We at the Library are very excited for the World of Wonders 2022 summer reading program! This summer promises to be the most normal summer reading season we have had since 2019, and let me tell you, we are thrilled to leave modified and reduced programming behind. Our entire staff has been working hard all [...]
Fans of historical YA fiction, particularly fans of WWII-based fiction, have no shortage of potential great reads in the Library’s collections. Perspectives from WWII run the gamut of teenage experiences from those war years. Something notable about books starring Jewish protagonists, at least the ones that become well known, win awards, and make it to [...]
2022 National Poetry Month Poster, Poetry.org Would you believe me if I told you I know a librarian who was once a 'reluctant' reader? It’s true. It was me! Until I was an adult, reading an entire book felt overwhelming and impossible. I would count the pages, distracted by the enormity of so [...]
When she was just 15 years old, Susan Eloise Hinton began writing the book The Outsiders. Along with her studies, she continued to work on the book through her Junior year of high school, and in 1967 the book was published by Viking Press. Hinton was 18. The book is about two rival groups at [...]
This month's Teen Scene book display features stories about real women who have changed the course of history, each one in her own unique way. You’ll find writers and scientists, athletes and survivors, trailblazers and peacemakers on our display of dynamic women in all of their diversity. In big ways or small, intentionally or by [...]
The Carnegie Center for Art and History, a branch of the Floyd County Library, has created a new public art project for high school students in Floyd, Clark, and Harrison Counties called MoodRing, a literary zine that will feature 30 works of art, poetry, and prose created by you, the youth of our community! So, [...]
The time-traveling power of historical fiction gives me all the feels, so it’s on display this month in the Library’s Teen Scene. Thinking back to my history classes in school, I never did feel a connection to anyone’s story. All those names and dates just glazed me over. I preferred to dream about the lives [...]
Teens, we see you. You’re juggling school, family and social obligations. You’re working and planning for the uncertain future ahead of you. It’s a lot, and we know because we’ve been there. At the Library, you have access to the entire collection of books and media, plus a place designed just for you in our [...]