Tweens & Teens Create!

Thursday, December 12 @ 4 PM

Join us to create crafts for yourself or to give as gifts!

Visit the Youth Services Desk to register.

Coming Soon...Teen Read Week!

Seek the Unknown @ your library! Teen Read Week, 

Oct. 13-19 


The Library will be celebrating Teen Read Week with a comic contest!

Create a one page comic on the topic of "Seek the Unknown" and enter it in the library's contest by Saturday, October 19.

Please visit the library for an entry form and contest rules.

First prize is a gift pack of drawing books!

Teens' Top Ten! Vote Now!

Click below to see all the contenders for this year's Teens' Top Ten.
http://www.dogobooks.com/book_clubs/teens-top-reads

Beneath The Surface @ Your Library

Beneath The Surface @ Your Library
Summer Reading for Grade 5 and Up

The last day to hand in your reading log, book reviews or enter them online is August 10.  It's not too late to participate.  You could win an iTunes or Fandango gift card!

Dork Diaries Program Canceled

The Dork Diaries Program scheduled for Thursday, August 1 has been canceled.  You can check out the latest Dork Diaries book

Tales From a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker by Rachel Renee Russell.

Songwriting Workshop

August 15-Songwriting Workshop with Kathy Moser 4-6 PM

Join songwriter Kathy Moser for a fun musical experience! 

Write, rehearse and record an original song. 

It will then be available online.  Register at the Youth Services Desk. 

Bring a friend!

Game Night this Thursday!

Get out of the heat!
Join us in the library's meeting room for Wii, board games and more!
6:30-7:30
Bring a friend!

Start a Journal @ Your Library!

Thursday, July 11 at 6:30 PM

Grade 5 and up

Create your own journal!

Start the writing process with fun prompts.

Please register at the Youth Services Desk or call 973-226-5441.

Bring a Friend!

Play the Gnome Game!

This summer our library gnome will be hiding beneath the surface somewhere in the library each week.  Locate his

hiding spot and record it on a slip located on the Teen Space table.  You will then be entered for a chance to win a weekly prize bag!

Happy Hunting!

Thursday Night Activities

July 11-Journal-Create your own journal and add creative writing!

July 18-Games- Have fun and keep cool with Wii and board games.

August 1-Dork Diaries Party-Does an inner dork lie beneath your

surface?  If so, you are invited to join us for some fun activities based on the popular book series, The Dork Diaries.

These programs will take place from 6:30-7:30 in the meeting room.

Please register for all programs at the Youth Services Desk. 

These programs will only be held if at least five people have registered. 

All programs are for students entering grade 5 and up.

Bring a Friend!

Songwriting Workshop

August 15-Songwriting Workshop with Kathy Moser 4-6 PM

Join songwriter Kathy Moser for a fun musical experience! 

Write, rehearse and record an original song. 

It will then be available online.  Register at the Youth Services Desk. 

Bring a friend!

Teens' Top Ten

Teens' Top Ten Nominations

 Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of 

the previous year! 

Card Program Canceled...

The card program that was scheduled for Thursday, April 18 at 6:00 PM has been canceled.

It's National Library Week!

Click Here!

Celebrate National Library Week with Caroline Kennedy and 'Austin and Ally' Star Laura Marano

Create Cards for Seniors

National Library Week 2013

Communities Matter @ Your Library!

Students in grade 5 and up are invited to have fun creating birthday cards that will be delivered to the West Caldwell Care Center and shared with their residents.  The library will supply all materials.  Just bring your creativity!  

Thursday, April 18 @ 6pm

Please register at the Youth Services Desk.

Bring a Friend or Two!

Wii @ The Library

Thursday, April 11@ 2pm

Just Dance the Afternoon Away!

Play Wii Just Dance for Kids

Bring a Friend!

Grades 1 and up

Please register at the Youth Services Desk.

Thursday, April 11 @ 3pm

Play Wii Wheel of Fortune and Other Board Games

Bring a Friend!

Grades 4 and up

Please register at the Youth Services Desk.

Winter Reading Program---Winners!

Emma K.

Melissa N.

Matthew S.

are the winners of our first winter reading program for grades 5 and up.

Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who participated, and happy reading!

Teen Tech Week

March 10 - 16, 2013


Celebrate Teen Tech Week all March long!  This year’s 

theme encourages you to enjoy all the technology your

 library has to offer! Check out the library's Wii games, 

e-books, movies, music, audio books, databases and more.  

And check out the Teen Tech Week display in the library's 

Teen Space. 

 It will highlight some of the great materials the library 

has to offer.

And The Winner Is...

Garden State Teen Book Award Winners

Newbery, Caldecott and Printz Winners

A Rockin' Read

For What it's Worth by Janet Tashjian

Living in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon neighborhood, fourteen-year-old Quinn's life has been consumed by music and the famous musicians who live nearby, but in 1971, his first girlfriend, a substitute teacher, and a draft dodger help open his eyes about the Vietnam War.