Engage, Enrich, Entertain
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You may notice Molly and Justine working away in the teen room. They’re working on a big project to Genrefy the fiction collection. What does this mean? How will it make browsing different? Let’s talk about it!
When you go into a bookstore, you’ll often find books sorted by genre. You’ll find a “Mystery” section and a “Fantasy” section. Sometimes you’ll find a “Paranormal” section or even a “Paranormal Romance” section. These are examples of genres, and sorting the books by genres is what we call “genrefying a collection.”
We’ve noticed over the last year, since Molly was hired as our Youth Services Assistant to build relationships with the teens in our community, that teens are asking for books in a specific genre. This is different than how adults usually browse the collection, looking for a specific title or all the works by a specific author. Teens seem to come into the library looking for “romance” books or “dark and spooky” books. To make browsing easier for them, we’re working to organize the collection in a way that makes sense to their requests.
The project has just begun and is already evolving; there are so many genres and subgenres! But we promise, if nothing else, you’ll be able to easily find romance, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, horror, and realistic fiction.
Roaring 20s Teen Murder Mystery on July 27th! Come solve a murder in the ballroom or try to evade getting caught depending on your character.
Teens between the ages 12 and 18 are encouraged to sign up! Dress code: Gatsby
Register below:
Sign up for our new texting program Remind! Go to this link to sign up for reminders and information about programs https://www.remind.com/join/rflteens . This has been a great way to keep everyone updated!
On March 1st, BookTalk will meet at 3 PM to discuss These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong. Our book for April will be Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. On March 15th Pages & Panels will meet to discuss Squire by Nadia Shammas. Our book for April will be Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe.
A Novel Idea meets March 8th at 3 PM. This is our teens writers’ group where we play writing games, share our writing, and practice writing skills.
Our second meeting of the Teen Advisory Board will be March 22nd. Teens over 14 can get volunteer hours from TAB, but anyone 12 and up is welcome to join! We will meet at 3 PM on the fourth Wednesday of each month to plan future programs, talk about books that should be added to the collection, and more!
You can still grab a teen reading challenge sheet! Try to read 12 books this year! One in each of the categories listed on the sheet. You can’t double count books, so be strategic. If you read a book in each of the 12 categories, you can enter a raffle in December 2023 to win a prize. Each teen that completes the challenge will also win a 3D printed articulated lizard (stop by my desk or Mo’s to see what they look like!) The reading challenge will last until December 22, 2023, so you have plenty of time to get it done! You can email me at mdipadova@newport.lib.nh.us or stop by the library after school to learn more.
New Year, new programs!
Happy New Year, folks! January is the beginning of our two new teen book groups! Say goodbye to Teen Book Club and hello the Pages & Panels and BookTalk! BookTalk meets the first Wednesday of each month at 3PM to discuss a young adult novel. This month we will be meeting on January 4th to discuss Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. Pages & Panels meets the third Wednesday of each month at 3PM to discuss graphic novels. This month we will be meeting on January 18th to discuss Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall.
Mo and I will be starting a teen writers’ group called A Novel Idea. Our first meeting is January 11th and will meet the second Wednesday of each month at 3PM. We’ll practice writing, share our writing, and play fun writing games.
Like always we will have board games at 2:30PM every Monday and video games at 2:30PM every Thursday.
Molly
