Everyone entering or in Middle School or High School is invited to travel the universe via You Are Here, the Summer Reading Club for Young Adults at the Garden City Public Library. Registration started Monday, June 13th and continues throughout July. The theme for this year’s Summer Reading Club is Travel.

YAK & SNACK: “Let’s Get Graphic”

Explore graphic novels and talk about your favorites: Batman, Twilight Zone, manga, comic books and more on Wednesday, July 6th from 7:30 - 8:30 PM. YA Librarian Marge Kelly will present the Top 10 Graphic Novels for 2011. Refreshments will be served. Registration is limited to 25 YAs and began June 8th on Eventkeeper. All ‘tweens and teens must have their own Library card to register.

Lunch@The Library

Come and cool off! Bring your brown bag lunch and enjoy lunch, games and crafts with your friends at the Library on Thursdays July 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 12 noon. Beverages, snacks and desserts will be served courtesy of the YA department and The Friends of the Garden City Public Library. No registration is required.

On July 7th, come play charades, trivia games and other group games. On July 14th bring old postcards and create a hanging banner to display them. On July 21st, play Library Minute to Win IT, based on the NBC-TV game show. On July 28th, Library pages will assist with making bracelets from Central America and masks of African origin.

Songwriting Workshop —

Register Beginning Wednesday, June 29th

Kathy Moser, songwriter, performer, teacher, and social artist, tours nationally and will be making appearances on Long Island and at libraries this July. Teens are invited to enjoy a songwriting workshop with Kathy Moser on Tuesday, July 12th at 7PM in Garden City. Teens will get hands on experience creating, rehearsing and recording an original song. The final product will be posted online to share with friends! This special workshop will be held at St. Paul’s Cluett Hall.

Registration begins Wednesday, June 29th on Eventkeeper and is limited to 50 YAs. All ‘tweens and teens must have their own Library card to register. Samples of Kathy Moser’s work can be heard at www.sonicbids.com/kathymoserworkshops .

Aboriginal Boomerangs of Australia

Teens will have fun painting their own Aboriginal Boomerangs from Australia with Samantha Sayet, Certified Art Teacher on Wednesday July 13th at 7:30 PM. Registration begins Wednesday June 29th on Eventkeeper and is limited to 25 YAs. All ‘tweens and teens must have their own Library card to register.

Young Adult 2011 Summer Reading Club: You Are Here

Join the Summer Reading Club by signing up at the YA desk or filling out an online registration by visiting the website www.gardencitypl.org and click on Young Adults. All registrants get a signing bonus prize bag. Read anything of your choosing: a summer assignment book, a recreational book, a comic book, newspaper, magazine, or eBook. You can also listen to an audiobook or Playaway. Fill out a mini-review form and hand it in for a raffle prize. Reviews can be done on paper and put in the raffle box in the Tweens N’ Teens Room or emailed to mkelly@gardencitypl.org and a print out will be placed in the raffle box for you. Win cool prizes!

Whether you travel near or far this summer, send a postcard to the YA department at the Library. Postcards will be displayed. Your imagination can take you on a journey as well. Travel to another world through reading, create a postcard about that journey and send it in to the Library! Keep a reading diary and show it to the Young Adult Librarian before Wednesday, August 12th. This will make you eligible to receive an invitation for the Back to School Bash without entering the weekly raffles. This year’s Back to School Bash will be held on Wednesday, August 31st. There will be a pizza party with a talent show and games, door prizes and auctions, and certificates of achievement.

If you are away all summer, you may still join and participate in the You Are Here Summer Reading Club. Email mkelly@gardencitypl.org or send “snail mail” to: YA Librarian, Garden City Public Library, 60 Seventh Street, Garden City, NY 11530. Any questions? Contact Mrs. Kelly at (516) 742- 8405 or come in to the YA desk.

Summer Program Information

More information about the many special summer programs for YAs will be provided in the coming weeks. In addition, you can pick up flyers for all of the programs in the YA Room or check the Library website www.gardencitypl.org for upcoming summer events and registration dates. Registration can be done through Eventkeeper or the Calendar of Events on the Library’s website. All teens and ‘tweens must have their own Library card to register for programs. Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Priority registration is given to Young Adults, who are Garden City Public Library cardholders.