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Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Homework Help, Web sites to watch.
This year’s Summer Reading Program theme is all about expressing yourself. With the proposed cuts to library funding, now is the time to make your voice heard!

What does the library mean to you? A safe place to hang out after school? Somewhere you can go for help with your homework? Your only source for new books? The first place you could access the Internet?

Let your local legislators know how important the library is to you! Email Governor Strickland today, or contact the following state representatives to share your thoughts. You can make a difference!
Not sure what to write? Check out this sample letter.
Senator Bill Harris, President of the Senate
614-466-8086
Senator David Goodman, 3rd District
614-466-8064
Representative Kevin Bacon, 21st District
614-466-6030
Representative Marian Harris, 19th District
614-466-4847
Representative Nancy Garland, 20th District
614-644-6002
Representative Kris Jordan, 2nd District
614-644-6711
For more information on the budget proposal, please refer to this article from Library Journal, or the Save Ohio Libraries website.
Posted on June 15th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts.
It’s almost time for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to be released in paperback, and guess what? Scholastic is giving away paperback sets of books 5, 6, and 7! Even better, local librarian/teacher/superhero Ms. Yingling, of Ms. Yingling Reads, has a chance for you to enter to win! Check out her blog or click directly to this post for the details. Good luck!

Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Events, Movies.
Check out our homemade video promo for the 2009 Summer Reading Program, made for you with love by the WPL Youth Librarians! Got a hankering to make your own? Be sure to pick up info on Kick-off Day, Thursday, June 11. You’ll have a chance to register for summer reading, get a sign-up prize, work on some cool activities (including appearing in your own “Boogie Heads” video) and find out about our “Starring You! Movie Maker” workshops and movie showing night. You won’t want to miss it! See you on June 11th!
Posted on May 25th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Movies.
Check out this creepy book trailer for the book Gone. What if one day, everyone over the age of 14 was just…gone?
Interested? Find it at the Library!
Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books.
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
Ryan’s a writer, and even though something terrifying has happened and left him with a broken leg and no way to see his best friend, Sarah, he uses his journal to get the story out.
Includes links to online videos that help illustrate Sarah’s findings. (First in a series.)
What to read next: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
For more book suggestions, check out Becky’s book picks!
Posted on April 21st, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books.
Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Art & Craftiness, Guest blogger.
Guest blogger preetycrazybabe shares the following tidbit (thanks for sharing!):
Did you know that the FedEx logo has an arrow in it? Try to find it!
Posted on April 15th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Guest blogger, Words & Writing.
Guest blogger Dragid10 from Write in the Middle wrote the following post to share, and I have forgotten to post it online for many weeks!! Sorry for the delay, and thanks for sharing, Dragid10!
OK, anime is awesomeriffic!
There once was a little boy. His name was Rick. He lived in a house that was burned down 75 years ago. He made friends. On Halloween they went to his house. But they didn’t see it. Rick slowly raised from the ground. He made them vampires. The end.
Posted on April 14th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Movies, Words & Writing.
I just finished reading Skeleton Creek, a new book with a creepy twist! Ryan is stuck in his room with a broken leg after a mysterious accident with his best friend Sarah. He fell when they were investigating a dredge, an old, abandoned machine in the woods of their hometown, Skeleton Creek. Now Ryan and Sarah have been forbidden by their parents to contact each other, but Sarah still manages to email Ryan some password-protected videos about what else she is discovering about the dredge. Ryan notes the passwords in his journal, and you, the reader, can go online to view Sarah’s videos. Be warned — some of them are quite spooky, and the ending will leave you hanging on desperately for the next book in the series!
Take a look at the book trailer:
Posted on April 13th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Guest blogger, Random Fun, Words & Writing.
This post comes to you from guest blogger Obito99 at Write in the Middle. Thanks for sharing, Obito99!
FuFu is a Ghana dish. You can have it with any stew. Also, Bonku is wonderful.
Chuck Norris is too cool for school. When he went to school, he got an A+ for roundhouse kicking, so he graduated from school at age 9.
Posted on April 9th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Movies, Web sites to watch.
Do you remember reading one of the most famous picture books, Where the Wild Things Are, when you were little? I do!! I’m super-excited to see this trailer for the upcoming live-action movie. I didn’t think it was possible to make a full-length movie from such a simple picture book, but this looks too cool to miss:
Posted on April 7th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts.
Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Random Fun.
April 1, 2009
Today the Westerville Public Library decided to cease ordering and circulating books. “Ehhh…no one really reads them anyway,” said librarian Becky O’Neil. “People only ask me for movies, videogames, and computer help. We thought that this was the best way to address what people want.”
Of course, this decision raises the issue of what to do with the aisles and aisles of books currently housed in the library, as well as the many thousands of titles which, in spite of this current trend, seem to be checked out to people.
Several library teens were surveyed for ideas about what to do with the books. Suggestions included “build a fort,” “coffee table,” “drink coaster,” “foot rest,” and, in cases of extreme desperation, “sled.”
Other teens described why they won’t miss the books. “i nly spk n txt,” one girl said. “idk wuts a bk?” Another said, “If it hasn’t been made into a movie or a TV show or an online game, it might as well be written on a stone tablet.” Yet another chimed in, “The problem with books is they don’t work with my ADD, so — hey look, a bunny!”
The teens wished to remain anonymous.
To give your opinion on this decision, please comment below, being sure to include the text “I didn’t double-check what day this was posted, and therefore I fear you may be serious.”
Posted on March 13th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Homework Help.
We’ve got issues! Pro/Con issues, that is.
For those of you who:
You’ve come to the right place! Check out our new Explore guide, Pro/Con Issues, for recommended books, websites & more!
Posted on February 18th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Homework Help.
If you’ve got a country report to do (I’m looking at YOU, St. Paul students!), you will definitely want to check out our Explore guide for Country Profiles:
http://explore.westervillelibrary.org/countries
Here you will find librarians’ selections and recommendations for the best books, web sites, and eResources, all in one handy location! And because it’s on our homepage, you can access it from anywhere! Just click the “Explore” tab from www.westervillelibrary.org, and choose “Homework Help.”
Explore Guides are a feature of our new web site. What do you think of them?