Upcoming Events
We Celebrate Teen Read Week from October 7th -13th
Teen Read Week™ is a national adolescent literacy initiative created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). It began in 1998 and is held annually in October the same week as Columbus Day. Its purpose is to encourage teens to be regular readers and library users.
Teen Pazzos Pizza & a Movie Day – Wednesday, October 10th @ 5:30pm
Come enjoy some Pazzo’s Pizza and the movie “Wonder” as part of Teen Read Week. If you loved the book, come watch the movie! If you have already seen the movie, come see it again! Movies are always better with pizza. All teens are welcome. We are also giving books away at this movie event. Please RSVP to Cricket at 970-479-2179 or cpylman@vailgov.com so we can order enough pizza. Thanks to our friends at Pazzos for donating the pizza!!
Annual Scarecrow Building Contest – Saturday, October 27th @ 10:00am – 12:30pm
Form a team of friends or family and come build a scarecrow to decorate the library.
The library will provide frames and art supplies. Vail Valley Cares Thrifty Store will provide clothes. Bring accessories to personalize your scarecrow. Small parts, glue guns and staple guns will be used. This creative day is appropriate for children five years old and older; all children must be accompanied by an adult. Teens may work independently with librarian permission. Prizes for the most unique and creative scarecrows! For more information, call 970-479-2179 or visit www.vaillibrary.com
YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten
YALSA has launched the Teen Book Finder Database, which is a one-stop shop for finding selected lists and award winners. Users can search this free resource by award, list name, year, author, genre and more, as well as print customizable lists. This new resource will replace the individual award and list web pages currently on YALSA’s site that are not searchable and that are organized only by year.
Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Voting is open from August 15 to through Teen Read Week, which is October 7-13, 2018! The Top Ten titles will be announced the week of October 15, 2018, so check back to see the winners!
Vote for up to 3 Books – THIS VOTING IS FOR TEENS ONLY
If you build it… they will come!
Over the summer, our Teen Reading Group built FIVE little free libraries! Have a book? Leave a book! Want a book? Take a book! Always free, the little free libraries are the “town square” of a community and thanks to our amazing teens, Vail has five.
Hour of Code!
Try a one-hour tutorial designed for all ages in over 45 languages. Join millions of students and teachers in over 180 countries starting with an Hour of Code!
2017 Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award winner is
Six of Crows
The Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award recognizes the most popular books among middle and high school students in the state of Colorado. Selected by teens, voted on by teens, the Blue Spruce Awards highlight the best young adult literature of the year as chosen by the teens of Colorado!
Explore The Blue Spruce Award here See who the nominees are for 2018.
Online Resources for Young Adults
The award-winning Teen Health & Wellness provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, LGBTQ issues, and more.
BrainHQ is an online brain-training system that represents the culmination of 30 years of research in neurological science and related medicine. It takes less than five minutes to do each BrainHQ level, so you can use it in tiny bites or long blocks, depending on your schedule. Plus you can use BrainHQ on almost any computer or mobile device, so you can take it on the go.
What is lynda.com? lynda.com is an online learning site that hosts a constantly growing library of over 3,000 courses and 130,000 videos. Courses cover a variety of topics (including business, design, web development, and multimedia skills) and software (Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and open source applications) that can help you pursue personal and professional goals. These courses are delivered by expert instructors and feature searchable transcripts that make it easy to find quick answers to questions. They also feature Certificates of Completion that can be uploaded to a LinkedIn profile.
Healthfinder.gov has resources on a wide range of health topics selected from approximately 1,400 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet.
Past Programs:
Restore the Gore
Erica Sodos
Alpine Arts
Harry Potter Party
2017 Scarecrow Building Contest
Little Free Library Project