Puppets!

Do you enjoy arts and crafts? Do you like to work with children? If you answered “yes,” then read on!

On Thursday, November 19 at 7 PM, the Junior Friends of the Library will meet to plan a children’s puppet-making program. In December, the Junior Friends will help children make paperbag puppets and then hold a fashion show to display the finished products. The Junior Friends will also act as judges and award prizes to the puppetmakers.

Anyone in grades 6-12 is welcome to join the Junior Friends and help out with the puppet show. Check out the “About” page for more information about this group.

See you on the 19th!

Celebrate National Teen Read Week!

National Teen Read Week is October 18-24. To celebrate, the library is hosting a Vampire Party on Monday, October 19 at 6:30 PM and a felt Jack-o’-Lantern craft workshop on Thursday, October 22 at 7 PM, both for tweens and teens in grades 6-12. (Registration is required for both of these FREE programs.)

Come to the library to enjoy these activities – or one of the other events happening this month – and while you’re there, borrow some of our new books!

Check out the “Oct. Events” page for info about all of this month’s events for young adults!

Read to Win Wrap-Up

Congratulations to the winners of this summer’s Read to Win! raffles. Check out their photos on the Pictures page.

The teens in the summer reading program did an impressive job! Seventy young adults in grades 6-12 registered for Read to Win! The participants in this program read and reviewed an amazing 141 books.

Come back to the library this fall to read your friends’ book reviews. They’ll be on display during Teen Read Week in October. In the mean time, I’m working on a big book order, so there should be some fun new reads on the shelves soon.

Read to Win!

Read to Win at the Oxford Public Library this summer! For each book you read, write a short review (about 3-4 sentences) and receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win prizes from our sponsors:

Laser Planet, Yankee Paintball, Rich Farm, Lake Compounce, Connecticut Defenders’ baseball team, Peak Fitness, McDonald’s

Grand Prize: Autographed Photo of Mike Lowell, third baseman of the Boston Red Sox

Registration for the summer reading program begins on Thursday, June 25 and continues into July.

To find out about other exciting programs at the library, check out the ”Summer Events” page. A full calendar of library events is located on our homepage.

Book Review Videos

Are you searching for a book to read? Let the Junior Friends of the Library help you! The Junior Friends have recorded their own reviews of books you can find at the library. Visit the “Videos” link to watch!

Nintendo Wii at the Library!

The library recently purchased a Nintendo Wii by using a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Visit our events page to learn about upcoming FREE programs where you can use our Wii!

Hello world!

Welcome to the Oxford Public Library’s Teen Page! This blog is still under construction, but there are already programs listed on our “Events” page. Check them out and come back soon to see updates to this blog, including videos made by the Junior Friends of the Library.