We've got something both disgusting and delightful planned....we'll be making severed finger pens!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Creepy Crafts: Ghostwriter
Hey teens and tweens! Don't forget: Today is our first Creepy Craft event! Stop by the Children's Activity Room between 3 and 4 pm to check out this totally FREE event.
We've got something both disgusting and delightful planned....we'll be making severed finger pens!
We've got something both disgusting and delightful planned....we'll be making severed finger pens!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Banned Books Week
Happy Banned Books Week!
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, the national book community’s celebration of the freedom to read. Every year, tons of books get challenged by people for a variety of reasons. Book challengers want certain books removed from library shelves and school readings lists because they feel the books are inappropriate in some way.
The American Library Association acknowledges that books usually are challenged with the best intentions—to protect others (usually children and teens) from difficult ideas and information. However, ALA believes that all people should have the freedom to decide for themselves what they should and should not read, so every year during Banned Books Week, librarians, authors, and booksellers go out of their way to encourage folks to read whatever they want!
Books that get challenged tend to be some of the most interesting books out there! The list of the most frequently challenged books of the last year includes awesomely amazing books like The Hunger Games, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Celebrate Banned Books Week and your freedom to read by checking out a banned book, and participating in our Banned Books Week programs for teens:
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, the national book community’s celebration of the freedom to read. Every year, tons of books get challenged by people for a variety of reasons. Book challengers want certain books removed from library shelves and school readings lists because they feel the books are inappropriate in some way.
The American Library Association acknowledges that books usually are challenged with the best intentions—to protect others (usually children and teens) from difficult ideas and information. However, ALA believes that all people should have the freedom to decide for themselves what they should and should not read, so every year during Banned Books Week, librarians, authors, and booksellers go out of their way to encourage folks to read whatever they want!
Books that get challenged tend to be some of the most interesting books out there! The list of the most frequently challenged books of the last year includes awesomely amazing books like The Hunger Games, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Celebrate Banned Books Week and your freedom to read by checking out a banned book, and participating in our Banned Books Week programs for teens:
- Enter our Banned Books Week raffle by taking the quiz located at the Teen Loft book display case. You could win a fabulous prize!
- Come to our Scandalous Cinema film screenings. We're showing 2 movies based on banned books:
- Thursday, Oct. 4 / 12:00-3:30 pm : Stop by after your half day of school for pizza and a movie. We'll be showing a classic movie about a boy wizard with a lightning scar...
- Friday, Oct. 5 / 6:00-8:00 pm : Check out our teens only, after hours movie event! We'll be showing a hilarious movie starring Emma Stone, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.
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