YOU ARE HERE @ THE CHICAGO RIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Summer Reading has started at the

Chicago Ridge Public Library.

• You can sign-up to read or listen to books, magazines, or newspapers and get prizes.

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• Each Tuesday night we have a program at 7:00 p.m. We will be visiting a different continent each week and learning about different countries. We will cook a sample recipe from the country and play some local games. The first place that we went to was North America. We played North America Trivia Twister and made homemade salsa. It was delicious. This past Tuesday we went to South America. We learned some Zumba steps on the XBox 360 Kinect and we made cheese quesadillas. Teen Tuesdays are a great place to hang out with your friends and have fun at the library.

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• Crafty Fridays 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

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• Reading Buddies Wednesdays @ 6:30 --Come to the library and read books and make crafts with a younger library patron.

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• Volunteer + Teen = Volunteen (you!!)
  

If you would like to help out at the library, sign-up to be a library volunteer. You can help make craft projects, decorate the library, make library marketing materials, and create book commercials.

Stop by the library to sign-up today!!

Teen Winter Reading Program

Get Prizes!!!!!!

Stop by the library for more information!

Decembrrrr!

The Chicago Ridge Public Library has some fun teen programs planned for the month of December.

• December 14th: Video & Board Games @ 7 pm
• December 21st: Cooking Fun...Sweet Treats! @ 7 pm

Fall Into the Library

As the Fall season sets in and the weather begins to get cooler and you're looking for a place to go on those rainy days.....stop by the library for some fun activities!

October 26th: Hunger Games Tournament 6:00 p.m.

Make A Splash...Read!

Summer time is in full swing at the Chicago Ridge Public Library!

Now is the time to sign up for the summer reading program...if you haven't already!

Read books...get cool prizes!

Attend fun programs!

Hang out with your friends!

Volunteer!

CHECK US OUT!

Go For the Gold!

Go For the Gold!
@ Chicago Ridge Public Library

Winter Reading Program

Now through March 31st

Gr. 6th - 12th

Your goal...

Bronze Medal: 100 pages

Silver Medal: 200 pages

Gold Medal: 300 pages

Receive candy prizes for each level and a guess form for every 100 pages that you read!

Twilight Read-Alikes

*Blue Bloods & sequels Masquerade Melissa de la Cruz
Select teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines. YPB DEL

*A Certain Slant of Light Laura Whitcomb
After benignly haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her and together they unlock the mysteries of their pasts. Y BCD WHI

*Chibi Vampire Yuna Kagesaki
Karin is a girl who also happens to be a vampire... with a twist. Once a month, she experiences intense bleeding from her nose--we're talking gushers! In other words, she's a vamp with blood to spare, so rather than stealing blood from humans she actually gives her blood to them. If done right, this can be an extremely positive experience that benefits the "victim" as much as the vamp. The problem is that Karin never seems to do things right. IN FIC KAG

*Cirque du Freak Darren Shan
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices. Y SHA


*City of Bones and sequels City of Ashes & City of Glass Cassandra Clare
Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
YPB CLA

*Evermore & sequel Blue Moon Alyson Noel
Since the car accident that claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras and hear people's thoughts, and she goes out of her way to hide from other people until she meets Damen, another psychic teenager who is hiding even more mysteries. YPB NOE

*A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and the Sweet Far Thing Libba Bray
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world. Y BRA

*The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray Chris Wooding
Set in an alternate Victorian London where Thaniel is a witch-hunter trying to rid the streets of terrible creatures. He comes across Alaizabel who is possessed. He must discover the cause and find a way to save her and everyone around them. Scary with violence. Y WOO

*Hawksong Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Danica, an avian shapeshifter, agrees to marry the leader of an opposing faction in order to bring about peace. Y ATW

*The Hollow Kingdom Clare B. Dunkle
The King of the Goblins chooses Kate to be his bride. YPB DUN

*Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side Beth Fantaskey
Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth—and he’s her long-lost fiancé.
Y FAN

*Jinx Meg Cabot
Sixteen-year-old Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, must leave Iowa to live with relatives in Manhattan after the first spell she casts goes awry, but she will have to improve her skills to stop her cousin from practicing black magic that endangers them and the boy they both like Y CAB

*Keturah and Lord Death Martine Leavitt
When Lord Death comes to claim Keturah she charms him with a story. He gives her 24 hours to find her true love.
Y LEA

*Marked: a House of Night novel *and sequels P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Zoey Redbird isn't sure who is a friend or enemy at the House of Night, but she knows that any secrets that she discovers must be kept from the other residents, while she must also deal with the further complication of having three boyfriends. YPB CAS

*Need Carrie Jones
Depressed after the death of her stepfather, high school junior Zara goes to live with her grandmother in a small Maine town, where new friends tell Zara the strange man she keeps seeing may be a pixie king, and that only "were" creatures can stop him from taking souls.
Y JON

*Peeps Scott Westerfeld
Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected. Y WES


*Secret Vampire LJ Smith
When she is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Poppy is astounded when her best friend, James, reveals that he is a vampire and has always loved her, and Poppy is forced to choose between dying young or becoming a vampire. YPB SMI


*Shiver Maggie Stiefvater
In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity. Y STI


*The Silver Kiss Annette Curtis Klause
A mysterious teenage boy helps Zoe to deal with her mother's terminal illness. YPB KLA

*Tantalize Cynthia Leitich SmithWhen multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect. Y SMI


*Valiant Holly Black
When seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. YPB BLA

*Vampire Academy series Richelle Mead
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training, while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister plots. YPB MEA

*Vampire Diaries series L.J. Smith
A four book series with vampires, a love triangle, and good versus evil. YPB SMI

*Vampire Kisses Ellen Schreiber
Raven dresses in black and hopes to become a vampire someday. When a new boy moves into town she hopes he can make her dreams come true. YPB SCH

*Vamps and sequels Night Life & After Dark Nancy A Collins
At an elite vampire prep school in Manhattan, sixteen-year-old vampire socialite Lilith seeks revenge against Cally, a new student and "New Blood" Lilith holds responsible for the death of her close friend during a dispute that attracted heavily-armed Van Helsings. YPB COL

*Wicked Lovely and companion books Ink Exchange & Fragile Eternity Melissa Marr
Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance. Y MAR

Twilight Party

Twilight Party

November 10th

6:00 pm

• Cast your vote...Edward or Jacob
• Watch clips from the movie
• Test your knowledge with Twilight Jeopardy
• Make a Twilight locker pocket

Happy Teen Read Week!

Join us Tuesday night at 7 pm for some

Read Beyond Reality fun!

We will also be submitting our vote for next years

2010 Teen Read Week theme.

Volunteen Training

Do you need volunteer hours?

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The library is the place to earn them!

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Sign-up today!

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Attend a volunteen training program on...

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Tuesday, June 9th @ 7pm

or

Friday, June 12th @ 2pm

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If you are unable to make the volunteen training...talk to Ms. Irene and she will arrange an alternate date for your training!

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**I want to Thank You in advance for all of your hard work this summer! Without the help of Volunteens, our Summer Reading Program would not be as successful as it is!**

Reading Roadtrip 2009

READING ROAD TRIP 2009

Sign-up today!

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Who?

Teens in 6th - 12th grade

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When?

Now through August 11th

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What?

Earn prizes for reading books & magazines, attend fun events,

volunteer, & have lots of fun!

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How?

Stop by the Chicago Ridge Public Library

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Questions?

Ask Ms. Irene

Read Like A Rock Star

The Teen Winter Reading Program will be ending on Tuesday, March 31st at 7p.m. with a Books & Pizza Party...Don't forget to bring your book log to the library to have it checked!

Read Like A Rock Star!

Read Like A Rock Star

@ The Chicago Ridge Public Library Teen Winter Reading Program

Who: Grades 6th —12th

What: Read books & get prizes

When: January 12th – March 31st

Where: Chicago Ridge Public Library

After registering, you will receive a book log. Keep track of every ten pages that you read. Write down the title of the book on top of the guitar and the page numbers inside the guitar picks. I will stamp each guitar pick and tally your page #'s.

Earn prizes at the following levels:

Level 1: 100 pages
Level 2: 200 pages
Level 3: 300 pages
Level 4: 400 pages
Level 5: 450 pages

Your goal is to read 450 pages between Jan. 12th & March 31st.

Sonic Game

Try out the Sonic game located on the right.
Click twice on start to play.

Video Games

At the Chicago Ridge Public Library, we have two video game systems.

We have the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2.

We have Wii Sports & Wii Play for the Wii and

Guitar Hero and DDR for the PlayStation.

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I would like your opinion as to what game or games we should consider purchasing next for the library. Keep in mind the games need to be rated E for everyone. In the comment section, please list the name of the game you would like the library to consider buying, the gaming system that the game is for, and why you think this game would be great for the library to own. I look forward to hearing your responses. When leaving a comment, please use only your first name or post as anonymous.

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Ms. Irene

Welcome to YOUR Teen Web Page @ Chicago Ridge Library

Hi Everyone!
Thank you for visiting your "new" Teen Web Page.
This site is for Teens in 6th - 12th grade ONLY!
You can find this page again by clicking the link on the
library's home page at www.chicagoridge.lib.il.us
or by directly typing http://teenchatteratcrpl.blogspot.com .

On this page we can talk about:

• books, magazines, music
• programs
• video games
• crafts

Feel free to leave a comment and I will post appropriate comments to the web page.

Ms. Irene