July & August 2008
Register for programs, suggest new materials, questions and comments...
yareads@glencovelibrary.org
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SUMMER READING CLUB - METAMORPHOSIS @ YOUR LIBRARY
Join us for a great summer filled with wonderful books, exciting raffles, and sensational programs! Students entering grades 6 and up are welcome to join our YA (Young Adult) Club. Have fun at weekly meetings, read free paperback books, write reviews for our annual Book of Reviews, volunteer to be a Book Buddy, enter the Postcard Contest and meet new and old friends. The YA Club will enjoy a different program and raffle each week. Participation in the raffle is easy: just read a book (or enough pages from it), submit a short review, and fill out a prize raffle entry form. Then attend the Thursday night programs where the winners’ names will be drawn. The first 25 members who read and report on two books will receive a special prize. Registration begins the week of June 30th. Please register for all programs separately either in the Library or online at: yareads@glencovelibrary.org
YA SUMMER READING CLUB SCHEDULE - THURSDAYS, 7:00 – 8:30PM
JULY 3 – Tie Dye a T-Shirt ($4 materials fee - dress to mess)
JULY 10 – Healthy Fruit Smoothies
JULY 17 – Manga/Anime Drawing Program
JULY 24 – Summer Memories Frame (bring a picture)
JULY 31 – Rock Band
AUGUST 7 – Bowling and Pizza Party (by invitation only for those who participated in the YA Club and read at least two books)
BOOK BUDDIES
Book Buddies, a read-to-me program, is looking for young adults, (grades 6 and up) to pair with younger children (grades K – 2) to read together in the Library for a half-hour each week for three weeks this summer. Book Buddies benefits the younger child by having someone to meet with them and share good books, and gives the Young Adult the satisfaction of helping a young child on the road to a successful start in reading. In addition, experience in volunteering in your local library can round out a program of extracurricular activities.
BOOK BUDDIES SCHEDULE - TUESDAYS, 4PM
JULY 8 – general overview of the program and book selection
JULY 15, 22 AND 29 – reading to the children and helping them with a simple craft
ANY SOLDIER VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY - SATURDAY, JULY 12, 10AM
We are gathering items and letters to send to our soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. We need help organizing the boxes and bringing them to the Post Office. Your help is appreciated and you can earn Community Service credit. REGISTRATION: Yes Fee: No
MARBLEIZED PAPER COLLAGE
TWO-PART ART WORKSHOP - MONDAYS, JULY 14 AND 21 - 6:30PM
Have you ever wondered how paper is made? In this workshop, Tina Geller will teach us a great new method of making marbleized paper. Using the newly created papers and your imagination, create a cool summer scene in the second part of the workshop. Dress to mess!
REGISTRATION: Yes FEE: No
BOOKS AND BAGELS BOOK DISCUSSION - HATCHET BY GARY PAULSEN
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 11AM
Join us for a discussion of this Newbery Honor award-winning novel. This wilderness survival story tells how a routine journey turned into a life-threatening and life-challenging experience. Brian Robeson is stranded alone in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot of the plane in which he's traveling suffers a fatal heart attack.
REGISTRATION: Yes (You'll receive a copy of the book when you register) FEE: No
COLLEGIATE WALKING TOURS
These walking tours in the College and Career Section, are non-promotional DVDs of the student-guided campus tour offered at colleges and universities across the United States. Recordings are by guidance counselors and if an information session was offered along with the tour, it was recorded as well. These are great introductions to the schools you may be considering.
REGENTS EXAM PREPARATION
The Education Department now posts recent Regents exams on the State Assessment website, http://www.nysedregents.org, shortly after being given. Copies of older exams are also available in PDF format from the New York State Library's digital media management system at
http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/39007765
SPOTLIGHT ON GLEN COVE LIBRARY'S DATABASES
Go to the Glen Cove Library’s homepage at www.glencovelibrary.org and click on the Databases and Useful Links tab. These databases contain great information for young adults and can be used in the Library or from your home computer: Career Cruising, Country Watch, InfoTrac, Informe! (Hispanic reference material,) LitFinder, Opposing Viewpoints and SIRS Researcher, among others.
