What food in your refrigerator makes the best fake blood? How should you angle the camera if you want someone to appear menacing and creepy? These are the types of questions that preoccupied Alfred Hitchcock, the masterful director of macabre, tightly-plotted, classic suspense films like The Birds, Rear Window, and Strangers on a Train. Hitchcock [...]
Posts Tagged ‘teen read week’
Hitchcock Workshop: Creepy and Delicious
Posted: November 5, 2009 by jdapier in The LoftTags: Alfred Hitchcock, film effects, Psycho, Rear Window, teen read week, Vertigo, yalsa
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Teen Read Week
Posted: October 20, 2009 by Christie in Programs, Read On!, Young Adult BooksTags: teen read week
What YA books have rocked your world lately? Let us know by posting a comment below. In the past few weeks, some of the books that Lofters have been excited about are: Marcelo in the Real World, The Hunger Games, Ash, Catching Fire, Shooting Star, Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton, Fire, Front [...]
Teen Read Week – Chat with YA Authors Oct 19-23
Posted: October 17, 2009 by Christie in The Loft, Young Adult BooksTags: read beyond reality, readergirlz, teen read week
Read something out of this world just for the fun of it, and let us know what you’re reading by leaving a comment below! We’ll be posting news all week about teen read week activities (sign up for Loft events if you haven’t already). Chat with young adult authors at the Readergirlz blog at 8 pm/Central, Monday, [...]
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Posted: September 27, 2009 by Christie in Loft Book Reviews, Programs, The Loft, Young Adult BooksTags: Graceling, kristin cashore, teen read week
King Randa of the Middluns is hosting a party and eight-year-old Lady Katsa is suffering under the unnervingly intense attention of her distant cousin. He slides his hand towards her leg and she reaches out to slap him, only to, quite literally, smash his face. Young Katsa has a killing grace. In Graceling, Kristin Cashore’s richly [...]
Last Day to Vote for Your Favorite Books!
Posted: October 18, 2008 by Christie in Programs, Young Adult BooksTags: teen read week
This is the last day to vote for your favorite books from the list of Teen Read Week Nominated Titles. Readers ages 12-18 can vote online anytime today. It’s also the last day to get bites of Halloween candy when you stop by the Loft and submit a book review! Celebrate Teen Read Week: Books with bite @ [...]
Notecards with a bite today!
Posted: October 17, 2008 by Christie in Programs, The LoftTags: halloween, notecards, teen read week
Today we are making Halloween notecards in the Loft at 4 pm!! Here are a few samples of what we will be making. Register in the Loft or call 847-448-8625. There is only 1 space left. For teens in middle or high school! Celebrate Teen Read Week!! Today is the deadline for the vampire short [...]
Teen Read Week! October 12-18
Posted: October 10, 2008 by Christie in Programs, The Loft, Young Adult BooksTags: books with bite, teen read week
Read for the fun of it!!! This week in the LOFT and at the Branches: Vote here for the teens’ top ten books from this list of nominated titles!! Must be ages 12-18. EVERY DAY: Stop by the Loft & get bites of candy if you [...]
Night Bites for Teen Read Week!
Posted: October 6, 2008 by Christie in Links, Young Adult BooksTags: night bites, readergirlz, teen read week, teenstopten
Join readergirlz for live chats with young adult authors during Teen Read Week, October 12-18! Don’t miss all of our activities during teen read week, and, vote for your favorite book!!
The Results Are In!
Posted: October 25, 2007 by lawilliams in Read On!Tags: books, teen read week, top ten, yalsa
Teens all across the country voted last week for their Top 10 Books. Here are the results: 1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006). 2. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (Viking Children’s Books, 2006) 3. How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles (Flux, 2006). 4. Maximum Ride: [...]
It’s Teen Read Week!
Posted: October 16, 2007 by lawilliams in Programs, TAB, The LoftTags: books, hitchiker's guide, lol, movie, reading, teen read week, top ten
In celebration of Teen Read Week’s theme, LOL@yourlibrary, we’re doing lots of fun stuff in the Loft! Tonight (Tues, Oct 16) @ 6pm: High School Teen Advisory Board meeting. Always a laugh-riot! Friday, October 19 @ 4pm: Let the Games Begin! Drop-in and play Nintendo Wii in the Loft. Saturday, Oct. 20 @ 4:30pm: Junior High [...]
