The Art of Writing an Annotated Booklist

Recently, Tess Prendergast wrote a deep dive on the ALSC blog post giving some great tips on writing engaging annotated booklists for our youth patrons.

Tess writes: "I think annotated booklists – as distinct from book reviews – are fantastic tools for gathering small collections of books together and describing them in ways that spark interest in reading them. These lists can exist digitally on your library website, or in print, or both. They can be made into posters or infographics, bookmarks, or social media content. They can be easily re-purposed as prompts for informal book-talks too."

Please stop here to read her tips and suggestions for making great annotations [Writing Great Annotated Booklists. Prendergast, Tess. ALSC blog. January 27, 2025.]