Vote Now for Teens Top Ten!

It's easy! Vote for your favorite book of 2013:
Vote for Teens Top 10

Read about each book by clicking on 'Teen Top Ten 2013' to the right of this page & scrolling down! Click on a title in the list there to reserve a copy for yourself!

August & September @ the Library

 LOL on Thursday, Sept. 19 @ 4! Games, crafts, & food!

Check out t-shirt, sock & bottle cap crafting--and Bubblemania experimenting from Aug. & Sept:

August & September Teen Events @ the Library from lbjohnsen

Airman by Eoin Colfer

Check out the new book trailer created by a teen volunteer. Did you read a great book this summer? Talk to Linda about submitting your own book trailer. Earn volunteer time, too!

Check out Airman by Eoin Colfer at the library. Just click here to reserve a copy!

Summer @ the Library

It's not over yet...there's still lots of fun reading--catch up with the Teen Top Ten nominations or click here to link to the library catalog & request the book you want to read. Then vote for your favorites Aug. 15-Sept.15.
And... teen events in August:

• Tues. & Wed. Aug. 13 & 14: Cool It: Ice Cream, Slushies, Salsa, & More. Make your own ice cream & slushies. Warm up with salsa you make. Pick a summer craft to make too! Sidewalk paint & chalk ingredients will be on hand, along with rock & fossil making & socks for tie dying. If you want, bring a white t-shirt to tie dye or an old one to reconstruct. Everything else--including snacks--will be provided. 

• Wed. Aug. 28 @ 3 GameFest. Wii & PlayStation games, board games, snacks & pop

This summer teens made sidewalk paint and painted indoors and out. They made pet rocks, worry stones, and garden stones. They tie dyed t-shirts and socks and reconstructed t-shirts into pillows and other styles. They made pendants and magnets with shrinky dinks and created their own time capsules. They made their own superhero characters and created indoor cave paintings. They had movie events , gaming, & much more! Check out some of the fun:
 

Teen Summer Reading 2013 @ the Cedar Lake Branch from lbjohnsen

Another Great Book Trailer

Read to win prizes this summer! And if you want to earn volunteer time and share a little about a great book you've read, make a book trailer like this one. It's fun, too! Click on 'book trailers' to see others teens have made. Just ask and we will set you up. And now...
The Roar by Emma Clayton, book trailer by Jack:

June @ the Library

Gaming, Film Fest, T-shirts, Tie Dying, Mystery Dinner Theater--check it all out:

And more to come in July:  
Mon. & Tues. July 8 & 9 @ 4: Rock On--craft with rocks to make worry stones, pet rocks, rock gardens, garden stones, & more!Edible dirt, too!
Fri. July 12 & Thurs. July 25 @ 3: Gamefest--Play Station, Wii, Twister, Clue, Uno, Chess, Checkers...  
Thurs. July 18 @ 4: Hobbit Party--games, music, crafts, &, of course, lots of food!
Mon. & Tues. July 22 & 23 @ 4: We Were Here: Time Capsules, cartouche pendants (& shrinky dinks!)& more!
Win prizes for reading, too--1 entry for every 100 pages, book or magazine you read. Great weekly prizes and a grand prize of a back back full of prizes and a $20 gift card!

Blogging & Book Trailers @ the Library

The summer fun continues. Check out some great trailers made by teens:
 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins:  

Love Your Life:
   

 Every Day by David Levithan:
 

 Big Cats: