Library Teen Talk: February 2019

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Teen Space Program

with Miss. Amanda

In honor of Black History Month, this month's Craft-Rageous craft was painting pictures inspired by African-American expressionist painter Alma Thomas.

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Please click here or here to learn about Ms. Thomas

Some teens chose to take creativity into their own hands and paint in there own style. Either way they all created beautiful art.

[📷Credit: Miss. Amanda]

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Book Review - When Dimple Met Rishi

📖Recommend for Grades 8 and up📖

When Dimple Met Rishi

by Sandhya Menon

When Rishi introduces himself to Dimple by saying they are going to get married, the result is an iced coffee in his face. Now what Dimple thought was her Indian parents loosening up and allowing her to attend her dream summer program, was actually a plan for her to spend time with the boy they want her to marry. Rishi is good with the arrangement and plans to spend the summer wooing Dimple.

This book is not a mushy romance but an awesome cultural romantic comedy. Readers will get both Dimple and Rishi’s side of the story and enjoy their different views on the situation they find themselves in.

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Monday, February 25, 2019

Did You Hear?

Last night at the Academy Awards history was made with TWO Black Panther Wins.

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Ruth E. Carter became the FIRST First African-American to Win an Oscar for Best Costume Design!

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When Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart won the Oscar for Best Production Design Ms. Beachler became the FIRST African-American win in that category.

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Black Panther also took home a win when Ludwig Goransson won for Best Original Score

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Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse also swept award season by winning the Oscar for Best Animated Film

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Congrats to all the winners last night!

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Teen Space Program

Polar Bear Cupcakes

with The Baking Coach

Wednesday's snow made perfect weather for decorating cupcakes like an arctic animal. The Baking Coach showed teens how to turn boring (but yummy) vanilla cupcakes into almost to adorable to eat polar bears.

First icing their cupcakes with vanilla frosting, teens then used white, pink, black, and purple fondant to make the face to place on top.

As with most programs some teens decided to get creative with their supplies.

Each teen had three cupcakes that were both delicious and adorable to take home. Some though didn't make it out of the library as the makers couldn't resist snacking on one.

[📷Credit: Ms. Kendrick-Samuel]

Friday, February 22, 2019

Book Review - The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

📖Recommend for Grades 7 and up📖

The Family Romanov:

Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

by Candace Fleming

This is the well-known ending: Nicholas and Alexandria, the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia were murdered, with their family, by members of the Revolution. But why? And what happened before? Find out about the Romanov family, the experiences of the peasants in Russia, and how the two worlds collided.

If you got your knowledge of this family from the 20^th Century Fox’s animated film Anastasia (have teens your age even seen that film? but then again there is the musical which I’m sure is closer to the film than the real story), anyway, if you have seen the movie or musical, you are in for a rude awakening. The real story of this famous family is a lot more horrific than the beginning of the movie portrays. The history of the Romanov’s is an interesting one and there are pictures to aid in history.

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Thursday, February 21, 2019

Teen Space Program

Chicken Cutlets and Nuggets to Die For

with The POWER of FOOD Productions

February Break means awesome programming here at UPL and teens were treated such a program presented by Chef/Dr. Robert Dell'Amore.

Teens were shown how to make Chicken Cutlets and a side of pasta to go with it.

After Chef/Dr. Robert Dell'Amore came the fun part of digging into the yummy food.

[📷Credit: wishes to remain a secret]

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Weekly Wednesday Quote

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Book Review - Dread Nation

📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖

Dread Nation

by Justina Ireland

It’s the American Civil War and the North and South are fighting each other, but then they face a new common enemy when the dead start to rise. It’s years later and African-Americans are trained in special schools to fight the dead. Jane is among those being trained at Miss Preston’s School for Combat in Baltimore. When families start to go missing, Jane tries to find one in particular but gets caught snooping around. Her punishment is to be sent out West where a new town is being formed, but things there aren’t as perfect as the residents are being lead to believe.

Fans of The Walking Dead should give this a try as the format is similar in the dead being a big part of the story, but it not being a complete zombie story. Jane is a likable character whom readers will root for. Unfortunately, the story is slow to start but picks up as she heads out West. The ending though will have readers itching for the sequel which is expected to be out sometime next year.

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Monday, February 18, 2019

Did You Know?

Here at Uniondale Public Library we offer more than just books. You can also borrow video games to take home and play. Right now, our collection is on the small side but it will grow before your eyes.

Teens need permission from a parent or guardian in order to check out video games, but once they come in and fill out the form, you are good to go.

The video games offered are for three different systems: Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One.