Last chance to win!

Hey, all. Just a reminder that today's the LAST DAY to enter to contest to win a free, signed copy of Alanna: the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce! I'll be drawing the winner first thing tomorrow morning.

The rules again:

• You must be between 12 - 18 years old and have a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card
• You must be registered for Teen Summer Reading
• You must answer the three quiz questions correctly

The quiz questions:

1. What was the name of Alanna's cat?
2. Alanna went to Corus to become a knight. Where did her brother Thom go, and what did he want to become?
3. Where does Alanna find her sword?

To enter the contest, just email the correct answers, your name and your library card number to teensmain@carnegielibrary.org by 8:00 TONIGHT. The winner will be randomly selected from everyone who gets all three questions right and meets all the other requirements.

Important things

• There's new fiction on the book blog
• You have less than a week to enter the contest to win the autographed Tamora Pierce book
• Our Teen space is the featured YA Space of Your Dreams in the August VOYA, which arrived in the mail today. Be sure to ask to see it the next time you're in the library!

kbr

Oodles of books

Many, many new non-fiction titles have been added to the new books blog. And tomorrow, there will be abundant fiction titles added. Enjoy.

Win an autographed Tamora Pierce book!!

While I was in New Orleans for an American Library Association conference, I had the opportunity to meet Tamora Pierce and have her sign some books for me. Are you jealous? I thought you might be, so I asked her to sign one for you, too! I have a copy of Alanna: The First Adventure, autographed to "Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Teens" that I will give away.

It's not going to be quite that simple, though. Here are the rules:

• You must be between 12 - 18 years old and have a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card
• You must be registered for Teen Summer Reading
• You must answer the three quiz questions correctly

What's that? Quiz questions? Yeah, that's right. Here they are:

• What was the name of Alanna's cat?
• Alanna went to Corus to become a knight. Where did her brother Thom go, and what did he want to become?
• Where does Alanna find her sword?

To enter the contest, just email the correct answers, your name and your library card number to teensmain@carnegielibrary.org by July 31st, 2006. The winner will be randomly selected from everyone who gets all three questions right and meets all the other requirements.

If you want to enter but aren't registered for Teen Summer Reading, that's easy to fix! Just go here: www.carnegielibrary.org/teens/tsr

Good luck!!

kbr

D & D Campaign

Hello all! We have received more than a few inquiries about this summer’s Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Unfortunately we can no longer accept reservations because the program is full. However, due to the large interest in the event, we would like to extend an offer. If an interested teen wants to organize a Dungeons and Dragons campaign then we might be able to have a new game this upcoming Fall. If you have experience as a Dungeon Master and would like to organize a campaign then please contact the teen staff to discuss the details. teensmain@carnegielibrary.org

Harry and the Potters Live @ CLP

Here you have it, folks. Harry and the Potters live on the CLP lawn. I'll post more videos as I make them. Thanks for being a part!



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Best wishes,
Joseph

Those wizards definitely ROCKED.

As all of you who were here last night know, the Harry and the Potters concert was an amazing success. There were at least 300 people here, probably as many as 400, all bopping and dancing to the amazing tunes of Dracos and the Malfoys (boo! but yay at the same time) and Harry and the Potters.

I was really happy to see so many teens at the concert, and so many unfamiliar faces! I hope that you all are able to make your way back to CLP - Main to check out our amazing Teen area and say hi! I also want to say "thanks, you people are amazing" to all the folks who traveled so far to get here. I talked to one family who came all the way from Maryland! Now, that's dedication.

Joseph recorded the entire concert, and I took lots of pictures, so hopefully we'll be able to get some of that up on the blog soon.

Please, please, please...let me know what you thought! Did it rock as hard as it seemed to?

Also, many thanks to Paul, Joe, Brian, Brad, Cathy and Ryan. You all have put together an amazing show, and I hope the rest of your tour is a success!

kbr

Today's the day!!

Hi, everyone! I just wanted to remind y'all that the Harry and the Potters concert is TONIGHT! Yes, that's right, tonight. It starts at 6:00, on the lawn in front of CLP - Oakland. That is, unless it rains, in which case it will be held in the Lecture Hall -- everyone keep your fingers crossed that that doesn't happen! On the off chance that it does, you can get to the Lecture Hall by following the path to the right of the front doors. According to the weather report, however, it going to be a BEAUTIFUL day.

If you're planning on coming, I recommend bringing some water to keep you hydrated while you're dancing, and maybe a blanket or folding chair to sit on. Information about the concert can be found on our website, here: http://www.carnegielibrary.org/dontmiss/details.cfm?event_id=23245, or on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's website, here: http://www.post-gazette.com/events/default.asp?mode=8&id=15560

Prior to the concert, don't forget about Get Game! Video Gaming @ Your Library, which will take place in Teen from 3:00 - 5:00. We'll be hooking up the X-box and a GameCube that one of our interns is bringing in, and spending the afternoon hanging out and playing video games! This is your chance to help us plan whether we want to run tournaments over the course of the summer, and also to help us prioritize which Playstation 2 games we want to try to order for our collection.

kbr

Gossip Girl and More!

The New Books Blog has been updated with many, many new fiction titles, including not one but two books by the fabulous Pete Hautman and the new Gossip Girl book, Only in Your Dreams. I read it over the Fourth of July, and it's just at scintillating as the previous titles.

Of course, we got some new non-fiction titles in, too...and Joseph just taught me a new, faster way to update the blog, so hopefully I'll have those up soon! [EDIT: The Non-Fiction books are up, and in half the time it usually takes! Thanks, Joseph!]

kbr