Read Beyond Reality: Teen Read Week 2009

Teens, help us celebrate Teen Read Week this year! Teen Read Week 2009 will be celebrated Oct. 18-24! To see what events your library has planned go to the Events link on the CCLS webpage.
Between October 19th- October 25 teens can participate in a digital scavenger hunt at the Chester County Library. To participate come to the children’s department and pick up a digital scavenger hunt sheet. Bring a digital camera or camera phone. Complete the scavenger hunt and win a prize. Also you can contribute to our Top 10 Young Adult books at Chester County list. Top participate submit your top 3 young adult book titles and win a prize. All participants will be entered in a raffle to win a gift card!

September is Library Card Sign Up Month

Hey Readers,
Did you know that September is library card sign up month? If you live or work in Chester County it is free anytime to get a library card at any of the libraries in Chester County. Did you know you can use your library card at any library in Chester County? If you don't have one, sign up for one. Tell your friends about it! There are so many great things you can get at the library: books, DVDs, video games, music, audio books, and magazines are only the begining! Expand your world.

Lights, Camera, Library! Youtube Contest

The Chester County Library System is sponsoring a library-themed Youtube contest. It is aimed at encouraging students to make videos that inform the public about library services and supporting library use in Chester County.

The theme of this year's contest is:

It Happened at the Library

Guidelines for this contest are as follows:

-Participants will create and submit videos to Youtube between September 1st and October 31st, 2009

-Participants will comply with all Youtube rules and regulations.

-Videos may be sumitted by individuals or groups

-Videos will be a maximum of two mintues in length

-Videos will include a scene inside or outside of a public library in Chester County and align with the selected theme

-Videos must contain appropiate content and language

-People in the video must have agreed to be filmed

-Participants can submit one video. The video should be the work of the people entereing

To see other rules and regulations and get more information please visit this website:

http://www.ccls.org/assets/pdfs/utube2009.pdf

or Contact Tony Wagner by e-mail at: twagner@ccls.org

Book Review- Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Reviewed by Katie Gaffron, Chester County Library

In this graphic novel we are introduced to super-slacker Scott Pilgrim. This unemployed 23 year old thinks his life is fantastic. He plays in a band and has an uncomplicated relationship with 17 year old high school student Knives Chau. Scott is content with this existence until he meets a beautiful package courier named Ramana Flowers. Ramona is a hipster chick of legal age who keeps appearing in Scott's dreams.

Scott wants to date Ramona Flowers but before he can do that he must defeat all seven of her evil ex-boyfriends. This graphic novel is part romance and part kung-fu manga adventure story. It is also a quirky gem of a story. I would recommend it to anyone who likes offbeat stories. It is also the first volume of a multi-volume series.

Express Yourself at the Library

Come into your library to sign up for the Summer Reading Club. This summer’s theme is Express Yourself. If you cannot make it into the library to sign up, try signing up for our online summer reading club.
You can use this link to find your library’s name and sign up.

Also do you have tons of summer reading to do for school? Save some money and get your books at the library. If you find that the book you are looking for is always checked out, why not place a hold on an item? You can do it at home or come into the library and have a staff member help you.