6/19/08: Things to Do When There's Nothing to Do

It's officially summer and while everyone is still basking in that fresh "just got out of school on break" feeling, after the 4th of July it eventually starts to wear off. Summer classes and activities wind down, you've made it through your summer reading list already, and you just get b-o-r-e-d. You know that last drag through August when all you wind up doing is sleeping all day.

Click here for a list of fun things to do.

6/18/2008: Coming of Age Films

After thinking about some of my favorite films, I realized a lot of them fell in to the Coming of Age category. A coming of age story is one in which the main character has a critical experience and is initiated into adulthood through knowledge, experience, or both, often by a process of disillusionment that results in the loss of childhood innocence. So, I thought I would make a list of Great Coming of Age Films available at Rockford Public Library.

Click here for some wonderful movies that represent coming of age themes.

6/09/2008: Summer Reading Club

The 2008 Summer Reading Club has begun and our 2008 theme is Game On!  Don’t forget to sign up at any library location. The Young Adult Summer Reading Club is for 6th – 12th graders. Your reading goal is 10 log entries, but every 100 pages may be counted as a reading log entry.

Prizes: Certificate of accomplishment, ticket to Magic Waters, $5.00 Beef-a-Roo coupon, and Game Crazy coupon, and the chance to win the finisher’s prize of a limo ride, dinner at Pizza Hut, and movie tickets for six.

Just in case you don’t know where to start, click here for some teen book suggestions that are about sports and activities.

5/23/2008: Announcing! The YA Short Story Contest Winners!

High School

1st Place
Julia Friberg - The Oblivion : Read the Story

2nd Place
Brianne Gallivan - Royalty of Good Heart : Read the Story

Middle School

1st Place
Danielle Henson - Seamus' Escape: Read the Story

2nd Place
Lisa Rhodes - Tucker : Read the Story

Nice Job Everyone!!