Book Bag: Friendswood Youth Services Blog

That was totally all of y'all this morning, right? RIGHT? No? That's okay. Because the start of school also means the start of weekly YA programming here at the library! Here's the schedule for August and September! See you soon!  DFTBA, Sti

Looking for fun things to do this summer? We've got you covered!* I'm posting the Young Adult programs here (since this is, you know, the Young Adult blog), and I'll explain a few of the programs for those of you who like to know exactly how your day is going to go . So here's the rundown on what everything means: 6/2-3 Doctor Who Marathon:  join us as we watch this British Sci-Fi show about a time traveling alien! 6/10 Elemental Superheroes: Create and draw your first superhero of the summer using one of the Elements on the Periodic Table as inspiration. 6/12 Action Hero Mash-Up: Create a wacky superhero by taking apart old toys and gluing them together in new combinations 6/17 Comic Book Workshop with Artist Jessi Jordan: Exactly what it sounds like! Artist Jessi Jordan is joining us to talk about what it's like to be an artist, and teach how to draw our own comics! 6/19 Heroes Unmasked Trivia: Superhero-themed trivia game (there may be priz...

Sorry for the lack of updates here! I hope you're following us on all the social media sites that actually get updated frequently! Not sure if you do? These are places you can find us. Facebook:  www.facebook.com/FriendswoodLibrary We're on Twitter in two places: @FriendswoodLib @FriendswoodYA Tumblr: http://readingrainbowhair.tumblr.com/ And of course my Youtube channel! Reading Rainbow-Hair Here's one of my favorite videos so far: Make sure you're following us, because exciting things are afoot! DFTBA, Sti

A few months ago I decided (with the help of several teens) that I wanted to make my own booktube channel of youtube and now it's a reality! If you don't hang out in the bookish community on youtube I'll explain, booktube is basically what it sounds like. Youtube channels dedicated to people reviewing and talking about books. Lots of them focus on new YA books but really people read across all genres. That's what I want to do. I'm a Youth Services librarian, so I read and love a lot of YA books, but I also read didn't genres/age groups etc. and I'm going to talk about all of them on my channel. BUT I won't just be talking about books by myself, some episodes will feature guests stars! First though, I recapped my favorite books from 2014 in two episodes (I talk so much we had to cut it in half). Watch them! Do all those nice things you can do to a youtube video: Like, Comment, Share, Subscribe! Stay posted for more! DFTBA, Sti

Check out this video about Zinio, a free service we offer that allows you to check out magazines for free! https://animoto.com/play/rNdpicBV9vkwoQlYP97ZFQ