Hey Tweens, if you're in grades 5-7, read on to find out what programs we have in store for you at the Library this school year. Click here to visit the online calendar of Youth Events or to register for the events below.

Eat pizza and snacks, play games and talk about books with  friends.  We will meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Thursday, September 16 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.,2nd floor Conference Room. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan Register now for this event   Thursday, October 21 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.,2nd floor Conference Room. Jeremy Fink & The Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass Registration begins September 21   Thursday, November 18 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.,2nd floor Conference Room. Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix Registration begins October 18   Thursday, December 16 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.,2nd floor Conference Room. Eggs by Jerry Spinelli Registration begins November 16         Meet for fun crafts and snacks.  We will meet on the 1st Thursday of each month.       Bead Writing Thursday, September 2 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., 2nd floor Conference Room "Write" names and messages by stringing beads on a bendable wire.  Take them home and hang finished pieces in a window, string on a necklace or around a hat.  Or you could pin to a bulletin board or display on a piece of matboard as a piece of art...the possibilities are endless. Register now for this program.     String Art Thursday, October 7 6:30 - 8:00 p.m., 2nd floor Conference Room A cross between ject to teach a mathematical principle~forming a rounded shape called a Bézier curve from straight lines.  But it's so funka-delically awesome that you don't have to be a geometry whiz to dig it! Registrations begins September 7   Goopy Goo  Thursday, November 4 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Come and experiment in this most awesome demonstration of liquids and solids.  This homemade "Flubber" will amaze and delight you as you witness your creation transform from a liquid to a solid and back again from a solid to a liquid.  Absolutely too cool to miss! Registration begins October 4   Block Printing  Thursday, December 2 6:30 - 8:00 p.m., 2nd floor Conference Room Come for a new twist on an age old art form.  Make a card, picture or paper print using simple materials and your imagination.  No sharp tools will be used in this activity.   Registration begins November 2   Updated: August 26, 2010.

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