The book trailer through Photostory

The concept of a book trailer utilizing the same intriguing audio and video features as we are familiar with for movie trailers is an innovative tool for inspiring reading.  The book trailer that I developed for "The Cat in The Hat" can easily be embedded on my Wiki and used to recommend books for my class.  I see tremendous value in not only posting the book trailer but in using it as a lead in for books that will be used in lessons as well.  For today's readers, this form of book recommendation or promotion allows us as librarians to communicate and encourage our students by engaging with them on familiar grounds. What makes the book trailer a valuable tool as well is that creating one is fun and easy with Photostory.    The next part of the lesson would be to have the students create their own book trailer on Photostory to share with the class.