Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007 @ 6:00pm
Let's bake Christmas Cookies! Yum! We will taste our cookies, of course, and do some other fun stuff while they bake. Come and BRING YOUR FRIENDS! Sign up at the library.
563-2972 or wabashteens@gmail.com
Monday, November 19, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Fine Free Week
Monday, November 19 - Saturday, November 24Do you have some library fines that you haven't been able to pay off? Next week, bring in canned goods and your fines will be erased! This is an opportunity to donate much needed food items to FISH (Friends in Servise Here). So give food to people who need it and get your library fine erased at the same time!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
New Graphic Novels
A few new items have been added to the
graphic novel section come in and check them out!
Clubbing by Andi Watson
A spoiled, rebellious London girl takes on the stuffy English countryside in CLUBBING. The crime: Getting caught with a fake I.D. at a posh London nightclub. The punishment: Spending the summer at her grandparent's stuffy country club. But Charlotte "Lottie" Brook, best known for her mile-high platforms, an expendable wi-fi account and an unbridled passion for classic lit,will end up doing more than just serving time in country boot camp.In between avoiding the strange locals and cake decorating contests, Lottie will narrowly escape romance and end up solving a murder mystery on the 19th hole of her Grandparent's golf course. -amazon.com book description
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Recipient of numerous awards and nominations in Australia, The Arrival proves a beautiful, compelling piece of art, in both content and form. A lone immigrant leaves his family and journeys to a new world, both bizarre and awesome, finding struggle and dehumanizing industry but also friendship and a new life. -editorial review (from Booklist)
Emily the Strange by Cosmic Debris
Now Emily fans are invited her odd, mysterious world - a place where kitty
friends talk, the ghosts of famous weirdos come out to play, reality is never quite what it seems, and - above all - a place where anyone who's ever been considered a little "strange" themselves will be made to feel right at home. -editorial review (amazon.com)
graphic novel section come in and check them out!
Clubbing by Andi Watson
A spoiled, rebellious London girl takes on the stuffy English countryside in CLUBBING. The crime: Getting caught with a fake I.D. at a posh London nightclub. The punishment: Spending the summer at her grandparent's stuffy country club. But Charlotte "Lottie" Brook, best known for her mile-high platforms, an expendable wi-fi account and an unbridled passion for classic lit,will end up doing more than just serving time in country boot camp.In between avoiding the strange locals and cake decorating contests, Lottie will narrowly escape romance and end up solving a murder mystery on the 19th hole of her Grandparent's golf course. -amazon.com book description
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Recipient of numerous awards and nominations in Australia, The Arrival proves a beautiful, compelling piece of art, in both content and form. A lone immigrant leaves his family and journeys to a new world, both bizarre and awesome, finding struggle and dehumanizing industry but also friendship and a new life. -editorial review (from Booklist)
Emily the Strange by Cosmic Debris
Now Emily fans are invited her odd, mysterious world - a place where kitty
friends talk, the ghosts of famous weirdos come out to play, reality is never quite what it seems, and - above all - a place where anyone who's ever been considered a little "strange" themselves will be made to feel right at home. -editorial review (amazon.com)
Teen Trivia Winner
Amy O. won the October teen trivia. Congratulations Amy!
November's trivia question:
What is the meaning of the latin root novem in the word November?
If you know the answer write it on a piece of paper with your name and number and slip it in the coffee can in the YA area of the library.
November's trivia question:
What is the meaning of the latin root novem in the word November?
If you know the answer write it on a piece of paper with your name and number and slip it in the coffee can in the YA area of the library.
Monday, October 29, 2007
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!
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
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Stardust
This week is the release of new motion picture Stardust.
Stardust is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman.
Come check out the book at the library!
Stardust is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman.
Come check out the book at the library!
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