2008 We the People Bookshelf on Created Equal

Thanks to the generosity of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association we have received the following books that you can come in and check out:

Kindergarten through Grade 3: “The Ugly Duckling,” by Hans Christian Andersen;
“The Gettysburg Address,” by Abraham Lincoln;
“Pink and Say,” by Patricia Polacco;
“Pink y Say,” by Patricia Polacco (translated by Alejandra López Varela)

Grades 4 through 6:
“Elijah of Buxton,” by Christopher Paul Curtis;
“Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence,”
by Russell Freedman; “Lincoln: A Photobiography,” by Russell Freedman;
“Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom,” by Virginia Hamilton; “Lyddie,” by Katherine Paterson;
“Lyddie,” by Katherine Paterson (translated by Rosa Benavides)

Grades 7 through 8:
“Saturnalia,” by Paul Fleishman;
“Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott,” by Russell Freedman;
“Abraham Lincoln the Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches And Letters,” edited by Harold Holzer;
“Breaking Through,” by Francisco Jiménez;
“Senderos Fronterizos,” by Francisco Jiménez (translated by Francisco Jiménez)

Grades 9 through 12:
“Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution,” by Natalie S. Bober;
“That All People May Be One People, Send Rain to Wash the Face of the Earth,” by Nez Perce Chief Joseph;
“Flowers for Algernon,” by Daniel Keyes;
“Flores para Algernon,” by Daniel Keyes (translated by Paz Barroso);
“Lincoln’s Virtues: An Ethical Biography,” by William Lee Miller;
“Amistad: A Novel,” by David Pesci

The titles that are for grades 7-12 will be on display in the Teen Room for the next couple of weeks, so take a look and check some out!

For more info, go to the Bookshelf website: http://publicprograms.ala.org/bookshelf/

Metamorphosis @ APL

In case you haven't seen me at your school or gotten at least a flier about this year's Teen Summer Reading, here's the scoop:

You must be going into 6th-12th grades.
You do not need an APL card but they are useful to have:)
You count hours not books.
You can read whatever you want: books, magazines, comic books, graphic novels, listen to audiobooks/Playaways, etc
You do have to sign up and you can do that starting May 31st at the library either the Check out desk or at Information Services.

The SRP runs from May 31st to July 31st and there are some great prizes (a goodie bag just for signing up) and programs including our End of Summer Reading After Hours Party if you complete the SRP where we give away some faboulous prizes!

For more info stop by the Info Services desk, call 641-2456 or e-mail: teen@and.lib.in.us

See you this Summer!!

ESMS visit with 6th & 7th graders

I had a great time visiting several of the 6th grade reading classes again, as well as Ms. Hird's 7th graders. I hope you all had fun and come in starting May 31st to sign up for the Teen Summer Reading Program! Here are the books that we discussed (and just a heads up a couple of these titles are available as prizes for completing level 2 of the SRP!!)

Life As We Knew It by Mary Beth Pfeffer
The Fold by An Na
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Happy Reading:)

Booktalks and SRP @ NSMS

Thanks to Mrs Wildman and her 7th and 8th grade classes for having me come for booktalks and to promote the Teen Summer Reading Program (more about that soon-btw). As always, I had fun and hope you did as well. Here are the titles that I brought with me today. Happy Reading and I hope to see you all soon @ APL!!

Life As We Knew It by Mary Beth Pfeffer

The Fold by An Na

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

The Pharoah's Curse Mystery Program

Hey, if you are between the ages of 9-14 then come to APL this Wednesday, May 14th from 6-8:30 and help us solve the mystery of the Pharoah's Curse! Here's a description of the program:

She was Queen of the Nile until the accident...or was it attempted murder?
Join your fellow detectives at The Anderson Public Library in solving the mystery, “The Pharaoh’s Curse.” You must investigate the crime scene and carefully examine the evidence in order to solve the crime. All detectives must be 9 to 14 years of age to participate in this interactive mystery.

Please register for this program by calling 641-2448 or online at andersonlibrary.net

Hope to see you there!

The merry month of May

So here are a few tidbits about the month of May that you may (or may not:) find interesting!

Did you know that May is both National Barbeque and Hamburger Month? Makes sense since as the weather is getter nicer and warmer, we want to fire up the grills and cook out...mmmm....sounds good!

Also, with the nicer weather you should know that May is National Bike Month so get outside and enjoy the fresh air with a bike ride.

I think that is what I will do tomorrow, grill up a hamburger or two and then go for a bike ride!!

Thanks!!

Thank you to everyone that attended the Read 'n' Feed featuring Neal Shusterman, as one of the comment cards said and to me this summed it up perfectly: Neal Shusterman ROX!! I agree and thought you all rocked as well. I had a great time and hope you did as well.

Read 'n' Feed featuring Neal Shusterman tonight!!

Just a quick reminder to all that have their copy of Everlost and are hopefully done with it but even if youa re not that's okay:) to come to the Read 'n' Feed tonight at 7pm in the Chief Anderson Room at APL so you can meet Neal Shusterman and hear him speak about Everlost and his other books!!! Hope to see you there!!:)

Shake, rattle and roll

So the question that everyone has been asking today is did you feel it? So did you feel the earthquake this morning? I did and it was the craziest thing to me anyway but after that I was up for the day:)

Just a bit of trivia for you, the huge earthquake that hit San Francisco way back in 1906-you know the one and the fires that started as a result that destroyed the city also happened on April 18th!

2008 Read 'n' Feed featuring Neal Shusterman

Okay, so I have been hinting about the Read 'n' Feed and the book Everlost for a few weeks now and finally I have a chance to devote a whole post about it and give you all the scoop!

Our 2008 Read 'n' Feed is April 29, 2008 at 7 pm in the Chief Anderson Room. This year the YA Author that is visiting is Neal Shusterman and we have distributed copies of his book Everlost to several classes and have few at the library to hand out while supplies last.

I am very excited because Neal is one of my favorite authors and I have read several of his books and can't wait to meet him and hear him speak about his books!

This month's book on the blog sidebar is none other than Everlost, so look it over and then come to APL to check it out! Plus, if you like it we have a bookmark that talks about several other of Neal's books that we have in the Teen Area!

I hope to see you on the 29th at the Read 'n' Feed featuring Neal Shusterman!!

Booktalks with ESMS

Yesterday, I had the chance to visit ESMS again and this time book talk to 6th, 7th & 8th graders, about 300 of you total! It was great and I enjoyed being able to tell so many of you about these great books and the upcoming Read 'n' Feed with Neal Shusterman! My next post will be about that I promise! Anyway, here's a list of the books that I brought with me to ESMS:

Hidden Talents
By David Lubar
Crash
By Jerrry Spinelli
Things Not Seen
By Andrew Clements
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
By Jeff Kinney
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
By Brian Selznick
Love Among the Walnuts
By Jean Ferris
Chasing Vermeer
By Blue Balliet
Everlost
By Neal Shusterman

HAPPY READING:)

Booktalks with Mrs. Riggins's class

Hi, I was at ESMS this morning talking up books, especially Everlost. More on that soon I promise! Anyway, I had fun you all asked some great questions and here's a list of the titles that I brought with me and we chatted about in class.

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

Booktalks at Highland High School

Hi, I had blast book talking to Mrs. Garner's classes. You all were great especially 7th period:)

In case, you lost your list of books or for those who weren't in the classes and might be looking for some teen books to read, here's the list:

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
By Chris Crutcher
Beastly
By Alex Flinn
Hush
By Donna Jo Napoli
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
By David Lubar
First Part Last
By Angela Johnson
Double Helix
By Nancy Werlin
Everlost
By Neal Shusterman
Hot Lunch
By Alex Bradley

April Fool's Day

What to know a little more about April Fool's Day and where it came from? Then check out this link:

Facts on April Fool's Day from National Geographic

No Fooling, I promise:)

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