National Youth Week 2012 at Mosman Library

This year to celebrate National Youth Week, and to have fun in the school holidays, we had all sorts of fun activities in the Library.

To kick off the celebrations, we played a fantastic Dungeons and Dragons zombie adventure! Beset by a horde of the undead, our teens played anti-heroes who have to fight the ravenous zombie invasion as well as dealing with a case of mistaken identity from some ignorant goodie-two-shoe adventurers who happen upon the fray.

Followed by a Steampunk Jewellery workshop where we created clockwork-inspired masterpieces out of beads, wire, cogs, gears and watch parts. See the slide show below to have a look at some of our wonderful creations.

If either of these activities look like fun, then keep an eye on the Mosman Library Teens event page for more awesome activities.

If you’re interested in participating in a regular Dungeons and Dragons game at the Library then fill out the following form:

Tell us what you thought of Reading Rave to WIN!

Fill out the survey below by Friday 30 March 2012 and you will go in the draw to win a 1 year Flickr Pro membership!

Would you survive?

Can you survive the Hunger Games?
Wednesday 21 March, 2012. 4pm – 5pm.
Games, trivia and prizes at Mosman Library to celebrate the release of the new hunger Games film.
Ages 12-18
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How to Draw Manga

If you haven’t visited www.summerreadingclub.org.au yet, then now’s the time to do it!

Not only does it have an interview with the incredible writer, John Marsden, a Choose Your Own Adventure story and some cool games …they also have a super special weekly blog showing you how to draw manga in 5 easy video lessons!

Here’s the first video to get you started:

The 2012 Zombie Apocalypse has come to Mosman Library!

2012 is the National Year of Reading and, according to the Mayan calendar, the end of the world. This is almost certain to feature a Zombie apocalypse. It’s going to be a big one.

The Zombie Party on Friday 13th should help us prepare ourselves, but to truly understand our zombie foes will require in-depth study. As such, we’ve put together a short book list to assist you in your survival efforts.

Do you have any books to add to the list? Let us know in the comments!

Zombies Vs Unicorns

Edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier

It’s a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths—for good and evil—of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies. Contributors include many bestselling teen authors, including Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan. This anthology will have everyone asking: Team Zombie or Team Unicorn?

Bad Taste in Boys

by Carrie Harris

Someone’s been a very bad zombie.

Super-smartie Kate Grable gets to play doctor, helping out her high school football team. Not only will the experience look good on her college apps, she gets to be this close to her quarterback crush, Aaron. Then something disturbing happens. Kate finds out that the coach has given the team steroids. Except the vials she finds don’t exactly contain steroids. Whatever’s in them is turning hot gridiron hunks into mindless, flesh-eating…zombies.

Unless she finds an antidote, no one is safe. Not Aaron, not Kate’s brother, not her best friend…not even Kate…

It’s scary. It’s twisted. It’s sick. It’s high school.

The Enemy

by Charlie Higson

When the sickness came, every parent, policeman, politician – every adult fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry.

Only children under fourteen remain, and they’re fighting to survive.

Now there are rumours of a safe place to hide. And so a gang of children begin their quest across London, where all through the city – down alleyways, in deserted houses, underground – the grown-ups lie in wait.

But can they make it there – alive?

Zombie Blondes

by Brian James

From the moment Hannah Sanders arrived in town, she felt there was something wrong.

A lot of houses were for sale, and the town seemed infected by an unearthly quiet. And then, on Hannah’s first day of classes, she ran into a group of cheerleaders—the most popular girls in school.

The odd thing was that they were nearly identical in appearance: blonde, beautiful, and deathly pale.

But Hannah wants desperately to fit in—regardless of what her friend Lukas is telling her: If she doesn’t watch her back, she’s going to be blonde and popular and dead—just like all the other zombies in this town…