YA Boot Camp
November 16 at SCLS.
"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
Have you registered?
You won't want to miss this presentation.
Register today!
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Fall Lit Conference
October 22, 2010
Hyatt Regency Long Island
This year's Fall Literature Conference promises to be the best ever! Guest speakers are Jane Yolen, well-known author and Mike Cavalaro, graphic artist.
Book discussion topics tailored just for YA librarians include: "Love and Loss" and "Venturing into the Paranormal."
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Maryrose Woods' visit to North Shore Public Library is highlighted in The Page Turn. Kudos to Lori Blend and Katherine Welch.
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Awards, Contests, & Grants |
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Greetings!
We're in the summer reading home stretch! As you wrap up your summer programs, don't forget to record some of the best moments on your FLIP camera. Then be sure to submit your contest entries (both Scratch projects and videos) by August 27.
All My Best,
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Watch Videos! Win Prizes!
 Suffolk Young Adult Librarians will be showing off their summer video and scratch projects on September 1 at 10 AM. Professor John Machado will teach effective methods for adding sound and sound tracks to videos. Following his presentation, we will be treated to the excellent summer reading promotional videos created by Suffolk County teens.
Thanks to some generous donations, libraries will have the opportunity to win some great prizes: summer reading T shirts, sporting event vouchers, video cameras and video camera accessories.
Media project submission forms may be obtained from Tracy at SCLS Youth Services. All media projects must be submitted to Youth Services by Friday, August 27.
Be sure to register for this event. Come and get some excellent help with video sound production, vote for your favorite video and win cool stuff.
Contact Tracy McQuade 286-1600 x 1327 or register online.
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Hottest YA Book for Summer
Excitement is building for the August 24 release of Mockingjay, third volume in the Hunger Games trilogy. Are you Team Peeta or Team Gale? Send SCLS a brief statement as to which team you are with and why and win a Mockingjay bag and additional Hunger Games items. SCLS Youth Services has also compiled a list of activities, suitable for celebrating the release of Mockingjay. Contact SCLS for a copy of this list.
Most exciting of all: Suzanne Collins will be at the Huntington Barnes and Noble on August 24 at 7 PM. Meet Suzanne and obtain a special author-stamped book. Wrist bands for this event will be distributed at the Huntington Station store beginning on Friday, August 23 at 9 AM.
Be sure to visit The Hunger Games Facebook page, which features the trailer for Mockingjay.
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Try This: It's New It's Different
Here are two titles to try when you are ready to try something a little bit different.
Chew: Taster's Choice by John Layman and Rob Guillilory definitely is  an acquired taste. This winner of the 2010 Eisner Award for best new series tells the story of Tony Chu, a police detective who is a cibopath. This means that he has a special ability to get psychic impressions from the food he eats and has been assigned as to the FDA Special Crimes Division. Things get really interesting when he falls in love with a food critic, who also has her own special talent: she can write about food and make it sound so distasteful that readers will actually become physically ill when they read her reports. How will Tony use his abilities? Will romance blossom in such a tainted atmosphere? Will you ever be able to eat again?
 A few years ago Absolute Brightness by James Lescene was a title selected for the Suffolk/Nassau Mock Printz. Fans of Lescene will be excited to read his latest title, Virgin Territory. Dylan is stuck in Jupiter Florida with his dad, where things have not been going too well. He has managed to get a summer job as a golf caddy where an interesting turn of events introduces him to the BVM club. Dylan struggles with pain, loss, denial, and faith. Lescene had me laughing, empathizing, and quoting passages such as "Guess every one of us is in need of some kind of miracle." and "'You didn't mention you had a girlfriend.' He emphasizes the word girlfriend by drawing it out and making it go on for about a week. Even after he's finished saying it, the word continues to echo in my ears."
Like Leonard, Dylan is a character I will not soon forget.
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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 the second-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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Film Making Workshop
Here is a great opportunity for tweens to learn the basics of film making. Workshops, held at an Apple store, span 3 days where kids ages 8-12 can learn to create their own movies. While the workshop is free, campers must bring their own camera. Attendees will learn to use iMovie software and participate in a Film Festival. Workshops are offered at both Lake Grove and Huntington Station locations.
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