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May 23rd

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 22

Read poems by writer’s on Figment (then join!)

Apr 22nd

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 20

Some teenagers in Northern Indiana created a Facebook page to celebrate the upcoming generation of poets. Follow them and hear some great poems by aspiring poets just like you!

Apr 20th

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 19

Learn how to write a poem from a teenager! Check out what Meredith Weber, a 17 year old poet, wrote, and get some ideas for a poem of your own!

Apr 19th

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 18

Learn to draw pictures with words, taking a few tips from Sylvia Plath! (one of my favorite poets by far!) Scholastic put together a “master class” on poetry, for the student who likes a poetic challenge. Check out their info on Sylvia Plath’s poetic images by clicking the picture below!

Apr 18th

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 17

Put a poem in your lunchbox! Take a poem with you when you eat lunch! It’ll give you something fun to do while you’re munching. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5629

Apr 17th

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 16

Today put a poem (or book of poems) in an unexpected place. Under your mom’s pillow, on the bathroom mirror, in your friends locker (you know those little slits at the top!), etc…

Apr 16th

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 9

Cut out words from a magazine and make a poem with the words! This is called “Cut-out Poetry” or “Found Poetry” Give it a try!

Apr 9th

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New Book List: Exercise Books

Click on the book below to see a list of books on exercising. Lets get moving!

Apr 8th

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 8

Read a novel written in verse (you know, like an Ellen Hopkins book). Click on the book below to see a list of books written in poetic style.

Apr 8th

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Apr 7th

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“Eating Poetry by Mark Strand Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is...”

– Celebrate National Poetry Month! Day 6 Read a poem that’s popular with teenagers. Check out this link!

Apr 6th

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 5

Write a poem on the sidewalk! Get out that sidewalk chalk you used when you were younger (I know you have some), and write a line from a favorite poem. Take a picture and send it to a friend! See more info: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5630

Apr 5th

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 4

Play Exquisite Corpse with your friends. You’ve probably played Exquisite Corpse in art class, remember (see photo below) Exquisite Corpse is a collaborative poetry game that traces its roots to the Parisian Surrealist Movement. Exquisite Corpse is played by several people, each of whom writes a word on a sheet of paper, folds the paper to conceal it, and passes it on to the next player...

Apr 4th

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Apr 3rd

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 2

Read a book of poetry! Get one from your library. We have some at Warsaw Library.Click to see if its in.

Apr 2nd

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Apr 1st

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Celebrate National Poetry Month: Day 1

Start a Commonplace Book to record all your favorite quotes and poems. Today, find a small notebook to record poems or fragments of poems that you come across in your reading. As you add to your own commonplace book, you will be drawing a map of your life as a reader and thinker, creating a valuable portrait of your memory and time. - See more at: Poets.org

Apr 1st

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Feb 20th

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Jan 29th

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Jan 24th

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Jan 12th

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Jan 12th

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Dec 28th

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Dec 28th

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Why I’ll Always Have a Paper Journal (And You... →

WHY I’LL ALWAYS HAVE A PAPER JOURNAL (AND YOU SHOULD, TOO!) by Erin Long If you told me as a kid that I’d be discouraging someone from emulating Doogie Hoswer, I’d be shocked. I know it seems cool to be like Doogie Howser and have a journal you type on your computer every night on a really blue screen but I think we can’t let the magic of a paper journal/notebook/diary/log/whatever to go to...

Dec 17th

Dec 11th

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Zombies, Aliens, and Angels, O MY!

Book to Movie Countdown! Warm Bodies: February 1, 2013 The Host: March 29, 2013 World War Z: June, 2013 City of Bones: August 23rd, 2013!

Nov 15th

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Nov 7th

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Warning: this might be the most disturbing thing...

What Scares Daniel Kraus? Posted on October 31, 2012 by NOVA REN SUMA Link to actual article posted on Distraction no. 99 by YA author Nova Ren Suma. http://distraction99.com/2012/10/31/what-scares-daniel-kraus/ She is the author of Imaginary Girls, a book that we also have at our library! Please check out her post. What scares you? That’s the question I asked YA authors for this blog series...

Nov 5th

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Anonymous asked: i dowlaoaded overdive and downloaded a couple books do i need to have internet access at all times in order to read my books

Oct 31st

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Oct 29th

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Oct 29th

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Oct 26th

New books @ the Library!

Check Catalog Every Day In his New York Times bestselling novel, David Levithan introduces readers to what Entertainment Weekly calls a “wise, wildly unique” love story about A, a teen who wakes up every morning in a different ….. More Info |Check Availability Check Catalog Skyship Academy: Crimson Rising Our best-selling sci-fi series continues Following their...

Oct 24th