Friday, October 25, 2013

Teens Top Ten Winners

YALSA has announced this year's Teens Top Ten winners, as voted on by teens around the country:

  1. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Disney/Hyperion)
  2. The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic/Scholastic Press)
  3. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Harper Collins/Katherine Tegen Books)
  4. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (Harlequin Teen)
  5. Poison Princess by Kresley Cole (Simon & Schuster)
  6. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic/Scholastic Press)
  7. Crewel by Gennifer Albin (Macmillan/Farrar Straus Giroux)
  8. Every Day by David Levithan (Random House/Alfred A. Knopf)
  9. Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross (Egmont)
  10. Butter by Erin Jade Lange (Bloomsbury)

For more information about Teens Top Ten click here.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Teen Read Week

Teen Read Week is October 13 - 19!  Come celebrate teen literacy at your local Bossier Parish Library branch!  

Here's whats going on at our libraries for teens this week:

Bossier Central Branch

Book Face! - Mon, October 14 - Fri, October 18
Find a book with a face, hand, foot(!) on the cover and pose for a picture with the book in front of your own face, hand, foot!  Just find your book and let the staff know you want to have your picture taken.  Pictures will be posted in the Teen Central area.

Blackout Poetry - Thurs, October 17, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
We'll taking pages out of discarded books and making poetry out of the words by blacking out/drawing designs over any words you don't want to use. 

Contact Tonya Oswalt at the Bossier Central Branch if you have any questions about these programs.


Aulds Branch

Read-a-thon - Sun, October 13 - Sat, October 19
Win prizes for reading! You can come into the Aulds library and read in their Teen Central area or read at home.  If you want to read in the library, check in with Amanda before you start and when you finish.  If you want to read at home, or Amanda isn't available, send a text to 318-459-8063 when you start and stop reading.

Contact Amanda Bradley at the Aulds Branch if you have any questions about this program.


Benton Branch

Read-a-thon - Sun, October 13 - Sat, October 19
Win prizes for reading! You can come to the Benton library and read or read at home.  Pick up a reading log at the Benton Branch.  If you want to read at the library, let a staff member know. 

Contact Kristin Kennedy at the Benton Branch if you have any questions about this program.


Haughton Branch

Game and Craft Day - Mon, October 14, starts at 2:00 PM
Come play X-box games and make crafts!  Bring your friends!

Contact Audra Bartholomew at the Haughton Branch if you have any questions about this program.