A new year has begun! Spark your creativity with some fun New Year's writing prompts to help get your year started right. Fiction Prompts 1.) At the end of the year, the world is going to end. How do you spend your year? What do you do?...
Winter Break is almost here! Board games are a great way to pass the long, cold days. Check out Teen Central's recommendations for the best "cozy" board games in the collection. Wingspan In Wingspan, you are bird enthusiasts—researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors—seeking to discover and attract...
Kintsugi pottery is the Japanese art of repairing broken or cracked pottery by using a mixture of sticky lacquer and gold powder. In doing so, the pottery is given new life and, many times, is even more beautiful than it was prior to it breaking....
Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library members of all ages can experience Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club, with a Newbery Award-winning young adult novel. From November 2-16, booklovers with a valid library card can join thousands of others around the globe by borrowing...
Have you ever read a book or watched a movie and wished you could change the story? Maybe you wanted different characters to fall in love or a different setting. Fanfiction lets you decide who your characters are and how the story ends. Even if...
Are you eager to make something unique with your hands during fall break? Take a look at some of the DIY books Teen Central has to offer, as well as an online resource you can turn to when you’re feeling creative! Make a Zine!: Start Your...
Fall is almost here! Start the season off with some spooky reads that will scare and thrill you. The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass When a murderous ghost begins to haunt sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston, high school soon becomes a different kind of survival game. Go Hunt...
Are you looking for a book with characters that have interesting, perhaps even questionable, qualities? Are you willing to overlook their unique quirks and spend a little time with them? If so, take a look at the books below, all of which feature characters who...
Do you want to learn a new language or brush up on your reading, writing, conversation, and comprehension skills? Take a look at the language learning resources Teen Central has to offer, as well as two digital library resources that put dozens of world languages...
Have you ever wondered how the books in PGTPL’s nonfiction collection are organized? The answer: using the Dewey Decimal System! The Dewey Decimal System groups information into 10 broad categories, which are then broken down into narrower and more refined topics. The 10 categories are represented...
