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Events Calendar
NYPL Teen Author Week
March 15
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Awards, Contests, & Grants
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Best of the BestYALSA has some great downloads on the Best of the Best site. In addition to lists, you can access printable bookmarks, bookplates, spine labels, and logos (in high resolution EPS, PNG and JPG files for use on your website.)
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Worth a Look
Have you noticed all the cool stuff on Figment? So many interesting articles, contests. The Clique contest was judged by Lisi Harrison!
With stuff like interactive novels and the opportunity to post, read and review novels, this is an awesome site for aspiring teen writers. With over 5,000 "likes" on Facebook, you know Figment is a great place to visit. |
Save the Date Book Expo America is coming to the Jacob Javits Center May 24-26.
The Children's Authors Breakfast will feature Brian Selznik, Sarah Dessen, Kevin Henkes, and Julianna Moore.
Online registration is now open. Be sure to mention SCLS when you register to receive your discount. |
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Got an Idea?
VOYA columnist Shari Fesko is requesting program ideas for two upcoming columns: programming ideas centered around popular books such as The Hunger Games and programming ideas requiring minimal set-up. She would appreciate high resolution photos that accompany your description.
Submit your program idea to Shari and include your name, title, library, and library's location.
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 Have you checked out TrueFlix? SCLS librarians have a trial subscription. Please leave your comments on the comment section of the trial page. These comments go directly to Diane Eidelman at SCLS, and help determine if there is sufficient interest among Suffolk libraries for this product.
Call SCLS-YS to obtain the password for a trial subscription. |
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Greetings!
WOW! It's already March!
Plans are well underway for spring and summer programs. Here's to warmer weather and pleasant plans in the coming months,
My Best,
Barbara |
Manga @ Huntington 
The Anime and Manga Club at Huntington Public Library participated in this year's manga evaluation for the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Selection list.
Manga-savvy teens read through nominated titles, and then wrote brief reviews of these books. This information was collected and submitted to the YALSA committee. Actual comments from teens were read in the meeting and used to help evaluate those graphic novels that are both great, as well as having significant teen appeal.
Thanks to Kristine Casper, Beth Barning, and Stephanie Stewart for arranging this project and special thanks to the teens who read and reviewed the books!
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The deadline for teen volunteer applications is March 18. Be sure to encourage your teens to visit the Authors Unlimited website and download the three required forms.
Catherine Berntsen created some terrific buttons to promote authors unlimited. She is willing to share the template. The first three librarians who contact me will win a button. Wear it proudly!
Take a look at some of the very  cool swag to give given away at Authors Unlimited. First 200 teens to register at the door will receive a T-shirt. Barnes & Noble will be selling copies of the authors' books, for those who would like to obtain signed copies. FREE admission tickets will be available at local public libraries in April, 2011.
When: April 30, 2011
Where: St Joseph's College
Who: All interested teens and others who enjoy YA literature. (Preferential seating will be given to teens.)
Visit us on Facebook and encourage your teens to "like" Authors Unlimited. |
Marketing to Teens Come and get some new inspiration for promoting your summer reading program. We will try: hair extensions (yes, if you like, you can get one for yourself that day!), creating and using QR codes, customized posters that teens can make, and a photo scavenger hunt.
Come make, create, and have fun with us!
When: March 15 10 am
Where: SCLS auditorium and training room
Bonus: Huge Graphic Novel give-away. Come and select titles to add to your collection for adults and young adults. Lots of great titles to choose from!
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We're Going on a Field Trip!
 Are you ready to have some fun and learn about some really cool stuff? Then save the date: Friday May 13, 2011.
Join Suffolk YA librarians for a great day in Brooklyn. We will begin the day with a visit to 826 NYC, an exciting volunteer-run program providing tutoring and creative writing workshops for teens. Then we will visit Superhero Supply. Try on a cape and test it out with the wind machine, while you check out all the amazing stuff to use against the forces of evil.
Following lunch, we'll walk down to Deep6 Studios, the creation headquarters for such comic greats as George O Connor, Mike Cavallaro, Dean Haspiel, and Nick Abadzis, to name just a few. View artists at work and learn more about the process.
What an excellent adventure! Plan to join us for this unique field trip.
Interested? Call Tracy McQuade at 286-1600 x 1327 to put your name on the contact list. We will be calling you with further details and information.
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NonFiction Rocks!We have a bountiful bouquet of new non-fiction series titles from Rosen that are available for preview. Be sure to contact SCLS Youth Services to get a complete listing of all titles available.
Graphic Tales of the Supernatural includes such favorites as Werewolves: Stories of Deadly Shape- Shifters by Cary Jeffrey. Three historical accounts in graphic format are complemented with plenty of background and additional information. Perfect for tweens.
 The Most Daring Raids in History series includes The Most Daring Raid of the Samurai by Stephen Turnbull. Filled with excellent maps, photos, and a unique timeline throughout the book, this book provides older readers with a well-written account of the background, actual raid,and an analysis. Back matter rounds out the information.
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Sneak Peek
Want to get ahead of Authors Unlimited? Get a sneak peek of Alyssa B Sheinmel's new novel The Lucky Kind.
Nick has always been one lucky guy. He's got a great family, a  terrific friend Steve, and now it looks like he has a chance with the girl he has been admiring for years. It looks like his junior year is going to be everything he could hope for. Everything is going his way until the day he answers the phone and a strange voice asks to speak to Sheffman Brandt. Sheffman is his father'a first name, a name that he NEVER uses. Nick discovers a family secret and learns that his life may not be the perfect one he thought he had.
Alyssa Sheinmel has crafted a story of learning to love and trust. The really cool part is that she is coming to Authors Unlimited. And lucky for you, SCLS has an Advanced Readers Copy of The Lucky Kind.
If you would like to check out her latest book, scheduled to be published May 2011, contact SCLS and we'll loan you a copy of the galley.
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Beastly 
The Eagle