Teen Direct
from the Suffolk Cooperative Library System November 2012 |
| Comic Con 101 |
NEVER FEAR Comic Con 101 will be HERE !
Even a superstorm cannot stop the power of a Comic Con. We are coming back with an even BIGGER and better experience on Thursday, January 3, 2013 from 10 AM until 12 noon. The good news is that we have even more prizes and surprises and tons of fantastic giveaways. TONS!
Mark your calendar and save the date. Take a look at this Pathfinder Goblin plush figure - it could be yours - right down to the armband and tooth necklace! Raffles will include FREE games, books, and more cool stuff from Pathfinder, Dark Horse,and other vendors.
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Pictured is my favorite reading spot: a well-loved, well-used love seat. This window receives excellent natural. Click on the photo for the video.
reading light, making daytime reading especially enjoyable.
Where do you like to read? Post a photo of your favorite reading spot on our Facebook page and receive a lovely gift package from Candlewick that includes a bag, T shirt , and books. post script: You might enjoy viewing the spaces where authors create. | |
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Suffolk Librarians Publish !
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 Congratulations to three Suffolk librarians. Their new professional works are listed here:
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| Do You Believe in Magic? | 
"If you thought Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro's Foiled was filled with action, engaging characters, and dazzling magic, wait until you see what comes Aliera's way in Curses! Foiled Again.
Aliera learns that things are not always as they seem,
that knowing who is the "good guy" and who is the "bad guy" may be trickier than she thinks, and most importantly, that a girl she always be prepared for every eventuality. Again, she must use her common sense, her foil, and help from the world of faerie. This latest adventure is a fantastic follow-up to the first book. Jane's snappy dialog and Mike's imaginative art combine to create one thrilling, action-packed adventure.
Jared, Shireen, and Miranda find that an extended family stay in Venice offers much more than they ever imagined. They find themselves caught in a fantastic world, spanning both the present and the past, where painting and sculpture come alive. Can religious relics from the past be revived and pieced together, creating a monster of hideous strength? Can a small group of children reverse this evil?
Ian Baucom's Through the Skylight offers readers another glimpse into the Crusades, Venician art and culture. This is a terrific new fantasy adventure for tweens.
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| Authors Unlimited 2013 | |
Authors Unlimited Needs YOU
Our 2013 Teen YA Lit Festival features some fantastic talent, including Andrea Cremer, New York Times Bestseller author of the Nightshade series; National Honor Book finalist Patricia McCormick, author of Cut, Sold, and All Fall Down;National Book Finalist Eliot Schrefer, author of The School for Dangerous Girls and Endangered; and Joe Kelly, creator of Ben 10 and author of Deadpool and I Kill Giants. More great authors to be announced !
Please join us on Tuesday December 11 for our first planning meeting.
Come and find out how you can help make this the premier YA author event for ALL of Suffolk County.
All attendees will be treated to coffee or tea in special Authors Unlimited cups and two lucky attendees will receive a signed 2012 book published by one of our fantastic authors.
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Lucille Bear and Bad Kitty: The WINNING ticket
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Lucille Bear and Bad Kitty would like to remind you to cast your vote for the winning team of traveling book characters!
They have been busy this past month, meeting up with a Storm Trooper and Jedi Knight at the North Shore Public Library Then they were also able to check out the brand new Nesconset Branch of The Smithtown Library. You can follow their exploits at Montauk to Melville. Book a visit with this winning team for a visit to your library today.
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Common Core & Nonfiction
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Please join us at SCLS on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 to hear Marc Aronson, nonfiction author and co-creator of the blog The Uncommon Corps discuss how public librarians can incorporate the new Common Core State Standards into their departments.
Copies of Marc's books, including The Skull in the Rock, will be available for purchase and autographing from 8:30 -9:00 am.
Also, representatives from Brodart and Baker &Taylor will be on hand to preview their ordering and selection services after Marc's presentation and In addition some common core public library projects will be discussed.
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Safe Space
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Staff from The Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth will be offering Safe Space Training at SCLS on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 10:00 AM.
All participants will receive a Safe Space sticker to display in your library's teen area.
Register online or call SCLS-YS 286-1600 x 1337
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| Mock Printz Workshop | |
Join us for a day of stimulating book discussion on Thursday, January 17, 2013. We will meet in a Nassau Library (site to be determined).
There will be six titles slated for book discussion that day. Several of the books are available in eBook and audio format. One is also a downloadable app.
Additional information will be sent at a later date.
Hope to see you there!
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Maker Movement
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 | | Caine's Arcade |
Libraries are continuing their exploration of Maker Spaces. From soldering to sewing machines, from duct tape to Legos, libraries that offer spaces and resources for patrons to create are a part of this growing movement.
Makerspaces: A New Wave of Library Service is a series of FREE 60-minute webinars. Registrants will have the opportunity to learn from the following libraries that have implemented such spaces:
Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, 2 p.m. Eastern: Cleveland Public Library
Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, 2 p.m. Eastern: Detroit Public Library
Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, 2 p.m. Eastern: Carnegie Library (Pittsburgh)
To view these webinars on your own please REGISTER directly with ALA TechSource by visiting: http://goo.gl/oZYUR
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| Calendar | |
November 3
November 4
November 12-15
November 13
November 14
November 15
November 19
December 6
December 10 - 14
December 11
January 3
January 8
January 17
Mock Printz
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| Awards & Contests | |
November 6
November 10
November 15
November 30
December 1
January 4
January 5
February 5
March 1
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| New on Pinterest |
Take a look at some of the creative displays, featured in Suffolk libraries this past month. Be inspired by Longwood's "choose an author button", Port Jefferson bibliographies on Facebook, and this very delicious candy display in Shelter Island.
To view other ideas, visit our Pinterest site. |
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To-Do List
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Action Items from this Month's Newsletter:
- Register for CON 101. Note the new date Jan 3, 2013.
- Post a photo of your your favorite reading spot on Facebook.
- Book a visit from Bad Kitty and Lucille Bear.
- Save the Date: Come plan Authors Unlimited 2013 and get your limited edition Authors Unlimited cup.
- Register for the Safe Space training.
- Register for Nonfiction and Common Core.
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