Teen Open Mic Night

The Coshocton Public Library
presents

Teen Open Mic Night

Share your talents

Poetry

Rap

Guitar

Song

Sing-a-longs

You create the entertainment!

Come for an evening of friends, food, and fun

in a coffeehouse setting.

April 24, 7 to 8:30pm.
Call RoseMary at 622-0956 for details.
Sign up here.

Animanga Club Birthday Party

The Coshocton Public Library Animanga Club is 2 years old this month! We will celebrate with a slide show of our events, learning to write kanji with brush and ink on rice paper, and of course, have a birthday cake!

If you are a manga or anima fan, you will enjoy sharing your interest with fellow fans. Club members get first dibs on new manga and anime and preview anime, advise me on what series to buy for the collection, and learn all kinds of things about Japanese culture.

When: Wednesday, April 8, 2008, 5-7 pm
Where: coshocton Public Library large meeting room

Teen Open Mic Night

The Coshocton Public Library

presents

Teen Open Mic Night

Share your talents
Poetry
Rap
Guitar
Song
Sing-a-longs
You create the entertainment!

Come for an evening of friends, food, and fun
in a coffeehouse setting.

April 24, 7 to 8:30pm.

Call RoseMary at 622-0956 for details.

Sign up here.

DYI WIKI

Ever wanted a place on cyberspace completely all your own?

Come to

DIY WIKI

Friday, March 7, 2008

3-4:30 pm

Large Meeting Room

Grades 7-12

Create links to pages, start discussion forums, upload Youtube skits and much, much more!

Register at the Reference Desk or on our website at www.coshoctonlibrary.org/teens

We have winners!

Five lucky teens and their Valentines won a bag of gifts that will make Valentine's Day even sweeter! They completed the Name That Candy quiz in the teen room of the library to enter the prize drawing.

Twenty seven teens spent yesterday afternoon at Plugged and Unplugged, our after school program. Specially fun because there was no school yesterday, it was a good time to spend with friends playing games and talking and snacking! Don't miss it next Wednesday, 2-5 pm in the large meeting room.

Next Tuesday, February 19, will be the Teen Writers Club next meeting at 4-5 pm in the small meeting room. If you love to write already or would like to improve your writing skills, this is the club for you. Chase Will leads us in writing exercises and gives us encouragement by sharing his readings and experience.

Check out the new books in the Teen Room at the library!

Catching Up!

The last few times I've tried to post on the blog, the server wasn't cooperating!

Here is what is coming up for teens at the library:

The Teen Writers Club is meeting in the small meeting room on February 5th and 19th at 4-5 pm. Chase Will leads the group, inspiring us to write with prompts and tips. You can sign up here.

The Animanga Club invites teens to a manga drawing workshop led by Russull Merritt on Wednesday, February, 5-7 pm in the large meeting room. Sign up here.

The weekly Plugged and Unplugged After School Club meets Each Wednesday in February. Teens are invited to use the Internet, play wii and PS2 and watch movies. Refreshments provided. 2-5 pm in the large meeting room

Teens Talk Books will meet on February 28th. If you love books and want to see what's new and talk about what you like to read, this is the club for you! 4-5 pm in the large meeting room.

Stop by the Teen Room in the library to play Name That Candy and win a Valentine package for you and your friend or sweetheart!

Plugged and Unplugged

Stop in today afterschool for Internet, video and board games, movies, friends, and fun! Refreshments provided. For Teens Only!

Into the New Year!

Have a great holiday and when the new year rolls around, come to the library for these events:

Plugged and Unplugged
January 2, 2008
Wednesday 2-5 pm
Games, Internet, movies, and snacks after school!

Animanga Club Meeting
January 2, 2008
Wednesday, 5-7 pm
Russell Merritt will be here! Learn to draw Backgrounds, Landscapes and Mythical Beasts with a real artist!

DIY WIKI

Coshocton Public Library
Presents

DIY WIKI

Friday, January 25th, 3:00-4:30pm

in the large meeting room.

Learn to create your Wiki using wetpaint.com!

Open to Teens ONLY!
Register online or at the Reference Desk

Plugged and Unplugged

Internet, video games, board games, movies, and snacks after school on Wednesday, 2-5 pm!

Note: There will be No Plugged and Unplugged on December 26 when you are enjoying your family and Christmas gifts! See you back at the library on January 2, 2008!

Holiday Prize Drawing

If you haven't been in the YA room this month, there is still time to win in the daily Countdown to the Holidays Prize Drawing. Each day through December 24, a winner will be selected to receive a gift bag of treats!

Animanga Club Marathon

The Animanga Club is celebrating the holidays with an EIGHT HOUR anime marathon on Saturday, December 8th, noon to 8 pm. (The regular meeting on Wednesday is cancelled for December)

Bring food to share... a snack, a drink, or something for dinner.
Anime related games, artwork, movies, etc are welcome!

You can come in ONCE throughout the day and stay as long as you like.

Next TAB Meeting

The next Teen Advisory Board meeting will be Monday, November 26, at 4 pm. We will be decorating the YA room for the holidays.

Free Books!

http://www.harperteen.com/firstlook/
Check this out... you can sign up to get a chance to receive ARCs, Advanced Reader Copies, of brand new books not yet published!

November Teen Events @ Coshocton Public Library

Teen Writers Club
Tuesday, November 06, 4:00PM-5:00PM, Large Meeting Room
Teen writers are invited to share their writing, get writing tips, write to prompts.

Plugged and Unplugged
Unwind after school at the library. Every Wednesday afternoon, 2-5 pm, the meeting room is open for teens only! Surf the Internet, play video and board games, watch movies! Refreshments provided.

Animanga Club
Wednesday, November 07, 5:30PM-7:00PM, Large Meeting Room
Fans of manga and anime meet each month to preview anime, discuss manga, share web sites, learn about Japanese culture, draw and much, much more!

Yu-Gi-Oh Club
Saturday, November 10, 2:00PM-5:15PM, Large Meeting Room
Yu-Gi-Oh fans can come and play and train for tournaments. Bring your Yu-Gi-Oh stuff and a snack. Contact Josh Newman, 623-0199 for more information. All ages welcome.

Altered Books Workshop
Monday, November 19, 6:30PM-8:30PM, Large Meeting Room
Create a work of art from an old book! Books and craft supplies provided. You can bring special articles and pictures for your book.

Teen Advisory Board
Monday, November 26, 3:45PM-5:00PM, Large Meeting Room
Monthly meeting for teens, grades 7-12, who would like to help plan teen programs, volunteer, and select YA materials for the teen room. Applications for the TAB are in the Teen Room.

Teens Talk Books
Thursday, November 29, 4:00PM-5:00PM, Large Meeting Room
Teens, grades 7-12 are invited to talk about their favorite books over pizza. RoseMary will share new books, interesting information about authors, awards, and new titles.

What's Happening This Week @ the Library for Teens

Tuesday is Teen Writer's Club at 4 pm. This club is for you if you are interested in creative writing and want to get together with other teen writers.

Wednesday is Plugged and Unplugged, our weekly afterschool game and movie program. Unwind and relax in the middle of the week with friends and try out wii and PS2 games, surf the net, and watch a movie. Afterschool until 5 pm.

Wednesday is also Animanga Club at 5 pm. For anime and manga fans to share their interests, check out any new stuff and preview anime. Sometimes we get into other things like cooking, Cosplay, learning Japanese, drawing and playing games!

Hope to see you at the library this week!

Plugged and Unplugged

Looking for something to do after school?

Stop by the library for Internet surfing, video games, board games, snacks, and movies!

Teens Only!

Wednesday, October 24, 2-5 pm

Duane M. Abel, cartoonist for ZED comics, will be leading a comics drawing workshop this evening at 7 pm at the Coshocton Public Library. After the workshop, Duane will autograph his comics, available for only $4 each. One lucky teen will win a whole set! Click here to sign up now!
This program is part of our Teen Read Week celebration!

It's Teen Read Week!

Teen Read Week is an initiative from YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) to celebrate teens and reading and libraries. Coshocton Public Library celebrates every year with a display, a survey, a prize giveaway and a special program.


Check out the cool Teen Read Week display case at the library. The design was chosen by the Teen Advisory Board and photos of teens at the programs throughout the year are featured.

Pick up a survey in the young adult room and tell us what you like to read. Take the survey to the reference desk and pick out a prize bag!

Come to "Cartooning with Duane" on Thursday night. Duane Abel, the cartoonist for ZED comics will be conducting a drawing workshop for teens. 7 to 8 pm. Sign up here!

Plugged and Unplugged

Looking for something to do after school? Stop by the library for Internet surfing, video games, board games, snacks, and movies!

Teens Only!

Wednesday, October 10, 2-5 pm

See you there!

Teen Read Week

Libraries all across the nation (including Coshocton Public Library!) are celebrating TEENS and READING and LIBRARIES during October! LOL @ your library!

Take the Smart Girl Reading Survey! (IT's for Guys, too!)

You can chat to 31 authors in 31 days at ReaderGirlz. Look at this awesome schedule!
Week One
October 1st: Meg Cabot
October 2nd: Tiffany Trent
October 3rd: Brent Hartinger
October 4th: Lorie Ann Grover
October 5th: K.L. Going
October 6th: Nikki Grimes
Week Two
October 7th: Ellen Hopkins
October 8th: Justina Chen Headley
October 9th: Chris Crutcher
October 10th: Ann Brashares
October 11th: Sarah Mlynowski
October 12th: Cecil Castellucci
October 13th: Kirby Larson
Week Three
October 14th: Tanya Lee Stone
October 15th: John Green
October 16th: Sara Zarr
October 17th: Deb Caletti
October 18th: Rachel Cohn
October 19th: Kirsten Miller
October 20th: Mitali Perkins
Week Four
October 21st: Sonya Sones
October 22nd: Lisa Yee
October 23rd: Carolyn Mackler
October 24th: E. Lockhart
October 25th: Janet Lee Carey
October 26th: Gaby Triana
October 27th: Lauren Myracle
Week Five
October 28th: Holly Black
October 29th: Cynthia Leitich Smith
October 30th: Dia Calhoun
October 31st: Stephenie Meyer (Special time: 9 PM PST/MIDNIGHT EST)

You can vote for Teens Top Ten books at Teens Top Ten . Voting begins October 14.

Come to "Cartooning with Duane" at the Coshocton Public Library on Thursday October 18, 7-8 pm for a cartooning lesson with Duane Abel, the cartoonist for ZED comics!

Check out the display case!

Fill out a survey in the YA room, give it to the reference librarian, pick out a prize!

September Stuff

School is in full swing now with football, band, homework... take a break at the library!

Plugged and Unplugged: Every Wednesday you can drop in after school until 5 pm for video and board games, Internet, movies, and snacks in the large meeting room. We have laptops, Nintendo wii, Playstation 2. You are welcome to bring your games to share and bring a friend. Teens only!

Check out one of our clubs:

Animanga Club: discuss manga and anime, preview anime, get first dibs on additions to the collection, learn about Japanese cluture.

Teens Talk Books: discuss new books, favorite books, and what you're reading. We meet the last Thursday of each month at 4 pm.

Teen Advisory Board: plan programs, shop for books and select music for the young adult collection, volunteer! We meet on the last Monday of each month at 4 pm.

Teen Writers Club: get writing tips and prompts, share what you write with other teen writers. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 4 pm.

Teen Tech Club: plan techie programs. We meet during Plugged and Unplugged on the last Wednesday of each month.

New Games on Wednesday!

Thanks to the Wal-mart Foundation, the library was able to purchase a Playstation 2, Guitar Hero, Boogie for the Nintendo wii, and Raving Rabbits for the wii! Stop in afterschool tomorrow and check it out! Teens only in the large meeting room, 2-5 pm. Snacks provided thanks to the Friends of the Library.

Playstation Games @ the library!

Check this out!

The library now has Playstation and Playstation 2 games to loan. Find them on the new book shelves in the YA room! Limit 5 games at a time and the loan period is 28 days.

Game On!

Plugged and Unplugged

Keep cool with your friends at the library on Wednesday afternoons at Plugged and Unplugged. Internet, video and board games, movies, snacks.... a multimedia extravaganza from 2-5 pm! Teens ages 12 to 19 are invited.

Summer Reading Program Finale

Sunday, July 29, 7:30 to 9 pm, is the Pool Party at the Lake Park Aquatic Center. Free for all SRP participants, but you must pick up your ticket at the library this week!

Final weekly prize drawing is this week and the $50 grand prize drawing will be at the pool party. Finish up anything you are reading and get your rating slips in for more chances to win!

Teens Talk Books will meet Thursday, 4-5 pm to talk about Agatha Christie books.

MONOPOLY Champ!

Kris Hains, age 18, is the 2007 Teen Monopoly Tournament champ! Kris was the high scoring player in the final round Saturday afternoon at the library. Kris won $50 in Coshocton County Bucks and a new MONOPOLY game.

The players enjoyed a pizza lunch, other prizes and trying out the new Nintendo wii purchased by the library.

Thank you to the Friends of the Library for the prize money and pizza lunch, Hasbro for the MONOPOLY games and the Coshocton Foundation for the funds to purchase the wii.

Read about the MONOPOLY Tournament in the Coshocton Tribune!

This week @ the library

Teen Writers Club

Tuesday 3-5 pm

Large Meeting Room

Plugged and Unplugged Game Day

Wednesday 2-5 pm

Large Meeting Room

Animanga Club

Wednesday 5-7 pm

Large Meeting Room

Teen MONOPOLY Tournament

Saturday 9:30 am-2:30 pm

Large Meeting Room

Sign up here!

Weekly Prize Drawings

Read and come to programs to enter!

Check it out in the YA room!

Garage Band Concert!

Garage Band Concert

August 10, 2007
7-10 pm
Coshocton Public Library

Got a Band who wants to play?

Contact RoseMary
at the library
740-622-0956

The Golden Compass Movie

The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, is first of the His Dark Materials Trilogy...
A movie based on the first book will be released in December! Visit this web site for more:
http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/

Be sure to click on the rabbit to find your daemon! Mine is Pereus, the fox!

YA Author Blogs and Web sites

Want to learn more about your favorite YA authors? Check out their blogs!
Laurie Halse Anderson
Holly Black
Libba Bray
Meg Cabot
Cecil Castellucci
Rachel Cohn
Sarah Dessen
Alex Flinn
John Green
David Levithan
E. Lockhart
Megan McCafferty
Julie Ann Peters
Doctor Frank
Laura Ruby
Sarah Ryan
Tanya Lee Stone
Scott Westerfeld
Lara M. Zeises

And Web sites!
Laurie Halse Anderson
Holly Black
Judy Blume
Ann Brashares
Meg Cabot
Cecil Castellucci
Rachel Cohn
Sarah Dessen
E.R. Frank
Alex Flinn
Gail Giles
John Green
Pete Hautman
Melissa Kantor
David Levithan
E. Lockhart
Carolyn Mackler
Megan McCafferty
Patricia McCormick
Sarah Mlynowski
Christopher Paolini
Julie Ann Peters
Tamora Pierce
Frank Portman
Sonya Sones
Ellen Wittlinger
Lara M. Zeises
Markus Zusak

Nothing to Do Today?

More snow on the way, so what to do, what to do...

Sweeten up your day playing Name That Candybar:

http://www.smm.org/sln/tf/c/crosssection/namethatbar.html