Register for Summer Reading this week!

It’s almost time to Express Yourself @ Your Library!!!

Be sure to stop by the Library this week and register for our 2009 Summer Reading Program! The program is completely free, and registration only takes a second. You can also pick up our calendar of events, or just scroll down to the post below for more information!

Also, don’t forget our big kick-off event on Wednesday June 10 at 3:00! Brush up on your detective skills by watching CSI or Law and Order, then come to our Rock and Roll Murder Mystery! Come check out the three crime scenes and follow the clues to solve the mystery before the other groups!


We hope too see you for Summer Reading 2009!

Teen Summer Reading '09!

Teen Summer Reading ’09: Express Yourself @ Your Library!

How do you express yourself? With music? With art? With theatre? With technology? However you like to get your feelings across, you can do it this summer at the Twin Falls Public Library’s Teen Summer Reading Program!

Here’s our schedule so far:

June 10: Rock and Roll Murder Mystery
Use your detective skills to follow clues across the library and solve the mystery before the other groups.

June 15-20: Create an Avatar Contest
What would you look like online? Make an avatar and find out! When you’re done, add it to your MySpace or Facebook page!

June 24: Open Mic Night
You can read your favorite poem, sing a song, play the guitar, or do your standup comedy routine—just express yourself!

June 29-July 4: Famous First Lines Contest
Match up famous first lines to the books they come from.

July 8: Melted Crayon Art
You’d be surprised at the amazing art you can make with melted crayons! Come make a bookmark, key chain or a card.

July 13-18: Make Your Own Masterpiece Contest
Make your own version of a classic painting like the Mona Lisa or Starry Night.

July 22: ArtsMania Workshops
Come for an afternoon of 4 different workshops— writing, theatre, dance and art— all under one roof.

July 29: Guitar Hero World Tour Tournament
Check out the library’s new Wii and battle it out on the guitar, drums and mic.

Saving Juliet

Saving Juliet - Suzanne Selfors

Seventeen-year-old Mimi Wallingford's stage fright and fight with her mother on the closing night of Romeo and Juliet are nothing compared to the troubles she faces when she and her leading man are transported to Shakespeare's Verona, where she decides to give the real Juliet a happy ending.

97 things to do before you finish high school

97 things to do before you finish high school - Steven Jenkins and Erika Stalder

Discover new places, new people, new hobbies, and open your eyes to the world. Learn about the stuff they don't teach you in high school like how to host a film festival, plan your first road trip, make a podcast, spend a day in silence, or shut down a house party before the police do. Interest, amuse and educate youself--because your life doesn't stop at 3 PM each day, it just gets started.

Keeper of the Grail

Keeper of the Grail - Michael P. Spradlin

In 1191, fifteen-year-old Tristan, a youth of unknown origin raised in an English abbey, becomes a Templar Knight's squire during the Third Crusade and soon finds himself on a mission to bring the Holy Grail to safety.