Read, Watch, Listen
What's Up for Teens
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The Friends of the Alviso Library are having their first booksale of the year on Saturday, May 26th from 10am - 4pm in the Community Room of the Alviso Branch Library.
This is an excellent opportunity to buy an assortment of books and media (dvds, cds & other) in a different languages, genres and for all ages!
Come show your support to your Alviso Branch Library by purchasing these gently used books and media.
At this book sale event, the price list will be:
- Adult hardback books $1.00
- Adult paperback books $.50
- Childrens hardback books $.50
- Childrens paperback books $.25
- VHS Videos & Music cassettes $.25
- DVDs & CDS $1.00
We encourage everyone to be green by bringing their own reusable bag for purchases made at this booksale event.
Proceeds from this booksale goes to support Alviso Branch Library programs and services.
Anyone interested in volunteering at this booksale event can contact us at (408) 263-3626.
On Friday, May 25th from 4pm - 5pm, there be an important special training event for all interested teens who want to volunteer for the Summer Reading Celebration 2012 program at the Alviso Branch Library.
We are especially inviting members of the Alviso Library's teensReach group to this special training event!
Those volunteers attending this event will learn to sign-up kids for the Summer Reading Celebration program, award prizes and assist Alviso Library staff in summer programs.
Summer Reading Celebration 2012 starts on Friday, June 1st and ends on Tuesday, July 31st.
For more information on this training for volunteers or to become a summer volunteer at the Alviso Library Branch, please contact Adrian Barrientos, Youth Services Librarian at (408) 263-3626 or by e-mail at adrian.barrientos@sjlibrary.org .
Summer Reading Celebration
You're Invited!
Sunday, June 3 from 1-4 p.m
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
The kickoff event invites people of all ages to participate in a scavenger hunt inside the King Library (Lower Level-4th Floor).
The scavenger hunt will be divided into three groups: families with small children, teens and adults. Each group will have their own set of clues and will have to search for hidden treasures inside the library to be eligible to win a prize.
Prizes include tickets to ...
- Great America
- Tech Museum
- Laser Quest
- Happy Hollow Park and Zoo
- Children’s Museum
- San Jose Giants
The kickoff event will also feature a community resource fair and plenty of live entertainment.
2:00 p.m. Ballon Artist from A New Twist Balloons inside the Children's Room
3:00 p.m. Enjoy a free concert at 3 p.m. with Cascada de Flores performing Mexican and Caribbean song and dance.
Downtown Parking:
Free parking in the street and the 4th and San Fernando Street Garage located across from the King Library
Summer is around the corner and we need to get ready for the Summer Reading Celebration program! If you're an Evergreen teensReach member, please come to the training session on either Wednesday, May 30th OR Thursday, May 31st (4pm to 6pm) to receive more information about this program and learn how to get more involved. The Summer Reading Program starts on Friday, June 1st and your DAILY participation for this program will be much appreciated!
Besides the Summer Reading program, here are some volunteer opportunities that you can participate this month:
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Mother's Day Craft for Kids - Thursday, May 3rd from 4pm-5pm
Help kids create a special craft for Mother's Day! - Make a Lei - Monday, May 7th from 4pm-5pm in the community room. Assist children in creating a lei. Materials will be provided.
- Duct Tape Roses - Wednesday, May 16th from 4 pm to 5 pm in the community room. Come and make beautiful roses out of duct tape. All materials will be provided.
- Teen Rock Concert - Wednesday, May 16th from 6pm-730pm in the community room. Come to our rock concert! Dressed to Impress and Layla will be performing, both finalists of the recent Battle of the Bands competition!
- Games for Kids: Dream Big - Thursday, May 23rd at 5pm. Come and help kids play a variety of games and puzzles!
The next teensReach meeting at Evergreen Branch will be on Wednesday, May 16th from 5 pm to 6 pm inside the Community Room. Come and be informed about upcoming volunteer opportunities.
Not a teensReach member? Sign-Up today at your nearest SJPL branch: http://www.sjpl.org/teensreach
Teens: want to do something more imaginative than just writing a review for Summer Reading books that you have read? Create and submit a book trailer review for Summer Reading, and you could win a Kindle Fire! Upload a short clip, no longer than 4 minutes, to YouTube, providing your review of the book. Be creative! The contest is open to all participants in the Teen Summer Reading Celebration.
How to enter:
- Create your own book trailer, reviewing a book that you read for Summer Reading. You can submit more than one video, but each video has to be for a separate book.
- Post the video on YouTube using the tag: SJPL2012SRC
- Sign up for Summer Reading here, starting in a few weeks.
- When you log the book you read on the Summer Reading website, make sure to include a link to your video in the review field.
Entries will be judged on creativity and content by a panel of library staff.
Need some examples? Check out the winning entry from last year's Book Trailer Contest, created by Nathan Verdonk.
Here are links to some professional book trailers:
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
Teens who submit links to their Book Trailer will automatically be entered in the contest. The top 3 winners will receive:
- 1st place: Kindle Fire
- 2nd place: $50 gift card for iTunes
- 3rd place: $25 gift card for Jamba Juice
Entries for the contest must be submitted between June 1 and July 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in August.
