YA Boot Camp
November 16 at SCLS.Program includes the following presentations:
"Working with Tough Teens" Christian Zabriskie, Assistant Coordinator of Young Adult Services
"Urban Lit"
Megan Honig, Teen Collection Specialist and author of Urban Grit: A Guide to Street Lit
When you're ready to move beyond smiley faces and into tough teen territory, this is one session not be be missed!Register today!
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Awards, Contests, & Grants |
Teen Media Festival
The summer FLIP videos are happening!
Be sure to submit your videos and Scratch projects to SCLS Youth Services by August 27.
A special attraction for the September 1 Media Festival will be a presentation on adding sound to film and creating sound tracks. John Machado, professor of Audio Recording and Audio Division Co-Chair at Five Towns College will be our guest speaker.
Teen media just keeps getting better and better! Come see and share.
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Greetings!
Summer is officially here and that means we're all swimming in Summer Reading Programs. Don't forget to keep filming all the exciting things happening this summer at your library.
Two months remain to complete your Scratch and FLIP camera projects. Entry forms for the Teen Media Festival will be sent to all YA librarians next month.
All My Best,
Barbara |
Planning an Author Event
North Shore Public Library hosted an outstanding author event. Approximately one hundred forty tweens and teens were delighted with a presentation by Maryrose Wood, author of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place and The Poison Dairies. Here are some tips from Katherine Welch and Lori Blend for creating a successful author event:
- Enlist support from library staff members.
- Visit local schools to promote your event.
- Create interest with a large lobby poster.
- Make a book available for each attendee. The Friends of the Library and a family memorial gift ensured that every teen and tween left with a signed copy of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place. Make this part of your promotion.
- Plan for staff assistance during the event. Katherine introduced the speaker and supervised the refreshments. Lori organized the book signing, distributing copies of the book and book signing slips. Pages organized the signing request forms for Maryrose, served cake and poured juice.
Due to careful planning and promotion, this event was a hit with the North Shore community. Thanks for inviting me. I had a wonderful time!
Additional photos of Maryrose Wood's visit to North Shore may be viewed at SCLS Teen Tour.
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One Book One Community Opportunity
SLCS Pool Collection recently received a donation from Commack Public Library: 14 copies each of Three Cups of Tea and Listen to the Wind. Also, the pool collection currently contains 20 copies of the adult version of Three Cups of Tea.
To request titles from the Pool Collection please contact Eileen either by email or call 286-1600 x 1332.
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Sweeping Sagas
Some novels so perfectly capture a time and place that readers completely fall under the story's spell. Here are two recent books that worked their magic on me.
Andi Alpers lives in a gritty Brooklyn world. She has watched  helplessly as her brother is killed, her mother detaches completely from life, her father leaves home, and her own sanity unravels. An intricate silver key, a secret diary from the French Revolution, and a trip to Paris trigger Andi's personal revolution. Jennifer Donnelly's Revolution transports readers from twenty-first century New York to eighteenth century France. Donnelly based her captivating tale on the tiny embalmed heart of young Prince-Louis Charles. "Every heart is made of stories."
 Do you believe in magic forests and evil witches? You will once you enter the world of Cornelia Funke's Reckless.
Two brothers, Will and Jacob have discovered a mirror which holds the power to send them into another world populated by Goyl with bodies of stone: onyx, amber, and jade. Will becomes one of the Goyl and his brother Jacob must go through the mirror to rescue his brother. Will they survive the Dark Fairy who "turns her enemies into the wine she drinks"? Readers will savor this fairy tale homage to the Brothers Grimm.
Please consult the SCLS Professional Collection for a complete listing of all titles available for examination. |
New York ComicCon
SCLS Youth Services is taking a trip to New York ComicCon on Friday October 8. We will meet on Friday at 10 AM for an introduction to ComicCon and a "highlights" tour by John Hogan, editor for Graphic Novel Reporter and 2010 Eiser Award Judge. You will have time on your own for exploring the wonders of thesecond-largest comic book and pop culture gathering in the country. Interested librarians are welcome to join us for lunch at 1 PM. Contact SCLS Youth Services if you would like to join us for the tour and/or lunch.
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