Please tell us about what you like to read! This quick survey is easy, anonymous, and maybe even fun -- and your opinions will help the New Canaan Library pick out new books and other materials. Thank you for participating.
Click Here to take survey
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
2009 TEENS' TOP TEN ANNOUNCED
More than 11,000 teen voters chose Paper Towns as their favorite book in the 2009 Teens' Top Ten! The online poll took place from Aug. 24 through Sept. 18, with the winners announced during Teen Read Week by WWE Divas Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, with a special appearance by John Green. See the video.
Here are the top ten, chosen from the 25 nominated books. Come to the teen section of the New Canaan Library or click here to see what's available right now.
Paper Towns by John Green
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Wake by Lisa McMann
Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Here are the top ten, chosen from the 25 nominated books. Come to the teen section of the New Canaan Library or click here to see what's available right now.
Paper Towns by John Green
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Wake by Lisa McMann
Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Graphic Novels RSS!
Now you can be notified of all the latest graphic novel additions through RSS feeds, or just check out the titles we've added in the past month!
Go to our recent acquisitions page to see an alphabetical list of our newest graphic novels. If you have a feed reader like Bloglines, Google Reader, or My Yahoo, etc., click on the orange RSS box :
and add it to your subscriptions.
No more repetitive title searches to see if we have your latest favorites -- there are even links to the catalogue records to see if the books you want are available!
Go to our recent acquisitions page to see an alphabetical list of our newest graphic novels. If you have a feed reader like Bloglines, Google Reader, or My Yahoo, etc., click on the orange RSS box :
and add it to your subscriptions.No more repetitive title searches to see if we have your latest favorites -- there are even links to the catalogue records to see if the books you want are available!
Friday, August 28, 2009
TEENS' TOP TEN: VOTE ONLINE NOW
The polls are open from now until September 18th.
CLICK HERE to vote online for your favorites. You can vote for up to 3 of the 25 nominated books. If you want to see a list of the books, HERE is a pdf file with authors, titles, and summaries.
CLICK HERE to vote online for your favorites. You can vote for up to 3 of the 25 nominated books. If you want to see a list of the books, HERE is a pdf file with authors, titles, and summaries.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
TEENS' TOP TEN VOTING Aug. 24-Sept. 18
In the back corner of the New Canaan Library's teen area there is a large shelftop display of the 25 books that are nominated for the 2009 Teen's Top Ten award. Each book has a bright yellow label on the spine saying "2009 TTT nominee." If you are between the ages of 12 and 18, you can cast an online vote for your favorite between August 24th and September 18th.
Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country.
CLICK HERE for an annotated pdf list of the nominated books for 2009.
Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country.
CLICK HERE for an annotated pdf list of the nominated books for 2009.
Click on this box to find out how to cast your vote.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
SUMMER READING 2009
Come to the expanded teen area of the library to find lots of summer reading choices -- we have the books from the New Canaan Public School lists, plus lots more. Here are some links to get you started:
SAXE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Incoming 7th Grade: Required List
Incoming 8th Grade: Book-Film Project
Incoming 7th & 8th Grades: Recommended Summer Reading List
NEW CANAAN HIGH SCHOOL (all grades):
Visit the NCHS Library website for a video message and an interactive list of summer reading choices. Multiple copies of these books are available at the New Canaan Library all summer. Click here to see what's available right now.
SAXE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Incoming 7th Grade: Required List
Incoming 8th Grade: Book-Film Project
Incoming 7th & 8th Grades: Recommended Summer Reading List
NEW CANAAN HIGH SCHOOL (all grades):
Visit the NCHS Library website for a video message and an interactive list of summer reading choices. Multiple copies of these books are available at the New Canaan Library all summer. Click here to see what's available right now.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
BEACH BAG CONTEST!
There's still time to enter the TeenReads Beach Bag Contest -- it's open until June 25th. The prize is a beach bag full of 12 great beach books plus lots of other summer goodies. Not hard to enter -- just write a paragraph about which of the 12 books you'd most like to read and why. The TeenReads site also has lots of great book reviews, author interviews, and the "ultimate teen reading list" with 300 titles.
You can read about the contest and enter it by clicking HERE.
You can read about the contest and enter it by clicking HERE.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
New Vampire Series to Start Off the Summer
After you've read all four books in the Twilight series..... why not try The Morganville Vampires
by Rachel Caine
(New this week in the YA Paperback section of the New Canaan Library)
From back cover: "Welcome to Morganville, Texas. Don't stay out after dark. It's a small college town filled with quirky characters. But when the sun goes down, the bad comes out. Because in Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows-one that will spill out into the bright of day.
From back cover: "Welcome to Morganville, Texas. Don't stay out after dark. It's a small college town filled with quirky characters. But when the sun goes down, the bad comes out. Because in Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows-one that will spill out into the bright of day.
Here are the six books in the series so far:
Book 1 Glass houses
Book 2 The dead girls' dance
Book 3 Midnight Alley
Book 4 Feast of fools
Book 5 Lord of Misrule
Book 6 Carpe Corpus
Book 7 Fade Out (coming 11/3/09)
Book 2 The dead girls' dance
Book 3 Midnight Alley
Book 4 Feast of fools
Book 5 Lord of Misrule
Book 6 Carpe Corpus
Book 7 Fade Out (coming 11/3/09)
Monday, April 13, 2009
OPEN MIC NIGHT THIS THURSDAY at 7
Open Mic Night -- express yourself!
When: Thursday, April 16th, 7:00 pm
Where: Lamb Room, New Canaan Library
Why: Read your poetry or original writing, favorite poem or from a favorite work
Or play an instrument or sing a song
What else: Snacks will be provided.
When: Thursday, April 16th, 7:00 pm
Where: Lamb Room, New Canaan Library
Why: Read your poetry or original writing, favorite poem or from a favorite work
Or play an instrument or sing a song
What else: Snacks will be provided.
Register HERE if you're interested in participating!
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
A fifth TWILIGHT SAGA book???
The library recently got a request for Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer. It's supposed to be a new book in the Twilight series, telling the beginning of the story from Edward's point of view instead of Bella's. When I looked around to see if I could order it, I discovered that the author started writing it but probably isn't going to finish it. However, she's posted the 12-chapter draft on her website -- take a look:
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf
Also -- when you're in the library, be sure to visit the teen area with its new bigger spaces for books and audiobooks. Lots of great new stuff this month too:
http://catalog.newcanaanlibrary.org/search~S0?/ftlist^bib53%2C1%2C0%2C130/mode=2
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf
Also -- when you're in the library, be sure to visit the teen area with its new bigger spaces for books and audiobooks. Lots of great new stuff this month too:
http://catalog.newcanaanlibrary.org/search~S0?/ftlist^bib53%2C1%2C0%2C130/mode=2
Monday, February 02, 2009
NEW FOR FEBRUARY
Lots of great new teen books and audiobooks this month. TAKE A LOOK.
And the 2010 Teen Nutmeg Award titles have just been announced. CLICK HERE to see them. Read one or all of them during 2009, then vote for your favorite in January of 2010.
And the 2010 Teen Nutmeg Award titles have just been announced. CLICK HERE to see them. Read one or all of them during 2009, then vote for your favorite in January of 2010.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
NEW STUFF, LATE HOURS, NUTMEG VOTING!
1. CLICK HERE to see what's new for teens this month.
2. On three nights next week (NCHS midterm exam week) the Library will stay open until 10 pm for individual and group study. The late nights are Tuesday 1/20, Wednesday 1/21, and Thursday 1/22. The Library is closed for MLK Day on Monday 1/19.
3. Time to vote for your favorite 2009 Teen Nutmeg! Information and ballots are available in both the Teen Area and the Children's Room. Check the list of candidates HERE.
2. On three nights next week (NCHS midterm exam week) the Library will stay open until 10 pm for individual and group study. The late nights are Tuesday 1/20, Wednesday 1/21, and Thursday 1/22. The Library is closed for MLK Day on Monday 1/19.
3. Time to vote for your favorite 2009 Teen Nutmeg! Information and ballots are available in both the Teen Area and the Children's Room. Check the list of candidates HERE.
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