Summer Reading Program

Teen Summer Reading Program
Get ready for summer at WMPL!
This summer's theme is Metamorphosis @ Your Library. Sign up for summer reading between June 30 and July 7 and enter to win a raffle prize. Great programs and fun activities all summer long!

Cooking Class

Cooking Class

July 28

4pm

Think you have what it takes to be a top chef? Learn how to make delicious nachos, a tasty treat for you and your friends!

Teen Advisory Group Meeting - CANCELED!

Thursday, June 12, 4:30
New members welcome! We need YOU to share your thoughts and opinions about the Westbury Library. Give us your feedback about our collection of books, movies and music. Tell us what kinds of programs you want to see. Discuss important issues affecting your library. Earn volunteer credit!

Guitar Hero winners!

Congrats to our Guitar Hero 3 tournament winners, Erik Langert and Christopher Cordova. Erik and Christopher both won $20 Gift Cards for Game Stop.
Want to get in on the fun? Come to our next CR@SH program, July 11th at 4pm. We'll have a DDR tournament on the big screen.

Book Review - Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

If you love Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, you are going to love this one as well!

This book was a great " good vs. evil" story. The thing is - you do not really know who belongs to which side. Aislinn is not like other teens, she can see things that other people can't. Her mother and grandmother have the same ability. She can see faeries. She has to pretend that she can't - you do not want to catch the attention of one of the fey. However, one is attracted to her and wants to make her his queen. She wants nothing to do with him. She needs to make them go away, however she makes a big mistake that ties her to the Summer King forever. She can lose her mortality and everything that she loves - including her new boyfriend, Seth. All because of a game between the fey. Find out if she can escape the Summer King or if her life is doomed.

This was a great, quick read.

Summer Reading Wrap-Up

Summer Reading Wrap-Up
August 15
5pm

Read and review three books this summer and you’ll receive an invitation to our end of the summer pizza party. Prizes and raffles too!

DKI Acting Academy

DKI Acting Academy

August 4 & 11

4pm

Presented by Drama Kids International. Explore your acting abilities through drama activities! Improve your speaking, acting and auditioning skills, or just come to have a good time.

Jewelry Making!

Jewelry Making
July 25 @
4pm

Learn how to make beautiful earrings and necklaces using beads and wire. Give them as gifts or keep them for yourself. Let your creativity run wild!

Pedicure Party

Thursday, June 5, 4:30
The weather is getting warmer and that means one thing – flip flops and sandals! Get ready to show off your toes! Learn how to pedicure and decorate your toes. Everyone will receive their very own pedicure kit to keep. Space is limited to 15 teens, sign up at the front desk.

Book Review - The Market by J.M. Steele

Oh my goodness, I LOVED THIS BOOK!

Kate is the kind of girl that tends to blend into the hallways during her four years of high school. Not popular, but not un-popular. Smart enough to get into Brown, but not hot enough to grab the guys attention. She has a close-knit group of friends and they have a great time together, but they aren't scoring invitations to parties hosted by The Proud Crowd, the resident popular clique in their New Jersey town. Until one day Kate DOES get invited to a Proud Crowd party, and finds herself face to face with hottie Will B, who whispers oh-so-sweetly "You were always the one I couldn't see". That same night Kate learns about The Market, an on-line stock exchange where girls are considered commodities and traded according to their value. There is real money at stake too, and it's not chump change. The winner of The Market will earn $25,000 at the end of the school year. So imagine how Kate must feel when she is finds out that she is number 71. 71 out of 140 girls. This comes as a crushing blow to Kate's ego, and after discussing it with her pals, Kate and her friends decide to do something about it. She is ready to make herself over in any way to increase her stock, and hopefully earn the big bucks at the end. Of course, they all realize how awful and disgusting it is to rate girls, but there is something so alluring about manipulating the system that Kate can't resist. And once she starts her transformation, from Kate to Kat - from boring J.Crew denim jackets to sexy thrift store mini-skirts- from late nights at the diner to late nights meeting up with Will B. in her parents hammock - Kate can't resist. She sinks deeper and deeper into The Market.

Of course, this kind of story has been told before: rags to riches, Ugly Ducking turns into the beautiful swam, geek turns into the prom queen - but the story is so good I hardly noticed. A definite must read!