Why not turn your summer reading into a chance to win great prizes? It is as simple as registering, reading and writing short reviews. You even get a small prize just for registering. Those interested in participating in this reading program can register at the Information Desk at their local library branch. The first fifty registrants receive a eco gift bag.
At all Branches:
Saturday, June 26th to Saturday, August 28th
It was freezing cold at harbourfront on May 12, but that didn't stop 3, 500 readers from coming out and cheering on their favourite authors. It was an inspiring site to see the enthusiasm for Canadian books and how much the young adult genre has grown.
Red Maple Award 2010 winner is Word Nerd by Susin Neilsen
White Pine Award 2010 winner is Mostly Happy by Pam Bustin
Teen Volunteering at the Library
1. Teen Advisory Group
We have two great volunteer opportunities for teens. The first is the Teen Advisory Group where you plan and run a program at the library. If you would like to apply for the Teen Advisory Group, fill out this form and return it to the library:
TAG Application
The lists of the Red Maple and White Pine nominees for 2010 are now available! You can find them at the forest of reading site here: Forest of Reading
You can also check our catalogue to see which titles are available:
Enjoy!
Well, hopefully this is the news you have all been waiting for. Our "Why do You love the Library" contest has finished, and all the contest entries have been judged. And so, without further ado, we would like to announce our winners!
In first place Axel and crew with their look at all the things they love about the library:
To them, goes the first place prize of $100 gift certificate to the Pickering Town Center.
In second place, we have Sarah and Keara's montage of all the things they like:
The girls will share the second place prize of copies of each of the Twilight books!
Congratulations to the winners! And thank you to everyone who submitted entries to the contest!
TORONTO, ON – Today at Harbourfront, a crowd of more than 3,000 readers aged 5 – 18 cheered for their favourite authors and illustrators at the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Forest of Reading®, Festival of Trees award event.
And the winners are ….
The Red Maple Fiction Award:
Out of the Cold by Norah McClintock
The Red Maple Non-Fiction Award:
Royal Murder: The Deadly Intrigue of the Ten Sovereigns by Elizabeth MacLeod
The White Pine Award:
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Click on the titles below to read the stories that won the Library's Short Story Contest! The files are in PDF format.
Grade 7 to 8
by Leah
Grade 9 to 12
The Future King by Brianne
Taken from: Teen Services Librarians, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17909771584
The following list of books teens love, books teens should read, and books adults who serve teens should know about was compiled IN ABSOLUTELY NO SCIENTIFIC MANNER and should be taken with a very large grain of salt.
Instructions:
Put an "X" next to the books you've read
Put a "+" next to the books you LOVE
Put a "*" next to the books you plan on reading
Tally your "X"s at the bottom
Share with your friends!
1. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Douglas Adams X
2. Kit's Wilderness / David Almond
3. Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian / Sherman Alexie
4. Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson
5. Feed / M.T. Anderson
6. Flowers in the Attic / V.C. Andrews
7. 13 Reasons Why / Jay Asher
8. Am I Blue? / Marion Dane Bauer (editor)
9. Audrey Wait! / Robin Benway
10. Weetzie Bat / Francesca Lia Block X
11. Tangerine / Edward Bloor X
12. Forever / Judy Blume X
13. What I Saw and How I Lied / Judy Blundell
14. Tyrell / Coe Booth
15. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants / Ann Brashares X
16. A Great and Terrible Beauty / Libba Bray *
17. The Princess Diaries / Meg Cabot *
18. The Stranger / Albert Camus
19. Ender's Game / Orson Scott Card X
20. Postcards from No Man's Land / Aidan Chambers
21. Perks of Being a Wallflower / Stephen Chbosky *
22. And Then There Were None / Agatha Christie
23. Gingerbread / Rachel Cohn
24. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist / Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
25. Artemis Fowl (series) / Eoin Colfer *
26. The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins
27. The Midwife's Apprentice / Karen Cushman X
28. The Truth About Forever / Sarah Dessen X
29. Little Brother / Cory Doctorow
30. A Northern Light / Jennifer Donnelly
31. Tears of a Tiger / Sharon Draper
32. The House of the Scorpion / Nancy Farmer
33. Breathing Underwater / Alex Flinn
34. Stardust / Neil Gaiman *
35. Annie on My Mind / Nancy Garden *
36. What Happened to Cass McBride / Gail Giles
37. Fat Kid Rules the World / K.L. Going
38. Lord of the Flies / William Golding X
39. Looking for Alaska / John Green
40. Bronx Masquerade / Nikki Grimes
41. Out of the Dust / Karen Hesse
42. Hoot / Carl Hiaasen *
43. The Outsiders / S.E. Hinton X+
44. Crank / Ellen Hopkins
45 The First Part Last / Angela Johnson
46. Blood and Chocolate / Annette Curtis Klause
47. Arrow's Flight / Mercedes Lackey
48. Hattie Big Sky / Kirby Larson
49. To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee X
50. Boy Meets Boy / David Levithan *
51. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks / E. Lockhart
52. The Giver / Lois Lowry X
53. Number the Stars / Lois Lowry
54. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie / David Lubar
55. Inexcusable / Chris Lynch
56. The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things / Carolyn Mackler *
57. Dragonsong / Anne McCaffrey X++++
58. White Darkness / Geraldine McCaughrean
59. Sold / Patricia McCormick
60. Jellicoe Road / Melina Marchetta
61. Wicked Lovely / Melissa Marr
62. Twilight / Stephenie Meyer *
63. Dairy Queen / Catherine Murdock
64. Fallen Angels / Walter Dean Myers
65. Monster / Walter Dean Myers
66. Step From Heaven / An Na X
67. Mama Day / Gloria Naylor
68. The Keys to the Kingdom (series) / Garth Nix *
69. Sabriel / Garth Nix *
70. Airborn / Kenneth Oppel
71. Eragon / Christopher Paolin *
72. Hatchet / Gary Paulsen
73. Life As We Knew It / Susan Beth Pfeffer
74. The Golden Compass / Phillip Pullman *
75. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging / Louise Rennison X
76. The Lightning Thief / Rick Riordan *
77. Always Running: La Vida Loca / Luis Rodriguez
78. how i live now / Meg Rosoff
79. Harry Potter (series) / J.K. Rowling X
80. Holes / Louis Sachar *
81. Catcher in the Rye / J. D. Salinger
82. Push / Sapphire
83. Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi *
84. Unwind / Neil Shusterman
85. Coldest Winter Ever / Sister Souljah
86. Stargirl / Jerry Spinelli X
87. Chanda's Secrets / Allan Stratton
88. Tale of One Bad Rat / Brian Talbot
89. Rats Saw God / Rob Thomas
90. Lord of the Rings / J.R.R. Tolkien X
91. Stuck in Neutral / Terry Trueman
92. Gossip Girl / Cecily Von Ziegesar X
93. Uglies / Scott Westerfeld *
94. Every Time a Rainbow Dies / Rita Williams-Garcia
95. Pedro and Me / Judd Winick
96. Hard Love / Ellen Wittlinger
97. American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang X
98. Elsewhere / Gabrielle Zevin
99. I am the Messenger / Markus Zusak
100. The Book Thief / Markus Zusak
Twilight Spoof done by Cartoon bunnies. Click Here:
Twilight
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