Haunted Toy Shop

“Halloween Visits Suisun City Library” happens this Thursday 10-29 from 6-8 PM.

Last year was an awesome mixed bag, highlighted by a haunted house, Polynesian dancers, reading aloud, crafts, photo booth and other activities. A lot of little kids left the haunted house crying then raced to get back in line, so it must have been pretty good. About 600 people attended dentists’ favorite holiday.

The 2009 event promises to be one for the books. About 50 teens have totally transformed the library’s meeting room into a Haunted Toy Shop. They’ve got killer bunny rabbit outfits, bloody bodies missing limbs and other frightening gear to reduce kids to blubbering blobs. And it should work.

We’re also binging in a dj and large speakers to rock the library for little kids. But don’t worry about that unless you never get enough of “The Monster Mash.” You want to go through the Haunted Toy Shop: again and again and again.

Call Jim at Suisun if you have any questions about this. 1-866-572-7587.

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2009 Teens’ Top Ten

Teens like you voted for their favorite books of 2009. They were announced this week for Teen Read Week, October 18-24, Read Beyond Reality.

1.                 Paper Townsby John Green

2.                 Breaking Dawnby Stephenie Meyer

3.                 The Hunger Gamesby Suzanne Collins

4.                 City of Ashesby Cassandra Clare

5.                 Identicalby Ellen Hopkins  

6.                 The Graveyard Bookby Neil Gaiman

7.                 Wakeby Lisa McMann

8.                 Untamedby P.C. and Kristin Cast  

9.                 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banksby E. Lockhart

10.             Gracelingby Kristin Cashore

You can find these books at your local Solano County Library.

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GuysRead

Hey guys, dudes, bros,

Are you fed up with all the books your teachers make you read about girls, and relationships, and vampire romance?  Looking for some action, maybe a little blood and guts, or possibly a monkey or two?

Jon Scieszka (of The Stinky Cheese Man fame) has just the site for you.  He's just relaunched his website Guys Read, devoted just to helping guys find books that are fun for guys.  And girls, don't worry - if you're interested in action and blood, you're welcome on the site too.

It's got lists of books on:

- How to build stuff
- War
- Outer space, but with aliens
- Sports
- Boxing and wrestling
- Monkeys and/or apes
- and more

And my favorite, if you go to this link, you can look at lists of favorite books by some great authors like Gordon Korman, Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), and Bruce Hale. 

So check it out.  Find a book that looks fun (and remember to see if we've got it at the library - we probably do!)

- Mark @ JFK

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Teen Read Week

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Grave Hunting & the Paranormal quiz

1. Do you watch shows like Paranormal State, Ghost Hunters, The Haunting,  Medium, or Ghost Whisperer?
2. Have you ever wondered what it would be like being a psychic?
3. What is it like being a paranormal researcher?
4. What is a grave hunter?
5. Have you ever needed to find a grave?
6. Are you curious about celebrity graves?
7. Are you interested in genealogy?
8. What is grave rubbing?
9. What is the history of post mortem photos?

Find out the answers at our Grave Hunters Revealed & Paranormal Experts programs at the Fairfield Cordelia library this month! We’d love for you to come & check it out. It should be a thrilling experience.

Paranormal Experts

Psychic, Irma Slage Tuesday 10/6 7pm

Director of Ghost Trackers Paranormal Research Group,Gloria Young Tuesday 10/27 7pm

Grave Hunters Revealed

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