Guessing Game Boards at Tabling Events Description: Community and school events can be a great place to show teens the awesome stuff your library is doing. Guessing game boards are easy ways to create visually appealing displays that feature books prominently and look attractive and interesting. If you aren’t going to community events such as festivals, career days, school events, or gaming groups, chances are there are teens that you could be reaching but you aren’t! These boards could feature a number of teen book quotes, a number of teen book covers (minus titles), graphic novel or manga characters, movie characters, and more depending on the event and audience. Create the documents using Publisher or another desktop publishing program where you can create a document larger than 8.5” by 11.” For character guessing boards you can do a simple numbered board or an “I spy” type board. For a quote board use Goodreads to find popular teen book quotes and number them in different fonts and colors on your board for visual interest. Type of Program: Passive, one‐time, but can be reused in the library Required Supplies: 
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Large board about 24” by 24” made of cardboard or foam core and could be made by you or professionally printed An easel to set the board out at the event Prizes and/or entry forms for the prizes Any other supplies you would normally take to a tabling event: tablecloth or sign, fliers, marketing giveaways, etc. Approximate Cost: Free to $100 depending on whether you get the board professionally printed or do it yourself and how many prizes you plan to give out and what type of prize you give out. Program Length: The length of whatever event you are tabling! But could be reused in library for longer passive program. Planning Timeline: 
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1 to 6 months before event: Register to attend event or contact the person in charge to ask permission to attend and table. One Week before event: If printing professionally, have a document ready a week before the event and sent to the printer. 1‐2 days before event: Make your board if you haven’t gone with a professional printer and get prizes. Staff Requirements: 1 person to staff table unless it is a long or very busy event, then consider 2. Program Details: Set up your table with your guessing board on an easel. If you are outdoors, be prepared with tape to tape down the easel and tape the board to the easel. Create a literature display with your teen event fliers. If you have cool prizes make sure to set them out so teens can see them to attract them. Always stand or take short sitting breaks so that you seem more approachable. Decide ahead of time how many items from the quote board the teens have to guess to win a prize/entry for a prize. Give hints to teens that are close to guessing to make it more fun and interactive. Here is an example of the quote board: Answers: 1. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell 2. The Maze Runner by James Dashner 3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 4. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green 5. Divergent by Veronica Roth 6. If I Stay by Gayle Forman 7. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 8. The Giver by Lois Lowry 9. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak 10. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins