Book talks at NSMS

Today, I was able to visit NSMS and talk with Mrs. Wildman's classes about several great books that APL has in it's collection and of course, EVERLOST!

Here are the titles, so you can see if they are checked in or even put them on hold!

Happy Reading!!

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
By Brian Selznick

Hush
By Donna Napoli

The Looking Glass Wars
By Frank Beddor

Everlost
By Neal Shusterman

Hot Lunch
By Alex Bradley

Love Among the Walnuts
By Jean Ferris

Someone Named Eva
By Joan Wolf

Beastly
By Alex Flinn

Book talks @ SSMS

Today it was my pleasure to visit Mrs. Sipes's classes @ SSMS, I enjoyed visiting with everyone and talking up some great reads about World War II and the Holocaust. ANd of course, Everlost-the book for the Read 'n' Feed (more on that in a later blog:). In case you want to check and see if any of the titles are in or if you lost the handy sheet that I passed out (it happens, I know-you should have seen my locker when I was in middle school!), here are the titles that I brought to SSMS. Enjoy!

Everlost by Neal Shusterman
A Coming Evil by Vivian Vande Velde
Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Bartoletti
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Someone Named Eva by Joan Wolf

Spring is almost here!

Tomorrow is the first day of spring, so hopefully we will start seeing some sun and warmer weather soon! What do you like best about spring? I love seeing the buds on the trees and the smells of spring.

So what else is March?

I mentioned earlier that March is National Fitness Month but here are some other things that are celebrated in the month of March:

Do you play in your school band or sing in your school choir? Then you might be interested in knowing that March is Music in our Schools Month. For more info, check out this website:
www.menc.org

Are you crafty? Then celebrate National Craft Month!

It is also Women's History Month in March as well. Take a look at this website http://www.nwhp.org/ for more info.

March is...

National Fitness Month and to help celebrate that I am excited to announce that this Saturday, March 15th at 2:00, the Teen Services Department is having a GET FIT with DDR program.

Come test out our DDR and see how by playing games you can also get a good workout! Also, you will find out how to make healthy snacks and also sample them, so come and Get Fit w/DDR @ APL!!

APL's Teen Scene MySpace page

I am so excited to announce that our MyPace page for teens is now up and running! Come check it out, we have pictures and a video about our upcoming Summer Reading Program. It also has links to our website, catalog, new materials and APL's chat. Also, it lists up and coming events for teens @ APL! Here's a link to our MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/andersonlibrary

Teen Tech Week

Come to the library next week to celebrate Teen Tech Week by attending programs like the Guitar Hero 3 Tournament on Thursday, March 6th from 6-8:30 in the Miami Room or the
Ins and Outs of MySpace Program on Tuesday, March 4th from 3:30-4:30 in the Community Technology Center to learn about MySpace and how to be safe on MySpace! You must be in at least 8th grade to attend and must register by calling 641-2456 or registering online at http://andersonlibrary.net

Also, grab a free Teen Tech Bookmark while supplies last!

Visiting class from Indiana Christian Academy

Hi, I enjoyed having the Juniors from Mrs. Rooks's class at the Indiana Christian Academy come to the library for a visit to learn about how to use our online databases and searching the Internet. They were a great class and how some good questions. They are welcome back anytime as is any class that wants to visit the library!

Thanks to Mrs. Sipes's classes!

I had fun today at SSMS booktalking with the 8th graders in Mrs. Sipes's classes.

Here are the titles that we talked about in class:

Make Lemonade
By Virgiana Euwer Wolff

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
By Ron Koertge

Who killed Mr. Chippendale?
By Mel Glenn

Bronx Masquerade
By Nikki Grimes

Witness
By Karen Hesse

Braid
By Helen Frost

Sister Slam
By Linda Oatman High

Game Time

Do you feel like playing some Jenga, Monopoly, Sorry etc. Then come on down tomorrow to the Library to our Game Time @ APL from 3:30-5:30 up in the Delaware room!

Warning: Valentine's Day is approaching! (a plug for the Anti-Valentine's Day Party for Teens @ APL !)

And if like many of us, you feel the need to NOT celebrate this holiday then come to the ANTI-Valentines Day Party at APL on February 14th from 6-8:00. Decorate broken heart cookies, make ANTI-Valentine's Day cards, craft black roses out of duct tape, rock out to Guitar Hero III etc! Dressing in black optional but encouraged!

Chocolate Fest...

was a huge success! Thanks to all that attended and I hope you had as much fun as I did. Were you sick of chocolate by the time you left? Naahhhh.....not possible, right? I think this program was a keeper, so look for it next February as well! And then there is the Pizza Taste off that I have planned for the fall!

Book talks with Mrs. Wildman's class

Hey, I had the chance to visit the 7th & 8th grade classes of Mrs. Wildman at NSMS yesterday and as always had a great time. Hope to see all of you at the library and at some of the upcoming programs that we are having in February for teens.



Here is a list of the books that I brought to class:


Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey
We Beat the Street: How a friendship pact led to success
Turnabout by Margaret Haddix
Mythbusters: Don’t try this at home!
Phineas Gage: A gruesome and true story about Brain Science by John Fleischman
Hitler Youth by Susan Bartoletti
Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser
Downsiders by Neal Shusterman
A Coming Evil by Vivian Vande Velde

Book talks with Mrs. Moulder's classes

Today, I was lucky enough to visit SSMS to give book talks to the 7th & 8th grade classes in Mrs. Moulder's classroom. Of course, I had fun (I love being able to visit the schools and meet some many of the teens that live in Anderson) booktalking and chatting with y'all!



Here are the titles I brought:

Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey

We Beat the Street: How a friendship pact led to success

Turnabout by Margaret Haddix

Mythbusters: Don’t try this at home!

Phineas Gage: A gruesome and true story about Brain Science by John Fleischman

Hitler Youth by Susan Bartoletti

Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser

Downsiders by Neal Shusterman

A Coming Evil by Vivian Vande Velde

Happy Reading and hope to see you soon at the library!

A visit to Highland High School

Thanks to Mrs. Garner and her sophmore English classes for having me visit yesterday! It was the first time I had the chance to visit Highland and I must say it is a beautiful school and I hope to visit there more often. We chatted about how to get a library card and the fact that any student that attends school in the Anderson Community Schools Corporation can get a library card, pretty cool right? Also we explored the APL website and took a look at some of the databases that we offer that you can use for free with your APL library card. Hopefully, the tips I gave for how to research the databases was helpful. Remember, stop by the Information Services desk anytime you have a question or send it via our live chat!

Yu-gi-oh! Tournament

Join us Saturday, January 5th from 1-5 p.m. as we kick off the first Yu-gi-oh! Tournament of 2008. Thanks to the Friends of Anderson Public Library for the prizes that will be handed out.

Just as a reminder:
There will be no playing for cards.
The library does not allow any trading.

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone enjoys their break from school and the holidays that are coming up. Just a reminder that APL is closed on Monday, December 24th and Tuesday, December 25th for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

We are also closed Monday, December 31st and Tuesday, January 1st for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Hope you enjoy the holidays and stop in to grab some great teen reads during your winter break!

Movie Night

Kick off the holiday season by coming to watch the movie Unaccompanied Minors at APL on
Thursday, December 20th at 6 p.m. in the Delaware Room. For a full description of the movie, check out the "What's Happening" page in the Teen Scene area of the APL website!

Hope to see you there!

New Reads for teens!

Hey, come check out the displays in the Teen Room. This month we are highlighting funny reads for teens, trust me there are some laugh out loud funny ones on display.

Also, we have been getting a ton of new teen books in, so there is now a display of just new teen books that have come in and I highly recommend taking a look.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Winter is finally here, whaddya think? I like to look at snow and ski in snow plus it puts in the holiday mood but I DO NOT like to drive in snow!!