The Association's Association: Make Reading a Hobbit @ Your Library. (News Fronts ALA).(Teen Read Week by Young Adult Library Services Association)(Brief Article)

When Teen Read Week began four years ago, the Young Adult Library Services Association was hopeful that it would forge a stronger link between libraries and teenagers. Now, more than 1,300 libraries who held Teen Read Week activities during this year's observance October 14-20, have registered on the Web site at ww.ala.org/teenread. With a wondrous variety of activities, including teens reading aloud to children, father/son discussion groups, visits by wrestlers and media stars, and Lord of the Rings trivia events, libraries across the country worked to "Make Reading a Hobbit" and to provide healthy youth-development activities for teens in their communities.

Although YALSA is …