Welcome to Must Read Books, Scarsdale Public Library
Teen Services Review Corner.
Teens in grades 6 -12 are welcome to read and
write book reviews for fellow reading enthusiasts.
If you click on the cover or title of a book, you will be
directly linked to our catalog to see if it is available.
If you're interested writing reviews for Must Read Books,
send us an email at teen@scarsdalelibrary.org.
Who doesn’t love October? The blazing fall foliage, the brisk weather, the brief, bright interlude between summer and winter - for many, October is the high point of the year. Of course, October culminates with Halloween, notable for pranks, clanging door bells, costumes and too much candy. The holiday actually has ancient origins, dating back more than 2000 years to a Celtic observation called Samhain, when the ancients believed the shifting seasons opened a portal between the dead and the living.
Happy Fall! The kids are back in school, the days are getting shorter and the weather is cooling down. Did you know that September is Library Card Sign Up Month? If you or your child don’t have a library card yet, use this map to find your home library.
America’s richness and strength stems from its diversity.
Dear Scarsdale Teens,
Want to add a little something to the décor of the Teen Room? Here's your chance!
Please click on our Google Form here (https://forms.gle/2juuKGqQqZbZdhPS7) to vote for which of these 14 paintings you want to recreate as a mosaic art project for public display in the Teen Room on the white wall next to the flatscreen. You may select up to four paintings before submitting the form.
Timing is everything, in life and in sports. The Paris Olympics, which run from July 26-August 11, are perfectly timed to provide diversion and inspiration at the midpoint of a summer that is beginning to feel too long and too hot. Paris has previously hosted the Games twice, first in 1900 and again in 1924.
Feeling a surge of wanderlust but unable to travel this summer? Or, would you like to be inspired, motivated and energized about planning a future journey? Why not escape into a genre known as “armchair travel,” books that transport. No need for an airline ticket, passport or security clearance and, best of all, no glitches and no headaches. Exotic locales are just a page away when you check out the titles below. Click on the book jacket for a catalog link. Or, create your own armchair journey by consulting our extensive catalog. Adventure awaits.
Summer is officially upon us and with that comes Summer Reading! Our Summer Reading Challenge has returned. Make sure to sign up to receive your prizes for all the reading you do over the summer.
Hello Scarsdale Teens!
Here's the next installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!
Our latest prompt for you was: If you were going to choose a new name for yourself, what would it be?
You wrote:
This project is brought to you by Scarsdale Public Library's Teen Services Department & Teen Advisory Board.
There’s no better vacation - or staycation - companion than a good book, a real page turner that you absolutely cannot put down. The books pictured below encompass a wide variety of styles and themes; the one thing they have in common is their ability to transport. See the quotes below for the thoughts of famous authors on the joys of summer reading. And, finally, click on a book jacket to be taken to a catalog link.
“One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.” Jeannette Walls
Hello Scarsdale Teens!
Here's the next installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it-Prompts!
Our latest prompt for you was: What was your favorite toy when you were in preschool?
You wrote:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently typically celebrated each June in the United States to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
When the world has decided that people are supposed to be a certain way, but you’re living proof to the contrary, then hiding your differences is just helping everybody else erase who you are. - Cat Sebastian’s You Should Be So Lucky
Every reader their book. Every book its reader. - Two of S. R. Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science
Father’s Day, which always falls on the third Sunday in June, will be commemorated this year on June 16. While many of us think of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day as twin holidays, the two celebrations had very different historical trajectories. Mother’s Day became a national holiday only seven years after it was first celebrated on May 10, 1907, in Grafton, West Virginia.
Juneteenth, also known as the second Independence Day or Emancipation Day, is our eleventh and newest federal holiday, following the creation of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day in 1983. President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law on June 17, 2021, officially making June 19 a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, 2,000 federal troops marched into Texas, the westernmost state in the Confederacy and the last state to acknowledge the end of slavery despite the fact that the Civil