John Schumaker's (Mr. Schu) blog. Recently featured on the cover of SLJ, he's a Chicago area librarian. This page shows the top 10 books in his library this year, complete with author/book videos for each title. Great idea for reading promotion.
June 3-5, 2011. While this might not work for you right now, it's something you might want to try or initiate at a later date. What if you did something like this with students?