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 * Explore the sounds and sights that inspired The Luxe series of novels.**

**Rumors Book Trailer on YouTube** [|**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82BFHD_owVQ**]

[|www.book-trailers.net] is a helpful sit for inspiration. The blog includes book trailers for titles in a number of genres, including Young Adult Literature. After checking out a handful of book trailers, visit this blog, [], which explains one author's process for creating a book trailer to promote her book. The blog provides tips on the necessary software and elements required to make a successful book trailer.
 * Extension Idea: Create your own book trailer**

You can download [|Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows] and make your own trailer for one of the Luxe books or another title of your choosing. Take photos with a digital camera and ask your friends to help you create costumes and reinact important scenes.

**Early Films of New York City: 1898-1906** [] Available through the Library of Congress, this collection contains forty-five films of New York dating from 1898 to 1906 from the Paper Print Collection of the Library of Congress. Of these, twenty-five were made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, while the remaining twenty are Edison Company productions.





[] As part of PBS's documentary on the Spanish American War, their Web site includes samples of popular sheet music from the 1890's. You can also listen to some of the songs.
 * Music of the 1890's **



 Dover Publications Features 379 beautifully rendered, black-and-white fashion illustrations from //Godey's, Harper's Bazar,// and other period magazines: mid- to late-Victorian walking dresses, ball gowns, cloaks, shawls, and capes, as well as hats, shoes, parasols, handbags, and other decorative accessories. A valuable reference for designers, illustrators, and costume historians.
 * //Victorian Fashions CD-ROM and Book//** (Dover Electronic Clip Art)[[image:victorian_cdrom.jpg width="150" height="150" align="right"]]
 * ISBN-10:** 0486996603