Teen Activities Fall 2008

Schedule of Activities

For ALL Teens - Home Schooled, Public & Privately Schooled Teens
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Library Meeting Room 131

For complete schedule: http://cyfair.lonestar.edu/119207/

TEEN THOUGHTS: A BLOG FOR TEENS
Comment on postings from the teen voice of Rock Star.

Directions:
1. Go to http://cyfairteenthoughts.blogspot.com/
2. Sign In and you're good to go.
If you have any questions or trouble signing in, please contact Teen Librarian Elise Sheppard, elise.j.sheppard@lonestar.edu; 281-290-5248.

• Sign up at Librarian's 1st floor Reference Desk.
• Free book for first 15 teens who sign up for each title. If you are unable to attend session, please return book to Teen Librarian so she can give book to another teen.

CLASSICS FOR HOME SCHOOLED TEENS
Fridays, 1:00 - 2:00pm, library room 215

September 26: Candide by Voltaire
October 17: The Odyssey by Homer
November 14: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
December 19: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

CONTEMPORARY BOOKS FOR EVERYONE
Sundays, 2:00 - 3:00pm, library room 215

September 7: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
October 5: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
November 2: Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
December 7: A Separate Peace by John Knowles

For information contact Teen Librarian Elise Sheppard, elise.j.sheppard@lonestar.edu, 281-290-5248.

Ongoing monthly beginning computer classes for a variety of programs.
For teens and adults. Free. No registration. Just stop by. Library computer lab room 203.
Schedule: http://cyfair.lonestar.edu/36254/
Microsoft 2007: Digital photo software; Internet Searching; Email; Word; PowerPoint; Excel: Mail Merge; Windows XP.

Audio Books
Entire books on tapes and CD's.
Banned Book Lists
"Celebrating the Freedom to Read", from the American Library Association, http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm
CFISD High School required summer reading
http://www.cfisd.net/dept2/library/library_hs.htm#reading
9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th grades titles to borrow.
CFISD Middle School,recommended reading
http://www.cfisd.net/dept2/library/library_ms.htm#reading
Grades 6, 7 & 8 lists and award winning and popular books are on display for you to borrow.
Graphic Novels
Special display of graphic novels.
Hispanic Heritage Month - September
Fiction and non-fiction books by and about Hispanic authors about Hispanic life.
Magazines
Back issues with bar codes can be checked out for two weeks.
New Books
The latest titles, hot off the press.
Non-fiction on teen-specific issues.
Suggested Reading According to Genre - pamphlets for you to take home
Mystery and Adventure, Science Fiction, Non-Fiction and Pop Culture, Realistic Fiction, Chick Lit, Historical Fiction, Comics and Graphic Novels, Horror and Fantasy.