Teen Page
Gotta Keep Reading - Ocoee Middle School
The students of Ocoee Middle School put together this song/dance for March is Reading Month. How cool is your school?
Check out the following teen programs at the South Fayette Township Library:
Young Writers Program Workshop
The Young Writers Program is a fun, free online writing program. Teens write novels and scripts, share page-count goals and achievements, and brainstorm with other writers via online message boards. Brittany Ketter, a seasoned NaNoWriMo and ScriptFrenzy veteran, guides teens through the Young Writers Program website http://ywp.nanowrimo.org. Go to http://www.southfayettelibrary.org, or call 412-257-8660 to register.
WrestleMania Reading® Challenge
Students in Grades 5-12 could win a trip to WrestleMania® and the South Fayette Township Library could win $2,000 for its teen and tween collection. To participate, stop by the library and pick up a reading log and bookmark contest form at the display near the front desk. Read 10 items (books, graphic novels, magazines, or other items) and enter the titles on your reading log. Turn in your reading log by Jan. 19th and win a program poster or other prize.
To enter the bookmark contest, submit a bookmark design, with a slogan to encourage reading by Jan. 19th. A panel from the library will choose 3 finalists (one each in grades 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12) to submit to the national level. Required readings for finalists are There's a Girl in My Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli (Grades 5-6), Saturday Night Dirt by Will Weaver (7-8), and Super Stock Rookie by Will Weaver (9-12). Each finalist will receive a WWE DVD and a WrestleMania® Reading Challenge Certificate.
In February, Young Adult Library Services Association and WWE will name grand prize winners in each category, who will then go to Phoenix to participate in the WrestleMania® Reading Challenge Championship, in which ringside tickets for WrestleMania® XXVI are at stake.
Best Teen Books Book Trailer Contest
Enter the 2010 Morris Award & Excellence in Nonfiction Book Trailer Contest! Teens ages 13-18 can win a box of books plus a $100 gift card to a bookstore. And their local library can win $200 worth of books and materials. Here's how it works. Any teen (or group of teens, 4 maximum) can enter. Create a original video entry between December 10, 2009 to January 17, 2010, that features any or all of the titles nominated for the Morris Award for best debut novel for teens (www.ala.org/morris) or the inaugural Excellence in Nonfiction Award for best nonfiction written for teens (www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction). Teens may send in one entry per book or group of books. An entry form must be submitted to YALSA, yalsa@ala.org, by midnight on January 29th. (Written permission of a parent/guardian is required.) Videos must be uploaded to YouTube by midnight on January 17th and tagged with the words ”yalsamorris” or “yalsanf.” The videos selected as finalists will appear on YALSA’s website, www.ala.org/yalsa and be shown at the Morris & Nonfiction Award Program & Presentation on Mon. Jan. 18th at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. Read the official rules, tips, and fill out the entry form at http://yalsa.ala.org/BookTrailerContest.pdf.
Check out the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Teen Page for activities, book reviews, homework help and other cool stuff.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Teen Page
Teen book awards and booklists can be found on the Young Adult Library Services Association website.