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The Amazing Authors Club
Teens creating, writing and publishing books
A Summer Reading Program developed by
Located in Glynn County, Georgia
Inspiration, an idea is born
The challenge: find new ways to draw teens to the library during the summer
Developing a theme
Use the annual Collaborative Summer Library Program theme as a starting point
• 2015 Superheroes stories often told in comic book or graphic novel style have teens create a collection of graphic short stories
• 2016 Sports SRP benefactor request a non fiction project have teens create a sports almanac for the region – modification, limit
the book to one sport• 2017 Building our area is filled with historic structures
have teens create a coloring book for advanced colorists or an illustrated book of local buildings
Create a team of mentors
2015 TeamJim Jinkins creator of “Doug”Ingram Jinkins a sequential artist (graphic storytelling)
2016 TeamDebbie Holmes Dean of Library Services, College of Coastal GeorgiaAnna HallFormer Reporter for The Brunswick News
Michael HallManaging Editor, The NewsBobby HavenPhotographer for The News
The Amazing
Authors of 2015
The Amazing Authors Club Comic Collection
Held 2 one week camps and compiled all the work into a single book Hired a united mentors team who carried the project through from
start to finish, including the printing process
The Process
The Amazing Authors of 2016
Held a single camp with meetings spread over a month Recruited community experts to come to one or two sessions and talk
about their area of expertise Library staff over saw the camp and the printing process
The ProcessThe Golden Isles Golfers’ Guide
The Good
The Amazing Authors Club Comic Collection Held 2 one week camps and compiled all the work into a single book Hired a united mentors team who carried the project through from start to finish, including
the printing process
• Ability to limit club size and still include many teens in the project• Minimal time requirements for library staff• Teens loved doing the art work
Amazing!
The Good & The Not So Good
The Amazing Authors Club Comic Collection Held 2 one week camps and compiled all the work into a single book Hired a united mentors team who carried the project through from start to finish, including
the printing process
• Ability to limit club size and still include many teens in the project• Minimal time requirements for library staff• Teens loved doing the art work
• More costly, addition of presenters' fee
Amazing!
The Good
The Golden Isles Golfers’ Guide Held a single camp with meetings spread over a month Recruited community experts to come to one or two sessions and talk about their area of expertise Library staff over saw the camp and the printing process
• The teens were able to work together as a single team, making decisions jointly• Less costly, no presenters’ fees, mentors were community volunteers
The Golden Isles Golfers’ Guide Held a single camp with meetings spread over a month Recruited community experts to come to one or two sessions and talk about their area of
expertise Library staff over saw the camp and the printing process
The Good & The Not So Good
• The teens were able to work together as a single team, making decisions jointly• Less costly, no presenters’ fees, mentors were community volunteers
• This method was very time consuming for library staff
The Amazing Results!
The Comic Collection The Golfers’ Guide
The Cost
Supplies & Presenter’s Fee Snacks & Misc. Supplies Signature Party Printing Cost Total
$1000.00$100.00
$50.00 $300.34
$1450.34
Supplies & Presenter’s Fee Snacks & Misc. Supplies Signature Party Printing Cost Total
N/A$100.00
$50.00 $328.74$478.74
DOCUcopies was used for our printing needs for both books35 books were ordered each yearCost per book: Comic Collection 76 pages $8.58
Golfers’ Guide 78 pages $9.40
Tip: Plan for enough pages to allow for printing of title on the spine.
Contact Information
Karen LarrickProgram CoordinatorMarshes of Glynn LibrariesGlynn County, Georgia
