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Movie list


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants II

Tropic Thunder

Hancock

Hell Boy II

Eagle Eye

The Strangers

Twilight

Change the World


Ignore Stupid People

Learn new things

Be a good example!

Plant a tree and a garden

Nix the Road Rage

Don't be in such a hurry

VOTE!

Spread laughter

Spay/Neuter your pets

Adopt a homeless animal

Send words of encouragement

Donate to a good cause

Join a group that does good in your community

Have a positive attitude

Smile

Journal Ideas


What You Like About Yourself

When You Laughed the Hardest

The Person You Most Admire and Why

Your First True Love

Your Best Summer

Your Favorite Meal

The Stupidest Thing You Ever Tried

When You Felt the Most Betrayed

Something You Wish You Would Have Bought

What One Thing You Wish You Could Change About Yourself

What You Would do with a Million Dollars

A Life Changing Event

Your Favorite Book and Why

What a Friend did that was Selfless

What One Thing Someone Can do that will Truly Break Your Heart

Your Worst Christmas

Your Favorite Childhood Toy

A Day When Everything Went Wrong

Joy


Getting an A

Finding Something Fun on the Web

Smiling

Drawing

Reading a Great Book

New School Supplies

Petting a Kitten

Snow Cones on a Hot Day

Feeling Healthy

Finding Money

Riverside Park

School Spirit

Calling a Friend

Blogging

Freedom

Laughter

Nice Sites


Free Printable Certificates

Simply the Best Fonts Download Free Fonts

AwesomeStories.com Enjoy an interactive learning experience as you see thousands of hand-selected and relevant links to pictures, artifacts, manuscripts, documents and other primary sources, IN CONTEXT, within each story. The first eight chapters of every story are available

Independence Public Library Our Library Website

Dictionary.com Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Multilingual Dictionary, Translator, Word Games, Grammar Help, Word of the Day in English and Spanish

ALA Teen Book Lists American Library Association's Teen Book Lists

YAB - Blogspot @ Indy Library Blogspot @ Indy Public Library for Teens

New YA Book List @ Indy Public Library New Young Adult books at the library

Learn Flash Nice Products!

Tazo Tea Nice Flash Web Site!

Stephane Guillot's Cool Web Site One of my favorite web sites

Art.com Great Artwork

Book list


The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding

The Death Collector by Justin Richards

The Wish House by Celia Rees

Twice Told by Scott Hunt

The Wrong Hands by Nigel Richardson

Closing the GAP by Jay McGraw

A Brief Chapter in my Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt

Dead Connection by Charlie Price

Just in Case by Meg Rosoff

Gossip Girl Series by Cecily Von Ziegesar

What is your New Year's resolutions this year?
Are they different from last year?

Mine? Well, I would like to lose 10 pounds...No...I WILL lose 10 pounds & exercise...and yes that was my resolution last year too...But this year is a new year! I will reach my goal!

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December 23

PIZZA PARTY !

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December 17

I Love myspace.OurPlanet

http://www.myspace.com/ourplanet

You can check out their new book at the library. It is in the non-fiction section on the second floor. The title is: Myspace/OurPlanet, the call number is 640 Anderson. It shows a number of ways each of us can make little changes in our lives that will collectively make a positive change for our environment.

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December 10

Christmas Tree Lighting Festival 2008

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November 07

Win Tickets to See the Movie Twilight !

Win Tickets to see Twilight !

All you have to do is read a book in the Twilight series...

Ask Lona for more information!

Read a Book... Win a Buck

For every book you read in November you can

earn a Christmas Library Buck

which you can use at our

Christmas Tree Lighting Festival

Saturday, December 6th

6:30 - 8:30 PM

Details at the library

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October 06

Books with Bite

Teen Read Week is October 12-18

Come into the Independence Public Libray for some really cool Books with Bite, including the Twilight series. Lots of fun programs are scheduled for Teen Read Week with Lona Reeves. Check it out!

September 24

Moive @ the Library: Evan Almighty

Enjoy a movie @ the library:

Evan Almighty starring Steve Carell

Tuesday, September 30th

3:30-5:00 PM

Refreshments will be served!

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Words Sweet Words


"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment." Margaret Meade

"If you find it in your heart to care for someone else, you will have succeeded." Maya Angelou

"But a child's sob in silence curses deeper than the strong man in his wrath." Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"It is not me who is dancing too fast, it's the violins that play too slowly." Marie Duplessis

"We can tell our values by our check book." Gloria Steinem

"Some of us have great runways already built for us, so if you have one, take off. If you don't grab a shovel and build one." Amelia Earhart

"If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger." Muriel Rukayser

"There is no perfect time to write, there's only now." Barbara Kingsolver

"If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves." Maya Angelou

"You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought." Lauren Becall

"If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are." Mother Teresa

"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react." Gloria Anzaldu

"We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly." Mother Teresa

"Nothing is so irretrievably missed as an opportunity we encournter every day." Marie Von Elsner

"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart." Erma Bombeck

"If logic tells you that life is a meaningless accident, don't give up on life, give up on logic." Shira Milgram

Fav Blogs


OurPlanet Change is Possible

Teens Read Too Website

Teens Read Too Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.

Alternative Teen The Alternative teen services blog is maintained by teen librarians who share ideas, resources, and advocacy about serving teens. By sharing our ideas in a fun and supportive environment, we will gain perspectives that improve our library services to teena

Virtual YA Index Public Libraries with Young Adult Web Pages

JHunt Award for Young Adult Literature How the JHunt works... The nominations, selected from works published during the year, are presented to the Adbooks group in the fall. Passionate discussions, alliances, and covert strategy sessions ensue, culminating each week as group members vote one

A Chair, A Fireplace & a Tea Cozy All I want: like Buffy, I want a chair. A fireplace. A tea cozy. And to talk about stories. Pull up a chair, have a cup of tea.

YA Authors Cafe Come on in, fill up your cup and let's talk teen books!

Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!

Manga Reviews

teenreads.com The Best Teen Blog

The Goddess of YA Literature pearls from the goddess

Reading Life Days with Cats and Books

Book Nut YA Fiction

Great Reads! Great Reads brings you book reviews on books you need to read from such great authors as Garth Nix, Clare Dunkle, DJ Machale and many more!

Loily's Book Tryst just a few personal notes about the books I've read recently - new, old, bought, borrowed, found, discovered.. more to be added when I can tear myself away from reading! (& work & life)

Caughters of Catastrophe S. P. Miskowski's Mostly Literary Blog

Veronica's Book Lounge "I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exhaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

YALSA The mission of the Young Adult Library Services Association is to advocate, promote and strengthen service to young adults as part of the continuum of total library service, and to support those who provide service to this population.

Teen New Book List @ Independence Public Library New Young Adult Book List

YAB - YA Blog @ Indy Library YA Blog @ Blogspot for the Independence Public Library

Yarn Abuse Terrific Knitting Blog

GO HERE!


Amnisty International Protecting Human Rights Worldwide

Greepeace Join in the struggle for a green & peaceful planet.

Lifesavers Horse Rescue

The Elephant Sancturary Working for better conditions for captive elephants and conservation of elephant habit

IDA In Defense of Animals

isketch My favorite internet game!

GoVeg Learn about Health Issues

Peta People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals