Anime & Teen Dates To Remember

 Dates To Remember

Teen Board

Saturday, November 9th at 1:30 pm

Teen Gaming

Saturday, November 9th at 2:00 pm

Dungeons & Dragons

 Sunday, November 17th at 1:00 pm

Anime & Japanese Culture Club

Our next meeting takes place 10:00 am on Saturday, November 9th. The AJCC is an open club for any and all fans of anime and manga, as well as any other facet of Japanese culture. Currently featuring an ever growing schedule of anime viewing, manga, discussion, mini-manga, drawing workshops, food festivities, cosplay, anime movie marathons, and celebrations of Japanese culture, the club encourages fans both young and old to enjoy themselves alongside fellow fans.

For more details on the club, email kymiller@spencerlibrary.com, or ask at the front desk.

Today's Meeting
Let's Watch: Ghost Hunt
Let's Play: Final Fantasy VI

Young Writer's Program

Grades K-2 6:00 pm         Grades  3-5   6:30 pm
Grades 6-8  7:00 pm         Grades  9-12 7:30 pm

NANOWRIMO

National Novel Writing Month kicked off on November 1st and continues all month for thirty days and nights of literary abandon! It's a hands-on writing adventure where everyday people all around the world bash out a 50,000 word novel in 30 days--that's just 1,667 words a day! No judges or entry fees. Just a whole lot of fun.

Spencer Public Library is here to support you in your writing endeavors. We can help with last minute research, inspire new plot ideas, and even provide a quiet space to work. More details on what National Writing Month (Nanowrimo) is and how you can write a novel this November can be found by calling the library at 580-7290 or by visiting the official website at www.nanowrimo.org .

Young Writer's Program

National Novel Writing Month is a month set aside with the goal of simply writing. Writing what? Well, anything! The idea isto get you writing, non-stop. What you write about is totally up to you!

The Young Writer's Program is a version of National Novel Writing Month geared at the  young writers. Whether you're in elementary, middle, high school, or home-schooled,you can write during National Novel Writing Month, too! While Nanowrimo has a word goal of 50,000 words, the Young Writer's Program allows children and teen to set their own word goals.

During November, the Spencer Public Library isopening our doors to allow any and all area children and teens to join us to write. Students are invited to come to weekly sessions based around the lessons in their workbooks, which are scaled to students' grade levels. Interested students may pick up these workbooks throughout the month.
Session One: Saturday, November 2nd                      Session Two: Thursday, November 8th
K--2nd Grade     1:00 pm                                             K--2nd Grade     6:00 pm
3rd--5th Grade    1:30 pm                                             3rd--5th Grade    6:30 pm
6th--8th Grade     2:00 pm                                            6th--8th Grade     7:00 pm
9th--12th Grade   2:30 pm                                            9th--12th Grade   7:30 pm

Session Three: Saturday, November 14th                   Session Four: Thursday, November 21st
K--2nd Grade      6:00 pm                                            K--2nd Grade     6:00 pm
3rd--5th Grade     6:30 pm                                            3rd-5th Grade     6:30 pm
6th--8th Grade     7:00 pm                                            6th--8th Grade     7:00 pm
9th--12th Grade   7:30 pm                                            9th--12th Grade   7:30 pm

Session Five: Saturday, November 30th
K--5th Grade         1:00 pm
6th--8th Grades      1:30 pm
9th--12th Grades    2:00 pm

Young Writer's Program

Grades 9-12 @ 2:30 pm. During November, Spencer Public Library is opening our doors to allow any and all area children and teens to join us to write. Students are invited to come to weekly sessions based around the lessons in their workbooks, which are scaled to students' grade levels. Interested students may pick up these workbooks throughout the month.

Young Writer's Program

Grades 6-8 @ 2:00 pm. The Young Writer's Program is a version of National Novel Writing Month geared at the young writers. Whether you're in elementary, middle, high school, or home-schooled, you can write during National Novel Writing Month, too! While Nanowrimo has a word goal of 50,000words, the Young Writer's Program allows children and teens to set their own word goals.

DS Games

We are constantly expanding our video game selection to make more great titles available for everyone. Starting this fall, we will be offering Nintendo DS games for check outin addition to our Wii, Playstation 3, and XBOX 360 games.

As the DS collection is just getting started, we only have a few titles available as of yet. Suggestions for games in any format that we offer, including Nintendo DS, are always welcome.

Nintendo DS games are playable only on Nintendo DS, 2DS, and 3DS handheld devices. All games check out for a period of seven days. A maximum of two games may be checked out per household.

Dungeons & Dragons

Sunday, October 27th at 1:00 pm.

Introduction to Nanowrimo Young Writer's Program

Have you always wanted to write a novel, but do not know how to begin? Come to Spencer Public Library for an Introductory Course about Nanowrimo and the Young Writer's Program. Join us on October 26 @2:00 PM. This session will prepare you for National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) in November and get you that much closer to writing your novel. All elementary, middle, and high school children are encouraged to attend.

Teen Halo Tournament

Teens must have parent permission to play in the tournament on October 26th @ 2:00 pm.

Anime & Japanese Culture Club

Sunday, October 20th @ noon.

                                                    Let's Draw: Faces in Anime and Manga
                                                          Let's Fold: Origami Box Lights

Monster Art

Teen Program @ 4:00 pm. For our Monster Art program on October 16, join us to put your twist on boring landscape paintings by adding some creepy and crazy monsters to the picture!

Teen Book Club

As part of Teen Read Week, Teen Book Club will be kicking off October 15 at 6:00 PM. We'll be reading City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. This Science Fiction/Fantasy read will be great for all fans of The Hunger Games. All teens will get a copy of the book to keep at the first meeting. In each meeting we'll discuss the book, eat pizza, and enjoy fun crafts and activities and the last meeting will include a special viewing of the movie!

Teen Read Week

I'm excited for this year's Teen Read Week, October 13-19. This year's theme "Seek the Unknown" encourages teens all over the country to read for the fun of it. Teen Read Week is a time to celebrate reading for fun while encouraging you to take advantage of reading in all its forms--books, magazines, e-books, audiobooks, and more! Reading for pleasure is free, fun, and can be done everywhere! The library has so many great books! Check out the new books in the Teen Area or ask a librarian for suggestions. Don't forget to stop in the library throughout the week for some fun contests and prizes!

Teen Gaming

Today, Saturday, October 12th at 2:00 pm

Teen Board

I hope everyone is having a great fall so far. October is such a fun, busy month. Remember, Teen Board meets October 12th at 1:30 pm.

The AJCC

Our next meeting takes place 10:00 am on Saturday, October 12th. The AJCC is an open club for any and all fans of anime and manga, as well as any other facet of Japanese culture. Currently featuring an ever growing schedule of anime viewing, manga, discussion, mini-manga, drawing workshops, food festivities, cosplay, anime movie marathons, and celebrations of Japanese culture, the club encourages fans both young and old to enjoy themselves alongside fellow fans.

For more details on the club, email kymiller@spencerlibrary.com, or ask at the front desk.

Today's Meeting
Let's Watch: Hyakko
Let's Play: Final Fantasy VI

Bio-Poem

If you are under 20 years old, take a look at this pdf file.We would love to have you write a bio-poem about yourself. Make sure to put your name and contact information on the poem, and at the top write, "For Paula". We promise not to print or otherwise publish your poem, in any way, shape, or form, without your permission. Everyone who turns in a poem will get a small prize at the end of September.

GreenBeanTeenQueen: What's Hot and What's Not According to My Teens

Check out this blog from a tween/teen librarian in another part of the U.S. What do you think? Do you agree with her Hot/Not list or are things a little different here?

GreenBeanTeenQueen: What's Hot and What's Not According to My Teens: One of the things I love most about my job is working with kids of all ages. I get so excited when I get to talk to a preschooler and I love...

Anime & Japanese Culture Club

The AJCC is an open club for any and all fans of anime and manga, as well as any other facet of Japanese culture. Currently featuring an ever growing schedule of anime viewing, manga discussion, mini-manga drawing workshops, food festivities, cosplay, anime movie marathons, and celebrations of Japanese culture, the club encourages fans both new and old to enjoy themselves alongside fellow fans. Our next meeting takes place at 11:00 am on Friday, August 9th. For more details on the club, email kymiller@spencerlibrary.com, or ask at the front desk.
Let's Watch: Trigun: Heroic Age [1x01]
Let's Play: Final Fantasy VI

TE*E*NS

I can hardly believe August is already here! The summer has flown by! I'd like to congratulate all the teens who registered for and completed the Teen Summer Reading Program. It was a fun summer and I'm already looking forward to next year. Teens, throughout the program you read 1,845 hours! You guys rock! Also congratulations go out to Emma Corcoran and Emma Katzer. These ladies won the iPod and Kindle Fire drawings.

Something to see before school starts is City of Bones, a teen book turned movie that is hitting theaters soon. You can find it in a theater near you August 21st. City of Bones is the first book in the Mortal Instruments series. In this urban fantasy, fifteen-year-old Clary is drawn into a bizarre world where she can suddenly see demons and the Shadowhunters who fight them. When her mother disappears, Clary discovers that her mother's and her past are not what she thought and she finds herself in the middle of a battle between good and evil. Here's what a teen reader had to say, "Interesting book. I'm excited to see where the series goes. Most series of this nature only focus on the dark side of mythology, vampires, werewolves, fairies, demons, etc. This book add the elements of angelic lore to the mix." I recommend the book and I'm excited to see how the movie compares.
                                                                                                                                                                       

Don't Forget!Teen Board -- Saturday, August 17th at 1:30 pm     Teen Gaming -- Saturday, August 17th at 2:00 pm
Dungeons & Dragons -- Sunday, August 18th at 1:00 pm

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Anime & Japanese Culture Club

Don't Forget! Our first meeting in August is today, August 2nd @ 11:00 am.
Let's Watch: Trigun: Badlands RumbleLet's Play: Final Fantasy VI

August Programming

Teens: join us for the afternoon on August 17th, with Teen Video Gaming at 2:00 pm. Wish there was more to do? Stop in early at 1:30 and help plan teen programs with the Teen Board, and then join us on August 18th for Dungeons & Dragons!

We also have a special Family Movie Day showing of Oz: The Great and Powerful this month, starting at 2:00 pm on Saturday, August 24th.

The Anime and Japanese Culture Club meets at 11:00 am on Friday, August 2nd and 9th, and concludes for the summer with a mini-Obon Festival on Friday, August 16th. Following the festival, the AJCC breaks for the remainder of August, and resumes with our regular schedule starting Saturday, September 14th, meeting every other week after. 

The best part? These are all free monthly events!

Young Adult Readers Advisory

Anime & Japanese Culture Club

The AJCC is an open club for any and all fans of anime and manga, as well as any other facet of Japanese culture. Currently featuring an ever growing schedule of anime viewing, manga discussion, mini-manga drawing workshops, food festivities, cosplay, anime movie marathons, and celebrations of Japanese culture, the club encourages fans both new and old to enjoy themselves alongside fellow fans. Our next meeting takes place at 11:00 am on Friday, August 2nd. For more details on the club, email kymiller@spencerlibrary.com, or ask at the front desk.

This month's Teen Events!

July 10 & 24, 3:00 PM, Teen Book Club – Join other Teens to discuss the book “City of bones” by Cassandra Clare– Read the book before it comes out as a movie. Free! For more information call 580-7290.

July 12, 19,  & 26, 11:00 AM, Anime Society – The Spencer Public Library Anime Society will meet in the Spencer Public Library round room. Come and explore Japanese culture. Free and open to all ages. For more information call 580-7290.

  

July 18, 2:00 PM, Tweens and Teens Summer Reading Program, “T-Shirt Decorating”  – Join other tweens and teens and design your own t-shirt to keep and wear. Free! For more information call 580-7290.

July 25, 2:00 PM, Tweens and Teens Summer Reading Program, “Steampunk Party” – Tweens and Teens your invited to a tea party with an out-of-this-world steampunk twist. Free! For more information call 580-7290.