Creating Digital Book Reviews Using Photo Peach

Photo Peach is an easy way to have your students create book reviews and share them online with classmates. Book trailers made with Photo Peach can seamlessly link to other social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Book trailers can be peer reviewed by posting comments. Check out this video about Marcello in the Real World by Francisco X Stork, an Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee for 2013-2014.

Marcello in the Real World on PhotoPeach

Book Trailers: Abraham Lincoln Award Nominees 2014

There are several book trailers available for this year's current list of Abraham Lincoln Award nominees. Below is a playlist of videos that introduce some of the titles on the list. .We will be posting more information, including an annotated list of the nominees in the next few weeks.

Abraham Lincoln Nominees: 5 Book Trailers

The nominees for the Abraham Lincoln Award for 2013 have been announced. So it's time to get down to business and start reading them. There are some great titles on the list--22 of them in fact. Information about the award and the title list can be found on our Abe Lincoln Award page. Here are book trailers for five of the nominees.


1. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld 



2.Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson



3. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey



4. Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta



5. Matched by Ally Condie

Abraham Lincoln Award: Book Trailer #2

Paper Towns by John Green



Paper Towns is a Abraham Lincoln Award nominee.

Quentin Jacobsen has been in love with his next door neighbor Margo Roth Spiegleman for most of his life. One night she convinces him to accompany her on a crazy night of pranks, but the next day Margo is gone. She has left him clues to finding her, but the closer he gets, the more she remains a mystery.

John Green explains what the book is all about:

Abraham Lincoln Award : Book Trailer

Graceling byKristin Cashore



Graceling is one of this year's Abraham Lincoln Book Award nominees.

It is the story of Katsa, a girl with the grace, a special ability, of being able to kill with her bare hands. Unfortunately, the king has always used her as an enforcer to collect money or for revenge. Until now...