Farmingdale Library Teens

As 2012 is the international year of the cooperative, it is a great time to celebrate the cooperative spirit and honor your community. By crafting a poem that details how you have given back to others, you can win a spot on Cabot Creamery’s butter box and share your story with the world. Have you worked alone, with your family, or in the classroom to give back in some special way? We want to know what you’ve done. Be creative, write from your heart and find the words that capture your good deeds. Tell us how working to change the lives of others has changed your own life. TO ENTER Write a poem that tells us how you have made a difference to your community and the people who live there. You must be a student in Grades 5-8. Your entry must be your own original, unpublished work. You may submit only one poem, no longer than 20 lines in length. You must list your name, grade level, school name and address and your teacher or adult sponsors name, phone number and email Poe

The list of Oscar nominations came out today. In case you didn't see it, here they are: Best Picture The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse Best Supporting Actor Kenneth Branagh , My Week with Marilyn Jonah Hill, Moneyball Nick Nolte, Warrior Christopher Plummer, Beginners Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Best Supporting Actress Berenice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer, The Help Best Actress Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Meryl Streep , The Iron Lady Michelle Williams , My Week with Marilyn Best Actor Demian Bichir, A Better Life George Clooney, The Descendants Jean Dujardin, The Artist Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt , Moneyball --> Best Director Midnight in Paris, Woo

The Michael Printz Award is given out annually by the American Library Association for the Best Book for Young Adults. The winner and honors were announced today. Here's the list: Winner: Where Things Come Back   by John Corey Whaley Honors: Why We Broke Up   by Daniel Handler The Returning by Christine Hinwood Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

A library Teen Advisory Board (TAB)  help the library plan programs and suggest books and music that other teens would be interested in. I've tried to create one that meets in person with little interest, so I thought I'd create a virtual one. Tell me what you want! Let me know: book suggestions, program ideas, anything that comes to your mind! I'll get back to you with a response.

On Tuesday, a small group of teens joined me in making Cookie Pops. Here are the pictures:

I've offered in the past if a teen is willing to write a review of a book, TV show, video game, or movie that I would post in on this blog and offer community service hours for the review. Here's one on the great (my opinion) book Looking for Alaska by John Green: “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” It is these last words of poet François Rabelais that inspire Miles Halter, a typical sixteen year old whose hobbies include memorizing famous people’s last words, to seek more out of his tedious life in Florida. Miles heads to Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama in search of his “Great Perhaps.”He ends up discovering the true meaning of friendship, loyalty, love and life beyond the unknown. Broken up into two sections entitled Before and After, John Green’s Looking for Alaska , chronicles the lives of five teenagers attending Culver Creek boarding school. In the Before section, readers get enveloped in the characters unique personalities and alluring lifestyles. The novel tak