
Friday, December 23, 2011
The Wonder That Was 2011 Wordily Wrapped Up

Saturday, December 17, 2011
Letters About Literature

Saturday, November 12, 2011
Everybody Sees the Ants

Yesterday (Veteren's Day), I finished reading A.S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants. It was a fitting read for the holiday. The hero is Lucky, a 15-year-old who was named after his grandfather, a soldier who went missing, along with thousands of others, during the Vietnam war and has never been found. Lucky doesn't want anyone to think he's crazy, so he's never shared the fact that he conducts nightly rescue missions to help his grandfather escape from the jungle. He's had these dreams since he was seven years old, and since he was seven years old he has woken up gripping artifacts from the dreams, things that shouldn't exist in Pennsylvania, like giant Vietnamese mosquitoes. Now, he enjoys the dreams more than real life, because in real life, a bully is turning his life into a living hell, his parents are barely getting along, and he's closely watched at school because everyone thinks he's suicidal. He has spent his life trying to repair the past by rescuing his grandfather, and now he's having trouble enjoying the present or even imagining a future. Nothing that lap-swimming, the Grand Canyon, yogurt marinated chicken and a shampoo commercial ninja can't fix, right? Read Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Who is this Masked Man?
Monday, October 10, 2011
My favorite Band Does Not Exist
Idea Deity created a fake rock band, Youphoria, as an Internet hoax. He knows the hoax is going well when he starts to see people wearing Youphoria band t-shirts.
Youphoria front man Reacher Mirage is on the edge of stardom, but he can't figure out why his band is so popular, considering they've never played in public or recorded a single song. And who is this Deity guy who claims to have invented them?
Idea has a blonde girlfriend with a brunette face tattooed on the back of her head. Reacher has a brunette girfriend with a blonde face on the back of her head. Idea is headed to Maysville, Kentucky, where the grass is green and the sky is blue. Reacher is headed to Maysville, Pennsyltucky where the grass is pink and the sky is green. Both guys are reading the same book, and it seems to be leading them to each other. Sound weird? Well, it is, and it's also a great read. Check out My Favorite Band Does Not Exist.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
The right to assemble books!
As you may know, citizens of cities across the country, including Portland, are occupying the streets in demonstrations sparked by the Occupy Wall Street movement. No matter where you stand in your beliefs, you gotta admit it's impressive to see democracy in action. The organizers of these protests have created libraries that are busy social and educational centers in their make-shift communities. The website of the Occupy Wall Street library provides a fascinating look into what it takes to protect and organize books in the great outdoors.
Hey, you have a voice, even if you're not old enough to vote. We have lots of suggestions of books and other resources you can use to get organized and be heard. Stop by the library to learn more!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
And another one bites the dust...

Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Then Things Fell Apart
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Stump Your Librarian
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Don't Miss Destination College Savings

Thursday, August 18, 2011
Akata Witch
Sunny is an albino, born in America to parents from Nigeria; and now she and her family have moved back to Nigeria. Sunny finds out that her family are Lambs, those who have no idea of the magical world. Sunny is a free agent, a Leopard, one born with magical abilities but no family members with powers. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor mixes the reality of being a middle schooler with the fantasy of spells and dark magic.
Monday, August 8, 2011
MTV makes me feel old

Friday, August 5, 2011
Don't Forget to be Awesome

Monday, August 1, 2011
Wrapped in Mystery
Friday, July 29, 2011
Not to be Missed!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Martial Arts of Brazil

Monday, July 25, 2011
Anime Fest!
*If you have extra ideas, send them my way...because I've got no clue for this one. Help?
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Reading for School?
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Book Buzz
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
What next?

Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Red Riding Retold
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Hugo
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Earth to Library...

Saturday, July 9, 2011
On the Map

Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Your Summer Travel Log

Thursday, June 30, 2011
What fiction would you call home?

Monday, June 27, 2011
Supervillian Reject
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Magic for Muggles

Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Are You an Odd-Fish?
Friday, June 10, 2011
You Are Here
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Carpe Pisum...
Friday, June 3, 2011
Your Private IOA (Pronounce it like the state. Get it?)

Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Get Your Motor Running...

Sunday, May 29, 2011
Chime
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Want to volunteer?
Monday, May 23, 2011
Study Time
Friday, May 20, 2011
Another Reason Why Libraries Are Awesome
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Be a Frood

As you know, the Boy Scout and intergalactic hitchhiker's motto is "Always be prepared." And there is nothing in the universe more massively useful than a towel. As the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy proclaims:
"You can wrap it [a towel] around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-bogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
Hence a phrase that has passed into hitchhiking slang, as in "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."
So, if you're hoopy enough to celebrate the life and works of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy among other froody books, carry your towel with you on Wednesday, May 25 (Towel Day) to honor his memory. Stop by the Young Adult Desk with towel in tow between 3 and 7 p.m., and you can pick out the button of your choice.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
If You Were Mayor...
Friday, April 15, 2011
We Geared Up
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
What is Steampunk?

Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Fare-thee-well, Diana Wynne Jones

Friday, March 18, 2011
Please Ignore Vera Dietz

Thursday, March 10, 2011
Mis-adventures of Pencil Paul, episode 1
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Put a Bird On It

Monday, February 28, 2011
Guerilla Art Kit

Friday, February 25, 2011
You Choose
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Ready for College?

If you're getting ready for college, don't forget that the library offers free online study guides and practice tests through Learning Express. Just use your library card and you can get started! We've also got a great selection of book guides to the tests, colleges and universities and the application process. Just stop by the Teen or Adult Reference Desks and we'll help you find what you need.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Blinged out Bookcart
Friday, February 11, 2011
Get Scratched and get published!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Paranormal Can Be a Good Thing
Things begin to change after a break in to the agency and reports that something is killing off large numbers of paranormals. Add to that a prophecy, a cute and mysterious shapeshifter and a creepy faerie and things get even more interesting. Great dialogue and action make Paranormalcy by Kiersten White a fun fantasy to read.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Take that, Chuck Norris.

20 Neil Gaiman Facts
- Neil Gaiman once wrote a Nebula-winning story using only the middle row of his keyboard.
- Harper Collins has taken out a 2.5 million dollar insurance policy on Neil Gaiman’s accent.
- If you write 1000 words and Neil Gaiman writes 1000 words, Neil Gaiman has written more than you.
- Neil Gaiman does not use Microsoft’s grammar-check. Microsoft uses a Gaiman-check.
- Neil Gaiman once did the New York Times crossword puzzle in pen. In fifteen minutes. He won two Hugo awards for it.
- Neil Gaiman is who the Ghostbusters call.
- Most agents charge a 15% commission. Neil Gaiman’s agent pays him an extra 15% for the privilege of saying “I’m Neil Gaiman’s agent.”
- William Shakespeare once came back from the dead to ask for Neil Gaiman’s autograph.
- Neil Gaiman is the reason nobody teaches “I before E except after C” anymore.
- Some writers take inspiration from the muse. The muse takes inspiration from Neil Gaiman.
- Neil Gaiman once groped Harlan Ellison.
- The pen is mightier than the sword; Neil Gaiman has mastered fourteen different styles of penmanship.
- Rumor has it that a NY editor rejected Neil Gaiman’s first book. This can not be confirmed, as the editor in question was never heard from again.
- Neil Gaiman can tweet 175 characters.
- Neil Gaiman’s personal library includes an autographed copy of the Necronomicon.
- Hitler actually won World War II. Then Neil Gaiman wrote an alternate-history story in which the allies won, and reality was too intimidated to argue the point.
- Some authors write in omniscient point of view. Neil Gaiman lives it.
- Neil Gaiman’s next novel is expected to win the Nebula, the Hugo, and the Heisman Trophy.
- In any given week, 7 of the top 10 books on the NYT Bestseller List are by pseudonyms of Neil Gaiman.
- Neil Gaiman has never written a deus ex machina ending. However, God once wrote a Gaiman ex machina ending.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Got Fines?
Friday, January 28, 2011
Whatcha Thinkin'?
What do you like?...wish we did? wish we had?...you get the idea! (Have your grownups, siblings and friends share their thoughts too!) See you at the table!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Book Letters in Your Inbox
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Replacement
Mackie, allergic to iron, blood and consecrated ground, works at being unnoticed. He wasn't supposed to live; a sickly creature left in place of the healthy baby that is stolen. He's sixteen now, but he's starting to feel worse every day. Another baby's just died and Tate, the surviving sister, is after Mackie for answers. Will Mackie ask the questions no one else does? Can he find out what's happening to him before it's too late? With a little help from his friends and family, Mackie digs into the whispers of a town and it's people.
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff is a creepy story with a great mystery.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
News from the world of publishing

I just read here that, much as Eoin (pronounced Owen) Colfer was authorized to write the sixth book of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy," Anthony Horowitz of Alex Rider fame is slated to write a new Sherlock Holmes book. Groovy.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Stork
Some mystery, weird dreams and boy drama make Stork by Wendy Delsol an excellent wintery read.
Friday, January 7, 2011
For Football Fans
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Awesome, the Ugly, the meh: 2010 in Review
Monday, January 3, 2011
Relax with Spa Crafts
Saturday, January 1, 2011
2011 WCCLS Teen Summer Reading Art Contest

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