Looking for something to read?

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness is almost ready borrowing. In the meantime, you can watch the book trailer created by a couple of teens at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7GWtiQACRo

Watch us on YouTube!

Check out our movie "A Day in the Life of a Library Page."

Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDKWRXZ2QJg

As you watch it, guess all ten characters portrayed in the movie. Drop off your entry at the library or email springfieldprograms@gmail.com now through September 7. You could win a pair of Sony wireless headphones! This contest is open to Springfield Library patrons only - one entry per person. A winner will be chosen from all correct entries. Watch for hints at the library and on Facebook!

Did you like the Hunger Games?

Read Catching Fire? Can't wait for Mockingjay? To "tide" you over, try Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker, a similar science fiction story about our dismal future. And if you like, get your name on the list to borrow Mockingjay, whose release date is August 24. Call the library at 802-885-3108 or email yaloft@gmail.com.

Camp Half-Blood

Do you feel the need for adventure? Do strange things keep happening to you? Is your math teacher a monster? (No, I mean for REAL!) Then come to Camp Half-Blood Tuesday, July 13 at 1:00 in the YA section of the library and explore the world of Percy Jackson and the Olympians! Go on a quest for the lightning bolt, drink nectar (tastes like chocolate chip cookies), and sample ambrosia (not too much, or you'll burst into flames). See you!!

Need something to do on a hot summer day?

Try drawing; it's a nice quiet activity to keep you cool. There are lots of drawing books available for you to checkout. Consider these:
Sketching Outdoors in Summer by Jim Arnosky
DragonArt by J. Neondragon Peffer
Draw 50 Monsters, Creeps, Superheroes, Demons, Dragons, Nerds, Dirts, Ghouls, Giants, Vampires, Zombies, and other Curiosities by Lee J. Ames
How to Draw Lettering by Judy Tatchell
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm
Drawing Words, Writing Pictures by Jessica Abel
And there's more!

Looking for a good book?

Try this website:
www.bookadventure.org/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp
You can search for book suggestions that are appropriate for your reading level and taste. If we don't have the book you want to read, as to get it via Inter Library Loan.

Make Waves!

Get ready for the Summer Reading Program! Kids entering grades 6 and up can sign-up in one of three ways:

1. Sign up when you visit the library all day, any day beginning Monday, June 21.

2. NEW THIS YEAR!! You can sign-up online! Click on the Summer Reading Club blog and follow the instructions. (Click here http://srp.springfieldtownlibrary.org/ )

3. Come to Lunch at the Library on Tuesday, June 22 at noon. You can sign-up there while you eat pizza. (Be careful--don't get tomato sauce on the journals.)

The first 25 to sign up will receive a bag of goodies. Complete a Library Challenge card and win a $5 gift certificate to McDonald's or Friendly's and the chance to win a set of wireless headphones or an MP3 player.

Pick up a calendar of events the next time you are in the library or download a copy--the link is right under the photo of the books. Make special note of the Family Concert titled "African Rhythm and World Music" with instrumentalists Jay Cook and Steven Leicach on Thursday, July 8 at 6:30. Spend your summer at the coolest place in town--the Springfield Town Library!