Book Trailers

What Is a Book Trailer?

A book trailer is a technology-based advertisement for a book.

The purpose is to inspire others to want to read it.

The best book trailers are visual, musical, and short. :)

How to Make a Good Book Trailer

• The How To of a Book Trailer (Prezi)

• Ms. T's Animoto video

From Teacher Tube

• Wonder by R. J. Palacio

• Rules by Cynthia Lord

• The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Prezi Book Trailers

• • Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (made by Ms. Cassara)

• The Scorpio Races by M. Steifvater

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

• Dead Is the New Black by Marlene Perez

• I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

Samples from the Web

• Pictures of Hollis Woods

• Shackstacks: Digital Book Talks

• Book Trailers

• Book Talks

• digitalbooktalk

• The Giver by: Lois Lowry

• Feed by: M.E. Anderson

• Monster by: Walter Dean Myers

Programs

There are lots of web-based programs available that you can use to make one of these videos:

• Animoto

• Animaker

• Powtoon

  • PhotoStory

  • MovieMaker

  • iMovie