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Somehow it’s February already…here’s the volunteer scoop!

Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Events, Teen Volunteers.

Well, the groundhog is out looking for his shadow, and we still have another month of children’s events that could use your help. CLICK HERE for this month’s list. Fill out your name, contact info, and which events you want to help with.

You can also use this form to choose your own hours to help with shelving (and help with special projects if needed). If you choose your own hours, I’ll email you to confirm.

Be sure to mark your calendar!

Never volunteered before? No worries! Print off a Teen Volunteer Application, then check our online calendar for the next Teen Volunteer Training.

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New year = new volunteer opportunities!

Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Events, Teen Volunteers.

Welcome to the new decade! Here at the Library, we’re gearing up for a great winter, and we still have many children’s events that could use your help. CLICK HERE for this month’s list. Fill out your name, contact info, and which events you want to help with, and I’ll get in touch with you.

You can also use this form to choose your own hours to help with shelving (and help with special projects if needed).

Be sure to mark your calendar!

Never volunteered before? No worries! Print off a Teen Volunteer Application, then check our online calendar for the next Teen Volunteer Training.

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December volunteer opportunities!

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Events, Teen Volunteers.

It’s time again for a new month of Teen Volunteer opportunities at the Library! CLICK HERE for a list of children’s events that need your help. Fill out your name, contact info, and which events you want to help with, and I’ll get in touch with you.

You can also use this form to choose your own hours to help with shelving (and help with special projects if needed).

Be sure to mark your calendar!

Not sure what the heck I’m talking about?! Print off a Teen Volunteer Application, then check our online calendar for the next Teen Volunteer Training.

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November volunteer opportunities

Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Events, Teen Volunteers.

Calling all Teen Volunteers - interested in helping out at the Library this month? CLICK HERE for a list of children’s events that need your help! Fill out your name, contact info, and which events you want to help with, and I’ll get in touch with you. Be sure to mark your calendar!

Want to help out in other ways? You can make your own schedule, working 1 or 2 hours at a time in the Youth department. Sometimes we have special projects, but when we don’t, we can always use help shelving. If interested, email me (Becky) at boneil@westervillelibrary.org.

Not sure what the heck I’m talking about?! Check our online calendar for the next Teen Volunteer Training, and pick up a Teen Volunteer Application next time you’re in the library.

 

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Summer volunteers, take our survey!

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Teen Volunteers.

Calling all summer volunteers! I know it’s been awhile, but I’d love your feedback. CLICK HERE to fill out a survey about your volunteer experience in the great summer of 2009. C’mon, you know you love surveys! :)

Your answers are much appreciated and will help make next summer even better!!

 

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Games That Give

Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Gaming, Random Fun, Web sites to watch.

Fess up…you know you’re addicted to online games. All you have to do is start one and then it becomes a competition of unstoppable proportions…you just need ONE MORE TRY and you will WIN (err, maybe that’s just what happens to me when I play Solitaire!). So how cool is it that there is now a way to get your fix AND donate to a good cause?

If you’re not familiar with DoSomething.org, I highly recommend checking it out, especially if you’re into helping others and making a difference. As they say here,

We’ve partnered with GamesThatGive, a new website that generates money for charity (us) when you play their free online games:

How does it work? Sponsors advertise on the games, and 70% of every dollar they spend goes to Do Something! Check out GamesThatGive.net and tell some friends about this fun new way to help Do Something change the world.

Sounds cool, huh? I’ll be checking it out just as soon as I beat Solitaire… ;)

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Going on an adventure

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books.

Hey everyone! I’m going on an adventure to Europe and won’t be posting for a couple weeks. Hooray for travel!! Have you ever been on any cool trips that you remember fondly, or do you have some places on your wish list? I don’t get to travel as much as I’d like to, but that is where the wonder of Armchair Travel comes in. What’s Armchair Travel, you ask? All you need is a comfy chair, preferably some snacks (though they are not entirely necessary), and, most importantly, some books to take you away!

Check out these exciting going-on-an-adventure titles:

The great call of China by Cynthea Liu - In the latest installment of the S.A.S.S. series (Students Across the Seven Seas), teen Cece travels to China to find out about her roots, her birth parents, and maybe a little romance.

13 little blue envelopes by Maureen Johnson - When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life.

Whirligig by Paul Fleischman - While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he causes, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.

Want more? Click here!

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Teen Volunteers’ End-of-Summer Party!

Posted on August 11th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts.

We want to thank the teen volunteers who sacrificed their well-deserved hours in the sun to help out at the Summer Reading Program table this year! With over 3,400 kids and teens registered and over 30,000 hours logged, we’d have to say that this year’s SRP was a success!

So, join us this Thursday, August 13th from 6pm to 8pm for food and games. Feel free to bring your friends and your famous tuna casserole to share! To find out more, visit our Events calendar.

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Percy Jackson comes to life!

Posted on August 7th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts.

The Lightning Thief is coming to the big screen in the new movie based on the hit book. Read the series or check out the trailer!

Looking for something a bit more lighthearted? Check out I love you, Beth Cooper, in theaters now.

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New Teen Books

Posted on July 28th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts.

The manga guide to molecular biology / Masaharu Takemura, Sakura, Becom Co., Ltd.

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The manga guide to calculus / Hiroyuki Kojima, [illustrator] Shin Togami, Becom Co., Ltd.

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The manga guide to physics / Hideo Nitta, Keita Takatsu ; Trend-pro Co., Ltd.

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The manga guide to electricity / Kazuhiro Fujitaki, Matsuda, and Trend-pro Co., Ltd.

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The Manga guide to databases / Mana Takahashi, Shoko Azuma, Trend-pro Co., LTD.

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The manga guide to statistics / Shin Takahashi.

cover imageUses manga characters to introduce the reader to the world of statistics. Rather than learning from a dry textbook, readers follow the animated adventures of Rui and her teacher, Mamoru Yamamoto, as Rui interacts with a colorful cast of characters. The book consists of seven chapters, each containing a cartoon, text to supplement the cartoon, an exercise and answer section, and a summary. Readers learn about working with numerical and categorical data; probability; relationships between two variables; tests of independence; even how to perform calculations in Microsoft Excel. (read more)

Nightlight : a parody / The Harvard lampoon.

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A million shades of gray / Cynthia Kadohata.

cover imageIn 1975 after American troops pull out of Vietnam, a thirteen-year-old boy and his beloved elephant escape into the jungle when the Viet Cong attack his village. (read more)

The ultimate guide / [written by Mary-Jane Knight].

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Steel Trapp : the academy / Ridley Pearson.

cover imageSteven "Steel" Trapp has been placed in an East Coast boarding school for gifted kids by his FBI agent father. He soon discovers that there's a clubby element of faculty and upperclassmen that is very secretive and protective. To his surprise, his friend Kaileigh arrives at the school, and it isn't long before the two realize that this is not your normal prep school. There are dark forces at play. Foreign agents may have penetrated the school's secrecy and have sleepers in place: kids spying on future kid spies. Competition and intrigue among the elite faculty threaten security. As Steel and Kaileigh are recruited for their first run trying to break a ring of pickpockets in a Boston hotel things go impossibly wrong. Betrayal and conspiracy cloud what should have been a straightforward assignment. And all too soon, the two find that their very lives are in danger. (read more)

Woods runner / Gary Paulsen.

cover imageFrom his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes. (read more)

Very LeFreak / Rachel Cohn.

cover imageConsumed with emailing, online video games, and the many distractions of her electronic gadgets, hyper-frenetic Columbia University freshman Veronica, known as Very LeFreak, enters a rehab facility for the technology-addicted after her professors and classmates stage an intervention. (read more)

Flightsend / Linda Newbery.

cover imageFlightsend is Charlie's new home, whether she likes it or not. Her mother sees it as an end to all that's gone so tragically wrong, a chance for a fresh start. Although Charlie believes that her mother is intent on making disastrous mistakes, she can only offer support -- but who will support Charlie with Sean out of their lives? And she's certain that the move to a remote, ramshackle cottage will just make things worse."--Dustjacket flap. (read more)

The death-defying Pepper Roux / Geraldine McCaughrean.

cover imageHaving been raised believing he will die before he reaches the age of fourteen, Pepper Roux runs away on his fourteenth birthday in an attempt to elude his fate, assumes another identity, and continues to try to outrun death, no matter the consequences. (read more)

Gold dragon codex / R.D. Henham ; [interior art by Todd Lockwood].

cover imageDetermined to find a way to stop the evil blue dragon Lazuli from terrorizing and impoverishing their valley, Sandon, the son of the ruling family, searches for the ancient gold dragon that used to protect them and, in the process, discovers some important secrets. (read more)

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt : a novel / Beth Hoffman.

cover image"Steel Magnolias" meets "The Help" in this Southern debut novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom. Laugh-out-loud funny, Hoffman's charming work offers the story of a young girl who loses one mother and finds many others. (read more)

What's up with my family? / Annie Fox.

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Speak Up for Your Library!

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.

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Harry Potter Giveaway!

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!

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Summer Reading 2009 is almost here!

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!

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Book Trailer - Gone by Michael Grant

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!

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Check out Skeleton Creek

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!

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