April 2010
Check out these events at your library ~ please register for each program.
For more information, come in, call or email Anna Dunlop, Young Adult (YA) librarian at: yareads@glencovelibrary.org.
2010 PRINTZ AWARD ANNOUNCED
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. The 2010 award winner is Going Bovine, by Libba Bray. All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school – and life in general – with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. In search of a cure, and with the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America and into the heart of what matters most.
APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
“Poetry is the best words in the best order." (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk, July 12, 1827)
Celebrate National Poetry Month by submitting your own “best words” to YA librarian, Anna Dunlop, by Thursday, April 22nd. You may submit up to three poems in any style or form but each should not exceed one page, double-spaced. Please include poet’s name, address and phone number with each entry. There will be one prizewinner selected from each of these two age groups: Grades 6-8 and 9-12. Some of the poems will be displayed in the Library. Good luck!
FATHER’S DAY/MOTHER’S DAY CRAFT
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 7PM
Looking for a great gift? Join us to make a chipboard scrapbook. Bring in pictures or designs you wish to use and create a freestanding or hanging scrapbook. This will make a unique family present or a special place for you to display your treasured things. REGISTRATION: Yes FEE: No
BOOKS AND BAGELS BOOK DISCUSSION
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 11AM
Love to read? Love bagels? Join us for a “Books and Bagels” talk. Our discussion will be on the 2010 Newbery Award winner, When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead. This is a story in which twelve-year-old Miranda encounters shifting friendships, a sudden punch, a strange homeless man and mysterious notes that hint at knowledge of the future. These and other seemingly random events converge in a brilliantly constructed plot. REGISTRATION: Yes FEE: No
NEW YORK STATE YOUNG BOATERS COURSE
PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, TUESDAY, MAY 4 & THURSDAY, MAY 6
6:30 - 8:30PM
Taught by former Coast Guard Auxiliary members, this course will help you have a safe, fun-filled summer of boating. Participants who attend all four sessions and pass the written test will receive a license from Albany permitting them to operate a powerboat. This course also provides the required State certification for adult operation of personal watercraft, such as jet skis, at a state fee of $10 (for those 18 and over). The Library is grateful to the Coast Guard Auxiliary for again offering this course free of charge. REGISTRATION: Yes FEE: No ($10 for those 18 and over)
Questions? Email Anna Dunlop, YA Librarian, at yareads@glencovelibrary.org
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.
