TEEN ART CONTEST!!

Theme: "Cool It! Green Teen Summer Read"

(eco-theme!)
Deadline: Tuesday February 10, 2009 at 6p.m.
Design an illustration for the Teen Summer Read Program 2009 and win:
$100 plus your art all over the city!

• Get a Registration form at http://sfpl.org/sfplonline/teen/teens.htm
• The design theme is "Cool It! Green Teen Summer Read," relating to environmental awareness and reading.
• Original drawings, photos, computer designs (eps file high res pdf preferred, colors must be cmyk) accepted.
• 8.5" by 11" dimensions preferred.
• Submit artwork and reg form by mail to Office of Children and Youth Services, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
• Or hand in to any San Francisco Public Library. Questions: call 415-557-4268 or email jennifercollins@sfpl.org
• For artists aged 12-18.

TEEN READ WEEK CHALLENGE WINNER!

We have a winner (who has been contacted) in the Teen Read Week "Books with Bite" challenge!

The correct answer for the challenge was "Experience Immortality at the Twilight Party."

Don't forget to come to:

Twilight Movie Party
Locations: Main Library Latino/Hispanic Room: 100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
Time: Saturday November 15, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
For information, contact Rachel Aronowitz at (415) 557-4426 or raronowitz@sfpl.org.

Check the blog for future challenges!!

TEEN READ WEEK CHALLENGE DAY 5 (a little early!)!!

DAY 5: There’s a teen event on November 15th at the Main Library called “Twilight Movie ________.” (fill in the blank). Hint: go to www.sfpl.org . Click “Events,” scroll to Teen Center at the bottom and find an event for Nov 15th.

Instructions: Find out the answer to each question for the all 5 days this week and email all 5 answers (they spell out a secret message) to jenniferlibrarian@gmail.com by Monday October 20th at 5pm. HINT: visit http://www.sfpl.org/ to start your search. Drawing will take place on Wednesday October 22nd. You may start playing at anytime during the week and go back to previous days' questions. With 5 correct answers, you could win a blood-red iPod Nano (8 GB)!

TEEN READ WEEK CHALLENGE DAY 4!

DAY 4: What movie trailer is featured on www.myspace.com/sfteenlibrarian? Hint: scroll down!

Instructions: Find out the answer to each question for the all 5 days this week and email all 5 answers (they spell out a secret message) to jenniferlibrarian@gmail.com by Monday October 20th at 5pm. HINT: visit http://www.sfpl.org/ to start your search. Drawing will take place on Wednesday October 22nd. You may start playing at anytime during the week and go back to previous days' questions. With 5 correct answers, you could win a blood-red iPod Nano (8 GB)!

TEEN READ WEEK CHALLENGE DAY 3!

DAY 3: On the San Francisco Public Library website (www.sfpl.org), what do the letters A.T. stand for in the initials “A.T.L. online?” Hint: Click “News: What’s happening at the Library” then look for the “What’s New” category.

Instructions: Find out the answer to each question for the all 5 days this week and email all 5 answers (they spell out a secret message) to jenniferlibrarian@gmail.com by Monday October 20th at 5pm. HINT: visit http://www.sfpl.org/ to start your search. Drawing will take place on Wednesday October 22nd. You may start playing at anytime during the week and go back to previous days' questions. With 5 correct answers, you could win a blood-red iPod Nano (8 GB)!

TEEN READ WEEK CHALLENGE DAY 2!! With 5 correct answers, you could win a blood-red iPod Nano (8 GB)!

DAY 2: What is the English translation of the book title Nesmrtelnost by Milan Kundera?
Hint: use title search feature in San Francisco Public Library's catalog.

Instructions: Find out the answer to each question for the all 5 days this week and email all 5 answers (they spell out a secret message) to jenniferlibrarian@gmail.com by Monday October 20th at 5pm. HINT: visit http://www.sfpl.org/ to start your search. Drawing will take place on Wednesday October 22nd. You may start playing at anytime during the week and go back to previous days' questions. With 5 correct answers, you could win a blood-red iPod Nano (8 GB)!

TEEN READ WEEK ONLINE CHALLENGE- DAY 1

WELCOME TO THE TEEN READ WEEK "BOOKS WITH BITE" CHALLENGE!!

Instructions: Find out the answer to each question for the next 5 days and email all 5 answers (they spell out a secret message) to jenniferlibrarian@gmail.com by Monday October 20th at 5pm. HINT: visit http://www.sfpl.org/ to start your search. Drawing will take place on Wednesday October 22nd. You may start playing at anytime during the week and go back to previous days' questions.


DAY 1: Do a call number search in San Francisco Public Library’s catalog for B Am57a2. What is the title of the book with this call number?