Kids and Teens are invited to come in every Tuesday after school to explore low-tech and high-tech gizmos and create their own projects using STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). Big Ideas Club (grade school kids): Every Tuesday, 3-4 p.m. Innovative Teens Club (middle and high school kids): Every Tuesday, 4-5 p.m. Stay tuned for additional STEM programs and events offered throughout the school year! This project is supported inRead More →
10 people met to discuss The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. It was described as a feel good novel by most readers who attended. I think that’s a first for our group! Other things we are enjoying reading in our spare time: The Rainbow Comes and Goes: a Mother and Son on Life, Love and Loss by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt Around the World in EightyRead More →
Thank you to everyone able to make it out on Monday night. We had another great discussion for this second meeting of the YA² Book Club (woohoo!), weighing in on the pros and cons of the polarizing Grasshopper Jungle. Along with talk of chickens and travel, we shared a few books that have rocked our world lately: The Daughter of Smoke & Bone series by Laini Taylor The Long WayRead More →
Nine of us met to discuss Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn. The true story of an author and his friend and the realization that the friend is an imposter and murderer. Intriguing story about class and how we make assumptions based on our perception of a person’s social status in life. No one is immune even the most observant of us. Here are other books that we are reading:Read More →
We are excited to announce that Hoopla is now available using your library card! You can stream or download (on mobile devices) movies, music, ebooks, audiobooks, and comics with no wait lists and no fees or fines. You are limited to 8 downloads a month and you have access to your items for a limited period of time depending on the media. Set up your account and check it outRead More →
Ten of us met to discuss Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. This is Ng’s first novel and it is a weighty story of a young girl who drowns and the truth that emerges after this tragedy and the years of missed opportunities for connection within their family. It was a hard read, but worth it. I believe everyone thought it was a good read with lots ofRead More →
We are excited to bring a new self-publishing platform to you from Library Journal called SELF-e! Submit your book to add it to our digital collection and the Missouri collection and your book will also be reviewed for possible inclusion in the SELF-e Select collection that is made available to all SELF-e libraries. In addition, we are introducing BiblioBoard – a tool to browse and download self-published books from SELF-e.Read More →
Do you love writing stories and poetry? Can’t get enough fanfic? Do you want to try your hand at creating comics? Maybe exploration through creative non-fiction is your thing? Creative Flow is a brand new club for kids ages 11 and older interested in writing, drawing, and all other kinds of storytelling. Stop by if you’d love to have some free writing time, the chance to share and/or workshop yourRead More →
Eleven folks met to discuss Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. This provoked an interesting discussion about our standards and the expectations we hold for teenage rebellion. Holden Caulfield seems boring by today’s standards yet at the time of publication his language and attitude was considered shocking and subversive. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto “Che” GuevaraRead More →
We had an awesome time last night at Schlafly Bottleworks to discuss Bone Gap by Laura Ruby. Five people attended the inaugural YA² meeting, and on the whole, we had a great time reading this debut novel. We found it creepy, magical, and surprising in all the right ways! We also voted on the selection for the July book club…Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith won! More details can be foundRead More →
