Call All Fashion Fanatics!

There's still time to submit a design for our Project Superhero contest!

Pick up a form at the West Caldwell Public Library & give us your best design for a superhero costume.

Entries due by JULY 27!! The one with most votes gets a prize!!

Open to grades 6-12. Part of our 2015 Teen Summer Reading Program.

Calling All High School Film Buffs!

The Montclair Film Festival is looking for high school students to help them pick the best films in this year's festival! 

If you are between the ages of 15 and 18 and love films, you can submit an application to become a junior juror. Jurors receive a free student member admission to the film festival, VIP treatment and priority access to events!

For more information and to apply, visit the Montclair Film Festival site at http://montclairfilmfest.org or click here.

Applications must be emailed or postmarked by April 9 2015. 

Teen Tech Week Online Scavenger Hunt

Teen Tech Week is March 8 -14 2015. Answer some questions using the library's online resources for a chance to win movie passes! Pick up a form at the West Caldwell Public Library.

Announcing the YALSA Teens' Top Ten List!

YALSA Teens' Top Ten is an annual "teen choice" list where you pick the best books of this year! Sixteen teen groups across the country nominated titles, and teens from everywhere voted for their favorites.

Even if your favorite didn't make the list this year, these titles are super popular with teens across the country and around the world. Try one out today!

The 2014 Teens' Top Ten list is:

1. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (Macmillan/St. Martin's Griffin)
2. Splintered by A.G. Howard (ABRAMS/Amulet Books)
3. The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Teen)
4. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (Penguin/Putnam Juvenile) 
5. Monument 14: Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne (Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends)
6. Earth Girl by Janet Edwards (Prometheus Books /Pyr)
7. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
8. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (Random House/Delacorte Press)
9. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (Macmillan/Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
10. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner (Random House/Delacorte Press)

Get more info about the books here. And be sure to vote in next year's contest! 

2015 Garden State Teen Book Awards

Let your voice be heard! 

Teens all across NJ are invited to vote for their favorite book title in any one or all three voting categories, Non-Fiction (Grades 6-12), Fiction (Grades 6-8), and Fiction (Grades 9-12). See past winners and nominated titles here.

Deadline for voting is December 31, 2014 and winners will be announced in January 2015!

Click on the link and vote today: http://njla.org/gstba2015

Teen Summer Reading Program Pics!

Thanks to everyone who helped make our Teen Summer Reading Program amazing! Here's a few pics of our Finale Party, and our big winners!

Calling all High School poets!

Calling all high school poets! NPR's Studio 360 has announced a Summer Poetry Challenge to feature the work of students in grades 9-12. Check out the link for more information and how to enter! 

http://www.studio360.org/story/studio-360s-summer-poetry-challenge-battle-high-school-bards/

TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM: FINAL SCIENCE TRIVIA QUESTION!!!

All summer long, we've been posting science Trivia Questions on our blog and Facebook page for our Teen Summer Reading Program.....THIS WEEK IS OUR FINAL QUESTION!!!

SCIENCE TRIVIA CHALLENGE: FINAL QUESTION! 

Who invented the jet engine?

If you are a West Caldwell resident between 12-18 years old, send the answer with your name, email and grade in school to wcalref@westcaldwell.bccls.org and be entered into a drawing for great prizes!!

Congrats to the winner of the WEEK 6 Science Trivia Challenge! The correct answer to the question "What is the longest bone in the human body?" is the femur (thighbone)! 

Don't Forget To Turn In Those Summer Reading Program Tickets!

Our Teen Summer Reading Program Finale Party is next Wednesday, August 6, but all of your Summer Reading Program prize tickets need to be turned in by MONDAY, AUGUST 4.

Drop them off at the Reference Desk at the West Caldwell Public Library before then for a chance to win AWESOME prizes!!!

TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM: SCIENCE TRIVIA QUESTION 5

All summer long, we'll be posting science Trivia Questions every week on our blog and Facebook page for our Teen Summer Reading Program.

SCIENCE TRIVIA CHALLENGE: QUESTION 5

What is the largest non-prehistoric fish in the world?

If you are a West Caldwell resident between 12-18 years old, send the answer with your name, email and grade in school to wcalref@westcaldwell.bccls.org and be entered into a drawing for great prizes!!


Congrats to the winner of the WEEK 4 Science Trivia Challenge! The correct answer to the question "Which part of the Earth lies between the outer core and the crust?" is the mantle! 

TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM: SCIENCE TRIVIA QUESTION 3

All summer long, we'll be posting science Trivia Questions every week on our blog and Facebook page for our Teen Summer Reading Program.

SCIENCE TRIVIA CHALLENGE: QUESTION 3

Diamonds are a form of which chemical element?

If you are a West Caldwell resident between 12-18 years old, send the answer with your name, email and grade in school to wcalref@westcaldwell.bccls.org and be entered into a drawing for great prizes!!


Congrats to the winner of the WEEK 2 Science Trivia Challenge! The correct answer to the question "Which part of the eye has a color and surrounds the pupil?" is the Iris!

Teen Summer Reading Program Prizes!

Have you signed up for the Teen Summer Reading Program? What are you waiting for?! There's prizes to be won!

For every book you read or audiobook you listen to, you can turn in a ticket for a chance to win. The more tickets you submit, the greater your chances of winning awesome prizes........so sign-up TODAY!

(And yes, those ARE a new pair of Beats Solo 2.0 Headphones!!)

Like to Blog? YALSA Wants You!

YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) is hosting a Teen Blogging Contest in honor of 2014 Teen Read Week in October. 

Teens aged 12 -18 can sign up now through August 1, 2014 to participate in the contest for a chance to guest blog for YALSA’s young adult literature blog, The Hub. Selected teens will blog about a wide range of topics related to YA literature while also further developing their writing and blogging skills.

To apply, please complete the online application form. 

Selected participants will be notified by email the week of Aug. 25.