Check your emails–we've drawn the grand prize winners for the summer, so seven of you will receive iPod Shuffles, and one will get the grand prize of the iPod touch. I wish we could have given everyone a prize, but we don't have the budget to do that with around 2000 of you joining for […]
First of all, thank you to everyone who made Word Out! 2009 happen: the TPL staff, the authors and creators who gave their time, the celebrity guests at the BATTLE OF THE BOOKS, and most especially the teens who joined and contributed. We didn't quite reach 4000 comments, but we came pretty close. 🙂 So what […]
Great news! We ended up having some extra cash in the budget as we neared the end of the summer, so here's what's being done:
Nonfiction Book for August 24: The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara Here's an inspirational book for all you Word Out readers. Mariatu Kamara was twelve years old when a violent civil war broke out in her native Sierra Leone. A once happy and stable life spent with an extended family in a peaceful, […]
Check your email–we've drawn the prize winners for the August 17 - August 23 period and sent emails to the winners. Congratulations to the winners! Next week we'll draw the grand prizes.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I received this book as a gift from a friend who loves reading YA novels. She knew I liked stories that take place in a post-apocalyptic world and she also knew about my reality show obsession, and of course that is what the Hunger Games is all about.
Check your email–we've drawn the prize winners for the August 10 - August 16 period and sent emails to the winners (including the winners of the books from the thread on Mitochrondial Curiousities). Congratulations to the winners! One more week of normal prize draws and then the grand prize draw in the last week (and some more chances to win random […]
Celebrate the end of the Word Out! Teen Summer Reading at Barbara Frum's Wrap-Up party. Eat food, win prizes, have fun! Thursday, August 276-7:30 p.m.Barbara Frum District LibraryRoom B, 3rd Floor
Zot: The Complete Black and White Collection, 1987-1991 by Scott McCloud In this collection you will find the complete black and white issues of the Zot! series volume 11-36. I admit that I was not captivated by the storyline or the main characters, superhero Zot and his girlfriend Jenny, but I did like the artwork.
1) Check your email–we've drawn the prize winners for the August 3 - August 9 period and sent emails to the winners. 2) A few more things about the prize draws and related stuff that we've had questions about in comments or emails: