For Thanksgiving, we will be closing at 12:30pm on 11/27 and closed all day on 11/28.
Welcome to Must Read Books, Scarsdale Public Library
Teen Services Review Corner.
Teens in grades 6 -12 are welcome to read and
write book reviews for fellow reading enthusiasts.
If you click on the cover or title of a book, you will be
directly linked to our catalog to see if it is available.
If you're interested writing reviews for Must Read Books,
send us an email at teen@scarsdalelibrary.org.
Dear Scarsdale Teens,
Want to add a little something to the décor of the Teen Room? Here's your chance!
Please click on our Google Form here (https://forms.gle/2juuKGqQqZbZdhPS7) to vote for which of these 14 paintings you want to recreate as a mosaic art project for public display in the Teen Room on the white wall next to the flatscreen. You may select up to four paintings before submitting the form.
Hello Scarsdale Teens!
Here's the next installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!
Our latest prompt for you was: If you were going to choose a new name for yourself, what would it be?
You wrote:
This project is brought to you by Scarsdale Public Library's Teen Services Department & Teen Advisory Board.
Hello Scarsdale Teens!
Here's the next installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it-Prompts!
Our latest prompt for you was: What was your favorite toy when you were in preschool?
You wrote:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently typically celebrated each June in the United States to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
When the world has decided that people are supposed to be a certain way, but you’re living proof to the contrary, then hiding your differences is just helping everybody else erase who you are. - Cat Sebastian’s You Should Be So Lucky
Every reader their book. Every book its reader. - Two of S. R. Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science
For teens of all ages, rising Grades 6 through 12: It’s almost that time of year all students are waiting for: summer! With that comes the annual Summer Reading Challenge–this year’s theme is “Adventure Begins at Your Library.” Scarsdale teens in rising grades 6-12 can register by downloading the free app, Beanstack, on their phone or tablet.
For teens going into Scarsdale Middle School in Grades 6 through 8: To support Scarsdale Middle School’s summer reading requirements, Scarsdale Public Library’s Teen Services Department teams up with other library departments as well as with Scarsdale Middle School’s teacher librarian, Shana Frazin, to establish and maintain a summer reading section of all readily available materials meeting the prepared-for-back-to-school curricular requirements set by the teachers in:
Hello Scarsdale Teens!
Here's April's installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it-Prompts!
Our latest prompt for you was: April is National Poetry Month: Write a Haiku!
You wrote:
Hello Scarsdale Teens!
Here is the March installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it-Prompts!
Our latest prompt for you was: What was your proudest moment?
You wrote:
Every month, Scarsdale Public Library's Teen Services Department collects via this Google Form images of original artworks created by local teens (i.e., those in Grades 6 through 12) to display on our Teen Room flatscreen.
Each teen artist may submit up to five pieces per month. The submission deadline for the following month's showcase is the 15th of the current month.
Overdrive to Libby
On May 1, 2023, the OverDrive app will be discontinued. We encourage you to make the switch to Libby, the newer reading app.
Download Libby or visit libbyapp.com to get started.
The Catalog-Save Your Reading Lists
Hello Scarsdale Teens!
Here's the 15th installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!
Our latest prompt for you is: What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
You wrote:
The Path to Empowerment: Empowering High School Girls forum is brought to you by SHS student Sonya Chen in partnership with the Greenburgh and Scarsdale Public Libraries.
This series was designed to equip girls to feel more empowered, self-confident, and better prepared to handle the day-to-day challenges they encounter. Participation is open to high school girls in grades 9-12.
Hello Scarsdale Teens!
Here's the 13th installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!
Our latest prompt for you is: Name a creature that seems impossible but exists anyway.
Here's what you said:
Our next Post-it Prompt will launch in December.