We’re pleased to provide you with another teen book review by the Teen Advisory Group’s Linda. Hope Was Here By Joan Bauer Life has never been easy for Hope, even as a baby. Weighing two pounds at birth, getting abandoned by her mother, having a angry childhood, and constantly moving homes is what Hope… Read More Teen Book Review by Linda
I can’t believe that fall is almost here! Another school year will soon be here and that means that at Budimir we’ll be starting up our 2014/2015 Teen Advisory Group. You might be wondering what Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is all about and here’s the lowdown. TAG is a group that meets monthly to discuss… Read More Join Teen Advisory Group for 2014/2015 School Year!
Time for some more book reviews from Teen Advisory Group member Linda. Shiloh By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Going out for a walk one day, Marty Preston returns home with a beagle following him. Even though the dog is skinny, injured, and timid, Marty loves him and names him Shiloh. Unfortunately, the dog belongs to… Read More Teen Book Review by Linda
Are you a fan of using WPL’s Overdrive to borrow eBooks? Have you ever taken part in their Big Library Read? Overdrive chooses, based on voting from a larger pool, one book that is freely available to all Overdrive users for the period of the Big Read. That means no waiting for your hold to… Read More Overdrive’s Big Read is Going YA
We’re back with another book review from our Teen Advisory Group. Today’s review is from Linda. Half – Moon Investigations By Eoin Colfer Fletcher Moon is the youngest licensed private detective of Ireland. At 12 years of age, he has a real detective’s badge, and has solved numerous cases. Then, April Devereux, St. Jerome’s most… Read More Teen Book Review by Linda
If you’re a fan of Veronica Roth’s ‘Divergent’ series then we have the summer program for you! Budimir Library is hosting the Divergent Fan Challenge on Wednesday, July 23 from 6:30-7:30pm. You’ll join together in teams test your skills and knowledge about all things Divergent to see if you can pass the ultimate fan test.… Read More Calling All Divergent Fans!
Summer’s coming soon and now’ s the time to load your e-reader, tablet or phone with all of your favourite summer reads. I’ve also heard that downloading and reading eBooks is a great way to procrastinate when studying for exams! If you haven’t tried downloading your eBooks from Windsor Public Library’s Overdrive Media Collection, now’s… Read More Get more eBooks with the Overdrive Challenge
It’s a measly 6 days until ‘The Fault in Our Stars,’ finally hits movie theatres and I know that I’m certainly not the only one who’s getting pretty excited about the debut, I thought I’d share this Q&A article from Forever Young Adult. They got the chance to talk to TFIOS author John Green… Read More Countdown to The Fault in Our Stars Movie
Each year Budimir Library’s Teen Advisory Group gets together to create a Top 10 list of their favourite books to share with you. This year’s list is a good mix of the new and old. We have both Classics and some books that just might be the Classics of the future! We hope you enjoy… Read More Teen Advisory Group’s Top 10
Good news for those of you who love reading ebooks or audiobooks! WPL and Overdrive are launching a Teen Reading Room. You’ll be able to access all of your favourite YA lit in one convenient spot. This means less annoying scrolling and searching for you. And we think the site looks pretty spiffy too! Click… Read More Overdrive Teen Reading Room