Southside Teen Programs

The Teen Programs at the Southside Library are returning on Thursday, January 5 at 4:30 pm.

The full schedule for teen programs:

1st Thursdays: Teen Book Club
2nd Thursdays: Librarian's Choice
3rd and 4th Thursdays: Anime Club
5th Thursdays (if there is one): Par-tay!

The Southside Library is located at 6599 Jaguar Dr. at Country Club Rd.
For more information, call 955-2829.

Taking a Break

Happy Winter!

Our wildly popular Children's and Teen programs will be taking a break for the holidays.

For the week of November 21-25, Thanksgiving Week, there will be no PreSchool Story Time at all three branches. Also, the Teen Program at Southside will not be held on Thursday, November 24.

PreSchool Story Time is taking a winter break starting the week of December 19. Storytime will resume after the new year starting the week of January 9, 2012.

The Teen Programs are taking a break as well. The last one of the year will be on Thursday, December 15. They'll resume on Thursday, January 5, 2012.

In the meantime, check out the Children's page for some special holiday events that are fun for the whole family!

Photo of the Winter Wonderland courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Spooky Stories

Autumn has arrived and for those of us who work with the under 18-years-old crowd, October is all about Halloween and having scary, candy-obsessed fun. At the Southside Library every Thursday afternoon there is a Teen program from 4:30-5:30 pm. The first Thursday of the month is the Teen Book Club.

In honor of scary fun, the teens spent most of the meeting creating their own short horror story. The teens’ read a few examples from the short story collection Half Minute Horrors, edited by Susan Rich, to jump start their creative thinking. The stories in this collection are a maximum of two pages long. The story, “An Easy Gig” by M.T. Anderson received the highest gross out rating but I’m not certain if that is due to the horrendous nature of the crime or the fact that the guilty parents framed an innocent teen for said crime.

Jon Klassen’s “The Legend of Alexandra & Rose” was the most influential story for our group. This story is a single image with a legend describing the locations of events. Through these legend descriptions a terrible crime and petty motivation are elegantly revealed. Klassen’s story inspired many of our participants to draw their own tale of murder and mayhem. Enjoy the original art created by one of our Southside teen participants. While you can’t read an entire story in this image, it does convey the malicious glee of a successful “trick”.



by AB @SS

Please Use Us

Over the past few years, we've added a bunch of online resources that can help enrich and improve your life. For example, we now have One-Click Downloadable Audiobooks, Mango Languages, Research Pro, Grzimek's Animal Life, and Britannica Online. While we're all busy, and all the information out there can be overwhelming, we need to know that we're spending your money wisely on these products.

Two resources that we feel a need to remind you about are the LearningExpress Library and the Literature Resource Center:


LearningExpress has over 800 online courses, tests and e-books. It includes GED, AP, SAT, and ACT test prep, as well as modules for different jobs and careers. You can create your own account and help track your progress as you take practice tests and skill-building modules. There are modules for Elementary, Middle, and High School students to improve their math, reading, and writing. There's also a section to help you with a job search, résumés, cover letters, and interviews.


With the Literature Resource Center, you'll be able to find biographies, criticism, overviews, reviews and primary sources for many of your favorite writers. Students of any age who need to do a report on an author will love this, and many author biographies have photos!

All these resources are available both inside the library and from home with a SFPL library card. If you have any questions about using them, please ask a reference librarian, on the phone, in person, or by email at library@santafenm.gov.

So please, if you need them, use them!

Comics & Manga:

Creating a Character
with FACT—Fine Arts for Children & Teens

A free teen program for ages 13-18

Southside Branch Library
Thursday August 4
3:30-5:30 p.m.

These classes fill up quickly. Registration begins on July 21. Call 955-2820 to register.

Explore the art of illustration in the style of Manga and graphic novels! Learn how to develop different characters focusing on facial expression, gestures, and fashion. All illustration materials including nib pens, ink, and colored pencils will be provided. The class will be taught by FACT instructor Melinda Baker.

The Southside Library is located at 6599 Jaguar Dr. off of Country Club Rd.


The Teen Programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library.

On Hiatus

Ah, August. When it seems that most of the world is on vacation, and the rest of it slows down to a syrupy crawl. We have a couple of announcements about changes in our usual programming:

Books & Babies will be taking a vacation from July 11-26. The next Books & Babies sessions will start on Wednesday, July 27 at La Farge, and Thursday, July 28 at Southside.

The Art Committee at the Main Library will not be meeting in August. They will have the next meeting on Wednesday, September 7, at 2:00 pm in the Main Library's Pick Room.

The weekly Teen programming will also take a break in August. This includes book groups, movie viewings, and Teen Advisory Board meetings. But, teens can sign up for the Comics & Manga Workshop that will be at the Southside Library on Thursday, August 4 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm. Stay tuned for the next round of Teen activities starting in September.

And while August is one of the busiest months for the Santa Fe community, there are some folks who believe that August should be abolished. We're definitely not in that camp, but we do believe that next month should be enjoyed as much as possible!

Change Your Reality

Youth Conference

Wednesday, June 22
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Santa Maria de La Paz Community Hall
11 College Ave., Santa Fe

For youth ages 10 - 13 living in Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Torrance Counties.

Conference Workshops include:
DWI Prevention * Domestic Violence Prevention * Suicide Prevention * Internet Safety * Being Green

Registration ends June 10! Go to the Change the Reality site or call (505) 992-9856 for more information.

Sponsored by Santa Fe County.

Books vs. Movies for Teens

This summer, the Southside Library will be taking a break from their regular teen meet-ups to offer Books vs. Movies! Teens ages 13-18 will be able to watch a movie one week, and to compare the flick to the book the next week.

All programs start at 3:30 pm on Thursday afternoons. The movie viewings will last 2 hours, and the book discussions will be 1 hour.

Since June has 5 Thursdays, the last one will be a Teen Party! Just show up and have some fun.

Call 955-2828 for movie & book titles and for more information.

June 2: Movie
June 9: Book

June 16: Movie
June 23: Book

June 30: Teen Party!

July 7: Movie
July 14: Book

July 21: Movie
July 28: Book

The Southside Library is located at 6599 Jaguar Dr. off of Country Club Rd.
These programs are free and registration is not required.

The Teen Programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library.

Teen Photo Wall at Warehouse 21

Opening Exhibition Reception

Friday, April 29
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Warehouse 21
1614 Paseo de Peralta
Railyard District

The City of Santa Fe Children and Youth Commission is pleased to announce the installation of a Teen Photo Wall at Warehouse 21, Santa Fe's Teen Arts Center. Anne Staveley, a local photographer, will install over sixteen photographs using wheat paste, a liquid adhesive made of flour and water. Born in Santa Fe and a graduate of Santa Fe High School and the Rhode Island School of Design, Staveley is a staff photographer for THE Magazine and a working portrait photographer in Santa Fe and around the U.S.

The Photo Wall will be 12 feet tall, installed on the west exterior wall of the Arts Center building, and will depict a wide array of Santa Fe’s youth. Staveley hopes that these larger-than-life images will empower and inspire Santa Fe’s teens. Through these portraits we can recognize that teens are an important part of a vibrant community. The Commission congratulates WH21 for this larger-than-life exhibit that is an alternative to graffiti.




For more information, contact:
Ana Gallegos y Reinhardt, Executive Director, Warehouse 21
ana@warehouse21.org

Kids aren't just the future...

...We've got tons of activities for them in the present!

Did you know that all three branches of the Santa Fe Public Library have Children's rooms with books, audiobooks, magazines, computers, and more. Whether your child is a newborn or in the last year of middle school, there's something for him or her in the Children's Department.

If you want to search just for Children's books and other items, we have a separate search page set up for this on our catalog. We also have a frequently updated list of New Children's Books. If you're encouraging a tween or teen to read, we have both a Young Adult Search and a list of New Teen Titles. Do you or your children need a library card? All the information and printable applications are here.

Our regular programming includes PreSchool Story Time at all 3 branches. This is for kids aged 2-5 years and includes a story, craft or activity each week. If your child is 6 months to 2 years old, check out Books & Babies at La Farge and Southside to encourage reading early. There are regularly scheduled programs that change monthly, so be sure to keep an eye on our For Kids page and the Library Events Calendar for dates, times, and descriptions. We also post notices of Children's and Teen events here at Icarus, so subscribe to our blog so you don't miss anything.

You can always call our Children's Departments to get more information about our fabulous offerings for kids:

Main Library
145 Washington Ave.
955-6783

La Farge Library
1730 Llano St.
955-4863

Southside Library
6599 Jaguar Dr.
955-2828

We look forward to seeing you!

Teen Programs Return

The Teen Programs at the Southside Library are returning on Thursday, March 17 at 4:30 pm.

Kicking it off will be Anime Club showing Spiral, episodes 1 & 2.

The full schedule for teen programs:

1st Thursdays: Teen Book Club
2nd Thursdays: Teen Advisory Board
3rd and 4th Thursdays: Anime Club
5th Thursdays (if there is one): Par-tay!

The Southside Library is located at 6599 Jaguar Dr. at Country Club Rd.
For more information, call 955-2829.

eAudiobooks for the Under-18 Set

Our One-Click Downloadable Audiobooks have been so popular that we're now subscribing to books for children and teens. As of this writing, we have 31 titles in Children's Classics, 355 in Children's Fiction, and 18 for Children's Nonfiction. For teens, there are 9 titles in Young Adult Classics, 239 in Young Adult Fiction, and 10 in Young Adult Nonfiction. Just like our Adult eAudiobooks, we'll be adding to these collections every month.

You can find all these listings on our catalog, or you can Browse by Subject on the One-Click Audio site. For step-by-step instructions, be sure to visit our One-Click Audio page.

Children and Teen Book Awards

This past weekend, many of our library colleagues converged on sunny San Diego for the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting. A highlight of this annual event is the announcement of award winners in Children's and Young Adult books, including the renowned Newbery and Caldecott medals.

Here is a list of some of the award recipients:

Newbery Medal: Moon over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool.

Caldecott Medal: A Sick Day for Amos McGee, by Erin E. Stead.

Printz Award: Ship Breaker, by Paolo Bacigalupi.

Coretta Scott King Author Award: One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia.

Pura Belpré Author Award: The Dreamer, by Pam Muñoz Ryan.

Morris Award: The Freak Observer, by Blythe Woolston.

Stonewall Award: Almost Perfect, by Brian Katcher.

YALSA Award for Excellence: Janis Joplin : rise up singing, by Ann Angel.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award: Tomie dePaola.

Margaret A. Edwards Award: Sir Terry Pratchett

For information about Honor Books (runners-up) and winners for additional medals and awards, check the official press release. For information about the awards themselves, the ALA has these links.

Teen Graphic Novel / Manga Workshops

with FACT: Fine Arts for Children & Teens

Part I: Creating a Character:
Explore the art of illustration in the style of Manga and graphic novels! Participants will develop different characters focusing on facial expression, gestures, and fashion. Illustration materials include using nib pens, ink, and colored pencils on vellum and acetate.

Part II: Designing a Story:
Learn effective techniques for visual storytelling! Using the characters developed in the first series, participants will draw a one page scene from a story focusing on pacing and layout design.

Southside Branch Library, 955-2820:
Part 1: Saturday, October 23: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Part 2: Saturday, October 30: 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Main Library, 955-6783:
Part 1: Saturday, November 6: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Part 2: Saturday, November 13: 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Classes are taught by FACT instructors Aline Hunziker and Melinda Baker. All materials are provided for these FREE programs.
Registration opens October 9th.

Space is limited so call to register:
Southside: 955-2820
Main: 955-6783

Sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library.

Teen Activities

at the Southside Branch

Wanna eat ramen and watch anime? Hang with your friends? Have your voice heard by helping plan cool teen programs? Read the book before the movie is released? Get crafty? Well, you can do all that at the Santa Fe Public Library Southside Branch! Join us every Thursday at 4:30 p.m. starting September 16. Teens 13 to 18 years are invited to come in and see what’s up.

The Teen Book Club meets on the first Thursday of every month at 4:30. We’ve read and discussed Eragon by Christopher Paolini, The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause, Going Bovine by Libba Bray, and many more. Join us, and help decide what we’ll read next!

Have ideas for new teen events at the library? Gone to an event in the past you’d like to see again? We’ve had mystery and vampire parties, chocolate-tastings, photography and calligraphy workshops, and much more. Want a say in what new books, movies and magazines are purchased for the library? Then the Teen Advisory Board is for you! We meet the second Thursday of every month at 4:30.

Anime Club is held the third and fourth Thursday of every month at 4:30. It starts on September 16. We will be showing Galaxy railways: Ahead full! part 1 on the 16th, and part 2 on the 23rd. Join us for anime on the big screen and ramen. Choose anime, watch anime, talk about anime. And if there’s a fifth Thursday in the month – par-tay!

For more information about the Southside Teen Programs, call 955-2828. Discover, have fun and be heard!

Youth Artists Wanted

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF SANTA FE
SEEKING YOUTH ARTISTS
TO ASSIST WITH BUS MURAL
Literacy Volunteers are looking for teen and young adult artists to help paint a literacy mural on the side and back of a Santa Fe Trails bus on September 16 and 17.

Muralist and literacy advocate Phil Yeh will be in Santa Fe on September 16-18 as part of Literacy Volunteers 25th celebration. Phil is an exciting person who has done over 1800 murals around the world and written books over the past 25 years.

If you are interested, please contact Meredith Machen, President, Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe, 988-4523 or 577-6337, mermachen@cybermesa.com.



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle co-creator and Phil Yeh.

For more on Phil Yeh, please see Cartoonists Across the World and America. For more on Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe, check out their website or call 428-1353.

Anime at the Main Library

Are you interested in Anime and want to hang out with other fans? Check out the Main Library Anime Club! It meets the 1st & 2nd Thursday of each month, from 4:15-5:15 pm. Each month features a different film and tasty snacks. The next film, Tenchi Muyo GXP, will be shown on September 2nd and 9th.

Anime is a style of Japanese animation. It's similar to the popular manga comics. Whether you've been an Anime fan for years or just getting started, you're welcome to just drop by, watch some anime, and help choose the movie for the following months!

Anime Club is free, open to teens ages 13-18, and no registration is required.

The Main Library is located at 145 Washington Avenue.
For more information, call 955-6783.

American Indians in Children's Literature

Debbie Reese has spent years discussing and writing "about the good, and the bad, and (speaking frankly) the ugly with regard to how [American Indians are] portrayed in books." From Nambé Pueblo, she now teaches at the University of Illinois in the American Indian Studies Program. Thankfully, she hasn't forgotten New Mexico in the midst of her research, writing, and presenting.

Debbie Reese's blog, American Indians in Children's Literature, is a fantastic resource for booklists, journal articles and reviews, and ongoing commentary on artifacts such as the "Ten Little Indian Dolls". The highlight of the blog is her lists of Top Ten Books for Elementary School, Middle School, and High School. These lists are open to comments, and other readers have expanded the lists to be more than ten titles apiece. At the end of each list is a link to expanded book summaries from School Library Journal.

If you're starting a school or home library, or are a parent or educator who would like to provide young readers with well-written books about Native Americans, and you don't know where to start, check out this resource. Even if you're not actively seeking out children's books, this is an interesting blog to keep abreast of how American Indians are portrayed in American media and culture.

Teen Reading

One of the best things about the internet is how much easier it's made sharing information and opinions across geographic boundaries. Aside from Amazon reviews or comments made on blogs and YouTube, online tools have made it much easier for librarians to compare and share all kinds of information to help us provide you with better resources. Whereas we used to rely on magazines like Library Journal or pricey conferences for this sort of sharing, now we can just click on a link and read what a librarian friend has to say about an author, a program, or a policy.

As the Santa Fe Public Library has been building up its Young Adult, aka Teen, book collection, I've been paying special attention to the recommendations from my Teen Librarian pals around the country in addition to traditional resources like YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association). Aside from getting information from emails and Facebook posts, one of my fave librarians has a column devoted to Young Adult fiction. Her most recent recommendation is Sarah Dessen's novels, and other topics include Award Winners, Booklists, and Book Reviews. While the librarian's location in Upstate New York makes her Local Author posts a little less local to us, it's interesting to read about a lively teen literary scene in another part of the country.

Teen Programs Update

The Teen Anime Club at Main Library will continue throughout the summer. The club meets on the 1st & 2nd Thursday of each month, from 4:15-5:15 pm. Each month features a different anime film, and no registration is required. Call 955-6783 for more information.

The Teen Programs at the Southside Library will be on hiatus over the summer starting in June. This includes the Teen Advisory Board, Teen Book Club, and Teen Anime Club. We are working on when these programs will resume, and will keep you posted.

Have a fun and happy Summer!