Last week, at a minimally attended Teen Book Discussion Group, we happy few discussed favorite books and other related issues.

Now, this week I will be hosting again the Wyckoff Library Teen Writing Group on Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 4:00 - 5:30 pm in the Monroe Room of the Library.

I'm hoping I will have a bit more than a minimal attendance this time.

And as everybody knows, we always have a really good time!!

To all my writers out there (and you know who you are!), here's a New York Times article about great website for you to check out, if you haven't been there yet. It's clickable within the article, too!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/books/06figment.html?hpw

Talk to you soon!

Three great birthdays to celebrate today:

Louisa May Alcott
C.S. Lewis
Madeleine L'Engle

If you haven't read any of their works, maybe honor them today by taking one of their great books out of the Library and enjoying their prose and just great story telling.

Here's a word for today: CORNUCOPIA

Totally appropriate (and an SAT word, too!).

So as you enjoy your family's Thanksgiving cornucopia,

take a moment to give thanks for all you have.

More thoughts from Barbara, who is thankful for many things,

including having all of you in my life!

WYCKOFF LIBRARY TEEN WRITING GROUP WILL MEET AGAIN ON TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2010, FROM 6:00 - 7:30 pm IN THE MONROE ROOM OF THE LIBRARY.

DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR LATEST EPIC COMPOSITION WITH YOU, OR AT LEAST WHATEVER YOU HAVE WRITTEN LATELY THAT YOU WISH TO SHARE WITH YOUR PEERS. (Actually, we truly do not have time for epic compositions after all!)

SWEET AND SAVORY SNACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE, AS USUAL.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING.

SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU (IDEALLY NEXT TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM).

WYCKOFF TEENS, ever wonder . . .

. . .what you could do to help your Library?
. . .where you could go to earn some Community Service creds?
. . .when you could associate with your peers in creating the best Library for teens in Bergen County?
THE TIME IS NOW!!
Become a member of the Wyckoff Library TEEN ADVISORY GROUP and find out what's in it for you on November 17^th, Wednesday from 4:00 TO 5:00!
Contact Barbara the Teen Librarian
201-891-4866 or wyckya@bccls.org

Help support your local Library!

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Margaret Peterson Haddix

Book Discussion for

Wyckoff teens 7^th- 10^th grade

Thursday 4 November 2010,
6:00 – 7:00 pm

Monroe Room,

Wyckoff Public Library

BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!!

REFRESHMENTS , as always!

RSVP: Barbara, Teen Librarian

201-891-4866 or wyckteen@bccls.org

TEEN

WRITING

GROUP

Thursday 28 October 2010

6-7:30 pm in the

Monroe Room

RSVP: Barbara the Teen Librarian wyckteen@bccls.org or 201-891-4866

Five brave souls met last week on Thursday as the Wyckoff Library Teen Writers Group met for the first time this season.

The creativity, as ever, was rampant, and everyone had a great time. If you weren't in attendance, remember that we meet on the last Thursday of every month from 6:00 to 7:30 pm in the Monroe Room of the Library.

Looking to see you there next month!

PS: Next week on the 6th of October it's book discussion time. The book is PURPLE HEART and if you don't have a copy of this compelling and oh-so-timely novel but still wish to attend, come to the library--I have lots of copies left!

YESTERDAY MARKED THE BIRTHDAY OF T.S. ELIOT (Thomas Stearns Eliot, to his mommy), AND YOU WOULD BE WELL SERVED BY READING THE POEM LINKED BELOW:

http://www.poetry-online.org/eliot_the_love_song_j_alfred_prufrock.htm

A tortured soul (heck, he was a poet), read about his works, his life, then read more of his wonderful poetry (hey, we got it at the library).

http://kirjasto.sci.fi/tseliot.htm

Today is the first FULL day of fall, the Autumnal Equinox, and if you are interested in what that really means, here's a great link: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/AutumnalEquinox.html

Speaking only for myself, I've been awaiting this change of season since the very first day the temperature rose past 85, but that's just me.

Enjoy this most magnificent time of year! (I always do...)

Book Discussion for

Wyckoff teens

7^th- 10^th grades

"PURPLE HEART"

Thursday 7 October 2010, 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Monroe Room, Wyckoff Public Library

BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!!

REFRESHMENTS , as always!

RSVP: Barbara, Teen Librarian

201-891-4866 or wyckteen@bccls.org

ONGOING PROGRAMS

FOR WYCKOFF TEENS

AT THE WYCKOFF LIBRARY

Teen Writers Group (12-16) meets every last Thursday of the month (unless a holiday interferes), from 6:00 to 7:30 PM in the Monroe Room of the Library. Teens are suggested to bring their own writings to share with peers.

Teen Book Discussion (12–16) is held on the first Thursday of every month (unless a holiday interferes), from 6:00 to 7:00 PM in the Monroe Room of the Library. Books will be available at the library in the weeks prior to the meeting.

All interested teens should contact

Barbara the Teen Librarian

201-891-4866 or wyckteen@bccls.org

Refreshments always!

Feeling a little blue today as Summer 2010 is just about over at the Wyckoff Library... : (

Last night was our last book discussions for TALK IT UP and SPEAK OUT, and to close out the six weeks, we read and discussed two fabulous short stories!

On Tuesday, many of you were part of the program called GET ME RE-WRITE (THE SEQUEL), and the Patch.com journalist who covered it for the Library was kind enough to send me a link to the story that ran today in Patch.com:

http://wyckoff.patch.com/articles/teens-choose-own-adventure-at-library-program

Click on it, read the article, and enjoy the pics, too. If you were there, you'll relive the fun; if you weren't, you'll regret you didn't attend. But either way, you should be amused, intrigued, and looking forward to the next time I host another GET ME RE-WRITE!

Finally, check this site again and you will soon be able to read the great stories that were written that evening. Did I say great? I meant wild, wacky, wonderful, and totally creative!

Wyckoff teens rock!!

And, in case you were wondering, the name of the fear-of-13 is called:

triskaidekaphobia

'nuff said!

More than half way through the summer of 2010, let me update for those of you who weren't here, or re-cap for those of you who were:

We started off the summer with the fabulous Sharon Gross program, stencil printing on canvas carry-all bags. (Great press in the Suburban on this--August 5, 2010, p. 3!)

Next stop, Origami with Linda Bogen tested our folding fingers and generated fun figures, too. As ever, Linda had plenty of surprises for us!

The playwright (and really nice person) Meredith Levy taught us all the basics of playwriting, and teens had an opportunity to write their own playlets, or start their own Tony Award winning epic.

Of course, throughout the summer, TALK IT UP and SPEAK OUT reigned supreme on Wednesday evenings, and there are just two weeks left for teens to engage in book discussion (lots of cool books were read and discussed this summer, not to mention the inhalation (there can be no other word) of lots of junk food, too!).

Tuesday next (August 10th), teens will be learning watercolor technique from Wyckoff's own Rosemary Crabtree. It should be a great experience (and those attending may discover what little artistic talent their Teen Librarian possesses!)

Our final program, "Get Me Rewrite, the sequel," is a redux (look it up: possible SAT word) of last year's sleeper of the season, "Get Me Rewrite!" This year's picture book to be re-written by creative teens should be as much a fun challenge as last year's FRIENDS, the gentle book about bunny rabbits. Get your quills sharpened and your sense of humor honed for this one, Wyckoff teens! It's will be a hoot, the sequel.

Seeya when I seeya!

HAPPY 600 TO A-ROD!

Today is the birthday of Emily Bronte who wrote the extremely romantic WUTHERING HEIGHTS, and yet Emily herself never had a lover nor did she ever get married. Go figure, and furthermore, go read the book!

ORIGAMI was a splendid success, with nine eager folders (plus a crazed teen librarian with two left thumbs) creating magic with Linda Bogen. If you were there, you know what I'm bloggin' about, and if you weren't, come to the Library and see the kinds of things we created in the Display Case, just to the left of the front door.

The Playwriting Seminar, presented once again by Meredith Levy, will be held Tuesday, August 3rd, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM in the Monroe Room.

All my ragingly eager writers (and even those of you who simply dabble in the written word) should (did I say should? I meant must!) attend. Just as it was last year, it's going to be great and you all ought to be there (if only just to say you were, and reference the Library and Meredith when you stand on stage to receive your Tony Award for best play in 2021--hey, it could happen!)

Summer is moving along as fast as possible in this dreadful heat/humidity. Keep the AC and the fans on full blast and we'll all get through it.

Think of it: one day in the brevity of time we will again be kicking up the leaves of autumn. Ah, that that day would come soon! I am so desirous of 68 degree weather I could weep!