It’s once again time for our monthly, Teen Advisory Group Favourites feature. This month long-time TAG member, Aleksandra will be sharing her favourite reads of the year. 1. The Delirium Trilogy (Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem) By Lauren Oliver about a near future where love is outlawed. 2. Gayle Forman’s heartwrenching, If I Stay, about a teenager… Read More Monthly TAG Favorites – Aleksandra
Do you ever feel like your course load is getting you down? Are you working on a stream of never ending projects? Windsor Public Library has some good news! We have lots of great databases to help you make the most of your research. “What the heck is a database?”, you might ask. And it’s… Read More E-Resources to the Rescue!
Each month on our blog we’ll be featuring a Top 10 list from a member of our Teen Advisory Group. We look forward to sharing some of our favourite reads with all of you! Our very first list comes to us from TAG member Kay. 1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green… Read More Monthly TAG Member Favourites – Kay
A little while back we told you about Overdrive’s Big Library Read taking place in October. We hope that you got a chance to vote for your choice because the votes are now in. Drumroll please… And the winner is Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes!!! I, for one, am really excited about this… Read More Overdrive Big Library Read Book is Revealed!
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!
