Holiday Ornament Contest

Create your own holiday ornament

and enter it in the West Caldwell Public Library's contest for a chance to win a prize!

Saturday, December 8-Judging at 1:00 PM

Entry Categories
Age 12 and under
Ages 13-17
Adults

**Please see a librarian for rules and an entry form**

It Came From the Library...

Here are the spooktacular monsters that were entered into the library's Teen Read Week Make-A-Monster contest...

Teens Top Ten 2012

Click on the link below to find out which books teens across the country chose as their favorites.

Teens Top Ten 2012 @ Your Library

Teen Read Week Make-a-Monster Contest!

Celebrate Teen Read Week, October 14-20, 2012, by participating in the West Caldwell Public Library's Make-a-Monster Contest.

Young people in grade 5 and up are invited to make a creepy creature out of recycled materials to be displayed in the library.  Work on  your own or on a team with friends.  Prizes will be awarded for the three most creative monsters!  An entry form must accompany each monster.  Please visit the library's Teen Space for an entry form and list of the contest rules.  Bring your gruesome creation to the Youth Services Desk by Saturday, October 20.

Pillows!

We made these fun no sew pillows!  Check back for upcoming program information.

Own the Night @ Your Library

Summer Reading Program

Winners!

Ryan L.

Jessica R.

Jaclyn V.

Each was the lucky winner of an iTunes gift card and summer reading tote bag!

Congratulations to them, and thank you to everyone who participated in the summer reading program!

Garden State Teen Book Awards

Garden State Teen Book Awards

Check here for some great reading suggestions, and don't forget to vote for your favorites!

Voting closes on December 30, 2012

National Library Week Winner!

Rachel S. was the winner of the National Library Week Scavenger Hunt Contest, and received an iTunes gift card.  Congratulations to Rachel, and thank you to everyone who participated.  

National Library Week April 8-14, 2012

National Library Week Scavenger Hunt Contest

Students in grade 5 and up are invited to hunt through the library for the answers to a variety of challenging questions.  You can find a copy of the contest in the library's Teen Space.  Bring your answers to the Youth Services Desk by April 14, and you will be eligible for a chance to win an iTunes gift card.  One winner will be selected from all the correct entries.  Good luck!

Teen Tech Week Winner!

Iris C. was the winner of our Teen Tech Week Contest, and received a $25 gift card to the Caldwell Cinemas.  Congratulations!  Thank you to everyone who participated. 

Teen Tech Week March 4-10

Students in grade 5 and up are invited to test their tech knowledge by taking the Name that Acronym Quiz anytime from March 5 to March 15.  Visit the library's Teen Space to find a copy of the quiz. One winner will be selected from all the correct entries.  The winner will receive a gift card to the Caldwell Cinemas. 

Love is in the Air

Check out the new display in the Teen Space.  Celebrate Valentine's Day with one of the featured romantic reads.

New Books!

Epic Fail  by Claire LaZebnik

In this modern take on "Pride and Prejudice," Elise Benton, who has just moved to California, is a junior at an exclusive prep school where, in spite of her initial bad impression, she finds herself attracted to the moody and handsome son of Hollywood's most famous celebrity couple.



IBOY by Kevin Brooks

Sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was an ordinary Londoner until an attack that caused fragments of an iPhone to be embedded in his brain, giving him incredible knowledge and power, but using that power against the gang that attacked him and a friend could have deadly consequences.



A Long Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan

Sixteen-year-old Rosalinda Fitzroy, heir to the multiplanetary corporation UniCorp, is awakened after sixty years in stasis to find that everyone she knew has died and as she tries to make a new life for herself, learns she is the target of a robot assassin.



Love? Maybe.  by Heather Hepler

Wary of romance following her mother's second divorce and resistering her friends' attempts to fix her up with the hottest guy in school, Piper's life gets complicated when she receives a series of Valentines from a secret admirer.



The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder

Having spent several years in and out of hospitals for a life-threatening illness, pragmatic sixteen-year-old Cam is relocated by her miracle-seeking mother to a town in Maine known for its mystical healing qualities.



The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers by Lynn Weingarten

When her boyfriend ends their relationship, high school sophomore Lucy thinks she will never recover from the heartbreak until she meets three magical girls who say they can heal her, but at a cost.

Astronomy for Everyone

Thursday, January 19 at 6:30 pm

Adults and children in grade 4 and up

Registration is required
Please register at the Reference Desk

Astrophysicist Kevin Manning will discuss the totality of space, time, matter and energy.

Following the program, there will be an outdoor viewing of celestial objects in the night sky with

a high powered telescope.

Miniature Snowman Contest

Create your own miniature Snowman and enter it in the West Caldwell Library's contest for a chance to win a prize!

Entry Categories

Age 12 and under

Ages 13-17

Family or Groups (Scout Troop, 2nd grade class, etc.)

Adult

See Librarian for contest rules and for an entry form.  Forms must be submitted by Wednesday, December 7, and judging will be held Saturday, December 10 between 12pm -1pm.

New Books! October 2011

The Apothecary by Maile Meloy

Follows a fourteen-year-old American girl whose life unexpectedly transforms when she moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from nuclear war.



Bunheads by Sophie Flack

Hannah Ward, nineteen, revels in the competition, intense rehearsals, and dazzling performances that come with being a member of Manhattan Ballet Company's corps de ballet, but after meeting handsome musician Jacob she begins to realize there could be more to her life.



Fateful by Claudia Gray

When seventeen-year-old Tess Davies, a ladies' maid, meets handsome Alec Marlow aboard the RMS Titanic, she quickly becomes entangled in the dark secrets of his past, but her growing love puts her in mortal peril even before fate steps in.



The Look Book by Erika Stalder

Over the last century, celebrities have been at the forefront of fashion. Now teen girls can find out where these looks came from--and get them for themselves. This book celebrates 50 beauty icons and examines when each one ushered in a unique look



The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.

Try Tall Story...

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called Gigantism, leaves the Philipines to live with his mother's family in London, much to the delight of his thirteen-year-old half sister Andi, a passionate basketball player.

Talk It Up and More!

What happened to the honey bees?  Why are they vanishing?  We will be discussing The Hive Detectives by Loree Griffin Burns on Thursday, July 21 at 6:30 PM.  Copies of the book are now available at the Youth Services Desk.  Join us!

Talk It Up and More!

The first meeting will be on Thursday, June 30 from 6:30-7:30.  We will be discussing Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett.  Copies are now available at the Youth Services Desk.  If you are in grades 6-8, you are welcome to join us for conversation, refreshments and fun. 

Looking for a New Book to Read?

Look no further.  Check out one of these new books!



Abandon by Meg Cabot  





A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.


Delirium by Lauren Oliver





Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.


How They Croaked:  The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous 
by Georgia Bragg







The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen





When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.


What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen





Following her parents' bitter divorce as she and her father move from town to town, seventeen-year-old Mclean reinvents herself at each school she attends until she is no longer sure she knows who she is or where she belongs.