Wednesday, November 2, 3pm in the Homework Center, Grades 5 and up.

The Youth Advisory Board is open to all kids in middle and high school. This is your chance to come and tell us what programs and events you’d like to see in the youth room! We’ll have snacks and soda and talk about upcoming events, plan future programs, and talk about your ideas. The Advisory Board also gets the chance to take home advance copies of books and review them for the library. It’s a great way to share your opinions on books with everyone at the library.

Are you ready for Halloween? Come make a leather mask with Amanda Leetch of The Uncommon Façade on Saturday, October 23 from 2:30-4:30pm ! Design, cut, and mold leather into fantasy creature masks.

Amanda can even help you make a mask to be worn with glasses, if you don’t want to take them off while you trick or treat!

This program is for kids in grades 5 & up, and registration is required. Materials are provided.

For more examples of Amanda’s work go to her Etsy shop. Workshop will take place in the Lecture Hall on Saturday, October 23 from 2:30-4:30.

To register, click here.

Kids in Grades 5 & up invited to program by “Wingmasters”
Wingmasters and Guardians of Ga’Hoole. . .To celebrate the release of the movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, based on Kathryn Lasky’s series of books The Guardians of Ga’Hoole, kids in grades 5 and up are invited to a presentation by Wingmasters on The World of Owls on Tuesday, October 5, 3-4 p.m. in the Lecture Hall. Wingmasters will have live, wild owls and present facts and information about different owls and how they live.

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners has awarded Beebe Library one of its EqualAccess grants of $5000. The grant will support our efforts to have pre-teens and teens participate more in library programs, become partners in the library, and participate in developing services, programs and skills to navigate independently and appropriately in the library.

Toward these goals the Youth Services Department has formed an advisory committee consisting of 13 young people from all middle school grades. The group met on October 8 and October 30 to brainstorm ideas for programs and activities and to begin the process of forming sub-groups for planning, events, gaming, web presence, etc.

The YA Events  Committee will meet on Friday, Nov. 14, at 4:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.  We’ll be planning for the Karaoke event.

The next meeting of the YA Advisory Group will take place on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 4:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.