Save the Date
It's coming and you don't want to miss it. October 1, 2009.
Camp YA is coming!
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Events Calendar
May 2 at Simmons College Graphic Novel course
May 2 Free Comic Book Day
May 28-31 at Javits Book Expo America
June 1 Battle of the Books title release
June 2 at SCLS Postermania
June 6 at Simmons College Manga course
August 15 at Stony Brook Battle of the Books competition
August 28-30 in New Jersey Salute to Twilight Convention |
Time to register for Teen Read Week. Get a copy of the downloadable logo, view the Teen Top Ten book nominations, vote for your favorite title, and register for the 2009-2010 WrestleMania Reading Challenge. This year's logo is way cool looking! Check it out!
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Awards, Contests, & Grants
May 30 Advocate of Libraries Award
June 15 Lois Lenski grant
June 17 Driving Safety Video Contest
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YouthNet
Got a program you would like to promote, a flyer to post, or a question to ask?
Try YouthNet, the electronic discussion group for Suffolk County Youth Services Librarians.
Find information about YouthNet here. Change your membership options here.
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Greetings!
Welcome to Aurora Maravalli, our Youth Services Office Manager. Aurora brings with her an extensive background in web design, microsoft applications, and a warm and welcoming personality. You can contact her at 286-1600 x. 1327 or via email. Welcome Aurora. We're glad that you are here!
Barbara |
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Summer Reading Promotion
 Sue Sloan and her teens created this fantastic video to promote the summer reading club at North Babylon Public Library. In May it will be presented to all the 6th grade classes at the middle school. Teens wrote, directed and edited the movie. Sue says, "This was the easiest thing I've ever done. They want to come back and film programs during the summer to use for next year's video!!" View this great promotional video. |
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Teen Spaces
Bay Shore Brightwaters Public Library has created a welcoming environment for teen patrons. Beginning with the OurSpace.Now signage, Linda Clark harmonizes this space with the overall look and feel of the library, but gives teens their own distinctive space. A large viewing screen with contemporary, comfortable seating provides space to enjoy movies and gaming. Linda carefully planned a flexible space. All bookshelves are on castors and furniture is easy to move, so that the room can be configured to suit a variety of activities. In addition to the large screen, the room offers individual viewing stations, as well as computers for teen use. The round cafe tables and stools are both sturdy and contemporary, a feature the teens enjoy.
To view additional photos of this wonderful teen space as well as happenings around Suffolk libraries, visit SCLS Teen Tour.
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Something for Every Taste
Slob introduces us to twelve year old Owen Birnbaum, the fattest kid at Martha Doxie School in New York City. Owen is also the smartest kid in his class. But smart doesn't count when you are the butt of all the jokes, especially in gym class and you find that someone is stealing your oreos. Owen has also buried a secret deep in his heart. With the help of his sister Rachel, who is a founding member of GWAB, Girls Who Are Boys, and Nima, a Tibetan who sells momos from a cart, Owen opens his wounded heart. A story filled with laugh-out-loud humor and tender compassion. Get a big glass of milk, some oreos, and enjoy an afternoon with Ellen Potter's latest book.
For quirky fun you can't beat Soul Enchilada, David Gill's debut novel.Bug Smoot's grandfather put her soul up as collateral for a  1958 Cadillac Biarritz. Now grandfather is dead and the devil wants his due. Bugs is determined that nothing will come between her and her wheels. Follow her through a car chase, a seance, and a basketball game you won't believe. Bring on the salsa, and enjoy a tasty plate of fantasy, humor and true love set in El Paso.
For thoughtful readers, The Photographer by Didier Lefevre and  Emmanuel Guibertis is not to be missed. This nonfiction account follows a French photographer, who documented the work of Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan. A very unusual mix of photographs and comics that works wonderfully. This chronicle of a journey into a war-torn country with insightful black and white photography, personal narrative, and emotionally-packed drawings rendered in the colors of the dessert, brings problems of this region into sharper focus. Excellent food for thought!
Please consult the SCLS Professional Collection for a complete listing of all titles available for examination. Online reviews by Suffolk librarians also available at Paperback Preview. |
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