Book Bag: Friendswood Youth Services Blog

A little classic Sesame Street for you!

It's that time again, the week set aside to bring attention to the problem of censorship. It is the 'only national celebration of the freedom to read.' The Banned Book Week website has lots of great information including information about their big project this year, a Virtual Read Out where you can film yourself reading excerpts from your favorite challenged or banned book and upload them to youtube. Here's one from a reading of The Giver by Lois Lowry This week I'll be posting articles on banned book week, some of these cool videos, and maybe some of our own? DFBTA, Sti

If you've been in to the library recently, you may have noticed the big white pods sitting out on the lawn beside the parking lot. We're very excited to be hosting these P.O.D.A.s or Portable On Demand Art. Basically this is a temporary, interactive art exhibit created by Houston artists that we're hosting until Wednesday October 5th. There are 4 pods Create crazy sculptures and play the giant xylophone in "The PLAY" Perform for an audience in "The Joanna PODS Cast" Check out a "Box of Curiosities" Add your own thoughts to the walls "Aerosol Warfare" Come on out to explore and experience art in a new and exciting way! DFTBA, Sti

I found this video via pretty cool blog Lil Blue Boo , and I think we should try something like this here at the library! We could record ourselves making it and hang it in the YA area. What should we make? I guess we should start collecting buttons...  DFTBA, Sti

Okay, so there's no TAG meeting tomorrow (sad, I know!) but we will meet again next Thursday! In the meantime, join us for some movies! Friday we'll be having Part 1 of a Miyazaki Movie program, you'll get to choose from some Studio Ghibli films: Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Whisper of the Heart, Ponyo and (of course) Howl's Moving Castle. We'll start the movie this Friday and finish it next Friday. On Saturday I'll be in the library all day long, so feel free to stop by and say hi! At 2:00 I'll be hosting a movie screening of Tangled which is open for all ages. If you're babysitting, or want some extra 'good child' points in your parents' eyes bring your younger siblings with you to watch Tangled here at the library! I'm very excited, I've never seen it! Hope you can make it out to watch some movies this week! DFTBA, Sti P.S. A few gifs of the movies to get you excited! Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle Ponyo...