Make Library Funding a Priority

For transcripts of all the student speaches the day of the rally click here.

Say Cheese!

Pictures of more programs from this summer...

Animal Expressions
Crispus Attucks
Dave Rojahn
Get the Beat
Kids and Cultures
Marilyn's Craft Days

Many more to come, and video too! Check back often for updates.

Guys Read...AND Listen!

If you're familiar with Guys Read and the Guys Read Anthology then you'll love the new audiobook component called Guys Listen.

Get your free sampler of 10 excellent audiobooks in CD format from the Youth Services desk at the Lancaster Public Library. While supplies last!

More Pictures of Programs

Today we have pictures of more programs...some new and some old.

Jesse and the Forgotten Friends Reptile Sanctuary
Otto Storytime
Princess Parade
Stringables

Many more to come. Check back often for updates.

Little Brother Book Discussion Highlights

Hey Peeps!
Here are the highlights from the Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow Book Discussion!
Enjoy!
Audrey
P.S. We will be playing video games on Monday since the Steel Pan Band canceled their concert. 5:30PM!

Do you think it's true that Marcus is on of the most surveed people in the world?
He gets watched a lot, but as Winston
What do you think of school surveillance?
If you go to public school, you have to expect it
Do you think that Marcus is a good kid or a bad kid?
He's a good kid. He's just trying to have fun.
Question asked by Estephania: Is there going to be a movie?
Possibly, the director of From Hell has bought the movie rights
Why were Marcus and his friends suspected terrorists?
Because they didn't run from the station when the bridge was bombed
What passages did you really like/ dislike?
I dislike when Darryl is stabbed, I felt sympathy for him. I am very sensitive to blood.
What does Marcus's refusal to give passwords to and answer questions from the government reveal about his character?
He's a major geek and to hand over passwords to the govt. even though they are govt. is still private
How do you feel about his parents' reaction to him being a suspected terrorist?
His parents' reaction made sense, his dad was cold
What do you think about all of the technology that is used and described in the novel?
The technology was difficult to understand but the book was still enjoyable
Is this a book that you would have chosen for yourself?
No, but the book is very different from the cover and the jacket information. It doesn't seem like it's going to be exciting, but you keep learning, you want to know how to do this stuff
Did anything really surprise you?
I was shocked that the police gassed the concert with little kids there
What is Cory Doctorow's Big Idea?
people are watching and you need to be ready, how to do stuff
Does the media affect how the kids are treated?
The media made the kids into terrorists by calling the X-Net a terrorist organization
Is it better to have dangerous information kept secret or widely available to people on the internet?
The internet quickening information sharing is a part of life, you can't stop it, news always travels fast, if somone really wants information they will find it--hiding the truth doesn't help
Is it better to be smart and have people suspect you to be a terrorist like Marcus or to be blissfully ignorant of how to do stuff and what the govt does so that they leave you alone?
I'd rather be smart, America would be safer if there were more people like Marcus

Find out how to do cool stuff like Marcus does at: http://www.instructables.com/member/w1n5t0n/

Pictures and Video! - Microphone Craft and Sing-along

Today was our Microphone Craft and Sing-along. If you weren't there, take a look and see what you missed. If you were check out the cool pictures and video of the event for snaps of your children. We hope to see you at the next program!

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Pictures and Video! - Lancaster Science Factory Program

Today was our program all about science. Jim from the Lancaster Science Factory came to show us all sorts of neat things. If you were at the event take a look and see if there are any pictures or video of your child. If you weren't there, take a look and see what you missed. We hope to see you at the next program!

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Pictures and Video! - Summer Reading Program Kickoff Event

This past Saturday was our first Kickoff event in Musser Park! We had a very nice time and it was great to see so many of you there to support us. If you were at the event take a look and see if there are any pictures or video of your child. If you weren't there, take a look and see what you missed. We hope to see even more people next year. Comments and suggestions are always welcome!

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Keep the Lancaster Public Library Alive and Strong!

Don't let the government cut funds to libraries!
We want to continue providing the services and materials that you enjoy!
Help us!
Personal contact is needed—notes, emails, visits, and phone calls—with your State Senator, State Representative, and Governor Rendell. Our message remains the same:
1. Libraries are bursting at the seams serving the unemployed, their families, and others most in need. Don’t cut our funding and force us to close our doors for people who most depend on us.
2. Cutting state funding will cost Pennsylvania badly needed federal funds. Federal money pays for shared resources and incentives for local projects. Cuts already proposed could cost Pennsylvania anywhere from $1 million to $3.8 million in federal funding. Level funding will preserve Pennsylvania’s fair share, roughly $5.9 million.

Please send copies of your personal notes, personal letters and emails to:

Governor Ed Rendell
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
https://webmail.lancasterlibraries.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=b27f9ed49c004d0d93f7969c31548a28&URL=http%3a%2f%2fsites.state.pa.us%2fPA_Exec%2fGovernor%2fgovmail.html

and

Clare Zales
Commissioner of Libraries
PA Department of Education
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745
mzales@state.pa.us

Libraries seriously rock the free world!
Let's keep it that way!
Always,
Audrey

Summer Reading Program Has Begun!

The Summer Reading Program is open to all children ages 0-18yrs old. Each child has the chance to win prizes while doing fun activities and reading books. The greatest part is...it’s free!

This summers theme is “Be Creative @ Your Library” which is all about Theater, Dance, Music, and Art. The Teen program is called "Express Yourself @ the Library".

Stop by the library to register and pick up your reading log.


Summer Reading Kickoff Party!


Musser Park - June 13 -10am-2pm
Bring a picnic lunch and take in the free entertainment, games, music and fun activities for the whole family.

Rain or Shine.
No Registration Required.






This Month...

CHILDREN

Stringables - Kids can make colorful creations with string and beads of all colors, shapes, and sizes. Monday, June 15 at 10:30 (Ages 4-6)

Art Smart – Learn about famous artists and then try out their styles. We will focus on a new artist at each session. Thursdays, June 18 - July 2 & 16 at 2pm (Ages 6-12)

Science Program – Let your mind get creative and come join the Lancaster Science Factory in their hands on science experiment program. Friday, June 19 at 10:30am. (Ages 6-12)

Jesse and Forgotten Friends Reptile Sanctuary presents "Animal Art Forms"* Featuring live reptiles & audience participation. Learn how reptiles have turned their own personal energy conservation into an art form by managing to hunt/communicate/exist with only 10% of the energy that mammals use. Monday, June 22 at 10:30am. (Ages 6-12)

Puppet Play - The Three Little Fishies and the Big, Bad Shark- Put on a puppet show with this underwater version of the Three Little Pigs! Tuesday, June 23 at 10:30 a.m. (All Ages)

Microphone Craft & Sing Along – Come make your own microphone and stay to show your stuff in a family oriented sing along! Thursday, June 25 at 10:30am (All Ages)

Family Storytime: Build a family story and then present it for kudos. Thursday, June 25 at 7pm. (All ages)

Lullabies at the Library: Come enjoy a variety of songs made for bedtime and relaxation. Tuesday, June 30 and July 28 at 6:30pm. (Ages 2 & under)



TEENS

Gaming Club—play X-Box 360, Wii, and many board games. June 2, 9, 23 & 30 - July 7, 14 & 28 -August 4, 11 & 25. 3-5pm. (Ages 11-18)

Dungeons & Dragons Club--Do you enjoy adventure games where you get to play a character, search for treasure, and use teamwork to fend off monsters, evil mages, and other creatures? Saturday-June 6 & 20 - July 11 & 25 - August 8 & 22. 1-5pm. (Ages 11-18)

Anime Club--Do you enjoy watching Anime for free? Join the Anime Club where you will watch popular selections by club members projected onto the big screen! Saturday-June 13 - July 18 & August 15 at 2-4pm. (Ages 11-18)

Steel Pan Workshop - Monday, June 15 at 5-7pm (Ages 11-18)

Teen Capoeira Class - Meet Heidi from HeadsUpLancaster and learn the basics of this Brazilian martial art. Thursday, June 18 & July 2 at 6:30pm. (Ages 11-18)
Mimi Shapiro (Altered Books) Book Artist & Poet *"Altered Books"* Explore words and creativity--come prepared to cut, glue, write, color, do collage & more. Start with a book and create a portable art exhibit of your very own! Monday, June 22 at 6:30pm. (Ages 11-18)

Teen Book Club - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. Please stop by the library or go to http://www.lancaster.lib.pa.us/ to reserve a copy of the book. Saturday, June 27 at 2-4pm. (Ages 11-18)

Steel Pan Concert - Monday, June 29 at 5:30pm. (Ages 11-18)

Registration for all programs will open two weeks prior to the event.

Registration is required for all programs unless noted otherwise.

SAY CHEESE! Your attendance at events sponsored by Lancaster Public Library may be photographed or video recorded. These images may be posted on our website, in our newsletter, by local newspapers or ultimately on the World Wide Web. If you do not wish to have your child’s image published, please notify a member of the Library staff before the event.

Teen Video Gaming Tournament

Hoo Ra! Master Gamers!

Congratulations to our Rock Band Tug-of-War Winner, Austin!

He went home with a chinese calligraphy kit.

Congratulations to our Rock Band Tug-of-War 2nd Place Winner, John H!

He went home with a Manga Art kit.

Congratulations to our Wii Sports Winner, Anthony!

He went home with a Happy Bunny Sudoku book.

Congratulations to our Wii Sports 2nd Place Winner, Patrick!

He also went home with a Manga Art kit.

See you at 3pm on Tuesday for more Video Gaming!

I will have more photos up on FaceBook later.

Audrey

Teen Book Club

Greetings Readers!

I wanted to recap what we talked about during the book discussion. You can read Paul Volponi's inspiration for Black and White and a sneak peak at his new book, Response, on his website: http://www.paulvolponibooks.com/

Some fabulous book recommendations were made: Bloodhound, by Tamora Pierce. "Bloodhound was really good. Tamora Pierce creates a language but uses it little enough to make it enjoyable to read." The Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane. Order of the Stick, comic series--I will have to order them, we don't have any! The Girl's Guide to Dungeons & Dragons, "so funny, and of course, meant for girls!" I had a request for a booklist on novels that have magic in a real world setting--coming soon.

The Teen Book Club selection for June 27th is Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow! Please stop by the library to borrow a copy or reserve one online with your library card by clicking here.

You can watch the book trailer below. It's a little long, but you get an idea of how great the book is!

Read Beyond Reality @ your library! Lancaster Public Library's Youth Video Contest!

Have you read any of the Teens’ Top Ten Nominees? Read a great book, make a great video, win a Flip Video Camera!

How to Win:
· You must be age 11 through 18 to participate. (Participants under age 13, please ask for help with uploading videos to YouTube.)
· Read one of the Teen’s Top Ten Nominees or another Young Adult book. (ask the librarian for help)
· Shoot a short video (up to three minutes long). Make it a Video Book Review (talk about why the book is so great) or a Video Book Trailer (think movie trailer – you get to be even more creative this way).
· Post it to your YouTube account.
· Tag your YouTube Video with
LancTeenContestFlip2009
· Enter your video in our contest beginning June 1st. You can enter as many videos as you like – they just need to have separate YouTube URLs and be entered separately. Deadline is October 1st, 2009 @ 9pm.

Want details?
Call 396-9313 ext. 124; e-mail akantner@lancaster.lib.pa.us; or stop by the
Lancaster Public Library at 125 North Duke Street

Here's a short video on how to upload your video book review or book trailer to YouTube:

You can get more instruction by clicking on the Help link in the right corner of YouTube.
Talk to you soon!
Audrey

Teens' Top Ten Nominees!

Every year, teens across the nation vote for their favorite top ten teen books. Click on the title link to view this year's nominees. Have you read any of them? Are they the best? What do you think? If you haven't read it yet, click on the title to put the book on hold. The actual voting for the Teen's Top Ten is from Aug. 25 through Sept. 18 at www.ala.org/teenstopten. Keep an eye out for more teen events!

Teens' Top Ten Nominees:
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling Cast, Kristin & P.C. Untamed
Clare, Cassandra. City of Ashes. Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Fukui , Isamu. Truancy. Fukui , Isamu. Truancy: Origins. Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book.
Green, John. Paper Towns. Harris, Joanne. Runemarks.
Hopkins, Ellen. Identical. Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks.
Marriott, Zoё. Daughter of the Flames.--we don't have a copy to borrow yet McMann, Lisa. Wake. Meyer, Stephenie. Breaking Dawn. Moran, Katy. Bloodline. Ness, Patrick. The Knife of Never Letting Go. (Chaos Walking. Book 1).
Noёl, Alyson. Evermore. Palmer, Robin. Geek Charming. Pierce, Tamora. Melting Stones. Scott, Elizabeth. Living Dead Girl. Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Eternal. Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl. Weingarten, Lynn. Wherever Nina Lies. Werlin, Nancy. Impossible. Yee, Lisa. Absolutely Maybe.

Eternal, by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Zachary has been watching over and saving Miranda since she was born. It's his job; he's her guardian angel. One night, Miranda and her best friend Lucy are lured into the graveyard by a grinning storeclerk who promises that he has "a scary idea." Lucy has been crushing on this boy for a long time and they had gone to the video store in hopes of running into him. Miranda doesn't like to be scared, but Lucy is her friend, so she goes along. She has trouble finding Lucy in the graveyard and almost falls into a newly dug grave, but Zachary saves her by illuminating the scene and shouting to Miranda...or does he? Miranda disappears...and Zachary is in big trouble for breaking the rules! Radford's doublespeak is enchanting. Miranda has been "elevated" to an "eternal" "princess." He takes Miranda out on the town and shows her her new nightlife. She feels swept away and struggles to fit into her new identity. All the while, Lucy and Zachary are looking for her. Can she be saved? I like how this novel takes turns in perspective, switching from Miranda to Zachary in each chapter, much like Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist does (but that's the only similiarity.) This story is a lot more gorey than Twilight, but I enjoyed it moreso despite the blood and violence. Zachary's love and dedication to Miranda could easily make him the next Edward, but it's his identity as an angel that makes this novel stand alone. The ending definitely leaves the story open for a sequel, but it's sewn up tightly. I would recommend this novel to older teens who love vampires, and especially those who love to hate vampires.

Highway to Hell, by Rosemary Clement-Moore

Maggie Quinn and her best friend D&D Lisa are heading down to Florida in her ragtop Jeep. They suddenly crash into a large cow and pull off to the side of the road. Upon closer inspection, Maggie discovers that the cow was already dead, slashed by a large animal with enormous strength and claws. She accidently touches the cow, and gets a vision of the cow's horrible demise. She realizes that this is no ordinary predator. The girls are now stuck in the small town of Dulcina, Texas, with not much else to do but sit at the local bar and figure out what's attacking everyone's cattle. Maggie and Lisa have a very strong and sisterly friendship, full of all of the wit, charm, and dedication that everyone hopes to find. Maggie has the ideal boyfriend, who just so happens to be studying anthropology and urban legends. Justin's best friend just so happens to be studying to become a priest. All of the coincidences aside, Highway to Hell is a funny and exciting read that will make you yearn for more magic. I would recommend this to older teens who like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, urban legends, and Dungeons & Dragons.

--Audrey

Dungeons & Dragons this Saturday!

The Windolph Room is calling to you! It says,"You'd better be here to play Dungeons & Dragons this Saturday @ 1pm or no cake for you!"

Teen Anime Club

So, Anime Club went well. We had a few newcomers and they fit right in. I had some technical difficulty with animecrazy.net. Who new that you could only watch 72 minutes of megavideo before they locked you out for an hour? So we only watched the first episode of DNAngel and then watched the first three episodes of Fruits Basket. Yes, Animecrazy has Fruits Basket, they just mistakingly label it Fruit Basket. wink, wink. We will be watching Fruits Basket again next month. I ordered the DVD from Blockbuster. I was asked to have a sushi making day again. I'm ready to cave. I don't know when we will do it yet, maybe in July or August. They have tons of awesome crafts in ShojoBeat (you can borrow a copy from the library) as well. I am so tempted to do them all! I will have some on hand for the Anime Club this summer and more during the Open Art Studio in July. I love the Moko Pincushion. Oh, so cute! Please mark your calendars for the next Anime Club on June 13th @ 2pm! Please e-mail me with any questions. Cheers, Audrey

Free Comic Book Day @ Your Library

Free comic book day is a single day where comic stores and other locations around the world pass out free comic books. We'll be doing it again this year too!

On May 2rd come to the library and pick up your free comic book!

For more information and a sneak peak of the comics that could be available
visit http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

All free comics to be given away (and the materials for our window display) were donated by our good friend Joe Miller.

The owner of:
The Comic Store 28 McGovern Ave. Station Square

Lancaster PA, 17602.

After you visit us, go see what cool things Joe has going on at his store!

President Obama reads Where the Wild Things Are

I love this book! President Obama doesn't do a bad job reading either.

Cheers,

Audrey

How Not to be Popular, by Jennifer Ziegler

Maggie has just moved to Austin Texas, not very unusual right? Well, Maggie moves every few months all over the country with her hippie parents, Rosie and Les (that's what she calls them.) Her mother is taking classes to be a massage therapist while her dad is running a consignment clothing shop downstairs to the apartment where they live. Doesn't sound like too bad of a move, right? But Maggie was in love. She left behind Trevor, the boy she thought was the one. Only, he broke up with her before she left because he couldn't handle a long distance relationship. Maggie is tired of making new friends, joining new clubs, and trying to fit in...so she decides to do everything in her power to be unpopular. She finds the wackiest outfits from her father's store and wears them to school. She tries to sit alone at lunch. She joins the nerdiest club that she can find. She blows off the hottest guy in school. Her plan seems to be working...How Not to be Popular is a very fun read. I mean, I was truly LOL most of the time. Imagine bringing a rosemary plant to school and having your friend ask you if she can sniff it after you tell her about its medicinal qualities. Even if you are popular at school, you will enjoy Marilyn Manson style hating the beautiful people at Maggie's new school. I had a Bella flashback when the girl from the school paper asks Maggie for an interview, but Maggie actually gives her one...and it doesn't have the effect that Maggie had planned. While reading this book, I found myself having no idea what was going to happen next and then laughing uproariously. I'd recommend this book to anyone who had an embarrassing moment or an entirely dreadful high school experience. So, I guess that covers...everyone. Cheers, Audrey
p.s. fans of Dyan Sheldon's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (1999) , Catherine Gilbert Murdock's Dairy Queen (2006), and Jaclyn Moriarty's The Year of Secret Assignments (2004) will like this book!