Tween Scene
For Those Ages 9 to 11
We have a variety of regular events that happen every month. We also host contests, parties and other special activities throughout the year. Scroll down for more resources just for our tween patrons.
All Events
in the Community Room
We have how-to videos from previous crafts on our YouTube channel.
Our Madison Library YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoNNivDJ_0aeQsKNbqRFrkA
Our Madison Library Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Madisonlib.org/
OPEN RECITALS
Have a piece that you’d like to perform for the public?
An open recital will be held
Monday, October 21, at 6:30 pm
Please sign up by Friday, October 11!
Open to all ages, instruments, and skill levels!
Click for more information and to sign up.
We look forward to hearing you perform!
Chess and Game Club
Every Monday at 4:30 pm
Kid and Tween STEAM Activities
Every Tuesday at 4:00 pm
Now includes LEGO Club!
Great Reads for Girls Book Club
Second Thursday at 6:30 pm
Books For Boys Book Club
Third Thursday at 6:30 pm
Tween Collections
Books, Graphic Novels, Speedy Reader Kits and More!
Don't Forget Our Free
Family Friendly Films
Fridays at 3:30 pm in the Community Room
- October 18: Inside Out 2 (PG)
- November 1: The Garfield Movie (PG)
- November 15: Despicable Me 4 (PG)
Parents, please pre-screen movies for appropriateness for your family.
Children under 12 MUST be accompanied by someone age 14 or older.
Activities & Events Blog
Get details for all our events. Join us for friendship and fun!
October Programs for Kids ‘n’ Tweens
Story TimeGallop into Story Time fun this October! Toddler Time (ages 10-23 months) on Mondays & Tuesdays at 9:30 AM and Book Babies (ages 0-9 months) on Wednesdays at 9:30 AM will both feature “Clippity-clop, on a horse and pony we’ll hop!” Note: there will be no...
September 2024 Activities for Kids ‘n’ Tweens
Story TimeJoin us for Story Time fun at Madison Library District! Book Babies (0-9 months) Wednesdays at 9:30 AM in the Community Room September theme: "Feelings... Big and Small!" Toddler Time (10-23 months) Mondays and Tuesdays at 9:30 AM September theme:...
July 2024 Kids & Tween Activities
Summer Reading 2024Adventure Begins at Your Library with Summer Reading 2024! This annual program is designed for all ages to read every day, participate in special Library programs, and keep smashing our reading goals! The second prizes for every level will be...
June 2024 Kid & Tween Activities
Summer Reading 2024Adventure Begins at Your Library with Summer Reading 2024! This annual program is designed for all ages to read every day, participate in special Library programs, and stay active all summer long! Sign-ups begin on Monday, June 3rd, either online or...
May Programs for All Ages
Miss Wendy's Reading Tips & Tricks For ParentsAre you ready to make reading a fun adventure for your child this summer? Join us for Miss. Wendy's Reading Tips & Tricks for Parents class! Discover simple, game-like reading activities that will help strengthen...
April 2024 Kids & Tween Activities
National Library Week Book Nook ContestStep into a world of tiny wonders during National Library Week! Our Book Nook Contest invites you to explore Small Adventures to Amazing Places! From fantastical realms to cozy real-world corners, you may create a miniature...
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Story Book Box Subscription
SIGN UP BEFORE THE 25TH OF EACH MONTH FOR THE NEXT MONTH’S BOX
Have you heard about subscription services like OwlCrate or Litjoy?
For a monthly fee, these services send you a package containing one book and a few treats to go along with it. We are offering a similar service just for tweens ages 9 to 11! Best of all, our service is completely FREE!
Here’s how it works:
If you would like to get one of these boxes, you must sign up online before the 25th of the month. Boxes will be available around the 1st of the next month. Each box will contain one surprise book (selected especially for you based on your input) and a few fun surprises.
We will notify you when your box is ready. Boxes can be picked up at the Madison Library District’s Circulation Desk and checked out with your library card. You will have until the 15th of that month to pick up your book box. If you do not pick your box up, you will forfeit your place in the subscription list and must reapply.
When you’re done with your book, please return it to the Library. It will be due back at the Library three weeks after you check it out. The rest of the box’s contents are yours to keep!
Registration is limited to 18 participants each month, but a waiting list will be kept for those interested in joining the program when room allows. Your registration will be valid for 3 months and then must be resubmitted in order to give those on the waiting list an opportunity to use the service.
If you have some time tell us what you thought about your book and the items in your box!
Kid and Tween STEAM
Every Tuesday at 4:00 pm
For Kids ages 6 – 8 & Tweens ages 9 – 11 and their accompanying adult. Come to the library and participate in an activity that’s about science, technology, engineering, or math! Our STEAM Activities take place in the Community Room.
Head over to our Kids and Tweens STEAM Activity page for video instructions of past activities.
STEAM CRAFTING FOR October:
- October 1: Polarity and Density with Lava Lamps – For this activity, we will learn about polarity and density with with spooky lava lamps!
- October 8: LEGOs in a Balancing Act – You can build whatever you like, but it has to contain some type of balancing element.
- October 15: Mystery Science Adventure with Cheryl Kimber from Idaho Public Television! – For this activity, Cheryl Kimber from Idaho Public Television and PBS Kids will take us on a science adventure!
- October 22: LEGOs in Shadows – For this activity, we will find what’s lurking in the shadows… LEGOs of course!
- October 29: Bones, Skeletons, and Everything In- Between – For this activity, we will learn with cereal bag bones. Then we will put together a skeleton figure to hang on your fridge or in your bedroom for Halloween.
Tech 4 for Kids and Tweens
Tuesday, April 23, at 4:00 pm
For Kids ages 6 – 8 & Tweens ages 9 – 11 and their accompanying adult. Come to the library and learn about interesting technology!
- Come play with Cubelets, Makey Makey, robots, 3D printing pens, and more!
LEGOS @ Your Library!
Not meeting in August
For Kids ages 6 – 8, Tweens ages 9 – 11, and Teens ages 12 – 18.
Anyone under the age of 12 needs to be accompanied by an adult.
Do you love Legos? Join other kids who love the ever popular bricks at Madison Library District’s LEGO club.
Great Reads for Girls Book Club
Thursday, October 10, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
Come enjoy discussions of amazing tween novels, create a craft, and have a treat! All while enjoying the friendship of other girls and their moms. Book club reading copies will be available for checkout from the circulation desk about a month prior to the meeting. There is a limit of one copy per household.
For October:
This month, we’ll be reading The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley.
For Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, life has not been a fairy tale. After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, the sisters are sent to live with their grandmother–a woman they believed was dead! Granny Relda reveals that the girls have two famous ancestors, the Brothers Grimm, whose classic book of fairy tales is actually a collection of case files of magical mischief. Now the girls must take on the family responsibility of being fairy tale detectives.
We hope to see you there!
For girls ages 8 to 11 and their accompanying adult.
Books For Boys Book Club
Thursday, October 17, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
Come enjoy discussions of amazing tween novels, create a craft, and have a treat! All while enjoying the friendship of other boys and their accompanying adults. Book club reading copies will be available for checkout from the circulation desk about a month prior to the meeting. There is a limit of one copy per household.
For October:
This month, we’ll be reading Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins.
When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor’s arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland’s uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it — until he realizes it’s the only way to solve the mystery of his father’s disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.
We hope to see you there!
For boys ages 8 to 11 and their accompanying adult.
Chess and Game Club
Mondays at 4:30 pm
October 7, 14, 21, & 28
Learn the art of Chess and other games with the master of fun and strategy, Nick Allison!
Games and supplies will be provided.
For Tweens ages 9 – 11, and Teens ages 12 – 18.
Pirate Dice Tournament!
Monday, October 21, at 4:30 pm
Ahoy, Me Hearties! Come dressed as your favorite pirate for our annual Pirate’s Dice tournament! So, bring a Spring Upon ‘er and set yer sails for a jolly good time!
Book Bingo!
December 1 – 31 – THIS MONTH’S THEME IS English Literature!
Madison Library’s Reading Challenge
All ages can play. We have a bingo card for kids 11 and under, and one for teens and adults 12 and older. Read fun new books and audiobooks and win great prizes!
Here’s how it works:
Step 1: Read the challenges and pick a bingo line that most appeals to you.
Step 2: Read a book that completes a challenge. Read another. And another.
Step 3: When you are able to cross off 5 squares in a row on the board, bring your sheet in to the Circulation Desk for a prize and an entry in our monthly drawing. We will have a separate drawing for each age group.
Step 4: Keep reading! You can get as many prizes and entries as there are bingos on the board.
Tween Collections
for those ages 9 to 11
Most Items Located on the West Side of the Building Close to the Circulation Desk
We have a wide variety of materials for all your learning and entertainment needs!
Having a hard time finding something? Ask a librarian!
We provide the following materials:
- FICTION – arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.
- NONFICTION – true stories and facts
- AUDIOBOOKS – books on CD
- eBOOKS and eAUDIOS – downloadable from the Libby app on your device.
- MAGAZINES
- MUSIC CDs – appropriate for children.
- DVDs & BLU-RAYs – these are located in the front lobby. Children’s materials are on the east side of the displays.
- GRAPHIC NOVELS and COMICS
- KITS – we have several types of kits:
- DISCOVERY KITS – in the green bags; DKIT IVs are for the tween age, and DKIT Vs have materials for the whole family.
- AMERICAN GIRL KITS – in the blue plaid bags. This growing collection will feature all the historical dolls, as well as the Wellie Wishers and Bitty Babies.
- SPEEDY READER KITS – the entire book series in one bag; in pale blue and grey bags.
- READ-ALONG KITS – includes a book and an audiobook of the same title so you can follow along with the audio reader.
- AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE KITS – designed to teach parents and other caregivers how to read to their children who are deaf using American Sign Language and how to use strategies to make book sharing most effective.
"Accidentally Wes Anderson"
Photo Contest
Entries Accepted October 14 through November 1
For those aged 15 and older
Film director Wes Anderson has a distinctive style that many attempt to mimic. A recent book, Accidentally Wes Anderson, shares views of the best efforts by professional photographers. If all those pros are having such a good time making Wes Anderson fakes, we thought it might be fun for our patrons to do so as well.
Take a look at the style hints found in the adult section display case and take a photo that you think is "Accidentally Wes Anderson," and we'll display them during the month of November.
TO ENTER:
Email your photo to our programming team or leave it at the Circulation Desk by November 1.
Please include your name, library card number, and phone number.
The three photos judged to be closest to Anderson's style will receive a copy of the book.
Peeps Diorama Contest
"There's More to the Story!"
Entries can be submitted April 17th through April 22nd
Library Appreciation Week is on its way, and we’ve got some great things planned.
Peeps Diorama Contest!
Depict a scene from a published book, any of our programming events, or any item you've used in the library (such as Libby).
Submit your Peeps diorama by 4:00 pm April 22nd to be considered for a prize.
All ages are welcome to particpate. Any participants under 18 must have approval from their legal guardian.
Book Nook Contest
"Small Adventures to Amazing Places!"
To Celebrate National Library Week
WINNERS have been announced!
Juniors First Place
Ellie D. (age 4) &
Mykee D. (age 2):
"Night in Paris"
Juniors Second Place
Elena S. (age 14):
"Space Battle'"
ADULTS First Place
Mona Lords:
"Chinese New Year"
Adults Second Place
Tatjana Zumbach:
"Frog Prince Sanctuary'"
Adults Third Place
Tatjana Zumbach:
"Deep Sea Schtroumpfing'"
Adults Honorable Mention
Aleise Lords:
"Pearl Tree'"
Homework Help
Websites and databases just for tweens! Use these to help you with homework and other research projects.
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- Monday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
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- Thursday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Friday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Saturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Sunday: CLOSED
Closures in 2024
- January 1 – New Year’s Day
- January 15 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
- February 19 – Presidents Day
- March 22 – Staff Development Day
- April 6 – Building Maintenance
- May 25-27 – Memorial Day
- June 19 – Juneteenth
- July 4 – Independence Day
- August 31 – September 2 – Labor Day
- September 20 – LCEI Conference
- October 5 – Building Maintenance
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- November 11 – Veterans Day
- November 27 – Closing at 5:00 pm
- November 28-30 – Thanksgiving
- December 24-26 – Christmas
- December 31 – New Year’s Eve
- January 1, 2025 – New Year’s Day
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