Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Volunteer This Summer!

Are you going into grade 7 or above this summer?

Do you like working with kids?

Do you have a few hours a week free to volunteer between June 29th and August 14th?

Volunteer opportunities include helping with and preparing for programs, folding flyers, monitoring children at events, and helping decorate for the reading program. If you are interested there is a one-hour orientation meeting on Thursday, June 18th at 7:00 p.m. Bring a calendar!


A Single Shard Book Club

Tuesdays from 2:00-3:00 p.m.
July 7, 14, 21, 28 and August 11

Children and teens in grades 4 and up with have the chance to read and discuss the Newbery Award winning book A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park.

Potter, Sharon Leary, will then demonstrate the art of making ceramic pots and participants will be encouraged to try various skills themselves while making their own pots. We will have the pots fired at the end of the summer and then display them at the library.

Registration for this program begins June 1st.

To register please call the library at (585) 243-0440 or stop by the circulation desk. Space is limited. For a preview of other summer reading events please click here.

This event was paid for by the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, administered by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Wii Collection Continues to Grow

New arrivals:

Call of Duty 4 (on order)
Cooking Mama: Cook off
Family Game Night
Fishing Master World Tour
Lego Batman
Madden 09
Mario Kart (on order)
Mario Party 8
Metroid Prime: Corruption
My Fitness Coach
Need For Speed Undercover
Smooth Moves
We Ski and Snowboard

And don't forget! - If we don't have the game you are looking for we can get it from another library.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Teen Books in the News

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it's up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time. In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy's sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate. (Amazon Reviews)

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

The last normal moment that Mia, a talented cellist, can remember is being in the car with her family. Then she is standing outside her body beside their mangled Buick and her parents' corpses, watching herself and her little brother being tended by paramedics. As she ponders her state (Am I dead? I actually have to ask myself this), Mia is whisked away to a hospital, where, her body in a coma, she reflects on the past and tries to decide whether to fight to live. Via Mia's thoughts and flashbacks, Forman (Sisters in Sanity) expertly explores the teenager's life, her passion for classical music and her strong relationships with her family, friends and boyfriend, Adam. Mia's singular perspective also allows for powerful portraits of her friends and family as they cope: Please don't die. If you die, there's going to be one of those cheesy Princess Diana memorials at school, prays Mia's friend Kim. I know you'd hate that kind of thing. Intensely moving, the novel will force readers to take stock of their lives and the people and things that make them worth living. (Publisher's Weekly)