Do you know what you want to be when you “grow up”? If you’re anything like most teens, I’m sure you’ve heard this question for a very young age. When I was a child, my answers ranged from farmer to baker to author and anything in between. Luckily, I found my way to Librarianship, a… Read More New Career Counselling Program for Youth from Workforce WindsorEssex
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
So it looks like pretty much every YA novel you love will one day end up on the big screen, and Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park is no exception to the rule. In this case, I’m totally okay with that and will be crazy excited to see it made! I’m excited for a couple of… Read More Eleanor and Park To Be a Movie
Since it still feels like Christmas weather outside, here’s a review to reflect it. Thanks to Budimir Teen Advisory Group’s Anna for the review! Secret Santa by Sabrina James A game of Secret Santa at a high school begins to unravel everyone’s secrets and causes everyone to start guessing. Noelle and Lily, two sophomores… Read More Book Reviews For Teens By Teens
It’s finally March 21, 2014, the day Divergent fans everywhere have been waiting for. You can finally see how Tris, Four and all of the Divergent gang will look on the big screen. I know that this is one movie I’ve been both excited for and nervous about from the moment I heard it would be… Read More Divergent Day is Here!
Tuesday March 18th at 6pm will mark the first meeting of the new Writing and Illustration Club at WPL’s Riverside Branch. This youth program has planned various activities to build a greater understanding of the creative writing process. It is also a safe haven for writers who want to share their work with others, both… Read More Riverside Library’s New Writing and Illustration Club
If you loved Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park as much as we did then I’m sure you’re curious about her latest – Fangirl. Here’s what WPL staff member Chelsie thinks! Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Cath Avery is really good at being a fan. Raised by her father from the age of 8, Cath’s life has… Read More Staff Book Review – Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
