Want to be a book reviewer?

Do you like to read? Have you read anything interesting lately? Let us know & we may publish your book review in the Haverford Township Free Library's publication "Chapters."

Friday the 13th

Once again we must prepare ourselves for the dreaded Friday the thirteenth! Are you taking any chances on this day of fright and fear? If so, you are clearly not superstitious, nor do you suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia, the pathological fear of Friday 13. However, a lot of people think Friday 13 is an unlucky day, but why?? To answer this, there are two or three questions we must first ask ourselves about the luck of Friday the thirteenth:
Why Friday?
and why the thirteenth?
Most important of all, is it really unlucky?

What do you think?

Wee Free Men Movie

Sam Raimi, of Spider-Man and Evil Dead fame, plans to shoot The Wee Free Men, an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's wonderful YA novel about a girl who saves her brother from a wicked fairy queen with the help of tiny blue-skinned Scottish warriors.

Talk to Your Favorite Authors!

Want to know what's happening with some of your favorite authors? YA Authors Cafe hosts regularly scheduled chat sessions where you can discuss latest releases and talk directly to the authors. TONIGHT join host Marlene Perez for a chat with YA urban fantasy authors Holly Black, Cassandra Clair and Justine Larbalestier.

Sudoku in the Teen Area

Do you like to solve sudoku puzzles? They're fun & addictive! Just fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. That's all there is to it. There's no math involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. You solve the puzzle with reasoning & logic. TRY some out in the TEEN AREA - currently there are 6 different puzzles with more to follow!

Knitting

Join us every Wednesday from 3:30 to 4:30 pm for knitting. Yarn and needles provided or, if you wish, bring your own!

Happy New Year!

Welcome, 2006! HMS 7th grade Literary Lunch started a new book today - No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman. Hilarious story about 8th-grade football hero Wallace Wallace who is sentenced to detention atttending rehearsals of the school play, where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well. Has anyone else read this book? What did you think?