Teen Services

    


Teen Summer Reading Program 2008

Calling all teens 12-18...Morph into something new with Metamorphosis @ Your Library, the Teen Summer Reading Program.  Read great library books, try new activities, and qualify for weekly prize drawings for this FREE five week program.  Registration begins on Monday, June 23, 2008.  A Morph Party on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 completes the metamorphosis with special musical guest, Cetan Clawson Revolution and the Grand Prize drawing.

 

Morph Events include:

   Altered Books

   T-Shirt Transformations

   Un-bored Books

   Reader's Theater

   Imaginative Solutions

Click here for a full calendar of events.

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Redford Summer Art Camp

Painting with Patience, a local non-profit organization, will be conducting the Redford Library Summer Art Camp on August 18 and 19. The camp involves the Redford teens creating small paintings to enhance the walls of the Children’s Department for one year. The paintings are then gifted back to the teen artists. 
Details and applications are available at the Children’s Desk or by clicking here.  You will also need to fill out a Personal Reference Form, which is available at the Children's Desk or by clicking here.

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High School Ace : "The ultimate guide to free, high-quality online learning resources for teens."

Poetry 180: read a poem a day throughout the school year.

Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Book-lists!

Teen Central : "The help-line web site for teens, by teens."

Teen Reads : "Bringing teens information and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters."

Teenspace@The Internet Public Library : "The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information."

Virtual YA Index A list of public libraries with young adult web pages.

Teen Magazine Links