Please join us for celebrating the end of summer reading in the Teen Room from 6-8pm Tuesday evening, September 1st.  We’ll have snacks, show off the variety of things you all created this summer, and have our finale raffle!  Remember, prizes include two grand prizes: a Flip video camera and an iPod Touch, plus a wide variety of gift certificates, so all the more reason to log your hours.  You do not
have to be present to win (although, of course, it’s way more fun if you are)—if you cannot make the finale, then please let me know ahead of time and I’ll arrange to make sure to include you in our
finale raffle as planned.

Remember you MUST log your summer reading hours (i.e. the time you spent reading this summer) by this coming Monday, August 31st.  I need to have a record of all of your reading hours so I can organize the raffle for Tuesday evening.

If you have any questions about logging your hours or any part of the summer reading program, please feel free to email me here at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), give me a call here at the library
at 617-730-2370, or just stop by and see me here at the Main Library. Just ask for me and someone will track me down!

Given the state of the sky (i.e., it looks pretty rainy) we may not be able to do our sidewalk chalk decorating today as planned.  Never fear, we will still have a program!  So, 1pm, if it’s raining and/or wet out, please meet us in the Teen Room for Temporary Tattoo making.  See you then!

Remember, sign ups start Wednesday for our Teen Summer Reading Henna Tattoo program!  We have only 15 spots available, so sign up ASAP.

You can reply online, if you have a Facebook account, here.  Otherwise, come in to the Main Library and sign up at the Information or Reference Desk.

Join professional comics artists Andy Fish and Veronica Hebard for a hands on workshop creating comics, manga, and storyboards for film, animation, or comics.  We’ll provide the pencils and paper, you provide the imagination.

This event will run from 6-8pm Wednesday August 12 at the Main Library in Hunneman Hall.

Open to teens going into 7th to 12th grade. All events generously sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Library.

Henna artist Deepal Voral will come to the Main Library to demonstrate the history and beauty of henna tattoos. Come enjoy the sunshine and get your very own henna tattoo! This event is limited, so you must register: sign ups start on July 1st. We have only 15 spots, so RSVP on Facebook or in person at the library.

This event will run from 2-4pm on July 17th.

Open to teens going into 7th to 12th grade. All events generously sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Library.

Join us from 12noon to 8pm for a day of manga and anime themed activities!  The Brookline Public Library Anime and Manga Club invites all teens, 7th to 12th grade, to join them for a day of anime watching, manga reading, art creation, and, of course, Japanese snacks.  The festival will be at the Main Library, in Hunneman Hall, and as with all our other events, is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Schedule
12-1pm: Anime screening (titles to be announced!)
1-2pm: Decorating paper fans, Making temporary tattoos
2-3pm: Making candy sushi and bubble tea!
3-4pm: Gothic-Lolita Tea Party!  (on the lawn, if weather permits).  Come dressed in your best Gothic (or Goth-Loli) outfit!
4-8pm: Anime screening

For 8 weeks, work on a project you’ve designed: write, draw, direct a video, create a game, make a costume, perform music or a play.  At the end of the summer, show off your creation at our official show!  Any medium is ok, and each week we’ll meet to inspire, discuss, and critique each others’ work.  Participation online as well as in person.  Whatever you want to create, we’ll show it off!  The workshops begin Friday July 10th.

All creativity workshops 1-3pm

Teen Librarian Robin Brenner and library staff will be available every Friday for resources, encouragement, feedback, and starter exercises. 

Write a poem
Make a movie
Perform a song
Create your peeps diorama
Program a game
Draw, paint, sculpt
Craft a short story
Shoot a short film
Decorate a cake

Perfect your creation for our Finale Show on September 1st.

Join our Facebook group to participate online from wherever you are over the summer. 
To sign up, go to the website:
http://www.readsinMA.org/brookline/

Questions? Contact Teen Librarian Robin Brenner at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  or call 617-730-2370

Origami! Duct Tape Crafts!  T-Shirt Surgery!  Gocks!  Come to the library every Wednesday to try out a new craft.  Enter in our Peeps Diorama contest to use your skills to create a scene from your favorite book.  The last two weeks of the program will be expressly for folks working on their Peeps diorama.

All craft events 1-3pm unless otherwise noted

Wednesday July 1st
Chalk Sidewalk Decorating
Wednesday July 8th
Everything Duct Tape!
Wednesday July 15th
Gocks: Goth Sock Puppets.
Friday July 17th

2-4pm* special time!
Henna Tattoo Workshop
Wednesday July 22nd
T-Shirt Surgery
Wednesday July 29th
Girligami Origami
Wednesday August 5
Knitting Extravaganza
Wednesday August 12
Comics, Manga & Storyboard Class
Wednesday August 19
Make Your Own Temporary Tattoo
Wednesday August 26th
Peeps Diorama Construction

Join our Facebook group to participate online from wherever you are over the summer. 
To sign up, go to the website:
http://www.readsinMA.org/brookline/

Questions? Contact Teen Librarian Robin Brenner at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  or call 617-730-2370

Mmm, cupcakes.  Come and discover a world of sweets, creative food decorating, and the history of sushi.  Every Tuesday during summer reading come in for a cookie swap, candy sushi, cupcake decorating, cake pops, and more!

All cooking events 1-3pm unless otherwise noted

Tuesday July 7
Anime Festival Special event (12noon to 8pm)
Make Candy Sushi!  No raw fish, just rice treats, gummies, and fruit roll ups.
Tuesday July 14
Cake Pops.
Tuesday July 21
Tea Party Cakes & Sandwiches
Tuesday July 28
Cookie Swap Picnic.
Tuesday August 4
Cupcake decorating: basics class.
Tuesday August 11
Cupcake decorating, bugs & blossoms theme!
Tuesday August 18
Manga Cookbook Taste Test
Tuesday August 25
Finale Bake Off!

Join our Facebook group to participate online from wherever you are over the summer. 
To sign up, go to the website:
http://www.readsinMA.org/brookline/

Questions? Contact Teen Librarian Robin Brenner at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  or call 617-730-2370

Test your skills!  We will have open gaming afternoons and a couple of tournaments, including classic tabletop games, new strategy games, and video games including Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Rock Band. Generously sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Library.

Video Games in Hunneman Hall

4-8pm
July 6, 20, August 3, 17, 31
Including Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Kart, assorted Nintendo DS players and tabletop games

Games in the Teen Room

4-8pm
July 13, 27, August 10, 24
Including Magic, Apples to Apples, Chess, Checkers, Scrabble, The Settlers of Catan, Pictureka

Join our Facebook group to participate online from wherever you are over the summer. 
To sign up, go to the website:
http://www.readsinMA.org/brookline/

Questions? Contact Teen Librarian Robin Brenner at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  or call 617-730-2370

Sign up here: Teen Summer Reading Sign-Up
Log your hours, starting June 25th, here.
Join the Facebook Group here by becoming a fan.
Download the full Calendar of Events here. (PDF)

How it works

Whatever you read this summer—books, comics, magazines, audio books, or reading to someone else—it’s the time spent reading that counts. Log your hours online any time, and join the Facebook group to participate all summer long, no matter where you
are.
Here’s how it works:
Sign up in the library or online, and you’ll automatically be entered into our raffles every two weeks, and then our big finale raffle. All you have to do is read! The more you read, the more chances you get.
Every time you log in = 1 chance
Every two hours you read = 1 chance
Every title read from the Express Yourself Reading List = 2 chances
Every 100-word title review = 2 chances
Every event you attend = 3 chances

Grand prizes this year include a Flip Video Camera and an iPod Touch!

Please note: while you do not have to preregister for most events (the exception being the Henna Tattoo Program Friday July 17th), you do have to register for the Summer Reading Program to be eligible to win prizes and gain credit for reading and attending out events!  It only takes a minute, so please do so!  If you haven’t already registered when you attend an event, we will have a computer set up so you may register in the library.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Teen Summer Reading program!  Our Teen Summer Reading Finale Raffle went off without a hitch this past Saturday, and everyone went home happy with their prize and a slick new duct tape wallet.

For the record, you all spent over 800 hours reading and wrote 64 reviews (which will soon have a permanent home on this very site.)  Excellent job!

Upcoming we will have announcements about a new teen manga/anime club, a book club, and special events for Teen Read Week.  All the new will be posted here.

If you participated in the Teen Summer Reading program, please join your fellow readers for the the finale raffle.

The raffle will begin at 3:00pm on Saturday in Hunneman Hall on the second floor of the Main Library.  We’ll have three grand prizes (drumroll please…): an iPod nano, a Nintendo DS Lite, and the complete DVD set of Fullmetal Alchemist (including the movie!).  We’ll also have a variety of smaller prizes, including gift certificates to Starbucks, Brookline Booksmith, Serenade Chocolates, and Game Spot!

So, get something extra for all the reading you did this summer.

Remember, you can only bid on prizes if you participated in our summer reading program—if you signed up but didn’t get a chance to log hours before the finish (August 31st) email Robin at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) ASAP to participate in the raffle! 

You do not need to print out your tickets!  I will be printing out everyone’s tickets so you can pick them up at the door.