Teens Create: Sweater Scarves
Do you like making new things out of old things and being creative? Stop by the Sendak room next Tuesday the 28th between 4:30-6:00 p.m. to construct scarves out of old sweaters! Sweaters will be provided but if you have a shrunken one you’d like to use, please bring it. There will be snacks, and sweaters, and – EXCITING NEWS – we have finally have a working a CD player/radio 
! Register online here or by calling the library at 398-5123.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Have you read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs yet? Get on it! Find more Miss Peregrine’s Valentines here.
Picture Vote
There are some new signs going up around the Westdale library to designate each area. The Young Adult area will have a tan sign with a picture of a teen girl on it, and then they would like to add a small symbol to the sign.
For example, the Mystery section will have a person holding up a spyglass and the symbol is a fingerprint. The children’s “Easies” books will have a small child on it with a picture of some bumblebees, etc. Amy, who is working on the posters, came up with three picture choices.
TAG voted and it came down to the bird and the suns (she will probably only use one sun). Please vote on which one you think would look best on the sign below. If you have any other suggestions, please send them to armstrongm(at)crlibrary(dot)org. Thanks!
2012 Printz Awards
Yesterday, the American Library Association gave out the Michael L. Printz Award to Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley. The Printz is an award for a YA book that “exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature”. We have a copy of this book, and while I haven’t read it (yet), I remember being really excited about the cover. Here is a brief description of the Where Things Come Back:
Seventeen-year-old Cullen’s summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin’s death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother’s sudden disappearance.
Printz Honor books include:
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foretell the end.
The Returning by Christine Hinwood
Cam Attling, having lost an arm, is the only one from his town of Kayforl to return after twelve years of war. All his fellow soldiers were slain, and suspicion surrounds him. When his betrothal to Graceful Fenister is called off and his role in the community questioned, Cam leaves to find the lord who maimed him but spared his life, seeking answers and a new place in the world.
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with Crafts!
Chinese New Year Craft Celebration
On Tuesday, January 31st, our monthly Teens Create program will be dedicated to celebrating the Chinese New Year. We will be making some awesome paper lanterns and confetti popper rockets. Stop by anytime between 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the Sendak room. Register online here or by calling the library at 398-5123 so we know how many tealights to get!
Can’t make it on the 31st? Here are some great instructions on how to make both projects.
TAG Meeting Minutes 1/10/2012
TAG Meeting Minutes
1/10/12
6:00-7:00 p.m.
CRPL Schultz Room
Members present: Jocelyn, Tanner, Bailey, Arianna, Nicky, Sarah, Dylan, and Maddie
January Anime Club: Monster Craft Edition
On Tuesday, January 17th from 5:30-7:30 in the Sendak room, the CRPL Anime Club will be watching Naruto Shippuden and working on creating a Monster banner for the library from the book Me Make Monster by Jenny Harada. As always, there will be Ramen noodles and snacks, and possibly some circle time. Hope to see you there!
COLLAGE-A-THON!!!
Picture this: It is next Tuesday, December 27th. You are out of school and you are bored out of your mind. You can sit around in your sweatpants, or you can wear your sweatpants down to the library and make some stuff with other people!
Tuesday, December 27th @ the Westdale Library
Join us from 4:30-6:00 in the Sendak room for our COLLAGE-A-THON, where you can collage your boredness away on jars, frames, cards, or possibly even the last giant Twilight cutout we have. Register online here, at the library, or by calling us at 319-398-5123.
Clay Contest Winners!
Last night we had our first ever clay contest for Anime Club. The results were AMAZING and it was great to see how creative our Anime Club can get. Here are our winners, and you can find the rest of the photos from last night on our Facebook page.
Winner: Tiniest Creation
Tiny panda + leek
Winner: Best Anime
Gaaru from Naruto
Winner: Overall (which kind of meant everything else)
Link from Zelda
On a slightly un-related note, I was looking at the Anime Characters Database, which lets you search for Anime characters by gender, hair color, hair length, animal ears, and MORE. I’m thinking we need a search like this for the library – especially for the questions like, “I’m looking for a book with a RED cover that is about THIS <——–> big with a dragon on the cover.”
Anime Club + Contest + New Manga ^_^
Join us on Tuesday, Dec. 20th from 5:30-7:30 at the Westdale Library for our monthly Anime Club! All 6th-12th graders are welcome to stop by, eat Ramen noodles, watch Anime, and participate in our first ever clay creation contest. The group will vote on the winners, and we have Viz Media tote bags and CRPL water bottles as prizes. In September, we recorded a video of the club dancing and you can find that video on our Facebook page here.
In other Anime related news, we have been getting some new titles in, thanks to some help from Teen Advisory Group member Tanner! I’ve included a few below – but they are flying off the shelf, so get in line for these by logging into your account on our catalog.
Maoh: Juvenile Remix
Inukai and his team of vigilantes protect the citizens of Nekota from a rising crime wave and the greed of businessmen looking to modernize the city into a strip mall, but high school student Ando suspects Inukai’s motives.
Fairy Tail
Seventeen-year-old Lucy, mage-in-training, seeks to join a magicians guild and become a full-fledged magician. Her dream lies in the most famous guild in the worldFairy Tale. One day Lucy encounters Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously abandoned him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When he helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magicians guild, and our heroes adventure together begins.
Monster Hunter Orage
Shiki is on a mission to hunt down a legendary monster with his companion Ailee, a skilled huntress who would rather have nothing to do with the airheaded Shiki.
