Author Archive for Brian

Friday, Nov 28, 2014

Have you ever loved a book so much that you had to let the author know?  That they were the only person who would understand how you felt?  Letters About Literature is a program where students in grades 4 through 12 write a letter to an author...

Monday, Nov 17, 2014

My True Love Gave to Me is a collection of twelve holiday stories by popular young adult authors.  I was initially drawn to it because Rainbow Rowell supplied a story.  Rainbow's story--"Midnights"--is great!  It's about two friends who over the...

Tuesday, Oct 14, 2014

The next meeting of ICPL’s Teen Comic Book Club will be on Thursday, October 30 from 4-5 in the Teen Center.   We’re discussing all things Green Lantern related.  Pick any Green Lantern comic to read and we’ll geek out about it at the...

Friday, Sep 26, 2014

Watch actor and rug connoisseur Jeff Bridges read from Lois Lowry's young adult classic "The Giver" as part of the American Library Association's Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Out!  Bridges stars as the titular Giver in the movie version, which...

Sunday, Sep 21, 2014

Banned Books Week is here!  Sept. 21 through Sept. 27, Iowa City area teens in grades 7-12 can complete an online scavenger hunt about young adult books that are challenged and banned in the U.S.  Teens with the most correct answers will be...

Monday, Sep 15, 2014

The next meeting of ICPL's Teen Comic Book Club will be on Thursday, September 25 in the Teen Center.   We're discussing all things Iron Man.  Pick any Iron Man comic to read and we'll geek out about it at the meeting.  Need some ideas?  Here...

Friday, Sep 5, 2014

Have you ever gone to Amazon to find a new book to read?  Maybe you viewed the page of a book you really loved and looked at the books in the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" section.  I know I have, but there's a better way!  Behold:

Thursday, Aug 28, 2014

Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, is almost here, so I thought I would share what books teens read this summer.  For our Summer Reading Program, teens read five books in order to be entered into a prize drawing.  The most read book was,...

Monday, Aug 11, 2014

Finn Easton believes that he's trapped in his father's book.  That he's not living his own life.  It all started when a dead horse, destined for a rendering plant, fell from a truck as it crossed a bridge.  The horse landed on young Finn and his...

Wednesday, Jul 30, 2014

The end of the Summer Reading Program is near, and that means it's almost time for our Teen Lock-In Finale Party!  This Friday, August 1st, from 8-10:30ish, you can hang out in the Teen Center with your friends while the Library is closed.  How...

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Brian works as the Senior Adult Services Librarian at the Iowa City Public Library.