No, this is not a political issue! Just look to the left and see all the author websites I added! If you don't see your fave, let me know.
Peace,
Simon
Monday, October 27, 2008
Neil Gaiman says:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
National Novel Writing Month is five weeks away. Neil Gaiman says save the novel for the third week!
National Novel Writing Month is five weeks away. Neil Gaiman says save the novel for the third week!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Magazines - vote for yours THIS WEEK
Hi all,
There are SIX new magazines on the tables in the teen room. We can subscribe to two of them so please write your initials/name on two or three of the six and the two with the most names will be what we order for the teen room.
Do this THIS week, please. Orders will be made next week.
Ta very much
Simon
There are SIX new magazines on the tables in the teen room. We can subscribe to two of them so please write your initials/name on two or three of the six and the two with the most names will be what we order for the teen room.
Do this THIS week, please. Orders will be made next week.
Ta very much
Simon
Monday, October 20, 2008
CD project
A number of us, including Caroline The Squid, Ashley, Emma, Josh, Hanna, Jools, Luke, Michael (Dartmouth 'intern"), Maddie, Jon and of course Camile created and put up a curtain of CDs in the teen room. Did I miss anyone out? It looks great and we are getting lots of positive feedback! Yeh - teens!
Simon
Simon
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Howe Board of Trustees Wants YOU
Imagine a big pointy finger pointing at YOU!
Let me know if you want to be part of the next Trustees meeting and be part of what you want to happen here and get face time with the Board of Trustees. See email I have sent to one and all. If you did not get an email, send me one and tell me so and I can put it right.
DATE NEEDED TO BE AVAILABLE: THURSDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER
TIME: 3.40PM UNTIL 5 PM
ADIOS
Simon
Let me know if you want to be part of the next Trustees meeting and be part of what you want to happen here and get face time with the Board of Trustees. See email I have sent to one and all. If you did not get an email, send me one and tell me so and I can put it right.
DATE NEEDED TO BE AVAILABLE: THURSDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER
TIME: 3.40PM UNTIL 5 PM
ADIOS
Simon
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Bean Bags
If you have not initialled your choice of bean bag, do it NOW! I will be totaling the tallies to find the oversized tote to put in the teen room.
Simon
EOM
Simon
EOM
More Books YOU can recommend and vote on!
Cybils Nominations Open October 1st: How Can You Participate?
Nominations for the third annual Children's and Young Adult Bloggers'
Literary Awards (the Cybils) will be open Wednesday, October 1st through Wednesday, October 15th. The goal of the Cybils team (some 100 bloggers) is to highlight books that are high in both literary quality and kid appeal.
The Cybils were founded by Anne Boles Levy
(http://dadtalk.typepad.com/book_buds_kidlit_reviews/) and Kelly Herold (http://kidslitinformation.blogspot.com/).
This year, awards will be given in nine categories (Easy Readers, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Novels, Non-Fiction Middle Grade/Young Adult Books, Non- Fiction Picture Books, Poetry, Young Adult Novels). Anyone can nominate books in these categories (one nomination per person per category). Nominated titles must be published between January 1st and October 15th of this year, and the books must be in English (or bilingual, where one of the languages is English). To nominate titles, visit the Cybils blog (http://www.cybils.com/) between October 1st and 15th. A separate post will be available for each category - simply nominate by commenting on those individual posts.
If you are not sure which category to choose for a particular book, a questions thread will also be available.
Between October 16th and January 1st, Cybils panelists (children's and young adult bloggers) will winnow the nominations down to a 5-7 book short list for each category. A second set of panelists will then select the winning titles for the different categories. The winners will be announced on February 14th, 2009.
The Cybils lists, from long lists to short lists
(http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/finalists/index.html) to the lists of winners (http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/2007/02/the_2006_cybils.html),
offer a wonderful resource to anyone looking for high-quality, kid- friendly books. The Cybils team has worked hard to balance democracy (anyone can nominate titles) with quality control (two rounds of panel judging by people who focus on children's books every day). We do this work because we consider it vital to get great books into the hands of children and young adults.
How Can You Participate?
You lot can spread the word - that's right, you teens! The Cybils team would very much appreciate your help (that's you lot again!) in spreading the word. And if you (you and me this time), or the youth that you know, have any titles to suggest, we would love to see your nominations at the Cybils blog (http://www.cybils.com/), starting on Wednesday. Thanks for your help, and stay tuned for further news!
Jen Robinson (http://jkrbooks.typepad.com) Literacy Evangelist for the 2008 Cybils
Nominations for the third annual Children's and Young Adult Bloggers'
Literary Awards (the Cybils) will be open Wednesday, October 1st through Wednesday, October 15th. The goal of the Cybils team (some 100 bloggers) is to highlight books that are high in both literary quality and kid appeal.
The Cybils were founded by Anne Boles Levy
(http://dadtalk.typepad.com/book_buds_kidlit_reviews/) and Kelly Herold (http://kidslitinformation.blogspot.com/).
This year, awards will be given in nine categories (Easy Readers, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Novels, Non-Fiction Middle Grade/Young Adult Books, Non- Fiction Picture Books, Poetry, Young Adult Novels). Anyone can nominate books in these categories (one nomination per person per category). Nominated titles must be published between January 1st and October 15th of this year, and the books must be in English (or bilingual, where one of the languages is English). To nominate titles, visit the Cybils blog (http://www.cybils.com/) between October 1st and 15th. A separate post will be available for each category - simply nominate by commenting on those individual posts.
If you are not sure which category to choose for a particular book, a questions thread will also be available.
Between October 16th and January 1st, Cybils panelists (children's and young adult bloggers) will winnow the nominations down to a 5-7 book short list for each category. A second set of panelists will then select the winning titles for the different categories. The winners will be announced on February 14th, 2009.
The Cybils lists, from long lists to short lists
(http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/finalists/index.html) to the lists of winners (http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/2007/02/the_2006_cybils.html),
offer a wonderful resource to anyone looking for high-quality, kid- friendly books. The Cybils team has worked hard to balance democracy (anyone can nominate titles) with quality control (two rounds of panel judging by people who focus on children's books every day). We do this work because we consider it vital to get great books into the hands of children and young adults.
How Can You Participate?
You lot can spread the word - that's right, you teens! The Cybils team would very much appreciate your help (that's you lot again!) in spreading the word. And if you (you and me this time), or the youth that you know, have any titles to suggest, we would love to see your nominations at the Cybils blog (http://www.cybils.com/), starting on Wednesday. Thanks for your help, and stay tuned for further news!
Jen Robinson (http://jkrbooks.typepad.com) Literacy Evangelist for the 2008 Cybils
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
message from Maddie
Maddie Smith said...
Hey I thought maybe we could do the ying yang thing peace and war thing you know we talked about today and it seems cool. You can put the unicorns on the peace side if thats cool counter it with dragons.
Hey I thought maybe we could do the ying yang thing peace and war thing you know we talked about today and it seems cool. You can put the unicorns on the peace side if thats cool counter it with dragons.
Sit, listen: Book Awards - YOU CHOOSE
Hi all,
There are three book awards coming up and you, Howe Teens, get to vote on them! If you go to the Howe Library website > teen pages you will see "NH & VT teen picks!" Click on any of these awards (Flume, Isinglass or Green Mountain) to see a list of the titles and to download forms (where necessary). Read some or all of these books and vote on them. Be part of the process! It is good experience for when you get to vote for the country's leader - Do a little research, make an informed decision and tell others your thoughts with your vote! It really does make a difference. If folks vote for quality books, publishers will see that and publish good books they now know teens want to read. Vote for rubbish, and the publishers will print rubbish. The future really is in your hands. Make it count!
Some titles are for younger teens, and are great books (like Alabama Moon - I love this book), and some are for much older teens (like Inexcusable which is for at least 16 and up. It should be required reading for adults and teens).
New headphones and splitters should be here on Monday! (Listen)
Glad you like the extra table and chairs you wanted! (Sit)
Next stop? Decorate the room!
Simon
simon.brooks@thehowe.org
There are three book awards coming up and you, Howe Teens, get to vote on them! If you go to the Howe Library website > teen pages you will see "NH & VT teen picks!" Click on any of these awards (Flume, Isinglass or Green Mountain) to see a list of the titles and to download forms (where necessary). Read some or all of these books and vote on them. Be part of the process! It is good experience for when you get to vote for the country's leader - Do a little research, make an informed decision and tell others your thoughts with your vote! It really does make a difference. If folks vote for quality books, publishers will see that and publish good books they now know teens want to read. Vote for rubbish, and the publishers will print rubbish. The future really is in your hands. Make it count!
Some titles are for younger teens, and are great books (like Alabama Moon - I love this book), and some are for much older teens (like Inexcusable which is for at least 16 and up. It should be required reading for adults and teens).
New headphones and splitters should be here on Monday! (Listen)
Glad you like the extra table and chairs you wanted! (Sit)
Next stop? Decorate the room!
Simon
simon.brooks@thehowe.org
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