Hey Teens! Welcome to Summer Reading @ MPL!

Metamorphosis:

Summer Reading @ Muncie Public Library

For Young Adults in Grades 6-12

June 1 - July 31, 2008

  

Buzz into the Library this summer and find out how you can transform your summer into fun and prizes. Experience a metamorphosis of reading in your life. Plus, you will have fun and have chances

to earn cool prizes, *even* a computer!

 

Keep track of your time spent reading anything you choose–even magazines and graphic novels–and earn free food items, a free book to keep and certificates to local attractions. Plus, for each level you complete you will be eligible to enter drawings for your choice of an MP3 Player, a $50 Books-A-Million gift certificate, or a $50 iTunes Card. Plus, all summer reading participants completing the program will be eligible for a drawing prize to win a Free Computer!

 

Join us for the Summer Reading Kick-Off Celebration for free food, fun and games!  

Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 1-4 p.m. @ Maring-Hunt

 

Visit us online @ www.munpl.org and check out our calendar!  Sign up for special events by calling any Muncie Public Library location.

Carnegie Library: 741.5158 - Conley Library: 747.8126 

Kennedy Library: 741.7333 - Maring-Hunt Library: 741.5151

List of Summer Reading Programs available here.

             

Muncie Public Library cards are *free* for those living in Center Township.  Library cards can be obtained for a fee if you live outside of Center Township. Young adults may participate at the Library if they do not have a Library card.  

 

*Image title Escher’s Metamorphosis

Manga @ MPL

Manga is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels that were originally published in Japan. However, Manga is often considered an artistic and storytelling style that can also encompass non-Japanese works. The term AmeriManga is sometimes used to refer to comics created by American artists in a Manga style. Manwha is the Korean equivalent of that idea. From WiseGEEKS.com

Jane Austen Book Discussion

 

 

Jane Austen speaks your language!! If you love the literary works of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and more, then come join us at MPL’s Reads for Teens when we discuss Jane’s fabulous works, have tea and participate in a Jane Austen activity.

For Young Adults, grades 6-12, the Jane Austen book discussion and fun begins at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, May 7th. Don’t miss it!

 

 

Incredible Edible Books!

Don’t miss the fun and laughs and oohs and ahhs as participants display their entries in the Muncie Public Library Edible Books Festival. The public is invited to view all the entries in the festival.

Those who registered are planning and creating their displays that will feature books, authors and characters depicted in food. That’s right, all entries must be created of edible materials. Cakes, pies, vegetables and other food stuffs will be creatively displayed to depict literature.

Entries are due at 2 p.m. at Kennedy Library. Judging is at 2:15 and the displays are open for viewing until 4 p.m. (Due to health codes the food creations cannot be served or consumed on the Library premises.)

More information

Image courtesy of University of Minnesota.

Russia Revealed!

Russia Revealed!

Kennedy Library, March 19 at 5 pm

Come kick off The Big Read at Muncie Public Library at Russia Revealed! The Big Read will focus on Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Get a free copy while supplies last. Enjoy Russian arts and crafts, food and dance. This event is free and open to the public and will be fun for all ages.

Russia Revealed Book Discussion!

The Loft at Maring-Hunt Library, March 20 at  3:30 pm.

Middle school and high school students are invited to hang out in The Loft, get a free copy of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and talk about the themes of the story.

Special Thanks to our Big Read Partners!

Tolstoy Revealed

As part of The Big Read, Vladimir Tolstoy, great, great grandson of Leo Tolstoy and Director of the Tolstoy Estate Museum will speak on Saturday, March 29 at 2 pm at Kennedy Library. No reservations are needed.He will be accompanied by interpreter and Tolstoy scholar, Galina Alexeeva, as he discusses the influence of Tolstoy in America. Be a part of The Big Read. Read Tolstoy’s Death of Ivan Ilyich and get connected at MPL events celebrating The Big Read. We have an online discussion forum available here. In order to leave your comments, interested participants must register first. (Click on the ‘register’ link on the right hand side at the top and follow the directions.)

The Big Read is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Keep your eye on the MPL website as other events are added to the month-long celebration of reading and literacy! Visit any Muncie Public Location and get your own FREE copy of The Death of Ivan Ilyich!

Special Thanks to our Big Read Partners!

Mobile Media Production Lab Coming Soon!

             Muncie Public Library is excited to announce that we have been awarded a Library Services and Technologies Act (LSTA) Technology Grant by the Indiana State Library!  This grant is awarded to Indiana Libraries that present innovative ideas to use emerging technologies to address the needs of the Libraries and their customers.

            With the received funds, Muncie Public Library has been able to create a Mobile Media Production Lab comprised of audio/visual tools that will allow us to bring digital media recording and production to the Library and surrounding community.  Equipment purchased with the funds will offer a wide variety of capabilities, including audio recording and mixing, loop-based music creation, digital video and photography production and CD/DVD burning capability.

            The Lab will enable the Library to expand its reach into the digital world by giving us the ability to digitally video record Library programs and post them to the Library website for viewing at any time.  The Library will also focus on youth by allowing dedicated time to let them  use the equipment and learn how to express their creativity through the new media.  In addition to being utilized within the Library system, the equipment will be taken to schools, community centers and senior citizen centers to offer workshops on the hardware and software.  Workshops can focus on teaching the basics of digital video, photography, audio recording and music making, or could be built around a particular project that your group would like to undertake.

            If your class or organization would be interested in hosting a workshop please contact Adam Cox at 741.7338 or acox@munpl.org.

January 8: AMERICAN BORN CHINESE by Gene Luen Yang. Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture.

The Loft @ Maring Hunt from 5-6 pm

February 12: THE SKIN I’M IN  by Sharon Flake. Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.

@ Conley Library from 5-6 pm

March 11: SHARK GIRL by Kelly Bingham. After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future.

@ Carnegie Library from 5-6 pm

April 8: Feed by M.T. Anderson. Feeds are a crucial part of life for Titus and his friends. After all, how else would they know where to party on the moon, how to get bargains at Weatherbee & Crotch, or how to accessorize the mysterious lesions everyone’s been getting? But then Titus meets Violet-a girl who decides to fight the feed.

@ Kennedy Library from 5-6 pm

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Alert!

Yu-Gi-Oh expert or Yu-Gi-Oh newbie? Either way, come duel with other Yu-Gi-Oh fans. Brackets are set up by age and skill level. You can also just watch and learn! Bring your own cards, but no foreign cards allowed. Up to date forbidden card lists will be available for middle school and high school levels. Traditional list used for grade school students. Everyone gets to duel at least twice before you are eliminated from the tournament. Come for the challenge, refreshments and dueling fun at the Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament at Maring-Hunt Meeting Room on Saturday, December 1, 2007 from 2-5 pm. For grades 3-12. For questions, or to register:  call Jody at 765.741.5158 or visit here.

What is Yu-Gi-Oh?

Yu-Gi-Oh trading card information

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It’s Christmas Craft Time @ Maring-Hunt!

  Teens and tweens come make a Christmas Craft. We’ve got the supplies, you bring your creativity! You can learn how to create Christmas Crafts and Gifts in the Fort at Maring-Hunt on Wednesday, December 5 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.

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