Kids’ Community Council

Tuesdays, January 21 - February 25, at 4:00 p.m.

Are you in grade 5, 6, 7, or 8? Are you a resident of New Brunswick, and interested in making your community a better place? Are you free on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. to attend meetings? If you answered yes to all of these, come join the Kids' Community Council! We are New Brunswick kids who meet once a week to discuss issues important to us and help take care of the library. This winter we will explore a Dungeons and Dragons campaign together. Snacks provided!

Afternoon Game Time

Wednesdays, January 15 & 29 and February 26, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.

Come test your mettle and challenge your friends with one of the library's video games, or have some fun with another type of game.

Open to tweens and teens.

Hour of Code

Thursdays in the Teen Room during Teen Room hours.

With this self-directed program, you can learn how to create your own website using HTML or your very own computer game through MIT's Scratch. Or explore other possibilities! Just come to the Teen Room during its open hours on Thursdays and sign in with the librarian there to start your Hour of Code!

Open to students in grades 7 through 12.

Friday Afternoon Magic

Fridays, January 17 & 31, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Young adults in grades 6 through college interested in playing Magic the Gathering are invited to meet up in the Teen Room and play a few games.

Manga Club

Monday, February 3, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Children and teens in grades 4 through 12 are invited to join us in the Teen Room to talk about their favorite manga titles and what makes these books so great. On special occasions we will watch anime episodes through the Library’s Crunchyroll account.

ASK Club

Monday, February 3 & 24, at 4:00 p.m.

A.S.K. Club returns for Winter 2020! The A.S.K. (After School Kids') Club explores science and math concepts in fun ways!

For grades 4 and up. Parents are also welcome: see your student build the critical thinking skills they need, and have some fun yourself!

Teen Conversation Café

Saturdays from February 15 to April 4 (no sessions on March 14 or 21), at 3:00 p.m.

Teens in grades 8-12 can join this English Conversation Café for free! English-speakers of any level are welcome. To join, please complete a registration form at the library. For more information, please contact Teen Librarian Trevor Hotalen at thotalen@lmxac.org or call 732-745-5108 ext. 20.

This program is possible thanks to a partnership with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

THE List of Lists

We like books so much, we made this list for finding some good ones.

This database offers recommended reading lists by genre, sorted by suggested age/grade levels. It lets you search for books by subject, author, title, or keyword, and provides an option for "read-alike" titles.

(Access limited to in library use, or accessed through JerseyClicks.com.)

This online list shows what has recently been added to the library's Teen collection. You can also use the catalog to search for specific books, in this library or in other nearby libraries!

The Garden State Teen Book Award is a project of the Young Adult Section of the New Jersey Library Association. Its awards committee, representing libraries from throughout the state, selected the nominees based on teen appeal and quality of writing from the previous year's 'Best Books' list.

Teens all across NJ are invited to vote for their favorite book title in any one or all three voting categories.

Ten books published for adults that have potential appeal for teens.

Fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18.

First given in January 2000, the award honors the young adult book that best exemplifies literary excellence.

This list is for young adults who, for whatever reason, do not like to read.

Teen Ink is "a national teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage writing, art, photos and forums." The library has recently subscribed to the magazine and you can check it out from us with your library card!

This website has book recommendations for the guys. You want action, adventure, or survival? This site's got it.

A website featuring out of the ordinary booklists for teens that has been an online presence since 1998 and is now an interactive blog, where teens can not only respond to the reviews but write their own!

This site is part of the Book Report Network and strives to "bring teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters."

Study Hall

Tutors from Rutgers are here at the library during much of the school year. Visit this page for more details.

Here are some resources that might help you with your homework and learning:

This digital collection is brought to you by the New Brunswick Free Public Library. Here, you will find information on some important events in the history of New Brunswick, from the colonial period up to the present.

The library subscribes to Learning Express Library, which includes more than 1,000 resources. Vist the "School Center" for practice, lessons, and study aids. There's academic skill building (reading, writing, and math), including resources in Spanish. You can even students can practice for Advanced Placement (AP®), college admissions, college placement, and graduate school exams.

This is a portal to multiple databases: Provided by the NJ State Library, patrons can log on with their library card number to access full text articles on Health, Business, Education, History and also magazine and newspaper articles.

“Since 1996, BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper has been the curator of the best free education and homework resources for students, teachers and parents.”

"EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies."

A homework-help resource from Information Please.

"Students can make use of our extensive video library, practice exercises, and assessments from any computer with access to the web... Our library of videos covers K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history."

"SweetSearch helps students find outstanding information, faster. It enables them to determine the most relevant results from a list of credible resources, and makes it much easier for them to find primary sources."

"Please enter the award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. Here you will find everything from A-gskw to Zveda Vechanyaya, with plenty in between."

"Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment... In addition to the answers, Webmath also shows the student how to arrive at the answer."

"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map."

Post-Graduation

Use these sites to explore your options after senior year. Plan and prepare early and often.

This site is designed to guide you "toward challenging, satisfying academic programs that will propel your career into the future."

This is a “mission-driven not-for- profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity.”

Visit the College Prep Center page for "practice tests, interactive tutorials, and eBooks to help you prepare for college success."

This site is a host for free and open courses for students. Their courses are searchable with an in-built search function.

An online pre-college program directory highlighting more than 100 Rutgers-affiliated programs available for K-12 students during the academic year and summer. Academic enrichment, for-credit courses, college access programs, arts and athletic programs, and camps are available on campus and at RU-affiliated satellite locations.

A free, customizable online student portal that allows middle and high school students to further connect to various resources and opportunities available at Rutgers. Students can use their portal to learn about majors and career options, view upcoming events on campus, subscribe to Rutgers social media feeds, and gain early access to part of the Rutgers University application for admission.

This site is a "go-to resource for helping degree seekers find the best colleges and programs to meet their career and personal goals."