NaNoWriMo

What?
What in the world is NaNoWriMo you may ask?

National Novel Writing Month happens every November!

It's a FUN writing event where the challenge is to write an entire novel in just 30 days. That means participants begin writing November 1 and must finish by midnight, November 30.

For our first Novel-a-long, we are setting the pace at WHATEVER you feel comfortable with.The thing that matters most in NaNoWriMo is output. Our high-velocity approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.

Make no mistake: you will be writing a lot of strange stuff, and some of it will be just plain bad. But that's a good thing!

For 30 days, you get to lock that inner editor in the basement, let your imagination take over, and just create!

As you spend November writing, you can draw comfort from the fact that, all around the world, other National Novel Writing Month participants of all ages are going through the same joys and sorrows of producing the Great Frantic Novel.

To read more about NaNoWriMo, check out this website about NaNoWriMo's Young Writer's program here.

Good Luck and happy writing!
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It's Teen Read Week!

This year's theme is Books With Beat!
We are reading Nikki Grimes's Bronx Masquerade.
What's on your reading list?
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New Books!

New titles available for teen readers!

Gone by Michael Grant
Feathered by Laura Kasischke
I'm Being Stalked by a Monnshadow by Doug Macleod
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Road to Bones by Anne Fine
Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel
Exit Here. by Jason Myers
Easy by Kerry Cohen Hoffman
I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
The Buffalo Tree by Adam Rapp
The Ashleys: There's A New Name in School by Melissa de la Cruz
Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott
Angels on Sunset Boulevard by Melissa de la Cruz

Teen Writers Contest!

In 250 words exactly can you write a short story?
It can be of any genre from fantasy to horror, science-fiction to romance.
The prizes will be announced at our next teen writers group, April 16th at 5:30 PM.
Please submit entries no later than April 27th.
Entries must be typed.


Judging will be done by authors Al Them and Rasheea Eilee.
The contest will run the month of April.
Please call 610-623-0239 ext5 with any questions or comments.
Thanks!
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New Manga!

The Lansdowne Public Library was among 200 libraries to receive a set of 50 translated works of collection of Japanese modern fiction and non-fiction from the American Library Association, thanks to a generous grant from Toyota Motor Corporation.

Among the books are several Manga titles which can be found in our Young Adult section!

Click here to learn more about the books!

To Terra… (Volume 1, 2, 3),
Takemiya KeikoAndromeda Stories (Volume 1, 2, 3),
Takemiya KeikoBlack Jack (Volume 1, 2, 3),
Tezuka OsamuGuin Saga Manga (Volume 1, 2, 3),
Kurimoto KaoruIllustrated by Yanagisawa Kazuaki

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New titles!

Good Day Friends!
We have some new titles available for you to checkout at the Lansdowne Public Library!

New in print


The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Read the 2009 Newberry Award Winning story of Nobody Owens, a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.

You can enjoy this book in print or listen on a CD!




Healing Water by Joyce Hostetter

When teenaged Pia is sent to Hawaii's leprosy settlement on Molokai Island in the 1860s, he chooses anger and self-reliance as his means of survival, but the faithful example of other villagers and one remarkable priest threaten to destroy his desire for revenge.



The Unmaking of Duncan Veerick by Betty Levin

Reluctantly, thirteen-year-old Duncan helps his neighbor, a widow recovering from a stroke, by hiding valuable antiques and art objects her husband had collected, but disaster strikes and the secrets he has been asked to keep may mean big trouble for Duncan.


12 Brown Boys by Omar Tyree

"12 Brown Boys by Omar Tyree is a collection of short stories that focuses on the lives of Black pre-teen boys. Readers will connect with Tyree's engaging characters including: Red Head Mike who hates his nickname, but hates his red hair even more. Chestnut, who is sent to live with relatives down south to keep him out of trouble in his Brooklyn neighborhood. William the Santa Monica super kid whose status as a scholar and entrepreneur has even his best friends hating him. Wayne, who resents his role as the oldest child until a tragedy strikes the family. Tyree has assembled a wide range of characters that reflect the diversity of experiences of Black boys - characters that are funny, serious, edgy, street-wise, studious, and all unforgettable. " -- cover.





Sight by Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Sixteen-year-old Dylan uses her psychic abilities to help police solve crimes against children, but keeps her extracurricular activities secret from her friends at school.

For these and more suggestions, please see any staff member!

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Enter the Young Poets of Delaware County Poetry Competition

Calling all poets!

For all school-age residents of Delaware County, grades 1-12
CONTEST GUIDELINES
Original poems must be typed or neatly written on 8 1/2” by 11” paper; no odd size or construction paper, please.
· Student’s name
· Address
· Home phone number
· Grade
· School
· School District

If information is not listed, entry will be disqualified.
No entries will be returned.
Only one poem per student may be entered.
Poems will be judged by grade level.

Deadline for submissions is Friday, March 13, 2009.

Prizes will include saving bonds for first place winners and publication in a booklet for all 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place winners.

Winners will be notified.
Please, no calls after poems are submitted!
Entries should be submitted to any public library in Delaware County
Questions about the contest?
Call Margie Stern 610 891-8622

Sponsored by The Mad Poets Society, Delaware County Library System,
Delaware County Reading Council, The Rose Tree Optimist Club,
and Pennsylvania Poetry Society.