Textbooks in TeenSpace
Did you know that TeenSpace has a reference collection of textbooks from Weber Middle School and Schreiber High School? Textbooks can be accessed in TeenSpace during library hours.
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August 30, 2007
August 29, 2007
Need a Good Book?
Does My Head Look Big In This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah
Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style.
August 27, 2007
Try an Audiobook
Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
Having become a proficient liar in order to keep everyone happy, rising high school senior Katie Ellison is stunned when her old middle school friend and local pariah Tommy Sullivan returns to town, and suddenly things start looking a lot different to her.
August 09, 2007
Teen Illusion Workshop Tonight
Defy nature and suspend belief as you learn slight-of-hand tricks to fool your friends and family.
Thusday, August 9 at 7P.M
Workshop fee:$5.
August 08, 2007
Origami Workshop Photos
Want to see more photos of the Origami Workshop?
Check 'em out!
August 06, 2007
Summer Reading Club...It's Not Too Late!
There is still plenty of time to join the Summer Reading Club.
Read Books • Write Reviews • Win Prizes
Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library
Guidelines:
Participants must be in grades 7-12 as of September 2007 and can register in-person at TeenSpace or online . Come into TeenSpace to pick up a complete packet of reading club materials, including a sign-up prize, (while supplies last).
Read any books on your reading level. You may choose books from the Port Washington Public Library collection, school summer reading lists, or any other sources. Not sure what to read? Get suggestions online by going to www.pwpl.org/teenspace and clicking on “Teen Readers’ Advisory.”
Complete both sides of a written “mini-review” form for each book read, and return reviews to the library between Thursday, July 5 and closing time (1 p.m.) on Saturday, August 18. You don’t have to be home for the summer to participate. Reviews may be delivered in person or mailed to:
Young Adult Services
Port Washington Public Library
One Library Drive • Port Washington, NY 11050
You can also submit mini-reviews online, at www.pwpl.org - follow the links to TeenSpace!
No oral reports will be accepted
Prizes:
For each of the first 5 books read and reviewed, you will receive a prize by mail. A weekly prize drawing will take place at the end of each of the 7 full weeks of the reading club. All readers who have submitted reviews that week will have their reviews entered in the drawing. The more reviews received, the greater the chance of winning.
Final Prize Drawing:
All readers who have submitted at least five reviews by closing (1 p.m.) on Saturday, August 18 will have their names entered in the final prize drawing!
Any questions? Call TeenSpace at 883-4400, Ext. 148, or e-mail us at youngadult@pwpl.org
August 03, 2007
Origami Workshop
Modular Origami for Teens
Using the techniques of Modular Origami you can make all kinds of amazing colorful shapes from a pile of square papers without the need for glue to hold them together. The modules are simple to fold: the challenge comes in assembling them.
August 7 at 7P.M.
Workshop fee: $5
August 01, 2007
Teen Tarot Card Readings
Learn about the ancient art of interpretation in our Teen Tarot Card Workshop.
Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 7P.M.
Call TeenSpace at 883-4400 x 148 for registration information.