Teen Summer Reading - Nashua Public Library

August 8: Minecraft Build-Off: Build from scratch with
the theme Get In The Game! Will your creation win?
4 pm, East Wing
July 20: Collectible Card Game Open Play: Test
your deck against other players of Magic: The Gathering,
Yu-Gi-Oh! or Pokémon. Teen Room
August 15: Just Dance Competition: Do you have the
moves to outlast your friends?
2 pm, NPL Theater
July 27: Glow Bowling: How’s your aim in the dark?
NPL Theater
tuesday crafternoons | 4 pm teen room
Register at www.tinyurl.com/nplteen.
June 28: Flip-Flop Fanatics: We’ll provide the flip-flops,
you decorate them with your team colors (or anything else!).
You may bring other shoes to decorate if you choose.
July 5: Game Bubble Magnets: Show off your favorite
game characters or creations with colorful magnets.
July 12: Scrabble Frames: Make a statement with
Scrabble tiles on a decorated picture frame.
July 19: Cubecraft Paper Video Game Characters:
Fold paper to make your favorite characters three-dimensional.
July 26: Tennis Ball Stuff-Holder: Transform an
ordinary tennis ball into an amusing character that will
hold your stuff. Add details to give it personality.
August 2: Puzzle Piece Crafts: What can you make with
a pile of puzzle pieces and craft supplies?
August 9: Minecraft Chess: Build your own chess set
made entirely of Minecraft characters.
August 16: Board-Game Keepsake Boxes: Cut up
game boards to make adorable boxes for your tiny things.
wednesday hump day games | 4 pm
No registration required.
Teen Summer Reading
August 3: Giant Darts: Have you ever wanted to throw
stuff in the library? Teen Room
August 10: Twisted Twister: Go big with 3D Twister or
small with Finger Twister. East Wing
August 17: Trivia: Exercise your brain with a few rounds of
trivia! Snacks will be provided. Teen Room
fitness fridays | 4 pm | npl theater
Each week we’ll try out a new kind of exercise. Yoga,
kick-boxing, Bollywood dance, and more! Be sure to bring a
mat or towel and a water bottle. No registration required.
June 24; July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; August 5, 12, 19
Puzzle Nights
Bring a jigsaw puzzle or solve one of ours—
levels range from relaxing to fiendish. For all ages.
Tuesdays, June 28; July 12 and 26; August 9
6:30 pm–8:30 pm, East Wing
Nashua Goes Back to School Night
For kids entering grades K-12. Come meet your principal and
get free school supplies and other giveaways from dozens of
Nashua organizations. Entertainment and raffles too!
Thursday, August 25, 2016
5 pm to 6:30 pm
Library Plaza and Children’s Room
June 29: Live Action Pac-Man: You are the game!
Do you want to be Pac-Man or a ghost? NPL Theater
July 6: Blast From the Past: Play your childhood games –
Candyland, Play-Doh, Legos, and more! Teen Room
July 13: Chocolate Olympics: Victory is sweet, but everyone will get a taste in this friendly competition. East Wing
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tinyurl.com/tsr2016
Ages 12–17
June 21–August 22, 2016
Earn awesome prizes
Read and earn…
300 minutes (5 hours) = a $5 fine coupon
600 minutes (10 hours) = a free book of your choice
1200 minutes (20 hours) = a gift card to Hayward’s Ice Cream
1800 minutes (30 hours) = a gift card to Barnes & Noble,
Starbucks, iTunes, the PlayStation Store, or many other
places–your pick!
You can win all four prizes if you read 30 minutes a day! Pick
up your prizes at the Teen Desk or Reference Desk.
Enter the raffle
How to enter
Keep track of how many minutes you spend reading
each day. Log your time at tinyurl.com/tsr2016.
You’re automatically entered in the raffle when you sign up
at tinyurl.com/tsr2016.
Books, magazines, comics, graphic novels, manga,
newspapers, poetry, audiobooks, ebooks . . . even
online forums and websites!
Earn extra raffle entries every time you . . .
• attend a teen activity at the library.
• finish one of the Flume Award book nominees and
• submit a review in your online reading log.
• finish a book on the summer reading list for your
• grade and submit a review in your online reading log.
Raise money for
Special Olympics New Hampshire
Flume Award nominees and summer reading book lists can
be found at www.nashualibrary.org/tsr. Reviews must be at
least four original sentences to count for the raffle.
What counts as reading?
Every 60 minutes you read raises 10 cents for
Special Olympics New Hampshire, which provides
year-round training and athletic competition in
Olympic-type sports for children and adults with
intellectual disabilities.
Read off your library fines
Read 300 minutes and you’ll earn a coupon for $5 off
your library overdue fines. This coupon is valid until
June 30, 2017.
Program sponsors:
• Friends of the Nashua Public Library
• Harrison’s Comics & Pop Culture
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats
• North Main Music
• Leda Lanes
• Barnes & Noble
• Portland Pie
• Hayward’s Ice Cream
• Roller Kingdom
• GlowGolf
• Hot Topic
Winners will be announced at the Pass-the-Torch Pizza Party
August 22 at 4 pm. Participants are limited to one prize each.
Major Summer Events for Teens
Outdoor Kickoff Concert and Field Day
Check out the teen music scene, play giant games, and
celebrate the beginning of summer!
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
6:30 pm, Library Plaza (rain location: NPL Theater)
No registration required.
Book Dominoes
The library’s closed, but that won’t stop us from setting up
and knocking down a chain of books like dominoes!
Pizza and snacks will be provided.
Sunday, July 31, 2016
11 am, Teen Room
Register at www.tinyurl.com/nplteen.
Pass-the-Torch Pizza Party
Find out if you’re one of our lucky raffle winners, celebrate
our oldest teens who are going on to bigger and better
things, and welcome our newest participants who are
moving up from the children’s program. Pizza and games
for everybody! This event is open to students ages 11 (going
into sixth grade) through 17.
Monday, August 22, 2016
4 pm, NPL Theater
No registration required.
Weekly Programs for Teens
Raffle prizes:
monday mania | no registration required
• Harrison’s Comics & Pop Culture gift card
June 27: Book Mini-Golf: Play through a miniature golf
course that weaves through three areas of the library.
4 pm, NPL Theater
• North Main Music gift card for 1 month of free lessons
• Roller Kingdom gift card
• Dick’s Sporting Goods gift card
• Barnes & Noble gift card
• Best Buy gift card
• GameStop gift card
• Hot Topic gift card
• Target gift card
• AMC Theater gift card
• Facebook game card
• Tickets to a NH Fisher Cats game
July 11: Super Smash Brothers Tournament: Test
your skills, or enjoy free play while you cheer on your friends.
Bracket entry will close 10 minutes after the program starts.
2 pm, NPL Theater
July 18: Games Movie Marathon: Watch your favorite
movies all day long in our air-conditioned theater. Snacks
and pizza provided.
9 am–9 pm, NPL Theater
July 25: YouTube Party: Submit your favorite funny, creative, or entertaining video at goo.gl/forms/JRuoG2a8q8 by
July 20. Then come enjoy snacks while we watch and vote!
3 pm, NPL Theater