Colleen Zertler, our teen librarian, just handed me her report on summer teen activities:
Rocking to Guitar Hero, getting “yucky” and making candy are just a few ways teens Expressed themselves at the library this summer. This year’s teen summer reading program, “Express Yourself @ Your Library” kicked off with teens rocking to Guitar Hero.
Over the course of the summer over 100 teens enjoyed this summer’s programs which included events such as Yuk Night where teens fed each other pudding with turkey basters and doughnuts covered in chocolate syrup from a string. There was also an obstacle course where teens had to fish plastic insects out of bowls of sauerkraut with their toes. The Wacked -Out Water Games event featured a water-balloon catapult, water rockets and a rousing game of duck-duck-splash! Candy Making attracted many teen chocolatiers who prepared fudge, peanut butter cups, tiger butter candy and other delicious delicacies. Other events included, Hemp Beading, Game Night, Decorating Gourd Bird Houses and Sherry Pitzer leading us in an evening of Yoga on the Lawn.
The Teen Book club enjoyed the books: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson and The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak.
All teen programs are open to students’ grade 6-12 and are planned by TAB, the Teen Advisory Board of the Menomonie Public Library. Besides the planning of programs TAB members also help in the selection of materials for the library.
Upcoming events include our TAB fall meeting and open house, and a READ BEYOND REALITY party to celebrate National Teen Read Week. During this event and throughout the week of October 17th to October 24th teens are invited to vote for the Teens’ Top Ten books of Menomonie. No registration is required for either of these events.
For more information about upcoming events, TAB, or the list of nominated titles for the Teens’ Top Ten visit
www.menomonielibrary.org and look under the Teen tab.
