Special Halloween Weekend Book Give Away

Hey everybody!

This weekend we have a particularly awesome mini-contest - we are giving away two copies of the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Deluxe Edition! This version has cool paintings by Roberto Parada, a lovely faux-leather binding, and a very cool cover...making for a really nice zombie collectors edition.

How can you win? Post a link to your favorite bit of zombie culture, be it a clip from a movie, a t-shirt, a book, or a photo of yourself dressed up, and tell us why you love it! The most enthusiastic zombie lover will win :)

The rules: You MUST be between the ages of 12-18. You MUST be able to pick up your prize at one of the 21 Sno-Isle Libraries (or be on the bookmobile route). Find a library near you. Note that you can only enter ONCE!

Just post your link, reason, your first name and your local library by the end of Monday November 2nd...then check back to see if you won (winner will be announced on Tuesday November 3rd). Do not include your email in the post...we will ask you to contact us later with that info, as we want to keep it private.

Last Week for Art Contest

Don't forget...this is the last week to enter our 6th Annual Art Contest by creating a 2-D art piece that shows how you can Read Beyond Reality. Fantasy, science fiction, supernatural — if you can imagine it, we want to see it.


Check out previous winners here.

Top four entries win a $25 gift card from Amazon.com. Pick up an entry form from your teen librarian (or download it here) and turn in to any Sno-Isle Library by October 31. Must be age 12 to 18 and live in the Sno-Isle service area to enter. Funded by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation.

Shiver and Ballad Book Trailer

Watch a fabulous book trailer for Maggie Stiefvater's books, Shiver and Ballad.



Intrigued? Here are the blurbs for the books:

Shiver by 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.

Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater
When music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians, his talent attracts Nuala, a faerie muse who fosters and feeds on creative energies, but soon he finds himself battling the Queen of the Fey for the very lives of Deirdre and Nuala.

Win the New Sara Zarr Book!

Sara Zarr writes marvelous books about teens in tough situations. In her new book Once Was Lost you get to know a preacher's daughter who is questioning her faith after her mother has been put in a alcohol treatment facility, and a young girl from church goes missing. Anyone who has ever felt isolated and sad will love this powerful book.

Eager to read Once Was Lost, but don't want to wait? Tell us in the comments about a time you felt lost, and you will be entered in a drawing for a brand new hardback copy. (Don't you just love that cover?)

The rules: You MUST be between the ages of 12-18. You MUST be able to pick up your prize at one of the 21 Sno-Isle Libraries (or be on the bookmobile route). Find a library near you. Note that you can only enter ONCE!

You have until Wednesday October 28th to enter. We will have a random drawing and announce the winners Thursday morning - so you'll have to check back to see if you win - and then the winners will need to email us teens@sno-isle.

Here is a book trailer about this great new book:

Author Event at Mukilteo Library Monday

Liar’s Party With Author Justine Larbalestier
4pm - Monday October 19th
Mukilteo Library

In celebration of Teen Read Month, we are having a really spectacular author visit!

If you want an awesome "read beyond reality," pick up "Liar" ... a psychological thriller set in New York City told from the point of view of a compulsive liar, which will make you question truth, reality, and who you can trust. This is one of the best books I've read all year...you won't be able to put it down!

Meet author Justine Larbalestier, and celebrate the publication of "Liar" at our Liar’s Party! Dress up as anyone else (normally a goth? come as a jock!)a, and be prepared to tell your best whoppers as we play Two Truths and a Lie and other devious games. Mocktails and snacks will be served. Books will be available for purchase.

Easy Way to Win a Hat

Don't forget...review a book during Teen Read Month, and get chance to win one of our limited edition Sno-Isle Teens hats in super-bright orange!

Every single library will be giving one away to the best review entered (as determined by that location's staff). So far there are not a ton of entries, so the odds are in your favor that if you write a decent review, you have a good chance of winning!

Cybilized

Have a favorite NEW book? Check this out:

2009 Nominations are now open

Welcome to the 2009 Cybils awards. All kids books published in English between Oct. 16, 2008 and the close of this year's nominations are eligible. Nominations close at 11:59 p.m. on October 15th.

We're doing nominations this year with a simple, electronic form. See this post for an explanation.

But not the form.

You'll get that in a sec. First, some important advice:

1. Brush and floss daily.
2. Nominate only one book per genre
3. Pick a book you're passionate about
4. See rule #3 above.

I mean, geez, if you're kinda iffy on a book, why would you want to inflict it on us? We want to read books you think we shouldn't miss.

With that said ...

HERE'S THE NOMINATING FORM

Knock yourself out.

Here's the complete list of nominated books, updated continually:

Easy Readers/Short Chapter Books
Fantasy/SF
Fiction Picture Books
Graphic Novels
Middle Grade Fiction
Non-Fiction, MG/YA
Non-Fiction Picture Books
Poetry
Young Adult Fiction

Love Zombieland? The Library Has Tons of Zombies.

Check out our great new Zombie list, with all kinds of great books and dvds you will enjoy.

Some favorites include:

Shaun of the Dead

Pride and prejudice and zombies

World War Z : an oral history of the zombie war

The walking dead. Book one : a continuing story of survival horror

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Teen Read Month - Free Programs, Two Contests

Teen Read Month is here, where we celebrate the joys of teen reading! The theme this year is Read Beyond Reality. What does that mean to you?

We want to hear about the books you love that take you out of your world, stretch your imagination, and change your perception of what might be possible. How can you share your favorites?

• Write book reviews about books you've read that took you beyond your reality, for the chance to win one of our awesome blindingly orange Sno-Isle Teens stocking caps. One will be given away at each of our libraries for that location's Teen Librarian's favorite review.
  

• Enter our 6th Annual Art Contest by creating a 2-D art piece that shows how you can Read Beyond Reality. Fantasy, science fiction, supernatural — if you can imagine it, we want to see it.

  Top four entries win a $25 gift card from Amazon.com. Pick up an entry form from your teen librarian (or download it here) and turn in to any Sno-Isle Library by October 31. Must be age 12 to 18 and live in the Sno-Isle service area to enter. Funded by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation.

• Meet up with other teens at our fun Read Beyond Reality events, including fortune tellers, ghost hunters, Oak Harbor’s Zombie Ball, great authors and the Survive the Library after-hours reality TV challenge party in Marysville!