Be Creative @ Your Library!
Youth Summer Reading Program '09

July 16th
Singer/musician Jay Mankita presents "Books in Space"
July 23rd
Wildlife Education with Bernie, featuring live animals!
July 30th
Flute Sweets & Tickletunes, a music/story theater group, presents, "I Hopped Out of Bed and Jumped for Joy!"

August 6th
"Creative Imagination" featuring magician Dan Bowen
August 13th
Shadow Puppetry and Storytelling with Ron Soplyla

  Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books is a nationally recognized literature contest. Students entering grades 6-9 in the fall can still join the 5th annual Battle of the Books at the Howland Public Library. BoB will take place Thursdays from 5-7 p.m. Students will work with BoB coaches, enjoy a pizza, and participate in fun book-related activities. 

In August, students will compete in mini-battles based upon the books they've read. HPL will supply the books.

In September, an All-Star Team will be formed to compete against twenty other library teams for the Regional Championship.
 
There is still time to sign up for this fun competition.  Parents or older teens interested in coaching are also needed.


As part of the Health Information Project for teens, HPL has hired 12 students to participate in the Class Action Program. Class Action is a High School Alcohol Use Prevention Curriculum program that looks at the real social and legal consequences of underage alcohol use. Based on the social influences theory of behavior change, the goal of Class Action is to change the social norms around alcohol use and to change negative peer pressure into positive peer pressure.

Students will work as a legal team to prepare and
present hypothetical civil cases in which someone has been harmed as a result of underage drinking. The team will also participate in peer presentations in Beacon schools in the fall.  Participation in this educational and thought provoking project will be an asset to a college application, too.
 
 
Teens ages 12 - 18 can get creative with video on Friday, August 7th, from 3-5pm. They will learn how to create videos using the Flip Mino camcorder, edit and enhance videos with Windows Movie Maker, and upload videos to YouTube. No video experience necessary.
This program is free, but is limited to 10 participants. Registration is necessary.

The workshop grant allows for a stipend to pay a teen who is experienced with the Flip and/or Movie Maker. Teens  between the ages of 14-18 interested in a paid position to help teach this workshop are needed.

This Flip workshop is made possible by a NYS Library Grant provided to the Mid-Hudson Library System. 

To sign up for a program or for information about teen programs, contact Ginny Figlia, Youth Services Librarian, at 831-1134, ex. 103 or EMAIL GINNY.

win a gift certificate to one of our wonderful local restaurants. Just fill out a short book review form for each book read. (Some reviews from last summer are at left.) The more books you read, the better your chance to win! Drawings will be held weekly for the next 6 weeks!

Alison Herrero

 

 

If you're a member of a book club that meets outside the library, don't forget about our Book Club in a Bag Program. Each book bag contains at least 10 copies of a title, discussion questions, discussion leader tips, and a book sign-up sheet to help the leader keep track of the books. Everything you need to help you run your own book discussion group! Click on the Book Club in a Bag logo above to reach the online information page.  Click below for available titles.

 BOOK CLUB IN A BAG TITLE LIST 

Digital Photography Creative Workshop, Wednesday, July 29th from 1 - 3 p.m.

Songwriting for Adults Creative Workshop, Sunday, August 2nd from 1 - 3:30 p.m. 

For more information on these and other library programs, click to see our: LIBRARY CALENDAR