A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Find the book in our library: A Monster Calls Summary: Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill–an ancient, wild creature that wants him to […]
Teen Advisory Board — July Meeting
Published on :July 26, 2014, 4pm, Central Library TAB members present: Jerry T., Kara E., Haneen E., Chris G. Agenda Doctor Who: Recap of plans so far, Who will be here? Halloween murder mystery event After-hours Halloween Select theme and order kit Haneen will lead Homework Helper program has been approved Starts […]
Summer Reading Challenge week 7
Published on :Only one more week until the end of Summer Reading Challenge! Log in all your activities to be eligible to win an iPad mini! We have some really great teen events lined up for our last week of SRC. First up was a Swordfighting Workshop (more photos to be posted […]
State of the Youth — Spring followup
Published on :This event is a followup to the 4th annual State of the Kids event, which took place last October. When they’re not at home or school, where is The Third Place that children and youth in our community go to feel safe, connected, secure? The State of the Kids (now State […]
Raven Boys — discussion recap
Published on :It’s summer! Our book discussion summer series “Claws to Read” starts off with… The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater Find it in our library: The Raven Boys Summary: Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent’s only gift seems to be that she makes other people’s talents stronger, […]
What’s Your Superpower? — writing workshop and conversation with Author Amy Tintera
Published on :Our focus for June was SUPERPOWERS! We had a short writing exercise followed by a conversation with special guests author Amy Tintera and writer Kimberly Cooper, who answered writing and publishing questions posed by the teens. Writing prompt We started out with brainstorming on various superpowers. There are usual superpowers […]
Summer Reading Challenge week 6
Published on :This week started off with our last teen writing workshop for the summer. The theme: Time Machine. At Central, we also hosted the Liquid Fear Factor; this year’s challenge: drink AND identify some of the weirdest, grossest soft drinks in the world. We also had another book club meeting; the […]
Summer Reading Challenge week 5
Published on :TEEN SURVEY HAS BEEN POSTED! The teen survey is one of the activities on the game board. Click here to take it! Reminder: Deadlines for our contests are approaching! You can win two tickets to a one direction contest or a $50 gift card. Click here and scroll down for […]
Summer Reading Challenge week 4 — halftime!
Published on :It’s week 4; that means we’re half way through summer! We’ve been busy with programs and prepping for some big events. There’s still plenty of great programs to sign up for and contests to enter. Check it out: http://cityofpasadena.net/library/teens/events_and_programs/ And our 10 raffle winners for this week are: Teresse […]
Summer Reading Challenge week 3 — winners
Published on :Week 3 of the Teen SRC included a mixed media collage workshop, beginning bead weaving, and a book club! The lucky 10 random raffle winners of week 3 received $15 Starbucks gift cards. The winners are: Kayla A. Lauren F. K. Hight Jamila J. Miguel L. Tamar M. […]