Teen Facebook Page

Check out the library's newest facebook page just for teens.

NEW FOR OCTOBER

Click here to see the library's new books and audiobooks for teens!

TEENS' TOP TEN VOTING NOW IN PROGRESS

Vote online now for the 2010 Teens' Top Ten Book Award! If you are between 12 and 18 years old, you can vote for up to three of the 26 nominated books. Click here for details and voting:

VOTE HERE

Here's an annotated pdf list of the nominated books.

TEENS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

FOCUS GROUP NEXT MONDAY

Teens, we would love to hear your opinion. What do you want when you come to the Library? Come share your thoughts and ideas about teen library services on Monday, August 16 at 5:30 p.m. This invitation is open to those students entering 6th grade and up.

Register online or call 203.594.5003.

TEEN ORIGAMI

Learn how to make a classic crane, a jumping frog, and more!


For grades 5 & up
Wednesday, August 4th from 3-4 pm
in the Plaut Room
All materials will be provided

To register for this class, call 594.5040 or go online

New This Summer: Teen Knitting at the Library

Interested in knitting?

Sign up for a week of

Teen Knitting Camp at the New Canaan Library.

Monday through Friday, August 16 to 20, from 3:30 to 5 PM

Presented by Librarian Ellen Harvey in the Plaut Room.

For grades 8 +. All supplies provided.

Call 203-594-5040 to register.

More information:

Do you want to learn to knit? Or are you a knitter who would like help learning a new technique? This Summer the Library is pleased to offer Knitting for Teens. It meets daily August 16-20. If you are entering eighth grade or older, the time slot is from 3: 30 to 5 PM.

No materials are necessary for beginners. We will spend the first day making our own needles with wood and polymer clay. The next day we will start knitting and participants will learn what can be made with a simple square or rectangle: a belt, a skinny scarf, a cell phone or ipod cozy, or a drawstring treasure bag. You decide!

If you are already a knitter you may bring a project and work on it. Learn to purl, rib, or even do a cable stitch.

Supplies for beginners are provided, so you need only bring your interest and enthusiasm!

Registration is required: sign up at 594-5040.

BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS THIS WEEK

Young Adult Book Discussion for Grades 6 to 9:

Good Night, Mr. Tom
by Michelle Magorian

Part1: Wed. July 7 6 -7:30pm
(read chapters 1-3)
Part 2: Wed. July 21 6-7:30 pm
(finish the book)

Good Night, Mr. Tom is a powerful, moving novel by Michelle Magorian. It follows a young boy, William Beech, who is evacuated from London during the air-raids of World War II and put into the care of Tom Oakley, an elderly recluse. Thanks to Tom, William Beech is able to experience a new life of love and care.

Discussion led by New Canaan native and Stamford teacher, Daphne Teittinen.

Pizza & lemonade will be served.

Registration is required:
Call 203-594-5040 or register online.

SUMMER READING 2010

Come to the 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 6th Grade: Required List

Incoming 7th Grade: Required List

Incoming 8th Grade: Book-Film Project

EXTENDED HOURS FOR EXAM STUDY

THREE LATE NIGHTS: During final exams at New Canaan High School, the Library will stay open until 10 pm for individual and group study. The late nights are Wednesday 6/16, Thursday 6/17, and Monday 6/21.

THE RED PYRAMID IS HERE

The Red Pyramid, the first book in Rick Riordan's new series, The Kane Chronicles, was released today. The New Canaan Library has both the book and the audiobook available right now.

If you liked the Greek gods and the adventures in the five-book Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, you'll probably like this series too. This time, the heroes and gods are Egyptian. You can read the first chapter of The Red Pyramid by clicking HERE.

Myths and monsters not your thing? CLICK HERE to see all the other new books and audiobooks for teens this month.

FEBRUARY 2010

Lots of great new teen books, audiobooks and graphic novels this month. TAKE A LOOK.

And the 2011 Teen Nutmeg Award nominees have just been announced. CLICK HERE to see the list. Read one or all of them during 2010, then vote for your favorite in January of 2011. Thanks to everyone who voted last month for their favorite Nutmeg title from the 2010 nominees. Statewide results coming soon!

Finally, the 2010 Michael L. Printz award for the best teen book of the year was awarded by ALA last month to Libba Bray's strange but amazing mad cow road trip book, Going Bovine.

EXTENDED HOURS FOR EXAM STUDY

On three nights this week (NCHS midterm exam week) the Library will stay open until 10 pm for individual and group study. The late nights are Tuesday 1/19, Wednesday 1/20, and Thursday 1/21. The Library is closed for MLK Day on Monday 1/18.

TEEN NUTMEG VOTING NOW IN PROGRESS

Have you read any of these ten

2010 TEEN NUTMEG BOOKS?

IF SO, IT'S TIME TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE!

WHO CAN VOTE?

Students in any grade who have read one or more of the nominated books.

WHERE AND WHEN DO I VOTE?

You may cast your vote either at school or in the teen area of the New Canaan Library. You may vote only once, and all votes must be received by January 31st.

HOW DO I VOTE?Vote for your favorite Teen Nutmeg on the light blue ballot form, fill in the information about yourself, and put the ballot in the Nutmeg ballot box on top of the display shelves in the Library's teen area.