Mercer Area Library
Young Adult Program Newsletter
110 E. Venango St.
Mercer, PA 16137
(724) 662-4233
www.mercerarealibrary.org
[email protected]
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April 2015
Celebrate YOUR Library in April!
April is National Poetry Month!
Celebrate your love of poetry
with activities at the library!
April 3: Children’s Easter Egg Hunt, 3:30 P.M.
April 7-10: Used Book Sale, During Regular Library Hours
April 11&14: Used Book Sale, 1/2 Price, During Regular Library Hours
April 11: Toddler Block Party, 10:00 A.M.
April 12-18: National Library Week!
April 14: Tablet, Phone, and E-Reader Workshop, 6:00-7:00 P.M.
April 15&16: Used Book Sale, $1 Bag, During Regular Library Hours
April 17: Used Book Sale, Free Books!, During Regular Library Hours
April 17: Family Movie Night, Into the Woods, 6:00 P.M.
April 22: Tablet, Phone, and E-Reader Workshop, 10:00-11:00 A.M.
April 24: Arbor Day Family Trees: During Regular Library Hours
April 27: Women’s Night Out, 7:00 P.M.
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Mercer Area Library
Library Used Book Sale: April 7-17
There’s no better thing to buy than a book! They make great gifts,
they can entertain your for hours, and they open your mind to universes of possibilities! The Friends of the Library will be holding its
Splendid Spring Used Book Sale at Library this year. It will be held in
the Conference Room at the library itself starting on Tuesday, April
7th. We have a very wide selection this year including a very large
non-fiction section. This is a great chance to expand your own collection and to support your library so we can continue to provide wonderful programming for our community.
Prices will be full-price from Tuesday, April 7th to Friday, April 10th, half
price on Saturday, April 11th and Tuesday, April 14th, and the dollar
per bags days will be Wednesday, April 15th and Thursday, April 16th.
All remaining books will be free on Friday, April 17th.
The library is always accepting donations of used books, but we do
request no textbooks, encyclopedias, or Reader’s Digest materials. If
you would like to help at the book sale, stop by the library and sign
up today!
Family Movie Night Presents: Into the Woods
From the director of CHICAGO and the producer of
WICKED comes a modern twist on the beloved fairy tales
you thought you knew. Meryl Streep stars in this epic musical saga about daring to venture INTO THE WOODS. Iconic
characters, such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack
and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel, find their fates intertwined
with a humble baker and his wife, whose longing to have a
child sends them on a quest to reverse a witch's curse. With
an all-star cast, this spellbinding adventure is everything you
could ever wish for!
Join us on Friday, April 17 at 6:00 P.M. for this whimsical
movie, free popcorn, and lots of fun!
You can watch the trailer here.
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Winner of Mercer March Madness: J.K. Rowling!
J.K. Rowling, author of the famous Harry Potter series, has
been dubbed Mercer’s favorite author after winning against
Charles Dickens in the library March Madness bracket. Rowling beat out 15 other authors for the crown. Thank you for voting and letting Mercer know that young adults have a say in
choosing the best of the best authors!
Poetry @ the Library!
Celebrate your love of poetry all month long at the library. Hang out in the teen section to make blackout
poetry. All you need to do is take a page from a discarded book, read it over for words that stand out to
you, and black out the rest of the text so you’re left
with a unique poem that’s all your own. For more info
on blackout poetry, visit Newspaper Blackout.
Celebrate National Library Week!
The American Library Association is celebrating National Library Week from April 12-19,
2015, and this year’s theme is “Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library.” Public libraries depend on the support of patrons and users who check out books, use computers, attend
programs, search for information on computers, download digital e-books and audio
books, and so much more!
Here are some things you can do to support the library:
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Join the Friends of the Library
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Learn about how libraries are funded
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Write letters to your political leaders to express the importance of the library
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Volunteer at the library
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Make a donation to the library
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Bring your friends and families to the library for materials and programs
Do you have something awesome you want to
contribute?
Mercer Area
Library
110 E. Venango
Street
Mercer, PA 16137
Our newsletter is looking for fresh voices to contribute great writing!
If you have a review of a book, movie, or album that you would
like to see published, just shoot us an email , and we’ll include your
work. Getting an article in a library newsletter is a great way to get
journalistic credibility from the community, so submit today!
The Month of April is…
National Poetry Month
Phone: (724) 6624233
E-mail:
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gmail.com
April 5: Easter
April 12-18: National Library Week
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April is National Poetry Month- 30
whole days of celebrating beautiful
words and powerful feelings. Even
though we enjoy that getting all that
emotion out of our systems and onto
paper, sometimes it can be difficult to
figure out what you want to say or how
to start writing. If you want to experiment with poetry and are unsure how
to do so or if you want to challenge
yourself with new ideas, visit Pongo
Teen Writing for great tips and templates that will easily get you started on
writing amazing poetry!