Great Reads Delivered: Neither Wind, Nor Rain, Nor Sleet or Snow – a YA lit cover gallery

We’re always looking for new, creative ways to promote books to readers. Sometimes, it can be pretty straightforward: here are a bunch of books with dragons, for example. Other times, it can be more creative. I was recently sitting in my office, which was freezing, and I thought to myself: what if we promoted books based on nothing more than the weather depicted on the cover? Don’t get me wrong, I know this is not a new or especially creative idea. Who among us hasn’t done a winter display of books with snow on the cover? But I thought I would do something more temperature gauge related. Side note: it turns out it is hard to find a clip art graphic of a thermometer that teens won’t look at and immediately go, that’s pretty phallic giggle giggle. So today I present to you a look at some books that go from cold to hot, based on the cover only, not necessarily content. All the normal caveats apply: this is not an exhuastive list, by any means, so please feel free to add your suggestions in the comments.
Brr, So Cold: Ice, Ice Baby



Snowpocalypse






It’s Raining Books








Fun in the Sun








You’re Getting Warmer: This Book is on Fire















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About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 32 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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