At the August session of B ‘Tweens on August 9 we will be working on a service project for the American Red Cross. The Red Cross provides disaster relief to many people and often families lose everything they own through a fire, flood or other disaster. We will be making fleece blankets for the Red Cross to provide to those in need. All materials will be provided but we need lots of hands to help us put them together. Kids age 10-12 are encouraged to bring their friends and join us for some fun. No registration is required.We will meet from 4-5 in the Junior League Program Room.

B ‘Tweens is for kids ages 10-12 only – sorry, no siblings or adults!

Gather a group of your friends and join us for a fun game of Travel Trivia on Tuesday, July 13 from 4-5 p.m. Kids ages 10-12 (entering 4-6 grades) are invited to participate. You can create your own team of four or we will create teams from those in attendance. Bragging rights goes to the team with the highest score! See how much trivia knowledge you have of the state, the country and the world! No registration is required.

Mark your calendars for the next B ‘Tweens on Tuesday, August 9 when we will be working on a service project for the American Red Cross.

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF BOYS by Megan McDonald (JFIC MCDO).

The third entry in  McDonald’s Sister’s Club series has middle sister Stevie Reel trying to figure out about boys and why things are starting to change with her friends and sisters. She doesn’t want a boyfriend – she’s not even sure she is ready for a boyfriend, but questions keep arising. If only figuring out boys was as easy as predicting the weather!

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER by Will Hobbs (JFIC HOBB) 

Another great adventure story by Will Hobbs sure to keep readers wondering what could possibly happen next. When North Carolina fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands joins his fifteen-year-old cousin Rio in running the Rio Grande, they face a tropical storm and a fugitive kidnapper. 

 BEST OF THE BEST by Tim Green (JFIC GREE)

Determined to play in the Little League World Series, twelve-year-old Josh struggles to concentrate on his game and be the team’s leader while also trying to cope with his parents’ impending divorce.

  THE LEMONADE CRIME by Jacqueline Davies (JFIC DAVI)

This sequel to the popular The Lemonade War is filled with everything you might hear in a criminal trial. When money disappears from fourth-grader Evan’s pocket and everyone thinks that his annoying classmate Scott stole it, Evan’s younger sister stages a trial involving the entire class, trying to prove exactly what happened.

 CHEESIE MACK IS NOT A GENIUS OR ANYTHING by Steve Cotler (JFIC COTL)

Up for a mystery this summer? Ronald “Cheesie” Mack relates events he and his best friend, Georgie, experience as fifth grade comes to an end and their summer plans are drastically changed, due in part to an old, possible valuable coin that may belong to the mysterious inhabitant of a place they call The Haunted Toad.

 THE LUCK OF THE BUTTONS by Anne Ylvisaker (JFIC YLVI)

In Iowa circa 1929, spunky twelve-year-old Tugs vows to turn her family’s luck around, with the help of a Brownie camera and a small-town mystery that only she can solve.

Students ages10-12 are invited to attend our next B ‘Tweens gathering on Tuesday, April 12. We meet from 4-5 in the Junior League Program Room. Participants voted last month to “replay” the session from last fall where they got to make their own movies. Come prepared to talk about a book you love and you can make a book trailer! Or, tell why you love the library! No registration is required. This is limited to kids only – no siblings or adults – sorry!

There will not be a session in May, but get ready for the summer because we have some great programs planned!

Got an idea for a program – submit it to Miss Tami for consideration.

At our March meeting participants got a chance to vote for the activity for the April gathering. It was a close race between gaming and making movies, but movies won by a narrow margin.

So, be thinking of a book that you would like to make a book trailer about. We will be using the library’s video cameras to make some awesome movies and then ways that you can adapt them on your own.

April 12 is the next meeting from 4-5 p.m. B ‘Tweens is for kids ages 10-12 only. No registration is required.

4-6 graders are invited to join us for the next B ‘Tweens program on Tuesday, March 8. Come try your luck as we play some games. We’ll be trying board games - we’ve got the games, you bring the skill! No registration is required. We meet in the Junior League Program Room from 4-5 p.m.

Be sure to check out the new graphic novel version of Rick Riordan’s “The Lightning Thief”. Percy Jackson and the Olympians is the first collaboration by series creator Rick Riordan and some of the biggest names in the comic book industry who join together to tell the story of a boy who must unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

(JGRAPHIC NOVEL PERCY JACKSON)

Don’t forget that we will not be meeting in January but will resume sessions on Tuesday, February 8. That session will be SWEET! We’ll bring the treats – you bring your appetite! No registration is required.

B ‘Tweens is for kids ages 10-12 only and is held from 4-5 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month.

The new books just keep rolling in – so many to choose from!  Here are a few new ones for B ‘Tweens.

Benjamin Franklinstein LIVES! by Matthew McElligott and Larry Tuxbury (JFIC MCEL) While working on a science fair project, a Philadelphia schoolboy discovers both a secret laboratory in his basement and Benjamin Franklin, who comes to life after receiving a jolt of electricity.

A Good Horse by Jane Smiley (JFIC SMIL) On her family’s California horse ranch in the 1960’s, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt faces the possibility of giving up her beloved colt, Jack, when it comes to light that his dam might have been stolen.

Octavia Boone’s Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything by Rebecca Rupp (JFIC RUPP) Seventh-grader Octavia puzzles over life’s biggest questions when her mother seems to find the answers in a conservative Christian church, while her artist father believes the writing og Henry David Thoreau hold the key.

Spaceheadz Book #2by Jon Scieszka (JSF/FAN SCIE) The campaign to save the earth from being turned off is going well, but Michael K. must enlist fellow fifth-graders Venus and TJ to help hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber, especially when they become involved in a school play.

Storyteller  by Patricia Reilly Giff (JFIC GIFF) Forced to spend months at an aunt’s house, Elizabeth feels a connection to her ancestor Zee, whose picture hangs on the wall, and who reveals her story of hardships during the Revolutionary War as Elizabeth comes to terms with her own troubles.