Greetings from Alaska! Teens, grades 6-12, are invited to participate in a design-a-card contest. Creations should be inspired by The Call of the Wild book covers, scenes from the book, or the Alaskan setting and submitted in greeting card size and format. Rules and regulations are available online at www.cityofirving.org/library.
Event Location: Irving Public Library- Central Library, 801 W. Irving Blvd., Irving, TX, 75060
Area book discussion groups are invited to celebrate The Big Read Under The Big Sky IV by reading Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon." Book discussion kits are available at all Lewis & Clark Library locations: Helena, Augusta, East Helena and Lincoln branch libraries. Kits include copies of the book, Reader’s Guides and a Calendar of Events. Contact Suzanne at 447-1690 ext. 130 to order your kit!
Event Location: Lewis and Clark County, Helena, MT, 59601
Area teens will receive free copies of the book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, thanks to a generous donation from the Quincy Service League and Great Debate Books. Teens who take the Big Read challenge can compete to win a Flip video camera by submitting an entry in the BookFlix video contest. To enter, teens must develop a two minute video trailer on the Great gatsby using excerpts from the book--usually the most exciting, funny or otherwise noteworthy parts--to convince their audience to read the book without "spoiling" the ending...just like a movie trailer does for films. These videos will be viewed by judges from WGEM television and posted online for audience voting. The winning contestant will receive a Flip video camera courtesy of Wal-Mart. This contest is for Quincy area teens grades 9th through 12th. The winner will be announced at the All That Jazz: The Final Party on October 8th. Copies of the guidelines for this contest will be available at the Main Circulation Desk or on the Library website: www.quincylibrary.org by September 1st.
Event Location: 526 Jersey Street, Quincy, IL, 62301-3927
Write some original poetry in the style of Edgar Allan Poe! Submit your entries (up to 5 poems per person) by October 11 for a chance to win valuable prizes. Winning poems will capture Poe's tone, form, themes and other poetic elements. Each entry must be signed and state the entrant's name and date of birth (age brackets will be used to determine winners). Only Chester residents are eligible to enter. Winners will be announced by October 31st.
Event Location: Chester Public Library, Chester, NY, 10918
Taelen Thomas, the actor, will portray Mark Twain and visit six local free public libraries in Monterey County. During this three day period, he will do a book reading and book discussion, as well as a re-enactment of scenes from the book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". He will visit two libraries per day. Times and locations to be announced shortly.
Event Location: Six free public libraries (locations to be announced shortly), Monterey County, CA
