Author: Maureen Meltzer-McGrath

   Want to help kids grow and learn?  Consider joining a  new type of book group for a community that embraces learning and change.  Each month we are reading a chapter of the book and discussing it.  Registration for this special group is now open till March 1st. For all the information about this special program and for the registration form, please visit the Information Page. In collaboration with the Pawling Central School District, the Pawling Library, Pawling PTSA and Pawling PTA. Questions please contact Nicole at the Pawling Library (855-3444) or email teen@pawlinglibrary.org.

Don’t sit on the couch and be blue this winter! Come out to the Pawling Library and have some fun! Winter programs are now open for teens in 5th-12th grade! Throughout the winter there will be clubs, activities, and classes, including candy making, cooking, minecraft, and a new Junior Book Club! Check out all the possiblities for this winter at the Teen Program Page!   Sign up at the library (855-3444) or just email Nicole (teen@pawlinglibrary.org).  

The amazing new book by Bill O’Reilly, Killing Patton, is now available for reading right on our Kindles.  Don’t wait on a long list, the Library has two Kindles available for patrons to take home.  The Kindles are preloaded with Killing Patton and many more amazing titles.  Check one out today and see how easy it is.  Please ask at the circulation desk for more information. Please note that the Kindles only go out to Pawling patrons.

Clip those Box Tops! There is a new Box Tops drop box in the library to make it easier to support our schools! Located on the Junior Books Display it is there and hungry to collect all those Box Tops! If you have never clipped before and would like to give a little extra support to our schools, it requires no extra money. Just find the Box Tops on your grocery purchases, cut them out, and drop them in the box! These little pieces of cardboard add up to BIG money that goes directly to our schools!  Questions-Please speak to Nicole (teen@pawlinglibrary.org).

Friday October 3rd at 7:30 pm, two amazing authors will be on stage together and you can be there!  Neil Gaiman (The Graveyard Book, American Gods, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane) and Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Travelers Wife) will be having a “conversation” at Bard College.  It’s your chance to get in on this unique experience with two amazing authors! Don’t miss out.  Check out the Bard Website for tickets and more information.  Feel free to stop in to the library and pick up some of their books as well.

Saturday, September 6th 2014 at 9:00am in the morning, 8 teens from Pawling made their way into the Main Building of the Columbia Green Community College for the 10th Annual Battle of the Books regional competition.  They sported safety orange shirts each personally designed and decorated.  It was hot and the team was ready to go! Through nail biting tension, the team battled the other teams from Kent, Pleasant Valley/Lagrange, and Kingston! All rounds were very close and challenging.  After three rounds we were defeated and went on to enjoy the rest of the very hot Saturday, wishing luck to the rest of the teams that had survived to that point.  After an amazing summer of books, games, battles, and buzzers, we finished our 2014 season. Congratulations to Brigid Barrick, Aidan Graham, Alyssa Harris, Avalon Lenenthal, Madeline Ragusa, Susannah Smith, Stephanie Sypher, and Jessica Tocci!  Amazing job and a wonderful summer!!  Can’t wait for next year!!

Teens! It is not too late to get in on the excitement at the Pawling Library.  You can still sign up or join in the programs and classes! There are the Computer Programing class every Wednesday at 4:30 that you can come and join.  There is still room in the cooking classes, crime and evidence classes, science experiments, teen game night, and teen movies.  Of course it is not too late to start summer reading with the Spark a Reaction program, just come into the library and sign up and start logging your books.  Spark a Reaction party is on August 23rd where all the prizes will be given out!  Check out all the ongoing and upcoming programs at the Teen Programs website. Contact Nicole (teen@pawlinglibrary.org / 855-3444) with any questions or to sign up!