Teen's Top 10 Announced!

More than 11,000 teens voted in this year’s Teens’ Top 10. Click here to view the watch the official announcement from World Wrestling Entertainment. Congratulations to the winner Paper Towns by John Green. All of the nominees are available in the Teen Area.


1. Paper Towns by John Green
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
7. Wake by Lisa McMann
8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart.
10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Thoughts on the results? Which was your favorite?

Jennifer

New Moon Tune Released

Click here to check out the video for “Meet Me on the Equinox” by Death Cab for Cutie. This is the first single from the New Moon soundtrack.

I love Death Cab for Cutie, saw them not too long ago at the Oakdale...

What do you think??

Jennifer

Fun With Numbers

Pick any number.

Multiply it by 2.

Add 10.

Divide by 2.

Subtract the number you originally picked.

Post your answers here.

Jennifer

Dance Dance Revolution Results...

Congratulations to Amanda Mendoza, the winner of last night's Wii DDR Tournament!

Amanda's dancing skills earned her an iTunes gift card.

Sign up today for the next Wii event, Super Smash Brothers, on October 28th!

Jennifer

It's Banned Books Week!

Celebrate Banned Books Week !

Banned Books Week in an annual campaign which celebrates our freedom of speech and the freedom to read. Over 1,000 books have been challenged since 1982. Pick up a banned title today. There is a display filled with banned books in the Teen Area. Curious about why a certain book is restricted? Stop by the Information Desk and we will let you know. Some new additions to the list are the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer and Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar, both are among the most circulated items in the Library!

Click here to see a map of book challenges around country over the last two years. Click on the blue markers to see the books and reasons for challenges.

What are your thoughts on banning books?

Jennifer

Teen Nutmeg Book Club

The Wallingford Library Teen Nutmeg Book Club is looking for a few good members. This very informal club is a great way to enjoy awesome books and meet new friends. All Teens in grades 6-12 are welcome to attend. The October selection is Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Please register and pick up your book at the Information Desk.

Wednesday, October 21st
7:00 pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room

Jennifer

Have You Voted for Teens' Top 10 Yet??

The polls are still open for the 2009 Teens' Top 10. Voting will continue through September 18th. Cast your vote today! You may click on the vote sign above or visit one of the computers in the Teen Area. You may vote for three of your favorite books. All of the nominees are on a Teen display. Winners will be announced during Teen Read Week (October 18-24) in a webcast featuring WWE Superstars!

What is your favorite Teens' top 10 nominee?

Jennifer

Teens Top Ten Voting Polls Open!

Vote for the Teens' Top 10! You may choose 3 books from the list of 25. Look for the display in the Teen Area with the books as well as bookmarks. The Teen catalog computer has a link directly to the voting page or you can click on the picture of the voting booth and vote from home!

The book nominators or "galleys" are 15 libraries and schools around the country. The Teens' Top Ten is only decided by Teens, no teachers or librarians. There are some really great titles on the list this year. Read one today!

What nominee is your favorite?

Jennifer

Best Vampires

Entertainment Weekly just came out with a list of the 20 greatest vampires of all time. Ann Rice's Lestat came in on top. Christopher Lee as Dracula was 2nd, Bela Lugosi 3rd, Edward Cullen 4th and Bill & Eric from True Blood were 5th.

Do you agree with the rankings? Did you know that you can read Entertainment Weekly for free every week on our web site through the CT Digital Library? Call us or come in and we will show you how!

Jennifer

Guitar Hero Results!

Congratulations to the big winner of the Wii Guitar Hero tournament, Clarissa Sola. Clarissa defeated the field and won a Guitar Hero t-shirt and iTunes gift card.

Join us for the next Wii tournament, Ping Pong, on August 26th. Sign up today!

Clarissa you rock!

Jennifer

Twilght, the Graphic Novel

There is no publication date yet, but a Twilight graphic novel is definitely in the works. The above picture is a sketch from a biology class scene. Korean artist Young Kim is doing the artwork and Stephenie Meyer is involved as well. For a sneak peak at illustrations of Bella, Edward, and Jacob come to the Library and look at the newest Entertainment Weekly Magazine.

What do you think about Twilight becoming a graphic novel?

Jennifer

First Summer Reading Prize Winner

Congratulations to our first Summer Reading prize winner, Jessica Bennett. Jessica won a huge 5 pound bar of Hershey's chocolate.

Prize drawings are every Wednesday at 1pm through September 1st. Earn one prize drawing entry for each book you read or Library event you attend. Full details on the web site, or stop by! Hope to see you soon!

What Library events are you excited about?

Jennifer

Summer Reading Begins Today!

Book Your Summer @ the Library, the Teen Summer Reading program begins today. For each book you read or Library event you attend you get entered into a weekly prize drawing. Prizes include movie tickets, free pizzas, Tiger Woods' autograph, and a 5 pound block of Hershey's chocolate!

All Summer long we are booked with free, fun air conditioned events! Anime Night (Naruto), 80's Movies, and live Major League Baseball games. Everything is on the web site and I will keep the blog updated.

I look forward to seeing you guys soon!

By the way, you can use your school summer reading books for the weekly drawing too and audio books count!

Jennifer

Meteor Day!

June 30th is Meteor Day! Hopefully it will be a clear night and you can see some meteors in the sky! A meteor is a particle of matter that gets into the earth's atmosphere. Have you ever seen a really cool shooting star or meteor?? Click on the picture above to play a meteor game!

Jennifer

p.s. Try to beat my score of 48!

Wii Tennis Results

We had a great time last night celebrating the 132nd anniversary of Wimbledon. We snacked on strawberry sundaes.

Dale Hettrich came out on top of the double elimination tournament. At one point his match went to Deuce 11 times! Dale's victory earned him an iTunes gift card. Great job Dale! Thanks to all who participated.

Jennifer

Twilight News Update

So the next movie installment of the Twilight series, New Moon is due out in theaters on November 20th. Click on the picture above to watch the trailer. What have you heard about it so far??

Also related to Twilght, "Edward Cullen" Robert Pattison was apparently hit by a taxi in New York City while trying to escape a mob of fans! Relax, he is ok. Pattison is in New York filming his new movie Remember Me . Click here for a link to the news article about the incident.

Jennifer

2009 Spelling Bee

Ok I have to admit that I am a Spelling Bee freak. I absolutely love to watch it. Those kids are so amazing. The winner last night was 13 year old Kavya Shivashankar. She knew every word she had to spell and made it look so easy.

All of Kavya's hard work paid off. As the winner she receives $30,000 in cash and $7,500 in scholarships. This was her 4th bee.

For a list of all the words the kids spelled correctly click on Kavya's picture at the top of this post.

Two really good Spelling Bee movies are Spellbound and Akeelah and the Bee. The library has both of them you should check them out (especially Spellbound, it is SO good.)

Are you a fan of the Spelling Bee?

Jennifer

Hubble Space Telescope

Today a space shuttle is going into space. The goal of the crew aboard is to repair and maintain the Hubble Telescope. The picture above is just one of the amazing pictures Hubble has sent to Earth. This is a picture of the Cat's Eye Nebula. It is 3,000 light years away! Click on the picture to see a slide show of more unbelievable pictures that have been transmitted from space.

Jennifer

Don't Wear Socks Tomorrow!

May 8th is no socks day! So wash your feet and and forget about covering them up tomorrow. You will be way more comfortable and a little less laundry is good for the environment!

Did you wear socks??

Jennifer

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Happy Birthday Samuel Morse!!

Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on this date in 1791 in Charleston, Massachusetts. He attended Yale University to study electricity. He later went to Art School. His biggest passion was painting, he was really good at it. Morse was very excited when he found out that he would be able to paint murals in the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. As it turns out he was not allowed to do the artwork and he never painted again.

Instead, Morse went on to invent the telegraph as well as Morse Code. He also was the inventor of the fire engine pump and a marble cutting machine.

The first phrase ever "spoken" over telegraph was "What hath God wrought!" which looked like this: .--.....-- .....--.... --.----.. .--.-..-..---.....-

You can translate phrases into Morse Code by visiting the web site http://www.brownielocks.com/morse_code.html

Jennifer