Thursday, October 25, 2007

October Teen Trivia

How much $$$ do Americans spend on Halloween candy each year?
hint: its a lot!!!!!

Make your guess and slip it in the can in the YA section upstairs for your chance at a good prize.

Monday, October 1, 2007

September Teen Trivia

Congratulations Julie!
How many books are in our library?
Julie guessed the closest to the correct answer and won a great prize.
The library's collection contains over 82,800 items. 90% of those items are books.
You can find the answer on the WCPL website.
Thanks to everyone who gave a guess. Try again next month!

IT'S BANNED BOOK WEEK!



September 29-October 6
Banned book week is the week we celebrate all the books that, one time or another, have been banned because people don't want you to read them.
Come into the library this week and check out one of the books others might not want you to read!
There is a display of a few banned books in the YA section of the library.
Check out Banned Book Week on MySpace
The most banned YA books of 2006 were:
  • "Gossip Girls" series by Cecily Von Ziegesar

  • "Alice" series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

  • "The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things" by Carolyn Mackler

  • "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

  • "Scary Stories" series by Alvin Schwartz

  • "Athletic Shorts" by Chris Crutcher

  • "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

  • "Beloved" by Toni Morrison

  • "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier