This year's Teen Read Week theme is - It Came from the Library and in celebration, we would like to invite La Puente teens to create their own Book Monsters. All Book Monsters would be on display in the Teen Area during Teen Read Week.  Refreshments, prizes, music, art supplies, and books will be provided.

Join us for some low-budget horror fun! Featuring Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), Snowbeast (1977), Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), and House on Haunted Hill (1959). Movies are Not Rated.

Activities, games, and refreshments will also be provided. Ages 12 to 17.

Join us for some low-budget horror fun! Featuring Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), Snowbeast (1977), Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), and House on Haunted Hill (1959). Movies are Not Rated.

Activities, games, and refreshments will also be provided. Ages 12 to 17.

Come join us the 2nd Saturday of the month, now through December for a hour of BINGO fun.  Bring your friends, meet new people and win prizes.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Game cards will be available for pick-up on Monday, October 15, 2012.
2. Pick up a Game Card at the Circulation Desk.
3. Use your book knowledge or the Library Catalog to find the answers.
4. Submit the form to any Library Staff Member.
5. All returned cards (completed) receive a goodie bag and book.
6. Completed cards must be received by 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 20 2012 to be eligible for Drawing.
7. ALL games must be completed to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. (Gift Cards)

Grades 6-12

Hey Teens!  Celebrate "Teen Read Week" and--"Read For The Fun Of It! @ Your Library"!  Explore graphic novels, magazines, newspapers, books on CD's, DVD's and the fun features of the Digital Library.

In honor of Teen Read Week, the Teen Book Club will be discussing the book Tunnels by Rodderick Gordon & Brian Williams.

When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward "Topsoilers" like Will and his father.

Special Teen Read Week prizes!

Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Live Oak Library.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Game cards will be available for pick-up on Monday, October 15, 2012.
2. Pick up a Game Card at the Circulation Desk.
3. Use your book knowledge or the Library Catalog to find the answers.
4. Submit the form to any Library Staff Member.
5. All returned cards (completed) receive a goodie bag and book.
6. Completed cards must be received by 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 20 2012 to be eligible for Drawing.
7. ALL games must be completed to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. (Gift Cards)

Grades 6-12

Teens and tweens ages 12-18, pick up an entry form to this year's 33rd Annual Bookmark Contest and win a prize!  The contest theme is It Came from a Book! - ¡Vino del Libro! This event will run from October 16 to 20. Please go to the Adult Information Desk for details.

In celebration of Teen Read Week's theme It Came From the Library, all teens are invited to make their very own book monster using a variety of supplies!

Celebrate Teen Read Week by participating in the WrestleMania Reading Challenge.

Write a letter to your favorite WWE Superstar convincing them to read your favorite book.

Local winners will have a chance to win a trip to WrestleMania 29.

Open to students in grades 5 to 12.

Hey Teens!  Celebrate "Teen Read Week" and--"Read For The Fun Of It! @ Your Library"!  Explore graphic novels, magazines, newspapers, books on CD's, DVD's and the fun features of the Digital Library.

In celebration of Teen Read Week, we will be making very tasty edible books!  While you are here, learn about great books that we have at the library for you to read just for the fun of it!

Must be 5th grade and up to participate.  Register at the Customer Service Desk.

Teens, come make your own Mosaic Tile Coaster during Teen Read Week. Also, participate in the Bookmark Contest by creating your own It Came from a Book ~ Vino del Libros entry.

Teens! Celebrate Teen Read Week and do a "It Came From the Library and Fell Into the Swamp" slimey, ooey, gooey art project.  Come and slime a discarded book with green glue and trash to make it look like it "fell into the swamp"

As part of Teen Read Week, "It came from the Library", we will explore 5 major branches of science using potato chips. Curious? Join us in the meeting room! A bit of a warning, this event is high in Saturated FACTS!!!

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Game cards will be available for pick-up on Monday, October 15, 2012.
2. Pick up a Game Card at the Circulation Desk.
3. Use your book knowledge or the Library Catalog to find the answers.
4. Submit the form to any Library Staff Member.
5. All returned cards (completed) receive a goodie bag and book.
6. Completed cards must be received by 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 20 2012 to be eligible for Drawing.
7. ALL games must be completed to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. (Gift Cards)

Grades 6-12

Hey Teens!  Celebrate "Teen Read Week" and--"Read For The Fun Of It! @ Your Library"!  Explore graphic novels, magazines, newspapers, books on CD's, DVD's and the fun features of the Digital Library.

Teens!  Are you an artist?  Do you love to draw?  Interested in seeing your work of art displayed on a bookmark?  Then join other teens in the library during Teen Read Week and design a bookmark based on this year's Bookmark Contest theme: It Came from a Book ~ Vino del Libros.

Who's your favorite book character?  Is it Katniss, the winner of the Hunger Games who hunts live game better than most men? Is it Max, the strong-willed, winged girl in James Patterson's Maximum Ride?  How about Jacob, the dark, silent werewolf from the Twilight series?  Or maybe you like a more classical guy like Romeo from Romeo and Juliet?

Would Romeo date Katniss?  Or maybe Jacob would be interested in dating Max?  These and other fictional book characters will be paired together to see if they would be interested in going out on a date.

So channel your favorite character and join us in this 'Fictional Character Speed Dating' event as we celebrate Teen Read Week!

Create colorful cards, book covers, and stationery using the Japanese technique of marbling called "Suminagashi."  Please go to the Adult Information Desk to sign up.  Limited to 25 teens.  This event is for teens and tweens ages 12-18.

We will celebrate Teen Read Week by making Teen Vision Boards. What are they?  They are simply posterboards that you will decorate (using a variety of materials) to match your goals and dreams for the coming years.  Simple and fun!

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Game cards will be available for pick-up on Monday, October 15, 2012.
2. Pick up a Game Card at the Circulation Desk.
3. Use your book knowledge or the Library Catalog to find the answers.
4. Submit the form to any Library Staff Member.
5. All returned cards (completed) receive a goodie bag and book.
6. Completed cards must be received by 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 20 2012 to be eligible for Drawing.
7. ALL games must be completed to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. (Gift Cards)

Grades 6-12

Hey Teens!  Celebrate "Teen Read Week" and--"Read For The Fun Of It! @ Your Library"!  Explore graphic novels, magazines, newspapers, books on CD's, DVD's and the fun features of the Digital Library.

We're celebrating Teen Read Week where teens can show their love of reading for fun by participating in our pumpkin decorating contest.  Come decorate a pumpkin with images, scenes, or symbols from your favorite book using a variety of art supplies.  We'll have our judges decide on the pumpkin that best depicts a book and that uses the art supplies in a creative way.   An award will be given to the first and second place pumpkins.

Please sign up at the Information Desk by Oct. 16^th.

Ages 12 -18.

Celebrate teen read week with us!  Use glow in the dark paint to create a masterpiece!

*recommended for ages 12 to 18*

Teens, join us at the Library as we celebrate Teen Read Week with Mosaic tile coasters making. Create a personalized Mosaic tile coaster using stones and mosaic tiles. Incentives will be given away during the program.

Come express your creativity in this activity!   We will be using different stones and mosaic tiles to make a design that expresses the artistic talents within.

Due to limited supplies, this program is intended for older children (age 10+) and teens.  Registration is required.   Please speak to a library staff member.

A free book will get given to participants in celebration of Teen Read Week 2012.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Game cards will be available for pick-up on Monday, October 15, 2012.
2. Pick up a Game Card at the Circulation Desk.
3. Use your book knowledge or the Library Catalog to find the answers.
4. Submit the form to any Library Staff Member.
5. All returned cards (completed) receive a goodie bag and book.
6. Completed cards must be received by 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 20 2012 to be eligible for Drawing.
7. ALL games must be completed to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. (Gift Cards)

Grades 6-12

Hey Teens!  Celebrate "Teen Read Week" and--"Read For The Fun Of It! @ Your Library"!  Explore graphic novels, magazines, newspapers, books on CD's, DVD's and the fun features of the Digital Library.

Join us for some low-budget horror fun! Featuring Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), Snowbeast (1977), Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), and House on Haunted Hill (1959). Movies are Not Rated.

Activities, games, and refreshments will also be provided. Ages 12 to 17.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Game cards will be available for pick-up on Monday, October 15, 2012.
2. Pick up a Game Card at the Circulation Desk.
3. Use your book knowledge or the Library Catalog to find the answers.
4. Submit the form to any Library Staff Member.
5. All returned cards (completed) receive a goodie bag and book.
6. Completed cards must be received by 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 20 2012 to be eligible for Drawing.
7. ALL games must be completed to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. (Gift Cards)

Grades 6-12

Calling all teens to celebrate Teen Read Week by joining us for a "Twilight Trivia" session and a Halloween Art Project of your choice. Bring a friend!

Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to come read a poem, share a drawing, tell a joke, play an instrument, etc. at our first after-hours Open Mic Night!

Microphones and refreshments will be provided. Advance registration is required for all performers and all performances should be appropriate for a general audience.

Contact the Library for more information or to register!

Join us for some low-budget horror fun! Featuring Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), Snowbeast (1977), Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), and House on Haunted Hill (1959). Movies are Not Rated.

Activities, games, and refreshments will also be provided. Ages 12 to 17.