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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Check out these pictures from the Winter Walk!

Thanks TAB for helping at the model train night. Your buildings were awesome!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Check out these lists for some good, recent books!

You can make a list, check it twice, doesn't matter if you've been naughty or nice!
American Library Association
s best teen books for 2010
Amazon's Best Books for Teens
International Reading Associations top teen books for 2010

Monday, November 15, 2010

December's Meeting

Our December TAB meeting will be Monday, Dec. 6th at 6:45 until 8 pm in the library's meeting room.
New members are always welcome!
Come and have "a say" in what the library has for teens- books, movies, music and events.

Monday, November 01, 2010

HAUNTED LIBRARY II- scenes of the macabre....

NOVEMBER'S meeting!!! 6:45 tonight 11/1/10

The regularly scheduled TAB meeting is tonight 6:45-8.

Hope to see you then!!!!!!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Haunted Library II

Yes, we're doing it again- haunting the library for one night only! Saturday, Oct. 30th from 7:30 to 9. Tours are every 15 minutes. The St. Olaf Theatre Club has been advising us on make-up, costumes and settings! Thanks again for a grant from the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative- with a $1 (or a food donation to the Nfld Food Shelf) you can tour the haunted library the enjoy some creepy snacks and games in the meeting room. It will be scary- for people in grade 6 and up.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Writing contest- you could win money!!!

The Minnesota Humanities Center, along with local co-sponsors the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English, invites Minnesota’s fourth through 12^th grade students to enter the 2010-2011 Letters About Literature essay contest.
National Level Judging. Prizes will also be awarded to the 2nd and 3rd place winners.

On each competition level, a panel of national judges for the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress will select six (6) National Winners (2 per Level of Competition) and twelve (12) National Honorable Mention Winners (4 per Level of Competition). The National Winners will receive a $500 Target GiftCard, plus each will secure a $10,000 LAL Reading Promotion Grant in their name for his or her community or school library so that others can experience personal relationships with authors and the stories they tell. The National Honorable Mention Winners will each receive a $100 Target GiftCard, plus each will secure a $1,000 LAL Reading Promotion Grant in their name for his or her community or school library.
click here for more info!

Friday, August 27, 2010

TAB meeting info

People in grades 6-12 are invited to join TAB- the library's TEEN ADVISORY BOARD. Besides helping the library serve teens better it looks GREAT on college and job applications! We meet one night a month and have some special stuff coming up.

1. September's meeting is on Mon. the 13 (not Labor Day the 6th) *6:45 to 8

2. October's meeting has to be moved to Oct. 11 it was originally scheduled for Oct. 4th but--Garrison Keillor is coming that night!! Really!

3. The Friends of the Library Spelling Bee is Thursday, Oct. 7th- do we still want a team???

4. MEA break is Oct. 21-22 Halloween is the next weekend (Sunday) So... when, if, how will we do the Haunted Library????

5. Have a nice start of the new school year and please consider joining TAB.

*NEW MEETING START TIME since the library closes at 8 now.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Pictures from Casino Night! We had a good time!

The people who came got 1000 worth of chips to gamble with, Brandon finished with the most chips when he bet the entire stack on 21 and got it in 2 cards!