Check out a cool site: Readergirlz
Reading a book isn’t the same thing as experiencing a book. You know what we mean. There’s a reason why we readergirlz are known to shove books at our best friends: books that have rocked our world, books that have revealed our souls, books that are gifts of the heart. We want you to read, reflect, and reach out.
So here’s our official readergirlz manifesta: what we stand for, what we believe, what we promise YOU:
* readergirlz is about having serious fun while talking about books with the author and your friends!
* readergirlz is about getting the inside scoop about why the novel was written, the tears and joys and real-world angst that the author has lived and layered into her story.
* readergirlz is about reading great books to get to know yourself, your friends, and yes, even your mother, better.
* readergirlz is about celebrating strong girls in books who’ve got the guts to dream.
* readergirlz is about reaching out to others based on what you’ve read.
* And most of all, readergirlz is about inspiring girls to make history of their own!
Free Comic Book Day Is This Weekend!
Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their shops.
Find a free comic book location near you!
Happy Earth Day!
What are you doing to help the Earth today?
Why not start with a book from the library . . .
one book being shared among many people is much better for the planet than every person buying their own copy!
Are you a poet?
Magnetic Poetry by surrealmuse on flickr
April is National Poetry Month! If you are a poet looking for a place to share your work . . . why not try one of these sites:
Lulu Poetry is about winning prizes and recognition for your poems, creating and selling beautiful books of your poetry, and learning tips and tricks from other enthusiastic poets just like you.
Poetry written by teens. From the angry to the sentimental, it’s all there: Haiku, sestinas, love poems, free verse and rhyme . . . Teen Ink publishes poets!
At Poetry on Student.com you can enter your own poems into the showcase, read and rate other member’s poems, and search through the Poetry Database to find poems that you want.
غسق أن تترجم إلى العربية
(Twilight to be Translated Into Arabic)
The hugely popular Twilight series is going to be published in Arabic by the Arab Cultural Center. They currently have 4 translators working to translate the series and get it on Middle Eastern bookshelves as soon as possible. They anticipate it being more popular than the Harry Potter series!
What Music Motivates You?
Do you have a special song that you listen to when you’re studing for finals? Is there a band that always makes you think of last summer? What does music mean do you?
What about the music that authors listened to while they are writing your favorite nove? Largehearted Boy set out to find out what music motivates authors. He created Book Notes. It is a series where “authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published books.”
YA Authors Include:
Sara Zarr
Emily Wing Smith
Tara Altebrando
AND MANY MORE!
Also, Stephenie Meyer has posted a list on her website of the songs she listened to while writing Twilight.
Now you can read the book and hear the author’s soundtrack!
Don’t Just Play Games, Make Them!
Are you a gamer?
Would you like to create your own stories animations, games, music and art and then share them on the web?
Why not try SCRATCH
It is free and easy! Or you can brouse through thousands of creations by other people just like you!
Go Green!
The river is green, we are drinking shamrock shakes,
we are wearing green but are you
READING GREEN?
Come into the Teen Lounge and check out our green book display!
Happy Teen Tech Week!
What would you do with a $50 Amazon.com Gift Certificate?
Help us celebrate Teen Tech Week and you could make your dreams a reality!
All you have to do is fill out our online scavenger hunt! Have you ever heard of anything easier?!?
Click Here to do the scavenger hunt
HPL 2009 Student Film Fest
SHARE YOUR VISION
Photo courtesy of filmingilman
The HPL Student Film Fest will showcase the best young Filmmakers in the area. Submit your original film on DVD to the HPL Student Film Fest by March 20, 2009 for the chance to have it shown on our big screen on April 17, 2009.
For more info and entry forms, go to:
www.hinsdalelibrary.info/filmfest