Hook Your Readers With Book Trailers!

Independent reading is something I wholeheartedly believe in.  Students need space to explore topics, ideas, and concepts, and they need to be able to see reading as something that is enjoyable and not just required by their pesky English teacher.  I like to hype up my students on library check out day by presenting them with a wide option of books to choose from.  One of my favorite tools to make them super hype about checking out a book is to use book trailers.  The recent popularity of YA novels being turned into movies has made my life much easier when searching for trailers to show my students.  Below are a few of my favorite ones to share with my classes and get my students excited to try out some new books.  The best part of this, is that it exposes students to books they might not have picked off the shelf.  It also encourages discussion among students who have already read the book and can now be the expert on if it was good or not.  However, as always,  in my classroom everyone knows the book is WAY better than the movie!

13 Reasons Why

The Maze Runner

The Book Thief

The Zoo Keepers Wife

Everything Everything

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children

Harry Potter

Hunger Games

Divergent

The Handmaidens Tale

The Circle

Jurassic Park
( This is the trailer for Jurassic World, but that is mostly because I like to give myself an excuse to ogle Chris Pratt in class... So basically this is a gift to myself)

The Duff

The Fault in Our Stars
( Again,  this is a gift to myself because I just really adore this book and these characters and this cast)

Shadowhunters

Pretty Little Liars

Paper Towns

Holes

The Great Gatsby
(Double win with this one.  Classic novel, and some Leo screen time)

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I am Number Four

The Perks of Being A Wallflower

If I Stay

Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist

A Walk to Remember
( ugh Shane West...)

The Host

It's Kind of A Funny Story

My Sisters Keeper

Freaky Friday

Warm Bodies

World War Z

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
(I happen to have strong feelings about Zombie books.  They are the best)

The Walking Dead

I Love You Beth Cooper

The 5th Wave

The Spectacular Now

There are so many more, and I am always adding to my collection of trailers.  This is also a great activity to do when you have those pesky 2-4 minutes of down time at the end of class period.  I love to pull up a trailer, ask if anyone has read the book, and end the class talking about reading!