ALOHA: LOST AT THE LIBRARY

2010 Young Adult Summer Reading Club
497 TEENS HAVE SIGNED UP SO FAR!!! AWESOME!!

Young Adult Central has been transformed into a Hawaiian tropical island! Students entering grades 6-12 in September, please come and continue to participate in the Young Adult Summer Reading Club. You can come hang out with many lifesize cardboard cutout celebrities who are “lost” on our island such as John Cena, Alex Russo, the Twilight crew, Harry Potter, Zac Efron, Super Mario Bros., Chris from Family Guy and more! Read and submit a very brief review on any book, magazine, or audiobook and be rewarded with lots of cool prizes and young adult paperbacks. The more you read, the more you can win. There will also be various raffles and poster giveaways and of course chances to win and “rescue” the lifesize cardboard celebrities. Come and hang out all summer long on our tropical island! (Save the date: our Summer Reading Club bowling party for participating students will be on Friday, August 6th at AMF Commack Vet Lanes and all registration information will be in the July and August newsletters)

New York City Trip to "The Lion King"

Wednesday, July 14th
Meet in the Small Meeting Room here at the library by 11:15am

Students are invited to join Mr. Cooper and library staff for a fun day as we will be seeing the matinee performance of “The Lion King” at Minskoff Theatre. Transportation to and from New York City will be by an air conditioned coach bus. Please bring a bagged lunch with you and the library will provide snacks and beverages for the ride home. A parent is welcome to attend with their child, but there will be plenty of library staff attending in case a student will not be attending with a parent. The cost for the entire day will be $115 per person payable by check only made out to the Harborfields Public Library. Please call the Young Adult Desk to register beginning Tuesday, June 1st at 9am and all checks must be submitted by June 21st. Please join us for this fun day!

Ice Cream Mania

Monday, June 28th from 12:30-2:00pm

Please bring your sweet tooth as all students will be making their very own ice cream sundaes! Prizes will be awarded to the most eye appealing and most creative sundaes. As students are being judged and enjoying their creations, we will be playing “ice cream bingo” as well as listening to Mr. Cooper discuss some new “cool” young adult books. Please join us for this fun filled afternoon of ice cream and prizes! Please call the Young Adult Desk to register.

Magical Performance of Tales of the Unknown

Monday, June 21st from 6:30-7:30pm

Join professional magician Terry Parrett on the first night of our Summer Reading Club for this spooky and entertaining show. You will watch demonstrations of magic, mystery, mayhem, mind reading and more! Tales of the Unknown will leave you speechless and have you on the edge of your seat, but in a good way, so please call the Young Adult Desk to register.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse @ the Elwood Cinemas

Tuesday, July 6th at 4:30pm at Elwood Cinemas

Are you a fan of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series? If so, we would like to invite all students entering Grades 6 - 12 to be our guest for a private and free screening of the new movie, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, at the Elwood Cinemas. Everyone who registers will receive a free movie ticket, a voucher for a free popcorn and small soda, and a raffle ticket for a few special give-aways! Parental permission forms must be signed and returned to Young Adult Librarian Mr. Cooper. All students must be dropped off at the movie theater by 4:15 PM and picked up by a parent or guardian by 6:30 PM. At this present time, we were not told of the rating of this new movie. Please call the Young Adult Desk to register.

Lotza Pizza

Thursday, June 24th from 7:00-8:30pm

Join us for our second annual taste off of several different pizzas from various local pizza places. Students will be tasting all the different pizzas and judging which they think is the best and the winner of who they think has the best pizza in town will be announced at the end. There will be also “lotza pizza” games as well, so call the Young Adult Desk to register.

Bone Detectives

Tuesday, June 29th from 6:30-7:45pm

Please join a professional from “Hands on Science” for this forensics workshop as you will learn how specialists read human bones to uncover clues. Using real life human bones, students will be introduced to the science of forensic archaeology and much more in this exciting hands-on workshop. Please call the Young Adult Desk to register.

Tropical Birdhouses

Wednesday, June 30th from 12:30-1:45pm

Please join us as we will be painting and learning to design birdhouses. Students will also be learning of the various types of birdhouse creations and they will be taking their very own birdhouse home that they have designed. Please call the Young Adult Desk to register.

Age of Empires 3 Tournament

Friday, June 25th from 7:00-8:30pm


Join us in Young Adult Central for a night of playing the cool computer game Age of Empires 3. This game lets you develop a nation progressing through “ages”, all while destroying the enemy. Do you think you have what it takes to rule the world? Please call the Young Adult Desk to register. Gift cards to Game Stop will be given to the winners! Sign up as a single player, or in teams of two.

Cinco de Mayo!

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a regional holiday in Mexico, primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico. The holiday commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Zaragoza Seguin.

While Cinco de Mayo has limited significance nationwide, the date is observed in the United States and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. However, a common misconception in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexican's Independence Day, which actually is September 16th, the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico.

So anyone doing anything this week for Cinco de Mayo??? Please share and a winner from those who post messages will be chosen!