Teen Pre-Pub Club
Read it before your friend do! Heres a chance to snag an advanced reader copy of a book that hasnt been published yet. Come back next month for more choices and to share what youve read. (Grades 9-12)
Read it before your friend do! Heres a chance to snag an advanced reader copy of a book that hasnt been published yet. Come back next month for more choices and to share what youve read. (Grades 9-12)
For Students in grades K-3. Our popular summertime program Book Buddies continues throughout the school-year! Little buddies are paired up with local teens to practice their reading and other literacy activities. A variety of reading materials will be supplied. Registration is required and begins two weeks prior. (60 min.)
In honor of Free Comic Book Day, kids in grades 3-6 can join Caitlin McGurk from the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in this fun, interactive and inspiring comic workshop. Participants will review a little history of comics, view some innovative mini-comics and leave with a complete self-made mini-comic book! Awesome fun!
Registration is required and begins April 20, 2013.
Related Reading: So You Want to Be a Comic Book Artist? by Philip Amara
For students in grades 4-6 and a caregiver. Library instructors facilitate a discussion of a selected past Newbery winner or honor title to teach critical thinking and appreciation for literature. This month we will read Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary. Multiple copies of the book will be available for check-out at each UAPL location; each family is responsible for securing their own copy. (60 min.)
Required reading: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Discussion of “A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition” by Ernest Hemingway. Published posthumously in 1964, this remains one of Ernest Hemingways most enduring works. Since Hemingways personal papers were released in 1979, scholars have examined the changes made to the text before publication. Now, this special restored edition presents the original manuscript as the author prepared it to be published.
For students in grades 4-6 and a caregiver. Library instructors facilitate a discussion of a selected past Newbery winner or honor title to teach critical thinking and appreciation for literature. This month we will read One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. Multiple copies of the book will be available for check-out at each UAPL location; each family is responsible for securing their own copy. (60 min.)
Required reading: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingways most enduring works. The book includes a number of unfinished Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son, Jack, and his first wife Hadley.
For students in grades 4-6 and a caregiver. Library instructors facilitate a discussion of a selected past Newbery winner or honor title to teach critical thinking and appreciation for literature. This month we will read My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett. Multiple copies of the book will be available for check-out at each UAPL location; each family is responsible for securing their own copy. (60 min.)
Required Reading: My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
We’re taking Pre-Pub Club on the road this session. Join us at Whole Foods on Lane Avenue to snag a free advanced reader copy of a book that hasn’t yet been published. You can read it before your friends do and it’s yours to keep! For students in grades 9-12.
For students in grades 4-6 and a caregiver. Library instructors facilitate a discussion of a selected past Newbery winner or honor title to teach critical thinking and appreciation for literature. This month we will read Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz. Multiple copies of the book will be available for check-out at each UAPL location; each family is responsible for securing their own copy. We’ll have some fun reading the some of the different voices aloud!(60 min.)
Required Reading: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz