2009 Summer Reading Blog Book

Are you looking for a great new book to read this summer?
Want to try something new?

Announcing a Cross-CountryTeen Summer Reading Project
Blogbook 2009
“Loulane Lambert’s Lists for Life”
by Barbara Larmon Failing

On June 1, 2009, Barbara Larmon Failing will publish her never-before published teen novel, Loulane Lambert's Lists for Life on its own blog. The book is written as a journal, so each day (for about 2 months), she'll post a new entry until the entire novel is on the blog. Teens can interact with the book via their comments.

Barbara Larmon Failing is the author of LASSO LOU AND COWBOY McCOY (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2003) about which the New York Times Book Review said, “I love this book for its humor, its drawings and its suggestion, at the end, that there is more to cowboys than clothes.”

"Loulane Lambert's Lists for Life" Book Trailer

Starting this Monday...follow author Barbara Larmon Failing's new online blog book @

"Loulane Lambert's Lists for Life"

For now, enjoy the trailer!

How many days old are you?

How many DAYS old are you?
Click here to find out!

Cool Website for the Week of May 3-9

Interested in HTML? Need help building your own website?

Funky Chickens is a really cool site that I use for my HTML needs (I use it a lot for this blog!)

From the website:

Funky Chickens was created in December 1999, to help teach HTML (HyperText Markup Language). HTML is made up of special codes that add the effects that make your website colorful, cool, and professional looking. We have divided the codes into sections to make it easier to find them. There is an index & glossary for you to locate and understand the various codes. If you have a specific problem, try checking out the "Questions" section.

CLICK HERE FOR FUNKY CHICKENS!

Cool website for the Week of April 26-May 2

Like comic book cover art?

Check out Cover Browser for comic book cover art and more!

Cool website for the Week of April 19-25

Not really a website but...

For all the video game fans out there, this is pretty neat!

Someone created an 8-Bit Nintendo version of "Guitar Hero"

Check out the video for more!

Cool website for the Week of April 5-11

If you're familiar with the band Daft Punk, you'll get a kick out of this.
If not, I hope you enjoy it anyway!

CLICK HERE FOR THE DAFT PUNK idaft CONSOLE

(if you're not familiar with Daft Punk, enjoy!)

Cool Website for the Week of March 30-April 4

WEIRD N.J.
Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Legends and Best Kept Secrets

Cool Website for the Week of March 1-7

It's not really that cool of a website, but it proves a really good point...

From the creators of the website:

What is All About Explorers?

Because we wanted to make a point about finding useless information even in a site which looked at first to be fairly well put together, all of the Explorer biographies here are fictional. While many of the facts are true or based on truth, many inaccuracies, lies, and even downright absurdity are mixed in indiscriminately. As such, it is important that you do not use this site as a source of reference for your own research!

What is the point that it proves? You can't trust everything you find on the internet!

That's why we're here at the library...we'll help you find all of the quality information you need for your homework...

Need information for a school project?

Why not try our databases?

Cape May County Library Facebook Page

Do you have a Facebook account?

If so, you can now become a fan of the Cape May County Library!

Keep up to date on events, news, and more through our Facebook page.

Click here to take you to our Facebook page....Become a fan of your local library!

Cool website for the Week of February 22-28

Picnik

WHAT IS PICNIK?
Photo editing made fun!
Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. It's fast, easy, and fun.

Picnik allows you to:
-Fix your photos in just one click
-Use advanced controls to fine-tune your results
-Crop, resize, and rotate in real-time
-Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun
-Astoundingly fast, right in your browser
-Awesome fonts and top-quality type tool
-Basketfuls of shapes from hand-picked designers
-Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
-No download required, nothing to install

And the neatest part...
Picnik works with your photos wherever they are:
-Myspace
-Facebook
-Flickr
-Photobucket
-Picasa Web Albums
-Webshots

CLICK HERE TO START PICNIKING!

Cool website for the Week of February 1-7

The Cape May County Library Game Night Central Blog

Did you know that we have quite an awesome Game Night here at our library? Check out this blog for up to date information on when Game Night is happening as well as loads of reviews and other cool video game related stuff...

Cool Website for the Week of January 26-31

MeritAid.com


Hey teens! Looking to apply to colleges? Need to find a scholarship? Check out this site for more!


What is MeritAid.com?
Did you know that there is around $11 billion dollars out there in scholarships?
MeritAid.com is a comprehensive directory of merit scholarships and academic scholarships from colleges across the country.

How To Use MeritAid.com
Sign up for an account on MeritAid.com
They'll show you colleges and merit aid scholarships that match.
Best of all, you'll hear from great colleges that want you to apply!

Cool Website for the Week of January 11-17

What Dewey Decimal Number Are You?
click here to find out!

Here are my results....

Justin Hoenke's Dewey Decimal Section:

383 Postal communication

Justin Hoenke = 019094855415 = 019+094+855+415 = 1383

Class:
300 Social Sciences

Contains:
Books on politics, economics, education and the law.
What it says about you:
You are good at understanding people and finding the systems that work for them. You like having established reasoning behind your decisions. You consider it very important for your friends to always have your back.

Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com

Google is Good! Part I: Google Docs

Welcome to the first installment of the new series Google is Good! at the Cape May County Library Teen Zone Blog!

On the first Monday of every month in 2009, I'll be bringing you this new feature to teach you about how Google can help you at the library with both your school work and everything else!

First up...GOOGLE DOCS!

Have you ever been typing up some homework on a computer only to realize later that you don't have a flash drive or something to save your work on? It's quite a bummer, but with Google Docs you now don't have to worry about that.

See, Google Docs is like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Powerpoint all rolled into one. You have all of these programs at your fingertips and the best bet is this...you can save your work at any time and you can also access Google Docs from ANY computer (just as long as you're connected to the internet). All you have to have is a Google account (see below for a video on how to sign up for a Google account) and you're ready to go. No more flash drives needed.

For more information on how to use Google Docs, watch this handy video from Google themselves:



Need to set up a Google account? Check out this video:

YAREADS.COM

Need a new Teen Book to read?

YA READS DOT COM!

is a really cool site I've been reading over the past few weeks. Its got lots of great reviews of the latest Teen books and so much more...

I highly suggest you check it out!

And for those of you who want to talk more about all things Teen Literature, head on over to their forums for more...

YA READS FORUM!

Also...
CHECK BACK HERE IN FOUR DAYS (DECEMBER 22) FOR EPISODE 2 OF THE TEEN PODCAST!

PROMT-Free Online Translation
Need help with your Spanish homework? Want to learn how to say "I enjoy eggs for breakfast!*" in Russian? Try PROMT!

*(which, by the way, is "Я наслаждаюсь яйцами на завтрак!")


Also...
CHECK BACK HERE IN ONE WEEK (DECEMBER 22) FOR EPISODE 2 OF THE TEEN PODCAST!

Cool website for the week of December 7-13

Sodaplay.com
Build stuff and have fun!

Cool website for the Week of November 30-December 6

Metacritic.com
The coolest review source for new movies, music, books, and video games. It takes all the reviews it can find on from magazines and online review sites and compiles an average score. Even cooler, it gives you access to most of the reviews so you don't have to roam around the internet finding them yourself!

Need help learning another language?

If you're a Cape May County Library card holder, you can access a super cool tool called the Mango Languages that you can use to help learn a foreign language...

Languages offered:
Brazillian Portuguese
German
Mandarin Chinese
Spanish
Italian
English for Polish Speakers
Japanese
Greek
English for Spanish Speakers
French
Russian
English for Brazillian Portuguese Speakers




Want to give it a try?

Try it from home: Click here

Inside the Library? Click here