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Spring Break Is Coming!
Spring Break is almost here! Do you have plans to hit the beach or head to the mountains? Or are you looking for some fun a little closer to home? If you plan on sticking around Hoover for Spring Break, make sure you drop by the library for at least one of the fun programs we have lined up for kids and teens March 15-19.
Hey Kids! Book It to the Hoover Public Library on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning for your Spring Break fun!
BOOK ARTS = Monday, March 15, 10 a.m.
Wear Well-Read Red as your favorite books inspire you to create a masterpiece.
BOOK FEAST = Wednesday, March 17, 10 a.m.
Wear Pig-Out Pink as you fill your tummy with tasty treats from your favorite books.
LARRY MOORE'S TRAVELING SUITCASE SIDE SHOW = Friday, March 19, 10 a.m.
Wear Tom's White Wash as Larry Moore presents an old-fashioned variety show featuring magic, music and balloon-making. Part of The Big Read: Alabama Reads: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Hey Teens! It's time to Get Your Game On! Challenge your friends on the Wii in our annual Spring Break gaming tournament on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Snacks provided. Call 444-7826 to register.
SUPER SMASH BROTHERS = Tuesday, March 16, 4 p.m.
MARIO KART = Thursday, March 18, 4 p.m.
And the winner is . . . Children's and Teen Book Awards 2010
The American Library Association announced all of their major awards for Children's and Teen books and media on Monday, January 18, 2010. For a complete list of winners and honors, please check out their website.
Newbery Medal
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Caldecott Medal
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Printz Award
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Coretta Scott King Author Award
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reaves, Deputy U.S. Marshall by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
My People illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Pura Belpre Author Award
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
Pura Belpre Illustrator Award
Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day illustrated by Raphael Lopez
Theodore Seuss Geisel Award
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! by Geoffrey Hayes
Robert F. Sibert Medal
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
Favorite Teen Books of 2009
Teen literature is a favorite among many of the librarians at Hoover. While we will never all agree about which book is our favorite, we can agree about some of the best 2009 has to offer.
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcie and Margaret Stohl
The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
Dust of 100 Dogs by A. S. King
The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival by Dene Low
The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart
If you like Twilight
If you have missed out on the Twilight saga you must have not entered a library, bookstore, movie theatre, mall or retail store in the last year.Twilight started with a book and has trickled all the way down to action figures. It has been an explosion for pop culture and readers. Teenagers both boys and girls alike as well as adults are reading it and devouring it, but once the romance is over the question we always get is, “Do you have anything like Twilight that I can read next?” While Twilight is a one of a kind novel, there are similar reads that will sustain even the most die hard of fans.
- Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
- Jinx by Meg Cabot
- Evernight by Claudia Gray
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Heather Brewer
- Evermore by Alyson Noel
- Keturah and Lord Death by Marine Leavitt
- Vampire Academy by Michelle Reid
- Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
