This summer, take a picture of yourself, along with whatever you’re reading, and where you’re at. Then send it to laura@charlevoixlibrary.org. Your picture will end up on display in the Teen Lounge and on the library’s Facebook page.

Pictures can be taken anywhere: the beach, a front yard, downtown Charlevoix, the library, a vacation, etc.

Need a new t-shirt? Come to the library & spray paint a white t-shirt to spice up your closet. Then, take your t-shirt home when you're done. T-shirts & supplies provided.

Come to the library & get a temporary tattoo. Henna is an art of expression. Express yourself with this natural art.

Jumping Off the Bandwagon will be teaching you to express yourself through modern dance. You will be able to see Jumping Off the Bandwagon in action & you will be learn new dance movements. Anyone is welcome - no previous dance instruction needed!

Make a film, submit it to the library, watch it with your peers on the library big screen & vote on the films.

Sites to see:

Library Databases

Britannica Online an encyclopedia with magazine articles, the Web's Best Sites, media clips & videos. Also includes an atlas, timelines, world data & news of the day.

Student Resrouce Center Bronze need help with homework? Info. on geography, literature, history & science. Primary sources, statistics and multimedia content.

Novels for Students is an e-book collection with plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, author biographies & critical overviews.

American History Online has more than 500 years of political, military, social & cultural history. It includes biographies, events & topics, primary sources, timelines, era essays, images, maps, charts, chronologies & learning centers.

Booklists

Need some unusual reading suggestions & reviews? Reading Rants

Visit the Internet Public Library’s Teen Space for links to entertainment, health and sexuality, money and work, technology, homework and more.

New York Public Library has a wealth of information, as well as a great booklist (books for the teen age).

Music

Allmusic gives info. about every aspect of popular music.

Finetune allows you to create a streaming radio station tailored to your taste.

Grammy's music awards at their best.

Last.fm allows you to share your musical side with others.

Hype Machine is an MP3 Blog

Pitchfork reviews new albums daily.

Creative Writing

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.

Post Secret Anonymous secrets that people from all over the world submit on post cards to Frank Warren in Massachusetts.

Found We collect FOUND stuff- love letters, birthday cards, photos, to-do lists, poetry on napkins, doodles- anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life.

Games

Free Addicting Games

Games for the Brain features "Sudoku," "Chinese Checkers," "Chess" and others.

Puzzle Pirates where every activity is a puzzle.

Politics

Living Room Candidate TV Campaign Ads from 1952-2004

eLECTIONS On-line game involving the White House

Budget Hero Try your hand @ managing the $3.3 Trillion Federal Budget

CNN Student News

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index

Welcome to the Teen Lounge @ your library:

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