Click HERE for "printer friendly SRC instructions & calendar!

Teens entering grades 6 and older can come to the library starting June 20th to SIGN UP and receive your POINTS TRACKER (you can also download a POINTS TRACKER HERE!).

You will earn SRC Points for the number of pages you read, book reviews you write, and programs you come to.

SRC Points can then be traded in for prizes! Use Your POINTS TRACKER to keep track of the number of pages that you've read each day/week and LOG-IN weekly to get your SRC Points. You'll earn 1 SRC Point for every 50 pages you've read.

Once you've finished a book, write a book review to receive an additional 5 SRC Points. You can handwrite your review (forms available at the library and HERE) OR you can submit your book review online HERE. Remember, SRC Points will only be earned by fully completed reviews with thoughtful comments.

You'll receive another SRC Point for every Teen program that you come to throughout the summer.

Use the SRC Points that you've earned to buy prizes throughout the summer.

If you earn more than 30 SRC Points, you'll get a FREE BOOK and be entered into a drawing to win even more great prizes!

There are lots of great ways to earn SRC Points (and get prizes) this summer! Earn SRC Points by reading & writing book reviews, tracking the number of pages you've read, coming to library programs, and more!

Use your POINTS TRACKER to keep track of everything:

50 pages read= 1 SRC Point

1 book read plus book review written=
5 SRC Points

1 library program attended=
1 SRC Point

If you earn more than 30 SRC Points, you’ll get a FREE BOOK and be entered into a drawing to win even more great prizes!

PLUS, look for other ways to earn SRC Points offered throughout the summer!

Write a book review for the books you read this summer and earn 5 SRC Points to put towards prizes!

Book reviews may be handwritten (pick up a form at the library or download one HERE) OR submit your book review online HERE.

All summer book reviews are compiled on our Teen Book Review Blog! Take a look to see what other Long Valley Teens are reading and what they thought of the books! Click HERE to visit our Teen Book Review Blog.

Submit your book review online HERE
OR
Download a book review form HERE

Have you wanted to join one of our teen book clubs but haven't been able to make the meetings?

You will receive 3 SRC Point for each week that you participate by adding your own comments to the blog.

Or, increase your points up to  5 SRC Points if you  comment on the already posted questions AND post at least 1 original question of your own!

Try out our NEW online book club!

Read this month's book pick and then click HERE to post your comments, answer questions, and discuss the book online starting each month! Click HERE for more information.

JULY: Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

AUGUST: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

Copies of these titles are ON HOLD at the library. Stop by today and pick up your copy!

Come to the library to adopt your own shelf! Then come in about once a week to take care of your shelf, make sure it's in order, and do other volunteer work in the library from June 23 - August 7. You'll also get to put your name on your shelf!

Stop by the library to fill out an application today!

You will earn 2 SRC Tickets for every hour you volunteer!

You can sign up to be a part of the Teen Summer Reading Club beginning June 20th at the library. You must be a part of the Teen SRC in order to earn SRC Tickets and win prizes.

Sign ups for individual programs begin one week prior to the event. You may sign up by calling the library at 908-876-3596, stopping in the library or e-mailing Mrs. Rizzo at wtplteens@gmail.com. Space is limited, calling early will help get a spot!

Click HERE for a "printer friendly" calendar!

Anime Club
(Tue.) June 17 @ 7:00 pm
Meet & talk with other Anime fans. And watch Anime too!

Henna Workshop*
(Mon.) June 23 5:00-7:00 pm
*SIGN UPS start 6/16
permission slip required: available at WTPL or HERE
Learn about Henna, an art form practiced in India, North Africa, & the Middle East, watch a demo & get your own henna body art!

July's Blogger Book Club Begins!
(Tue.) July 1
Read Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements and visit our Blogger Book Club page to post your comments, answer questions, and discuss the book online.

Click HERE for more information.

Click HERE to view our Blogger Book Club page.

Copies on hold at WTPL! Pick up your copy today!

T.A.G. (Teen Advisory Group)
(Tue.) July 1 @ 7:00 pm
Join our T.A.G. group to help plan teen programs, activities, and events at the library. Work on our Teen Literary Magazine. Help make the library a place where teens want to be!

Afternoon Movie
(Thu.) July 3 @ 2:00 pm
Spend the afternoon watching a recently released DVD! Bring something comfy to lean on and we'll supply the popcorn & snacks! Bring a friend!

We'll be showing:

Readers' Theater Info Meeting*
(Tue.) July 8 @ 6:00 pm
*SIGN UPS start 7/1
Come to the first meeting of our summer readers' theater group! We will meet weekly in July and perform a show for the Children's SRC in August. Want to join but can't make the first meeting? Contact Mrs. Rizzo at wtplteens@gmail.com.

Jewelry Making Workshop*
(Thu.) July 10 @ 7:00 pm
Registration Closed-Program Full
Learn how to create a beaded necklace with help from Studio U's experts.

High School Book Group
Grades 9-12
(Tue.) July 15 @ 7:00 pm
Read Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner and come talk about this title and others that you are reading.

Copies on hold at WTPL! Pick up your copy today!

Photography Workshop*
(Wed.) July 16 @ 6:30 pm
*SIGN UPS start 7/9
Jean Fordyce of Fordyce Studio will be talking about basic technical aspects of photography as well as giving us pointers about how to use different kinds of lighting to produce creative and effective portraits. Please feel free to bring a camera and any portraits you may have taken in the past.

Click HERE to sign up
(or call the library at 908.876.3596)

Makeover Night*
(Tue.) July 22 @ 7:00 pm
*SIGN UPS start 7/15
permission slip required: available at WTPL or HERE
Learn make up tips & secrets from a Mary Kay consultant!

Babysitting Workshop*
(Thu.) July 24 @ 1:30 pm
*SIGN UPS start 7/17
DATE & TIME CHANGE
(Mon.) July 21 @ 1:00 pm
*SIGN UPS start 7/14
Mary Stein from Hackettstown Hospital, will teach the basics of babysitting skills and safety.

Balloon Workshop*
(Tue.) July 29 @ 8:00 pm
*SIGN UPS start 7/23
Learn how to create balloon animals!

Click HERE to Sign Up!

Chocolate Festival 2008*
(Thu.) July 31
@ 2:00 pm
PROGRAM FULL!
(registration closed)
Come to our annual summer Chocolate Festival! Taste different kinds of chocolate and make your own chocolate creations!

August's Blogger Book Club Begins!
(Fri.) August 1

Read The Thief by Meghan Whalen Turner our Blogger Book Club page to post your comments, answer questions, and discuss the book online.

Copies on hold at WTPL...Pick up one starting in July!

T.A.G. (Teen Advisory Group)
(Tue.) August 5@ 7:00 pm
Postponed until September due to National Night Out

Join our T.A.G. group to help plan teen programs, activities, and events at the library. Work on our Teen Literary Magazine. Help make the library a place where teens want to be!

Ice Cream Finale*
(Fri.) August 8 @ 3:30 pm
*SIGN UPS start 8/1

Make your own ice cream sundae!

Anime Club Movie Night
(Tue.) August 12 @
TIME CHANGE: 6:30

Rated: PG 13
Come to the library to watch a movie length anime. Bring something comfy to lean on and we'll supply the popcorn & snacks! Bring a friend!

High School Book Group
Read The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney and come talk about this title and others that you are reading.
*August Title Change*

Do to popular request, we will be changing August's discussion book to Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Myers

(Tue.) Aug. 19 @ 7:00 pm