The Hunger Games
Are you excited about the Hunger Games movie out tomorrow at midnight? I was a little skeptical at first, but everytime I see the trailer for it I get goosebumps! Whether you are Team Katniss or not, we are having a Hunger Games Challenge tomorrow, Thursday March 22nd during our Read. Write. Talk. program. From 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the Sendak room, participants will go head to head in physical, cornucopia, and trivia challenges.
All contestants will get a bonus prize for participating, plus the chance to win BIG – movie tickets for the midnight showing or a set of the series by Suzanne Collins. Hope to see you on Thursday night for some fun times at the library! 
Spring Library Programs!
We have some exciting stuff going on at the Cedar Rapids Public Library at Westdale in the next few weeks and we hope you can stop by to check out some of our programs!
TUESDAY, March 20th from 5:30-7:30 p.m. is our monthly Anime Club meeting – this month we will plan for our Saturday March 24th Anime Club. Sendak room.
THURSDAY, March 22nd from 5:30-7:00 p.m. is Read. Write. Talk: Hunger Games Challenge. Do you have what it takes? Compete in a physical, cornucopia, and trivia challenges for a chance to win prizes, including movie tickets to the midnight showing! Sendak room.
SATURDAY March 24th from 12:00-4:00 p.m. – Anime Club: Saturday Edition – Stop in on a Saturday to enjoy Anime, play Wii, eat candy sushi and ramen, participate in an art contest, work on paper crafts, cosplay, and more! Sendak Room.
MONDAY – FRIDAY March 26th-30th from 2-3:30 p.m. Good Eats: Cooking in the Library – Learn to make quick & easy snacks, participate in an Iron Chef challenge, enter a culinary contest and eat the results! Meet in the Young Adult area. Registration is available by calling the library at 398-5123 or online here.
TUESDAY, March 26th Teens Create: Sharpie Tie Dye. – stop by between 4:30 and 6:00 in the Sendak Room to create a wearable piece of art. We will provide you with a white t-shirt to tie dye with Sharpies. Register for this one over the phone at 398-5123 or online here.
SATURDAY, March 31st from 12:00-4:00 p.m. Join us for our 2nd annual Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii gaming tournament! Come early to compete or stop by anytime to play X-Box Kinect, board games, or watch the action. Sendak Room.
TAG Meeting Minutes 3/14/12
TAG Meeting Minutes
3/13/12
6:00-6:30 p.m.
CRPL Sendak Room
Members present: Gaby, Seth and Rachel (all from Anime Club), Tanner, and Maddie
New Manga + March Anime Clubs
ANIME CLUB NEWS
This month we have not one, but TWO Anime Clubs, and our very first on a Saturday. If you are able to make it on Tuesday, March 20th from 5:30-7:30 p.m., come prepared to help plan our Saturday, March 24th from 12:00-4:00 p.m. event!
NEW MANGA
Our Anime Club and Teen Advisory Group members have been very helpful in suggesting new titles for our Manga section. Here are a few new (to us) additions containing everything from killer puppets to scientific mysteries. Enjoy!
Grand Guignol Orchestra
Grand Guignol Orchestra (人形(ギニョール)宮廷楽団?, Guignol Kyūtei Gakudan) is a gothic horror manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki (. The story is about a beautiful singer named Lucille and his orchestra who is invited to a town threatened by puppets that attack humans.
Princess Knight
Set in a medieval fairy-tale backdrop, Princess Knight is the tale of a young princess named Sapphire who must pretend to be a male prince so she can inherit the throne. Women have long been prevented from taking the throne, but Sapphire is not discouraged and instead she fully accepts the role, becoming a dashing hero(ine) that the populous is proud of.
A Certain Scientific Railgun
Meet Mikoto Misaka, the third most powerful Level 5 esper in Academy City. Together with her best friend Kuroko Shirai and the other members of Judgment, a student-run law enforcement agency, Mikoto delves deep into the dark heart of the scientific sprawl she calls home, and uncovers secrets she wishes she hadn’t!
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
