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YA Teen Read Week WrestleMania 27 Reading Challenge

 
  

BEGINS Monday, October 18 through Monday, October 25, 2010

DATE: Tuesday, October 19 Work on Your Competitive Project Work Night

TIME: 7-8 pm

PLACE:   Roadrunner Room  

GRADES:   Students in Grades 5-12

DESCRIPTION OF EVENT:   Students pledge to read 5 books or graphic novels between Teen Read Week and WrestleMania 27 on April 3, 2011.  Pick up a WrestleMania Reading Challenge Pledge Form at the Young Adult Department.  Complete the pledge form by writing in the titles of five books or graphic novels they pledge to read.  As students read each of their five books, they can pick up a TOPPS card at the Young Adult Department - one card for each book read.  When they've read the five pledged books they receive a WrestleMania Reading Challenge mini poster.

 

To be eligible to win a trip to WrestleMania, students must fill out the pledge form and compete in a competitive project during Teen Read Week.  Participating students will receive a project sheet to complete their competitive project:  Grades 5-6 will design a bookmark and Grades 7-12 will design a poster.  Students turn in their project and parent-signed competitive project form to Young Adult Department by October 25.  We will choose a winner for Grades 5-6, Grades 7-8 and Grades 9-12.  The winners will receive a certificate and a WWE Shop Gift Card.  YALSA will receive the winning entries to be judged as part of the national competition.  The students chosen as Grand Prize Winners will represent their libraries at the WrestleMania Reading Challenge World Finals in Atlanta on April 3, 2011 and win their library $2,000 in grants and other prizes. 

 

The Young Adult Department will have a Work on Your Competitive Project Work Night Tuesday, October 19 from 7-8 in the Roadrunner Room.  Students are welcome to bring their own materials or they can use materials we provide.

 

Winner of June's Audio Book Month Contest

 

Dana Knight the winner of the drawing for the Media Basket!

June is Audio Book Month so Help Us Celebrate!

Place your check-out receipt or a piece a paper with your name and phone number into the box at the circulation desk.

The winner will be announced at the end of the month.

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Watch for the "We the People" Display and Win Your Reading Metal

 
 
  

We the People

A More Perfect Union 

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library is one of 4,000 libraries across the country selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to receive free hardcover editions of 17 classic books as part of the We the People Bookshelf grant program. The theme of this year’s Bookshelf is “A More Perfect Union.” 

The award is part of the NEH’s We the People initiative, which supports projects that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. Selected public and school libraries in all fifty states each will receive a set of the seventeen books, bonus materials, including a DVD edition of “The Civil War,” the award-winning documentary by Ken Burns, posters, bookmarks, bookplates, and finally, access to online planning and promotional materials.  Since 2003, NEH and ALA have distributed 17,000 We the People Bookshelf grants to school and public libraries across the country.

The books are on display in the Children’s and Young Adult sections of the library. This summer, children grades K-12 who read all the books in their age category will receive a reading medal.

 

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Sharing the Love from Library Lover's Month Contest

Staff was overwhelmed at the number of entries we received for our contest and it became clear that patrons were less interested in winning a contest than expressing gratitude for our existence, staff and services. 

Choosing just a few quotations as best was a difficult process and, in the end, we chose based on the ability of the quotation to market our unique library. Consequently, we chose one adult and one child entree as most representing the values of the community as well as helping us verbalize our value.  While we earnestly desire our community to see us as a primary educational institution, we also honor the emotional connection that the library helps build between families while creating a successful path to a better future for all young people. 

WINNING ADULT ENTRY

"My love for the library began at a very early age when my mother would take me to the Branigan Library while my older brother and sister were in school.  Sometimes she would raise me up and let me walk on the wide solid wall that surrounded the library.  I remember listening to the librarian read stories while my mother picked out books for both of us to take home. 

As I grew older my mother continued taking me to the library.  She would check out so many books it was hard for us to carry them all.  I was a little more selective than her.  Every day after school, there she was reading a new book.  I would brag to my friends that my mother could read a book a day.  I had the privilege of living with my mother in California the last two years of her life.  There wasn’t a week that went by that we did not visit the library.  All the librarians knew her by first name and thanked her for the desserts she brought on special occasions.  My fondest memories of my mother are the times we spent together at the library."

Quotation released with permission of Merissa Castro

 

WINNING CHILD ENTRY

 

"What I love about the library is that it helps me with school.  I can come do research for a project or just read a book.  The library helps me keep my grades up and keeps me from doing bad things I shouldn’t be doing."

Quotation released with permission of Rebecca Pena

 

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Let's Play I Spy!

 
The Young Adult Department has created an "I Spy" in real life out of three dimensional items.  Everyone should visit this short-life curiosity to determine whether you think it's whimsical and fanciful or intricately planned.  So let's see how adequate your eyesight really is! 

This daunting display of puzzle fun is located in the YA glass table top case so be the first to find all the items or at least among the first to say, "Let's play I Spy"!

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Young Adult Logo Design Winner Announced

The Young Adult Department at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library recently had a Logo Design Contest.  Students in Grades 6-12 were invited to design the logo for the Young Adult Department's Summer Reading Program.  The theme this year is -- "2010:  Summer of the Library".

 

The winner of the Logo Design Contest is Elena Valdez.  Elena won a $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble.  There were over 50 entries to the contest so several Honorable Mentions were selected as well -- Shayla Achen, Marissa Gomez, Jordan Zuniga, Valerie Devereaux, and Megan Gonzales.

 

All entries are currently on display in the Young Adult Department should you want to check them out.

 

This contest was generously sponsored by the Friends of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library.

 

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Logo Design Contest at Branigan Library's Young Adult Department

Contestants should design a logo based on the Summer Reading Program theme "2010:  Summer of the Library".  The winning logo will be used throughout the Summer Reading Program.  Students can pick up an entry form and template at the Young Adult Department beginning Friday, February 19. The winner of the Logo Contest will be announced Tuesday, March 30 at 6 pm.  First prize will be a $50 gift certificate from Barnes and Noble.  Deadline for entry Friday, March 19 at 6 pm.  Students in grades 6-12 are welcome to participate. This contest is sponsored by The Friends of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library.

Don’t forget to place your entry for Library Lover’s Contest!

 
 

Branigan staff wants to know what you love most about the library.  We will enjoy hearing your responses and will use the information to show your local officials what you have to say about the importance of the library.  We will accept entries through the month of February and will be voting on the two best, one adult and one child, to each receive a Barnes & Noble $25 gift certificate.  You will find entry forms throughout the library.  So fill it out and place it in the Valentine Box at the entrance of the library or bring it to a staff person.  We look forward to reading your thoughts! 

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