tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10277773767266658852011-04-21T18:14:09.639-04:00Welcome to the Fauquier County Public Library teen blog. Relax and read.Librariannoreply@blogger.comBlogger2051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027777376726665885.post-5503624416577951812009-04-01T23:16:00.012-04:002009-04-02T01:10:40.534-04:00

It's National poetry month, everyone. Dare to disturb your universe.Find a line that makes you want to turn cartwheels and then chalk it all over the sidewalk. Break out your poetry notebooks and free some verse.Not sure where to begin?Try the Internet Public Library's Poetry Page. It has lots of word play exercises and ideas to get you started. Next, go play with the magnetic poetry game online,

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Main Entry: emo·ti·con Pronunciation: \i-ˈmō-ti-ˌkän\ Function: noun Etymology: emotion + icon Date: 1987 Definition: a group of keyboard characters (as :-)) that typically represents a facial expression or suggests an attitude or emotion and that is used especially in computerized communications (as e-mail) From: Merriam Webster OnlineHow expressive are emoticons? I think most of us

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You might be a fish! Or a toad in a tree! Celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss today. Head on over to Seussville and play in the playground or create your own seuss-story. Post a comment: What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book?

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The Young Adult Library Association's 3rd Annual Teen Tech Week is March 8-14 this year. Fauquier Libraries will celebrate throughout the month of March with gaming events, a text-messaging contest, polls, and more. Watch this space for updates each week.So, Why is there a Teen Tech Month, Anyway?Teen Tech Month is all about connecting teens with different technologies, especially those available

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Congratulations to Tanner Russo of Liberty High School, the winner of Fauquier County Public Library's Created Equal Essay Contest. Thank you to all the young writers who took the time to think and write about the topic of equal rights. Your essays were all beautifully written and an inspiration to read. Way to go!

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Several of us here at the Bealeton library just finished The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and already we are dying for the next book to come out. (Sadly, we'll have to wait until next summer).This book is a fast-paced adventure thriller set in the future with romance, intrigue, and a page-turning plot. It's the perfect sort of book to devour over winter break - whether you're hiding from

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Did you love Twilight? Have you taken the Twilight quiz? Are you planning to see the movie? Are you thirsty for more (books, not blood)?If you have already read the Twilight saga and are craving more, don't fret. There are plenty of other great books in this genre and, if you are quick about it, you might be able to grab a copy to sink your teeth into over the weekend. An oldie-but-goodie vampire

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Are any of these statements true about you?You love to read.You could organize a video game tournament in your sleep.You are a natural born party planner.The library is great, but you think it would be much cooler if only the powers that be would listen to what you had to say.You are bursting with ideas for creative book displays. You have always wanted to know what it would be like to get locked

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I know there are some fantastic teen writers out there. Here's your chance to show your stuff! Fauquier County Public Library is now accepting submissions for a teen essay contest.The essay theme, Created Equal celebrates the brave people in the United States and around the world who have taken a stand for equal rights - throughout history and today. This contest highlights the outstanding titles

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Thanks to all of you who participated in the Back-to-School Mix Tape Mission last month. Our first set of mixes were upbeat, eclectic, and lots of fun to find in the drop box each week. If you missed the drop box and would like to submit your own "Ode to Summer" playlist, leave it in the comments section below. ****A special thanks to the young zinester who left a copy of "Rewrite #1" in the box

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Imagine a high school where the RFID tags in your books could track your every move, cameras with gait-recognition software prevent you from skipping class, and the "free" standard-issue laptop spies on your every keystroke and reports every website you visit to the administrators.For seventeen-year-old Marcus, the surveillance system at Cesar Chavez High School, is nothing more than a slight

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Next week is Teen Read Week at libraries and schools all over the country. It's a week to stop, drop, and read - for the sheer pleasure of rolling around in a great book. Reading is a) fun, b) portable, and best of all, c) it's FREE. So, find yourself a good book and get caught reading for the FUN of it this week.Can't seem to find a book that makes you want to stay up all night reading under the

Librariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027777376726665885.post-49847835633787929252008-10-03T19:43:00.000-04:002008-10-08T20:20:50.538-04:00

My name is Anna and I am the new youth services librarian at the Bealeton Library. I moved back to Virginia over the summer after living in Alabama for a couple of years. It feels great to be back in my beautiful home state and I am really enjoying getting to know all of you who use the library here in Bealeton.I will be helping to plan teen programs for the library and will also be reviewing YA

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This teen blog for Fauquier County Public Library will be taking an extended break. Please enjoy browsing past posts about art, anime, book reviews, library programs, research, and more!Photo from The symplegades

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Silly Love SongsTime=2:44We all know Valentine’s Day is on the way. Reds and pinks decorate, or besmirch, the landscape depending on how you view this annual holiday. The next Teen Coffee House offers an evening forum where you can feel free to discuss love: gained and lost, sought after and denied, never desired but received, or you may simply have no interest in love at all. Of course both

Librariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027777376726665885.post-8957752253800785902008-01-31T14:50:00.000-05:002008-12-11T15:36:09.110-05:00

February 2nd is almost here!Visit Groundhog.org to learn more about the famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, who predicts the seasons. Read more about the "Shadowy Tradition of Groundhog Day." Look for the links on the lower right for live webstreaming of the groundhog's home.Read the Wonders of Woodchucks by Sigmund Lavine. This book "describes the evolution, physical characteristics, and

Librariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027777376726665885.post-708407690956299632008-01-30T14:47:00.000-05:002008-12-11T15:36:10.045-05:00

Take a fast quiz on the Fruits and Veggies Matter! web site sponsored by the government. The website is available in Spanish here, too. How old you are and how much you move around during the day determines the amount of delicious fruits and vegetables you will want to ingest.I'm a Vegetarian: Amazing Facts and Ideas for Healthy Vegetarians by Ellen Schwartz 112 pages So, you've decided to be a

Librariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027777376726665885.post-38411639100463122602008-01-29T10:47:00.000-05:002008-12-11T15:36:13.097-05:00

See some traditional and new designs from the Bealeton mehndi program last night:

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Re-read about the Mehndi program at Warrenton library this Saturday, January 26 at @ 1 p.m. and at Bealeton library this coming Monday, January 28 @ 7 p.m.. Bring your own designs or try something new!photo

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The Little Book of Snowflakes Kenneth Libbrecht Not much bigger than a butterfly, this book contains photographs of snowflakes with beauty equal to that winged bug. On these pages, the ice crystals are magnified to observe every pattern and glisten of light. Enjoy the accompanying "detailed captions containing the science behind [a snowflake's] beauty, and literary quotes relating to snow and

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(photo origin)Click here to enter books you have read lately and help advance the Cedar Lee Middle School Literacy Challenge goal of 100,000 books. As of today, the count has reached 14,650!

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Stand up straight. Bend. To the left. To the right. What shoes are you wearing? Hey, can exercise be done in a dress? Of course!Now imagine you are the universal man. Arms out. Now up. Now out and down. Hands on hips. Lean to the side. Right knee up, left knee follow. Swing that leg. Trace each foot in an arc around. Squat and stand. Squat and stand. Kick, kick, kick, kick, and kick!OK, the

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Insatiable: The Compelling Story of Four Teens, Food and its Powerby Eve EliotThis may be fiction, but there is truth here. This "novel written in episodic format follows four teenage girls whose shame, fear, and confusion compel them to binge, purge, and refuse to eat in misguided attempts to feel safe and in control of their lives." This isn't a comic, though there is humor to help get you

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Do you like temporary tattoos? Do you ever wish you could decorate yourself, but don’t want it to be a permanent alteration? Bring yourself and your friends to the library for a special teen program. The exotic art of Mehndi lets you draw on your hands, arms, or maybe an ankle in designs that will last from 1 to 3 weeks. You can use traditional designs ready at the program, or bring your own

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(Chill out and read picture)Everyone in the community is invited to help Cedar Lee Middle School, Bealeton, reach its Literacy Challenge goal of 100,000 books read by the end of the school year. The challenge was issued earlier this school year by the school's principal, Mr. Steve Parker, and Fauquier County Public Library pledged to support the effort.No matter what your age or interests, you

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Poppy and Rye:Poppy goes to find Ragweed’s mother, father, and family. She brings her friend Ereth with her. Ereth’s a porcupine. It was hard to find Ragweed’s family because beavers built dams and they flood the land around them. Rye, one of Ragweed’s brothers, tries to stop them from building dams. They trap Rye in a bamboo cage. Poppy makes a plan to save Rye. Will she rescue him before the

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Check out a magazine from the library today!

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RagweedA mouse named Ragweed gets on a train headed to a city and meets another mouse named Clutch. Clutch runs into two cats named Silversides and Graybar. Silversides and Graybar wreck their club. But they find an old, abandoned bookstore to make their new club. Will Silversides and Graybar crash their new club? Find out in the book Ragweed by Avi178 pagesPoppyRagweed’s girlfriend is named

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Generic Bath Salt RecipeIngredients:½ cup of coarse kosher salt or sea salt½ cup of Epsom salt1 quart-size, freezer-grade zip-lock plastic bagFood coloringEssential oils: chamomile, lavender, rosewood, sagePour the kosher/sea salt and Epsom salt in a bag. Add one drop of food coloring, zip the bag shut, and shake. Repeat until you are satisfied with the color (remember that the bath water will

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This week, teens were invited to whip up aromatherapy recipes and homemade bath items at two Fauquier County Public libraries. These items are great for stress relief at exam time or to give as presents. The program was free and the library provided all supplies for fragrant bath salts.Recipes for Natural Beautyby Katie Spiers "Shows women how to make their own all-natural cosmetics using natural

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Pocky!"Pocky is a Japanese snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico Company of Japan. It was first sold in 1965, and consists of a biscuit stick coated with chocolate. Pocky was an instant hit among Japanese teenagers, and brought in sales of 30 billion yen in its first two years. The name was changed to "Pocky", after the Japanese onomatopoetic word for the sound Pocky makes when bitten, pokkin.

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Revenge and Forgiveness: an Anthology of Poems edited by Patrice VecchioneGrief by Gaius Valerius Catullus (translated by Jacob Rabinowitz)Grief reached across the world to get me,sadness carries me across seas and countriesto your grave, my brother,to offer the only gift I can still give you –words you will not hear.Fortune has taken you from me. You.No reason, nothing fair.I didn’t deserve

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Fresh black and white socks awaited the creative fingers of Fauquier teens at Bealeton's Monday night Teen Coffee House. Googlie eyes, safety pins, fake fur scraps, silk flower petals, duct tape and more! Local students of creativity flopped on the floor amidst a great array of supplies and crafted their puppets. Ruby red mouths made of duct tape smiled. Leftover dust decorations from Spirited

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These photos were taken before the Teen Anime Party on Monday, October 22 at Bealeton Library. Obviously, this is pre-decimation* by ravenous costumed characters. The tables were nearly licked clean, implying the food was indeed tasty and we may need a greater supply next time.Pocky, pocky, pocky. Strawberry sweet, bitter dark chocolate "Pocky for Men", regular milk chocolate-dipped pocky, extra

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Heidi Ann and Magpie: Human and hybrid sock-bunraku puppet

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Botulism by Maxine Rosaler Are you afraid of the food that lurks in your refrigerator? Has it grown a warm moldy coat? Read this book about botulism "examining how one gets it, how to treat it, and its symptoms." Time to retire the tomato, whack that watermelon, and run away from the strawberries (they might take on a life of their own)!TomatoWatermelonRotting strawberries

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Pumpkin with musictime = 17 seconds

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Time = 1:03"In this bunraku scene, the puppet heroine wishes to help her lover outside Kyoto, but the gates to the city are locked. She climbs the watchtower and rings the fire bell, causing the gates to open so she can reach him. Notice the awesome puppetry work and realism of the gestures." Notice the ash drifting down gently. Does this frantic action remind you of Romeo and Juliet? Lovers

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Time = 7:03"Bunraku is an integration of narrative, music, and puppetry." Popular traditions from the Middle Ages continue today. At the end of the 16th Century, bunraku began. Listen to the Tayu, narrator, and Shamisen player bring this exotic art form alive. Search the catalog from Japanese Language resources if you'd like to understand what is being sung about in these traditional, yet exotic,

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Puppets and puppeteer of BunrakuTime = 9:54Sit with one master bunraku artist. He shares the mystery of every facial expression on these sophisticated puppets. Examine the strings controlling eyebrows, eyes, mouth, and neck. "You must always move the head in a gentle circular motion." What is a lady's proper center of gravity? See the hidden fist that is a knee. Her sleeve will be withdrawn to

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Goth Sock PuppetsMake goth, punk, emo, or whatever, sock puppets. Give your puppet a mohawk or mullet, a piercing or a tattoo. Black and white socks are the basis for these quirky puppets. You can trim with safety pins, chenille pipe cleaners, novelty yarn, google eyes, buttons, pompoms, ribbons, beads, and jewels if you want. All supplies will be provided.Warrenton Library: 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

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Stand By Your Man - Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatretime = 5:42 Featured in this video:William Shakespeare - Sonnet #18Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair

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TeenInk is a magazine at Fauquier County Public Library, written for and by teens. You can also read Teen Ink online and find out how to submit your own work. Have you read teen authors S.E. Hinton or Christopher Paolini or Ned Vizzini or Dav Pilkey? You are never too young to start.

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National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time

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A Teen's Guide to Getting Published: Publishing for Profit, Recognition, and Academic Successby Jessica Dunn & Danielle Dunn "Offers tips and advice for teen writers seeking to publish their work, including information on rights and copyright, online and print publishing companies that publish student work, and publishing pitfalls."Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novelby Jane Smiley"The author

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Please read these exerpts from letters written by Bealeton teens who attended the Cards for Troops program.One card from all the teens:"We're all from Fauquier County, Virginia. We either live on farms, in apartments, or in town, but we all love Virginia. Hopefully your time overseas won't be much longer, so you can come back to Virginia. Will all the best hopes +…" Individual cards:"I hope you

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Make cards to be sent to troops overseas. All materials supplied. Pizza and drinks will be served. If you are unable to make the program you may drop off homemade cards at the reference desk.Bealeton Library: 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1John Marshall Library: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2Warrenton Library: 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6

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Thank you everyone who drew and cut and glued at Bealeton Library on Monday, September 24th!The children's story time area will soon be transformed into Howl's Moving Castle. Calcifer will warm the entrance to the castle, clinging to a log in the fireplace. Turnip Head (a.k.a. Prince Scarecrow) will hop on the wall nearby. And Heen, the dog, will stalk beside his friends along the stones. Who

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The wind strokes the me who merely crawls the ground.Feathers and leaves dancing in the wind whirl around me...I raise my flightless wing to block the mocking sun.I pluck a feather and throw it into the wind -Only to have it fall, spinning to the ground.I finger the key tied around my neck;not knowing what it is that is locked.Dreaming of the world to which my love disappeared...Is the key to

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Check out Anime films by Hayao Miyazaki in Fauquier County Public Library's collection.If you aren't Spirited Away by the exquisite art, the story line will take you to a world unlike any. Chihiro loses her parents, her name, and her childish whining in this fantasy film. Haku, a young prince rescues her from dissolving into thin air. A multi-armed boiler man gives her a job near hundreds of

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A Learical Lexicon from the works of Edward Lear"A glossary of humorous and nonsense words featuring unusual spellings, hidden meanings, transposed letters, and onomatopoeic sounds, selected from the letters and other witty writings of the English author/artist."Funny You Should Ask: How to Make Up Jokes and Riddles with Wordplay by Marvin Terban"Offers an abundant cache of ideas about using

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Teens can "get carded" at the library throughout September in celebration of Library Card Sign-up Month. Any teen who shows their library card at a Fauquier library reference desk in September will get an (edible) prize!A library card gives you access to books, magazines, music, films, and other familiar materials during regular library hours. But what do you do at midnight when homework is due

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time=4:59For those of us who need to watch what happened from the inside, this computer simulation helps to address many questions about the impact from the planes. "Researchers at Purdue University have created a simulation that uses scientific principles to study in detail what likely happened when a commercial airliner crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001." You

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9/11 child's poemtime=3:50September Roses by Jeanette WinterThis book can be held in the palm of your hand. It is physically small, but the words and drawings contained speak volumes. "On September 11, 2001, two sisters from South Africa find a good use for the roses they have grown when the flower show in New York City is canceled due to the attack on the World Trade Center." 911: The Book of

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"Sugar"RIPSugar (Gerbil) died on September 3, 2007 at the Bealeton Library following an acute Labor Day illness. The exact cause of death is unknown, but some speculate that Sugar took the phrase "Labor Day" too literally and died from overexertion in shredding cardboard tubes. Library staff had also observed a general malaise since the demise of Spice, Sugar’s one known sibling, four months ago.

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Warning! Warning! Warning!Spoiler! Spoiler! Spoiler! Warning! Warning! Warning! a.k.a. Mrs.NorrisSpoiler! Spoiler! Spoiler! If you are unafraid to read further, In Memoriam: A Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsBrought to you by The Lit Wit

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"Did you know that if you multiply 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 that the answer is consecutive? Try it and then check the answer to see what happens.Explanation: in a mathematical context a palindrome is a number that reads the same in either a forward or backward direction. In other words a palindrome (or palindromic number) is equal to its reverse. Thus for example 1331 is a palindrome."

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Time = 2:02Danny Kaye!!! Music by Saul Chaplin, Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, directed and choreographed by Michael Kidd. From "Merry Andrew" in 1958.You may recognize this funny man's voice from your childhood. Danny Kaye sang Inchworm and other familiar tunes on children's recordings. He also portrayed Hans Christian Andersen. Want to know in how many movies Danny Kaye has performed?Read about this

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The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger"Annoyed with his math teacher who assigns word problems and won't let him use a calculator, twelve-year-old Robert finds help from the number devil in his dreams." This books was on the middle school Battle of the Books challenge last year. Read this famous Bavarian author’s (poet, translator, editor...) new name for prime

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Yesterday I spotted you hangin' out with someone newCome on, dude, I can't believe whoDid it hurt, oh yes it hurt, but not as much asI thought it wouldI'm getting closerCloser to closureI finally took your pictures down and all thatother stuff I foundHidden somewhere in my closetI used to wear your shirt to bedBut now it's in the trash insteadI don't wanna be reminded. No, no.I'm getting

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Inexcusable by Chris Lynch Keir Sarafian loves Gigi Boudakian. He’s a good guy. Do good guys rape?"High school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things go terribly wrong."Riveting.Read an interview with Chris Lynch.Twisted by Laure Halse AndersonMeet the characters from Twisted

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Did you read the featured life of the day from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography? Meet Charlotte Louisa Collins:"A smart and stylish girl you seeThe belle of good societyFond of fun as fond could beWhen it's on the strict QT." But what does QT mean? Or, what did it mean before it meant "cutie" on T-shirts today? Read word origins for a surprise.

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Do you know who you are?Are you me?Who am I?Am I you?What was the question?Read about how to protect yourself from Identity Theft with help from the library!

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Written by Kumogoro (pseudonym)we speak all these languages -know all the sounds,we can sing a thousand songsin a thousand tonguesin a thousand soundsin one place.our place. our little place.we grew up together as one -can't tear us apart,we do all these things for fun,for laughsand gagsand rainy days that last foreverwe pass by. in a flash.him and me - me and himwe're now online - WOW!just for

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Two Chinese Boys: dadadatime = 1:45MouthSounds: How to Whistle, Pop, Boing, and Honk for all Occassions-- and Then Some by Fred NewmanCan you make faces and unusual sounds like these two famous Chinese boys from YouTube? Check out this book for explicit instructions to make "sounds and special effects, including how to create sounds for vocal characters, animals, musical instruments, and street

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Peal, v. To sound forth in a peal; to resound.1910, H. H. Richardson (pseudonym of Edith F. L. Robertson) - "A great bell clanged through the house, pealing on and on, long after one's ears were rasped by the din."To sound (something) forth in a peal, to produce (a sound, etc.) with loud reverberation; to utter or proclaim loudly and sonorously. Freq. with out.1887, translation of Virgil - "Loud

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A brief time-lapse filmtime= 2:19The author of this video writes, "When I find an egg in the deepest wilderness, I decide I must hatch it and free the creature inside." Perhaps you may want to handle your "splat egg" (from the Summer Reading Program's teen prizes) with care. Who knows what might be lurking inside it. Grow or splat it if you dare.

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Birds are circling overheadIndifferent to the life below themRitual dance in the skyTo bring life to their nest.Happenings go on everydayDays and days go pastAnd the eggs begin to hatchYoung birds learning how to fly.(photo from http://southessexwildlife.org/Archived_Updates/archived_updates.html)-----Big girlintherighttimehas a day of awesomeness,Yay!----Love has a kissOn each and everydayVery

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Women In Art - 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Arttime = 2:52From the Mona Lisa to Salvador Dali's fractals of a face, this video swirls.

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"In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birthThe mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss

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The Reading MotherBy Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954)I had a Mother who read me thingsThat wholesome life to a child's heart brings –Stories that stir with an upward touch.Oh that every Mother were such!You may have tangible wealth untoldCaskets of jewels and coffers of gold.Richer than I you can never be.I had a Mother who read to me.From the Web site Fun with Words

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Mom is a person who is there for youthrough good times as well as bad.She's there to hold your hand when it needs to be heldand to help you when you need help the most.And without even asking she is there for youforever and always she will always be there for you!

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A song for babysitting siblings from the children's book Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs written by Alan Katz and illustrated by David Catrow.Stinky Stinky Diaper Change(To the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star")Stinky stinky diaper changeBoy, my brother smells so strangeHe made something in his pantsSure hope it won't attract antsStinky stinky diaper changeBoy, my

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as a baby... as a boy...and now...

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Have you ever made a stamp? Would you like to use your thumbprint as a stamp on the Fauquier County Public Library Letterboxing scavenger hunt? Or try working with unmounted rubber stamps. If you decide to purchase or make your own rubber stamp, this video will give you tips on how to store them. Have fun stamping all over the county!Rubber Stampstime = 3:37"This video demonstrates three ways to

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Time = 6:42 Watch this video to "learn how to use EZ Mount foam and double-sided tape to adhere your unmounted rubber stamps to acrylic blocks." Attend the library's free teen stamping program for alternative techniques of rubber stamp making. You can read more about this program on the Library News and Events blog.

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The smoke of a thousand gunsHovers in the airThe yells and chants of sailorsRing about your earsHark! A shot is fired!The cannon fire roarsA ship appears alongsideYou know not what's in storeAs musket fire encirclesYou strain and squint to seeThrough the smoke and flashesThat send men down to MEFor I have eyes like any manI have arms and earsI have a temper that at timesWill justify men's

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a personification of that which we all fear.Written by a Bealeton teenYellow and gleamingSlits that are seemingto pry open my heart'siron door.Lo! It is open and the deathly soldiersthrow tokens,of ill-fated omensthrough my soul's writhing core.Then the grief, it starts flowing,like a foul wind that's blowing,carrying a scent that ismurky as mud.The unmoving stare,that one constant glare,shall

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hich Harry Potter character are you?What would you rather do?Read a bookHang out with some friendsPlay QuidditchStudy PlantsWhat is your favourite subject?Defence Against the Dark ArtsAncient RunesHerbologyTransfigurationWhat scares you the most?SpidersFearNo HomeworkProfessor SnapeWhat pet would you pick if you went to Hogwarts?ToadOwlRatCatWhat is your favourite spell?Expecto

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Sand Arttime = 2:19Sandcastles: Great Projects from Mermaids to Monuments By Patti Mitchell with Leap ...Imagination in Learning Hitting the beach this summer? What would you build if you had enough sand to fill a dumptruck? Unbelievable sand sculptures! Read this books for some grandiose ideas!Sand Animation of AnimalsTime = 55 seconds"Sand animation "animal". Made by Sigrid Astrup (http://

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by a Bealeton poetIn a jewelry box oceanThe gems of the seaShimmer and danceIn harmonyGolden gillsAnd silver scalesSapphire sailsAnd topaz tailsA necklace of noodle fishAnd diamond daceThe jasper jellyfishWho lacks a facePeridot perchAnd ruby remoraDance with bixbite betasIn an anemone auroraAmethyst anchoviesAnd opal octopiWatch crystal crabsScuttling byGuppies of garnetAnd pearl pufferfishTo

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Hennatime = 2:29See mehndi body decoration in traditional ceremonies."Read in English or read in Hindi" = "रीड इन इंग्लिश ओर रीड इन हिंदी"

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Timberlake Cockatoo Dance!time = 59 seconds Has this bird watched music videos before? Her dance moves might just be better than the originals! After some preening she starts to dance and, yes, it's true, "she's got rhythm!"Funny Parrottime = 1:26Think you can mimic animal sounds better than a parrot? Compare and be humbled. Mockery is always a good party trick to entertain friends. Or teach

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The Adventures of Super Librariantime = 36 seconds

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Drawing in a cup of coffee? Using a cup, coffee, cream, and sometimes chocolate syrup, watch liquid masterpieces appear.The Art of Coffeetime = 3:04Drive In Trailer (Hot Chocolate)time = 21 secondsVisit Bealeton Library's weekly Wednesday evening (7 p.m.) teen coffee house during the Summer Reading Program. Get lost in reading, poetry, movies, and refreshments with good company. All welcome, all

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