Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m., January 8 - May 21.
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. Snacks provided!
Please fill out a registration form, available in the Children's Room. Any questions, ask Ms. Chelsea.
Wednesday, May 29, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Community Room.
A place for teens to try different activities and hang out with friends.
This program is for teens in grades 7 through 12.
Wednesdays, May 22 and June 5 & 19, 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. Stop by or ask Mr. Trevor to find out what's being offered this week!
Open to tweens and teens.
Thursdays in the Teen Room during Teen Room hours (between 2:30 and 6 p.m.).
With this passive 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.
Most Fridays* from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Teen Room.
This is a time for anyone interested in playing Magic the Gathering to meet up and play a few games.
This program is open to young adults in grades 6 through college, of all levels of experience. (*Check with Mr. Trevor or the librarian at the Teen Room Desk.)
Monday, June 10, at 4:00 p.m.
The A.S.K. (After School Kids') Club explores science and math concepts in fun ways! Come ready to think up some seriously cool ways to help your community! Kids will split into teams to solve a problem using their imaginations.
For grades 4 and up. Parents are also welcome: see your student build the critical thinking skills they need, and have some fun yourself!
Saturday, June 15 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
Teens interested in helping out at the library this summer must attend an orientation before they begin volunteering with the library. This event will include an introduction to the library, a review of the Teen Volunteer Program, Summer Reading Procedures, and some time to design your own name tags. Teens can learn about all the different ways to volunteer, including participating in a Reading Buddies program and joining the Great Stories Club for teens, sponsored by a grant from the American Library Association and the WW Kellogg Foundation.
For those in grades 9-12. For questions, please contact the youth services office at 732-745-5108 x13.
Saturday, June 22, at 10:00 a.m. in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
Teens who join the "Great Stories Club - Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation" book club this summer can receive volunteer credit! The club meets Tuesdays at 2 p.m. from July 2 through September 17 (start time for September meetings may be different). We will read Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew, Dreaming in Indian edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale, and Always Running, La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez.
Come to our kick-off to learn about the program, receive copies of the books you'll read over the summer, meet our partners at ReThink Theatrical, and participate in a racial healing circle, led by Sharon Stroye of the Rutgers-Newark TRHT Center.
For those in grades 9-12.
The Great Stories Club is generously funded by a grant from the American Library Association and the WW Kellogg Foundation.
For questions, please email Chelsea Woods-Turner, Youth Services Librarian, at chelsea@lmxac.org or Trevor Hotalen, Teen Librarian, at thotalen@lmxac.org.
Saturday, June 22, from 1:00 to 4 p.m.
All ages are invited to come learn about and sign up for the library’s Summer Reading programs! This year, we explore the "Universe of Stories." There will be fun activities for all and goody bags for the kids.
Kids in the Children's Room, Teens in the Teen Room, and Adults in the Main Lobby.
You may also check the Google calendar which lists all library events.
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."
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."
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."
