Download a Free copy of The Alchemyst

Download a free copy of Michael Scott's The Alchemyst

History of Rock!

Roll Over Beethoven: A History of Rock n' Roll
Tuesday nights 6-8
with KCBX DJ Fred Friedman

Free Comic Book Day - May 2, 2009

Head to Captain Nemo's in SLO or Van Lith Games Exchange in Los Osos and pick up free comic books on May 2nd, 2009. Check out the web site:

www.freecomicbookday.com

Teen/Tween Reading Club

Teen Volunteers needed

Do you need service hours? Do you like kids? We need you. Come sign up at the Library and earn service hours doing things you like. We especially need teens that can help with our shows and movie days for kids.

Open Mike Poetry
Event for Tweens and Teens
hosted by Francesca Nemko
Come share your poetry at an Open Mike session.
Saturday, April 11 1:00-3:00
SLO Library Community Room
995 Palm St. SLO
For info call 781-5783

Sponsored by the SLO Friends of the Library

Boo-vie awards - Movies that get the book wrong, wrong, wrong!

Which movies just don't get the book right.
Let's start with:
Movies that change the ending of those books you have to read for class.....
(1971)- Okay, I guess I can't give all the REAL endings away but I will let you know that Burgess's message on the effects of domestic bliss are definitely changed in the movie version.
(1995)- I can't even begin to tell you where Demi Moore gets this one wrong.
(2007) - Classic Post-apocalyptic novel by Richard Matheson is redone in every way - in fact fans of the movie claim that the movie is great but shouldn't share the same title as the book!
These are the worst offenders, but there are many more out there.
Share which movies should be skipped if you want to know how the book ends!

Young Adult Art Competition winners announced

The winners of the San Luis Library/Cloud Star juried art competition have been announced! Congratulations to Lacey R. and Troy H. of San Luis Obispo. They were each awarded $250 by Cloud Star and will have their designs featured on book bags given out by the San Luis Obispo County Libraries during the 2009 Summer Reading Program.
Thank you to all the artists who entered. We had 59 wonderful submissions from all over the county. Overall, a great success!


Winning design for Teen Book Bag ------- Winning design for Kids' Book Bag

Video Games are here!

The San Luis Public Library is now supplying Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii games! These will be in the Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, and San Luis Libraries to start, but will be available to other libraries within the year. Don't be shy about telling us about your favorite games. Only E and T please!

Chinese New Year!

Celebrate the year of the Ox by learning about your own Chinese Zodiac sign.
Are you a placid ox? An intelligent monkey? A passionate snake?
Find out what your chinese zodiac sign says about you, your friends, your family, and who you are most compatible with.

To learn more about your Chinese zodiac sign click here!

What Should the library buy next?

Let us know what we don't have! Books, movies, music, video games, and more - we need to know what you want!

ReaderGirlz Online

readergirlz is the foremost online book community for teen girls. Members are challenged to read, reflect, and reach out. We celebrate gutsy girls in life and lit!
Get free posters of your favorite books, exclusive author interviews, mp3s from book soundtracks, and more!
Every week highlights a different teen book.
E-mail contact: divas@readergirlz.com

Why Not? - 13 things to read until the next Jay Asher book

Okay all you SLO county fans of Jay Asher's book 13 Reasons Why, here are 13 websites that will fill the gap until Jay's next book:

1. http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com/
   
2. http://hannahsreasons.blogspot.com/
3. http://discomermaids.blogspot.com/
4. http://www.razorbillbooks.com/
5. http://jacketwhys.wordpress.com/
6. http://mowillemsdoodles.blogspot.com/
7. http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com/hannahsmap.html
8. http://www.classof2k7.com/interviews/authors/jay_asher/
9. http://community.livejournal.com/classof2k7/
10. http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/9781595141712.asp
11. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=137729071
12. http://brimstonesoup.blogspot.com/2007/05/13-reasons-to-get-excited-about-jay.html
13. http://www.imvite.com/video/rgz-TV-Jay-Asher-amp-13-Reasons-Why--/t/7244421
    

National Gaming Day - November 15th

Join the SLO Library for National Gaming Day - Play a board game at your library and try to break the Guinness Record for most people playing a game on a single day!

College Football Is Upon Us

College Football Is Upon Us

So there are other sports, and then…there is football. Since bowl games ended last January, we have waited months for the pigskin’s return. Packed stadiums, marching bands, and mascots all fire up tomorrow night as the 2008 college football season gets under way. Whether you’re a Cal Poly Mustang, Aggie, Fighting Irish, or Hawkeye fan the football season brings regional and national rivalries. As the season progresses and you find yourself watching game after game, grab one of these fine books enjoy the love of grass, gridiron and pigskin.

Tim Green’s Football Genius

Elena Yates Eulo’s Great Receiver

Tiki Barber’s football series Go long, Kickoff

Pat Flynn’s Out of His League

Chris Lynch’s Inexcusable

John Madden's John Madden's heroes of football : the story of America's game

My greatest day in football : the legends of football recount their greatest moments
Pat Palmer's The ESPN pro football encyclopedia

Free College Practice Tests

Check out the following websites for free SAT, ACT, GRE test prep and more!

testprepreview.com - practice tests and questions for every entrace test imaginable

Number2.com - Free SAT, ACT, and GRE tests online

collegeboard.com - Sample tests and questions

World War II Books for Teens

A boy at war : a novel of Pearl Harbor / Harry Mazer

A foreign field / Gillian Chan

B for Buster / Iain Lawrence

Don't talk to me about the war / David A. Adler

Don't you know there's a war on? / Avi

Elephant run / Roland Smith

Fire in the hills / Donna Jo Napoli

For freedom : the story of a French spy / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow / Susan Campbell Bartoletti

My chocolate year : a novel with 12 recipes / by Charlotte Herman

On the wings of heroes / Richard Peck

Postcards from no man's land / by Aidan Chambers

Room in the heart / Sonia Levitin

Slap your sides : a novel / by M.E. Kerr

Soldier X / Don Wulffson

Tamar / Mal Peet.

The book thief / by Markus Zusak

The gadget / Paul Zindel

The green glass sea / Ellen Klages

Under a war-torn sky / L.M. Elliott

When my name was Keoko / Linda Sue Park

Great Scary Books for Teens

Acceleration by Graham McNamee - While working during the summer a young man finds a journal of a serial killer


Coraline by Neil Gaiman - Did you ever wish for different parents?


Finding Daddy by Louise Plummer - When Mira finally tracks down her birth father, she doesn't get what she expected.

Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy - Three children walked away from the cottages on Berwick Waters, only two of them came back...


My swordhand is singing by Marcus Sedgwick - What happens when the dead return?

The Dreaming by Queenie Chan - You never knew Manga could be so frightening


The haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding - Thaniel and Cathaline must rid the streets of London of a dangerous infestation


What Janie found by Caroline B. Cooney - What can you find out when your parents aren't who you think they are.

Extreme Pumpkins

Want to add a little pumpkin spice to your Halloween?

Get some inspiration from www.extremepumpkins.com

Job Help for Teens

I just discovered this website that’s especially for teen job seekers: http://www.myfirstpaycheck.com/

Search for jobs by category or location, and get job advice from pros.