Farmingdale Library Teens

 It's October 19th and a new set of videos were released for your viewing pleasure! Check out the link to view the 3rd-4th grade category videos as well as the others which have been posted that you may have missed. https://everychildareader.net/choice/creator-videos-ccba-2020/ Enjoy! ~ Miss Elena

It's the week of October 12th and here are more Choice Book Award finalist videos! These are 5th and 6th grade books. Watch and hear the authors own words as they describe their process and learn new terms such as "Emanata" as Raina Telgemeier explains in her video. These authors are so inspiring and encourage you to follow your dreams of becoming a writer or illustrator or both! Check them out! https://everychildareader.net/choice/creator-videos-ccba-2020/ The teen catagory videos are still up as well in case you missed the last post! Enjoy~ Miss Elena

Creator Videos: 2020 Book Awards Finalists Every Child a Reader is partnering with KidLit TV, an award winning producer of resources for parents, teachers and librarians, for a second time on a new series of videos featuring book creators! These 22 videos highlight the 2020 finalists of the Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards. Check out the first 6 videos by clicking on the link below. Videos invite kids and teens to discover and more fully engage with these amazing finalists titles so they can vote at everychildareader.net/vote. The series contains a variety of content including read-alouds, guided drawing activities, a science experiment, and more fascinating insights into the imaginations of these outstanding authors and illustrators. Check back every Monday morning in October for a new category of finalist videos! Release dates are: 10/5 for Teen Choice, 10/12 for 5th-6th Grade, 10/19 for 3rd-4th Grade, and 10/26 for K-2nd Grade. https://everychildareader.net/choice/creator-vi...

  Steph Auteri   Oct 2, 2020 We asked our contributors to share the best book they read July through September and as always they delivered with great reads so prepare your TBR. We’ve got mysteries, delightful fantasy with found family, picture books, literary fiction, essays, magic, gothic novels, and much, much more—there are book recommendations for everyone here! Some are old, some are new, and some aren’t even out yet. Enjoy! AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE  BY TAYARI JONES I found myself holding my breath while reading  An American Marriage , white knuckling the sides of the book as each page unraveled a gutwrenching love story set in the American South. A young married couple named Celestial and Roy find themselves catapulted into the criminal justice system after a rape accusation lands Roy in prison for a crime he did not commit. With Roy imprisoned in Louisiana, Celestial must navigate life in Atlanta without him and grapple with the life they could have led had Roy n...

 by  Leah Rachel von Essen   Oct 2, 2020 One of the biggest struggles for the United States Postal Service (USPS) stamp program is awareness. At a time when the USPS needs support both financially and politically, it’s important for consumers to know that a lot goes into everything that makes the post office run. Including—even especially—the stamps. You walk into the post office with a stack of envelopes and order a book of stamps. Perhaps you scan the designs available and choose the one that’s most appealing, or the one that makes you smile. Maybe you just turn the package or letter over and they stamp it for you, and you never even see the designs applied. Maybe, every once in a while, you receive an envelope with a special stamp affixed, and it holds your attention for a moment. Stamps Services at the Postal Service produces more than 14 billion stamps and generates an estimated $4.5 billion in revenue each year. The Postal Service relies on the sale of this pos...