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Events Calendar
January 7 Mock Printz Workshop at South Huntington Library
January 14 YASD meeting January 14 Something About the Author WebinarJanuary 15 Female Social Entrepreneurs award
January 15-19 ALA Midwinter Conference January 15 What's New in YA Literature seminarJanuary 18 Youth Media Awards Webcast
January 20 Grantstation Tour
January 26 Resume Webinar
January 29 We The People Bookshelf
February 8 Online YALSA courses
February 11 YASD program with Barry Lyga
February 17 Student Leader application deadline
February 17-18 Handheld Librarian Conference
February 21 National African American Read-In
February 28 Story Tubes Contest
March 7-13 Teen Tech Week |
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Mark your calendars and get ready. Free Comic Book Day is coming May 1 !
Begin to make plans and partner with your local comic book shop and create a FANTASTIC event at your library.
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Love those Dogs
Riverhead Teens and Joyce Reinzo get into the holiday spirit by baking treats for their canine friends. This dedicated group also collects food and clean blankets for a local animal shelter. What a great idea!
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Awards, Contests, & Grants
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Great Give Away
Win a boxed set of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments. Yes, all three volumes in hard cover!
Contact SCLS.
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Greetings!
Welcome to 2010: a brand new year. Hope that this new year is filled with new experiences for you.
I am excited about our focus on User Experience. It's fun to think about creating a Pulse Point, reaching teens via SMS, and making the Teen User Experience a priority.
Please keep in touch. I'd love to hear what's happening in your library!
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West Islip Teens Know That...
- If Meg Cabot could be a superhero she would like to be Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Melissa de la Cruz thinks that secretly she is a drag queen.
- Tonya Hurley is an identical twin.
Pictured: Erin Duffy, Grace Ashe-Kollar, Kaitlyn DiResta, Veronica Henry, EmilyAnne O'Neill Matt Collins, Nick Secor
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For the Love of Kids & Books
The Hospital Outreach Visit Program serves children on the Pediatric and Pediatric Psychology floors of Stony Brook University Hospital, as well as Pediatric Cancer Clinic patients. Dedicated Suffolk County public librarians have been making visits to these young people for over twenty years. As a part of each visit, the librarians offer each patient a brand new book and an oversized envelope filled with games and activities. All books and materials for these visits are provided by donations.
On a recent visit, one librarian listed on her response form that children and teens would like to receive copies of graphic novels. SCLS had just received a generous gift to purchase Hospital Outreach materials and holiday season seemed like the perfect opportunity to provide graphic novels for these young patients.
Thanks to the warm hearts of local businesses and Diamond Book Distributors, this dream became a reality. Two boxes of assorted graphic novels arrived with the giant snow storm. Now Suffolk patients have a special treat: graphic novels! We offer a sincere thanks to the wonderful Suffolk County librarians who make these visits and our gracious benefactors.
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Start 2010 with a Great Read
Welcome to 2010! A brand new bunch of fantastic books await your reading pleasure. Here are a few to check out:
Here is the perfect book to start 2010. The Gardener, a futuristic adventure by S.A. Bodeen will creep you out and give you plenty of reasons to be concerned about global warming, world population, and feeding the planet's hungry. If you look carefully at the cover, you will get a large hint as to the solution enterprising scientists use to address these issues. But are we ready for a planet of people who get their nutrition via photosynthesis? You will be "planted" to your chair for this one and won't be able to leave until the very end.
 Ally Carter's Heist Society is so much fun! I loved this twist on a spy theme. A family of international art thieves find themselves accused of a theft they didn't commit and facing a countdown to uncover the truth. Katarina Bishop enlists the help of her own teenage thieves to recover the stolen art, outfoxing both Interpol and the mafia. This is escapist fiction at its best. I was totally captivated!
Please consult the SCLS Professional Collection for a complete listing of all titles available for examination.
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