TPIB: It’s a Dead Man’s Party
Last year a combination of The Walking Dead and Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry (best. zombie book. ever.) made me put together a zombie themed program. The undead are quite popular – and are likely to continue to be so with the upcoming movie releases of World War Z and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. And people everywhere are talking about what they would do in the event of a zombie apocalypse. I would be content if they would just let me hole up in my house and read, but then again – all that reading has probably given me big brains so I am probably ripe for zombie eating.

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Fun examples at http://www.zombieapocalypseblog.com/2010/09/17/zombie-motivational-posters/ (not all safe for work or teens) |
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And check out this cool book on making zombie felties |

Filed under: Programming, Teen Programming, TPIB, Zombies

About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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Thanks! Planning our own library Zombie night.
Awesome ideas!
Brilliant ideas. We're thinking of a large multi-age event with zombie volunteer youth based on the good work at Tullamore, rural Australia.
Here's a link to their work:
http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tullamore-Zombies-Program-Report.pdf
I’m interested in the zombie silhouettes idea, but the link is broken. Where can I get more info? Thanks.