TAG Meeting TOMORROW

The original date for the TAG meeting just was not working for some of our members, so we have changed it to tomorrow at 3. Just to remind you, we are going to have elections.

Hope to see all TAG members there!

New Youth and Young Adult Titles@your library!

When I arrived for work today I discovered the following new books for the Y and YA sections!

Lynne Ewing's new series, The Daughters of Isis, begins with The Summoning. From the back of the book:
Meri, Sudi, and Dalila are three girls who live in Washington, D.C., but have little in common. Or so they think. When an ancient magic is revealed, so are their true identities as SISTERS OF ISIS.
Call number: YA Ewing

We have a new companion book to the classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, from the History Channel, entitled History in Literature: The Story Behind Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. We get a little background on the author and book, and more information on the Civil Rights movement, hate crime, and racism.
Call number: Y 813.43 Gi

Now you know!

Volunteer opportunities

We have 2 opportunities for teen volunteers coming up very soon! We need teens to assist the library at Kidsfest at Thompson Park on Saturday--three days away! Please call Melody at 378-3089 or Donna M. at 378-3051 to sign up to work. We will be doing a craft and relay race with the participating kids. It will be a lot of fun, so sign up now!

The second opportunity is for our Brown Bag book sale--Friday, August 24 and Saturday August 25. Please sign up---it is good for you! See old friends, make some new ones!

Call me!!!!

Comments, Elections, and Bring a Friend!

It was brought to my attention that some of you may be having problems commenting on the blog--so here are the instructions. At the bottom of this post, where it says "posted by Melody" there is a number and the word comment. Just click on the word comment, and a new window will open. You will have the three options: Google/Blogger, other, and anonymous. Since most of you probably don't have a Google account, you should simply choose other or anonymous. When you choose other, you can use your name or not. We really aren't picky--we just want to hear from you! Then you can scroll up, write your comment or question in the text box, and then type the distorted text you see in the word verification box, and click on Publish your Comment.



In September we will have elections. If you are interested in running for office, please be at this meeting. And bring a friend to our meeting September 8 at 3pm. We have four officer positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.



I have had some great suggestions for programs, and would like to hear from you---so, tell me what you would like to do at the library! Would you like to learn origami? Share a book and make a sundae? Learn to knit or crochet? Make a duct tape project? Have an anime afternoon?If you like these ideas or have some of your own, let me know!!

Announcing $100 and $50 winners!

Congrats to Jacob Mota and Kaemeasha Ashley. Jacob is our $50 Xtreme Reading winner, and Kaemaesha won the $100!

We had a great time at the XR 2007 finale last night! 33 people were in attendance to try their skill at DDR and GHII. The top 5 in DDR are: Cammy, Sarah, Addison, Zachary, and Justin. Winning GHII were Justin, Addison, Patrick, Juleah, and Sandra. Congrats to these as well. We want to thank the Friends of the Amarillo Public Library, Amarillo National Bank, and Sonic for generously supporting our reading teens in Amarillo.

Like numbers? We had 103 active readers participating this summer. That is up from 44 in 2006. Way to go! You read a total of 1,673 hours in July.

Thanks to everyone who was a part of Xtreme Reading 2007!