Smyrna Library Teens

Take on our summer reading challenge! Earn volunteer credit hours as a reading buddy! Click here for more info:

Young Adult Summer Reading | City of Smyrna, GA WHO: Ages 13-18 WHAT: Reading incentives to keep you reading all summer. HOW: Sign up for a Beanstack account online by clicking here or download the Beanstack app for Apple or Android and keep track of how much time you read each day by logging your minutes with your Beanstack account. Read 1,000 m...

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Enter the Smyrna Scholars Essay Competition...Cash prizes are available!

Visit www.foslga.org for more info!

Don't miss Tuesday's big event: Zombie Barbies! We'll get together at 6:00 to do a quick community project and then make some delightfully undead Barbies. See you then!

Summer reading is here! Whether you're reading something you chose or tackling an assigned book, it all counts. Sign up today to complete the challenge and be entered to win a pair of Beats earbuds!

Click below for more information:

Young Adult Summer Reading | City of Smyrna, GA WHO: Ages 13-18 WHAT: Reading incentives to keep you reading all summer. HOW: Sign up for a Beanstack account online by clicking here or download the Beanstack app for Apple or Android and keep track of how much time you read each day by logging your minutes with your Beanstack account. Read 10 hour...

School's out for summer! Don't miss the chance to be part of our Summer Reading Program and to earn volunteer hours as a reading buddy! Click this link for more info and to sign up:

Young Adult Summer Reading | City of Smyrna, GA WHO: Ages 13-18 WHAT: Reading incentives to keep you reading all summer. HOW: Sign up for a Beanstack account online by clicking here or download the Beanstack app for Apple or Android and keep track of how much time you read each day by logging your minutes with your Beanstack account. Read 10 hour...

Earn volunteer hours by being a reading buddy this summer! All that’s required is sitting with a child for a short session as they read to you. Reading sessions will take place on Wednesdays from 11:30-12:30—sign up for any days that work for you.

Sessions are available starting May 31—July 19.

Click this link to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/bdexwmuy

It's Cape Day at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta! Check out our teens honoring the little superheroes at CHOA!

Don't miss our big children's and YA booksale, today from 10-4 and tomorrow from 1-4!

Happy first day of school tomorrow!

Don't miss the last DIY kit of summer: Shark Origami! Come in today to grab yours. We also have several kits from previous weeks available too.

Grab your new teen DIY kit today! This week's creation is an Aquaman and Friends beaded necklace--get your kit before we run out!

Hi teens! We've got a new URL to use for the Coral Reef Creation instructions:
https://tinyurl.com/2bs6urty

Teen DIY- Coral reef creations This is "Teen DIY- Coral reef creations" by Mary Moore on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Hooray for DIY Monday! Grab your Coral Reef Creation kit today--supplies are limited.

PS: No kits next week--we'll be closed on July 4th!

It's time to DIY! Pick up your Mermaid Macramé Keychain kit today--supplies are limited!

It's DIY Monday! Grab your teen Terracotta Lighthouse kit today while supplies last!

Teen DIY kits are back! New kits available each Monday during Summer Reading.

Don't miss today's Beach Bowl kit--supplies are limited!

It's time for summer reading! Click on the link below to track your reading, write book reviews, and be entered into a prize drawing!

https://smyrnaga.beanstack.org/reader365

Beanstack: Reading Challenges and Personalized Recommendations Beanstack is a platform for reading challenges and book recommendations for any organization, especially libraries and schools.

Teens! We still have a few spots left for tomorrow night's We Love Our Nurses event at 6:00 PM. Sign up below!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050549ADAD22A5FE3-welove

We love our nurses! We Love Our Nurses: The last couple of years have put so much stress on our country's nurses. Let's show them our appreciation! We'll be making framed crafts with encouraging messages to make National Nurses Week (May 6th-12th) brighter. Each participating teen will receive volunteer service time fo...

Last Tuesday our teens created beautiful beaded talismans as symbols of hope and protection, and they are on their way to a local domestic violence center. Check out photos of their work!

Teens, the 2022/2023 Peach Book Award nominees are out! Check out this year's list:

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink
The Assignment by Liza Wiemer
The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris
Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly DeVos
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury
In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp
The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch
This Will be Funny Someday by Katie Henry

Last night our teens made very creative, beautiful valentines to give to pediatric patients at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Happy early Valentine's Day from our Smyrna Library Teens!

The 2022 Youth Media Awards were announced yesterday! Winners were named by many sponsors, from the Printz Award for Excellence in Literature to the Stonewall Award for Young Adult LGBTQ Literature. Take a look!

Our Smyrna birds can nibble on some winter snacks, thanks to Smyrna Library Teens! Last night at Crafts for a Cause, they made a huge box full of feeders--lucky birds! Thanks to Keep Smyrna Beautiful for making this event possible.
Keep Smyrna Beautiful

Need last-minute gifts? Come check out our selection of Harry Potter ornaments and wands, made by our teens! Just $5, cash or check. Happy holidays from our Smyrna Library teens!

RSVP now for Crafts for a Cause, Tuesday the 14th at 6:00! All proceeds from the sale of crafts will benefit Ferst Readers of Cobb County.