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PERFECTLY FABULOUS Volume 15 Number 39 | 50¢
September 28, 2016
Alicia Ashcroft
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Library focuses on teen and tween programming Meghan Ross, librarian at the North Shore Library, is very excited about the fall programming for teens and tweens. With the focus on fun and friendship, literacy is made easy at the library “a safe space, with lots of resources”. Meghan’s vision for the fall programming series is to encourage young people to be an active part of the community. These initiatives are efforts to kick-start regular interaction with young people at their local libraries. What can a tween or teen expect? A mix of crafts and activities from week to week that are “always fun, always interactive.” One highly anticipated event is the Escape Room, where “participants will have to break into and out of a locked room by solving a series of puzzles and challenges. Their objective is to locate a will that has been hidden in the room and which contains the location of a treasure”. The library’s fall programming for children runs from October to November, with a few special programs in December. With Andy Finnen, long-time head of Children’s Services, running the Tween Program, their next mission to develop and popularize teen programming. These offerings are a part of the Youth Services initiatives: to have teens and tweens to reconsider and redefine their need/use of the local library. It’s a great place to meet a friend, do homework, select a new novel to get lost in over the weekend. Bare in mind, it is not just about the books,” says Meghan, there are DVD’s, CD’s, comics books and graphic novels. They even have a PS4, which is “housed in the Teen Section, with games available to check-out and use with the system from the main circulation counter”. One teen/tween program set for October is a “Video Game Lab where tweens and teens will have an opportu- continued on page 2
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