Review it!

There's still time to participate in this month's "Review it" raffle. Just in case you didn't see the announcement in the newsletter or hear us tell you about it at the last Teen Advisory Board meeting, here's the low-down on how you can be entered into a raffle for a $15 i-Tunes gift card:

1. First get into our blog (but if you're reading this then you're already there... good job!)
2. Next, look to the right of this post in the blue area under the column labeled "Links!"
3. The third hyperlink down is a link labeled "Review it!" (Notice how we like exclamation points?... Links! ... Review it! ... Can you feel the excitement?!)
4. Click on this hyperlink and it will take you to a form.
5. Fill out the form and when you're done, hit the submit button. (We need your full name on this form in order to enter you into our raffle. When we post your review to the blog, however, we will only use your first name and grade level.)
6. Sit back and enjoy the fame that will be showered upon you for being a reviewer on Hauppauge's Teen Frequency Blog
8. Wait to see if you are the lucky winner of the i-Tunes gift card raffle.
7. The raffle winner will be chosen at the end of this month.

And by the way, this review link is always available... that means even after this raffle contest is over, you can still review things and have it posted to our blog. You can review books, movies, music, magazines, websites... virtually anything that you have come across recently that you've enjoyed and wanted to tell other teens about. Have your voice heard!

(And by the way, thanks for the reminder, Erika!)

Planet Connect- a green social network for teens

For all of you social networking fans, here's an interesting link to check out: Planet Connect. It's a green social networking site for teens that's being dubbed the "green Facebook."

There’s a new social networking site where environmentally minded teens looking for a place to chat, share ideas, and learn about careers and university programs can now visit. Sponsored by the Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), the Weather Channel, and Philippe Cousteau, grandson of legendary sea-explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau, the recently launched site is designed for teens by teens.

Read more about it from the original article in School Library Journal.

Book Review: Fact of Life #31 by Denise Vega

Fact of Life # 31 by Denise Vega

OK, I cannot say enough good things about this book! I totally loved it!! It is so cliche to say that it made me laugh, cry, etc and that I didn't want to put it down, but seriously that is exactly how I felt! It's the story of Kat Flynn, aka Yoga Girl, one of the social outcasts at her high school. A girl that has been crushing on the same popular boy, Manny, for four years; a girl who thinks the most popular girl in school, Libby, is perfect; a girl that has a best friend with an odd obsessions with hats and a mother who's a midwife. A girl who's life gets turned on it's side when Manny finally starts paying attention to her, Libby's life starts to intertwine with hers, and her relationship with her mother strains. A must read for any chick-lit or realistic fiction reader!

Two programs to be rescheduled

We recently had to cancel two teen programs: one due to the major snowstorm that just occurred and one due to a programmer being sick.

The Knotted Necklace program, originally scheduled for Saturday, February 28th, was a class where you were going to learn to make a necklace with a simple knotting technique using beautiful beads and fancy ribbon. And Creative Babysitting, originally scheduled for Monday, March 2nd, was going to teach you fun and educational games and tips to help you on your next babysitting job.

At this time we don't have a rescheduling date set for either of these classes since the Winter programs are almost finished and the Spring programs have already been planned and booked. We do hope to offer both of these programs some time in the Summer though so make sure to keep your eyes open for that!

And just a reminder that the dates for Spring program registration are as follows:

Hauppauge cardholders: In-person registration begins Saturday, March 14th and phone registration begins Monday, March 16th.

Out-of-library-district cardholders (anyone who doesn't have a Hauppauge Library Card): Registration (both in-person and over the phone) begins Monday, March 23rd.

Newsletters, with all the Spring programs and descriptions, should be arriving very shortly to our library and your mailbox!