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Picture It! Bookmark Contest

Teen Read Week Picture It! Contest
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2011 Teen Read Week Picture it! bookmark contest!

The winner is…I Love Reading by Krysti Warne, grade 12 – Hendrum, MN.

This is what Krysti had …

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Super Reader Fun Sites and Great Books

Super Books





Ralph Cosentino’s Batman: the story of the dark knight, Superman: the story of the man of steel, & Wonder Woman: the story of the amazon princess.
Three great books for ages three and up.

DK

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Fall Books & Activities

Great Books for Fall

1. Gus is a Tree by Claire Babin

2. The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger

3. And then Comes Halloween by Tom Brenner

4. Jeoffry’s Halloween by Mary Bryant Bailey

5. Miss Smith and the

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Storytime to Go

What is Storytime to Go?
Storytime to Go is a library outreach program designed to provide storytime sessions to children in licensed childcare facilities unable to transport their children to the library or LINK site for traditional storytime. By …

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College Bound

Financial Aid & Scholarship Information

Schools and Universities

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LARL Youth Classifications

LARL Youth Classifications

Do you ever wonder what the following letters represent in the catalog or on the spine of a book?

“E”            “Easy Reader”            “J”            “Y”…

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LARL Teen Summer Book Reviews


Congratulations to Rebecca and Holly, winners of the MP3 players!!!

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
This is a review of Mockingjay, the third and final book of the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. The series is about a girl named …

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Make Waves Book Reviews

Make Waves Book Reviews

Submit book reviews to be entered in an end-of-the summer drawing for a prize.
Please include the name of the book and the author. What did you think of the book? Who or what was your …

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Youth SRP





1. Visit your local LARL branch or LINK Site to pick up a reading log.
Or, print your SRP Reading Log here!

2. You may read books yourself, listen to audiobooks, have someone else read books to you, or do …

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Teen Poetry

Academy of American Poets
Library of Congress: Poetry
Neurotic Poets.com
PoemHunter.com
PoeStories.com
Poets.org: MN
Teen Ink

Check Out these Books!

19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
by Naomi Shihab Nye
J 811.54 Nye

Americans’ Favorite Poems: The

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