TeenZone Blog

This past Saturday, we had an informal dedication of the mural that 26 teen volunteers created for the Junior Library. The pictures show some of the volunteers.

This mural was created by the Danbury Library Teen Council and dedicated to the youth of Danbury. We express our thanks to Katie Stevenson for her inspired guidance. Funding for this mural was provided by the City of Danbury and the FRIENDS of the Danbury Library. The volunteers who worked on the mural are the following: Alina S.; Amina S.; Anjali P.; Carol C.; Bethany S.; Evan G.; Evan L.; Fariya N.; Gabby G.; Jenny N.; Jenny Y.; Jessica W.; John Y.; Joseph S.; Kenny C.; Martina C.; Michelle W.; Murtaza A.; Navadi M.; Paula T.; Raymond C.; Ruby W.; Ruchika R.; Sarah D.; Sydney P.; Taimoor A.

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New books arrive in the young adult section every week. Check out the new books that arrived recently. Go to the Read It tab and see the previous two months.

Don't forget that if you want to put a hold on a book, you can do that from the catalog. Just click on the "request" button and put in your name and library card. We will call you when the book comes in and you have 3 days to get into the library to pick it up.

You will not be able to do that with Mockingjay, however. I have ordered that book, but the record will not appear in the catalog until it is received. That is because of the way I ordered it. I just wanted to be sure that I have a copy on August 24th when it is released. I'll give your hold request to to the person who processes the book, if you want a hold. Just send me an email or call me.

Don't forget you can always call me if you have a suggestion for purchase. Just call 203-797-4528 anytime the library is opened.

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The 2010 Summer Reading Program, Read Around the World, has ended. It was a great summer. The winners of the Limousine ride from Greg Scott were Kylie S. and Gabby C. Matthew S. won the DSi and Sarina S. won the Pulse Smartpen. That is Matthew's picture.

We would really like to know what you think about the summer reading program. Please take our short survey. This will help us to plan an even better program next year.

I am particularly interested the game tournament. I had a very low turnout. I would like to know why you didn't participate. Most of you play either Rock Band or Mario Kart. It is costly in both time and money to put the tournament together and I would like to know how to make it more attractive and get greater participation.

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The 2010 Summer Reading Program, Read Around the World, has ended. It was a great summer. The winners of the Limousine ride from Greg Scott were Kylie S. and Gabby C. Matthew S. won the DSi and Sarina S. won the Pulse Smartpen.

We would really like to know what you think about the summer reading program. Please take our short survey. This will help us to plan an even better program next year.

I am particularly interested the game tournament. I had a very low turnout. I would like to know why you didn't participate. Most of you play either Rock Band or Mario Kart. It is costly in both time and money to put the tournament together and I would like to know how to make it more attractive and get greater participation.

Posted by Dymphna Harrigan at 12:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

New books arrive in the young adult section every week. Check out the new books that arrived recently.

Don't forget that if you want to put a hold on a book, you can do that from the catalog. Just click on the "request" button and put in your name and library card. We will call you when the book comes in and you have 3 days to get into the library to pick it up.

You will not be able to do that with Mockingjay, however. I have ordered that book, but the record will not appear in the catalog until it is received. That is because of the way I ordered it. I just wanted to be sure that I have a copy on August 24th when it is released. I'll give your hold request to to the person who processes the book, if you want a hold.

Don't forget you can always call me if you have a suggestion for purchase. Just call 203-797-4528 anytime the library is opened.

Posted by Dymphna Harrigan at 04:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)