larger scale, if you'd like, by donating a bunch of books to the place or cause of your choice. Visit a local shelter, a school, a library, a children's hospital, and ask if they take donations. Once you've gotten the okay, gather up new or gently used books from your friends, family, classmates, and co-workers, add the bookplates, tuck in some bookmarks, then drop the books off!
For example, you could send Ballou High books from their wish list via Powells books! That would be a cool way to tie-in both readergirlz and GuysLitWire. Here's how you can help out Ballou High: It's Time for the Annual Spring Book Fair for Ballou High School Library!
You can also donate books to 826NYC, a non-profit organization that assists young writers between the ages of 6 and 18 as well as the awesome folks who teach them. If you'd like to send them books, here's the address:
826NYCAttn: Joan Kim
c/o: readergirlz Rock the Drop
372 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
During yesterday's tweets and texts, we heard about World Book Night, which is happening on April 23rd. Learn more about that, and see if an event is happening in your neck of the woods.
Is this the first time you've heard of Operation Teen Book Drop? Anyone anywhere in the world may participate. It's free, it's fun, and it's global. Want to learn more about it? Click here!
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/17/2013
Word is coming in left and right for tomorrow's plans to Rock the Drop for Operation Teen Book Drop. If you are in NYC, check out the below from Figment!
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By: Micol Ostow,
on 5/10/2011
Congrats to Debbie Duncan, in Palo Alto, for her amazing Rock the Drop efforts!
Debbie has been selected as the winner of a set of E. Lockhart's Ruby Oliver books, which we'll send out shortly. Debbie, you should be hearing from our team directly soon.
Click the above link to see Debbie's ultimate rock-out, and thanks again to everyone who made Rock the Drop a success!
By: Micol Ostow,
on 4/24/2011
By: Micol Ostow,
on 4/24/2011
By: Micol Ostow,
on 4/24/2011
We'll be announcing the winners of our #rockthedrop Ruby Oliver book set this week, but in the meantime, the drop pics rock on!
By: Micol Ostow,
on 4/23/2011
By: Micol Ostow,
on 4/23/2011
By: Micol Ostow,
on 4/23/2011
I know you're all waiting patiently for news about the winner of the 2011 Rock the Drop, but believe it or not, we've still got some pics to post. What can we say - #rockthedrop was a SMASH success all because of YOU!
By: Micol Ostow,
on 4/18/2011
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
It was pouring rain today in Vancouver, but I managed to drop this book in a tree by putting it in a plastic bag. The book is Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bonus points for putting a book with "tree" in the title in an actual tree?? :)
Sheena
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
Thanks to Casey Bradley for the article in her college paper which supported Rock the Drop! Yay, Murray State News!
"Thursday was Support Teen Literature Day and I celebrated by participating in Teen Book Drop. I left a book in a public place for anyone to find and have.
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
By: Lorie Ann Grover,
on 4/16/2011
