Twilight Movie Update

Thanks to a $70 million box office opening weekend, the second Twilight movie is now in the works! Yes, that's right, Summit Entertainment has stated New Moon, the second book is the Twilight series, will be made into a movie. Check out Stephenie's site for more info!

Gaming Madness

We've got Gaming Madness at the library!

Last weekend we celebrated National Gaming Day with Mario Kart and lots of fun board games. And gave away some cool prizes.

Coming up in December, February, and March we're having Mario Kart Tournaments. It's your chance to race for great prizes, including Best Buy and Culver's gift cards!

We'll also have board games like Apples to Apples, Clue, Jenga, and many more available to play during the Tournament.

Check out the gaming page for more info.

National Book Award Winner

I mentioned a few weeks ago the nominees for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The winner has been announced....

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell

Here's an interview with the author.
Check out the winning title and any of the nominees from the library.

Audiobooks

We've got lots of great YA titles as audiobooks (books on CD and Playaway MP3). Some recent additions to the collection include:

Books on CD:
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Midnight Twins by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Paper Towns by John Green
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Playaways:
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman

Listen to a great book!

National Gaming Day

Celebrate National Gaming Day with video games and board games, food and fun, at the Shorewood Library. We’ve got Wii Sports and Mario Kart, Clue, Apples to Apple, Chess, Scrabble, Jenga, and much more! Bring your friends and have some fun on Saturday, November 15 from 1-3 p.m. Open to students in 5th-12th grade.

See you for Gaming Fun on Saturday!

Read-A-Thon

The Shorewood Library Teen Advisory Board Read-A-Thon fundraiser was a great success! A total of $314 was given to the Shorewood Intermediate School Library to purchase Playaway audio books. That is $157 from Read-A-Thon fundraising and $157 in matching funds from the Friends of the Shorewood Public Library.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated and generously donated money! Your involvement is greatly appreciated.