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A slideshow of tween services in Nassau Public Libraries from April 2010.
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THE NEW POWER GENERATION
Tweens in the Spotlight!Too Young for the Teen RoomToo Old for the Children’s Room
It's cooler than ever to be a tween, but is childhood lost?
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-02-03-tweens-behavior_N.htm
Definition of a Tween
8-12 year-olds / 20 million strong Time of transition; physical, emotional, &
psychological Each week they spend 12 hours watching TV
& 7 hours online
70% say their parents are their best friends 63% DO NOT have cell phones Reading for pleasure continues to drop each
year
What Tweens Find Important
Parents Family Game Nights/ Mom& Daughter
programs Music
Add music to your website/programs/stream it
Movies Book to Movie tie-ins/ show them/ discuss
Being Smart Trivia, Contests, Tutors
Tween Imprints
Abrams/Amulet
Great Book and Movie Tie-in Opportunity!
It’s Not a Diary, It’s a Movie!
Tween Girl Magazines
Tween Boy Magazines
Graphic Novels
Think outside the box
Text Messages as an alternative to Book Reports Mo B Dik
Call me-Ishml.
Hngr Gms
24 compete. Last 1 alive wins. (fran jackson)
Diree Wmpee Kd
MS wrst idea evr. Get me out of here.
TWEEN PROGRAMMING &
TWEEN AREAS
A Review of our Member Libraries
Manhasset Public Library
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book Club 8 – 12 year-olds 24 enrolled 18 showed up
10 boys! Each week, a book, mythology, demi-god
skills, and a craft based on book. Example: Week 2- Sea of Monsters.
Manhasset Tween Girls
Merrick Library Tween Area
Meet me at the corner of 5th and 6th
Merrick Library Tween Area
Mineola Public Library
Port Washington Tween Area
Port Washington
Tweens
Port Washington
Tweens
Port Washington Tweens
Roslyn
PROTOTYPE
Board
NOTEBOOK APPLICATION
Board
In 1923, Frank began to sell his creation in seven fruit flavors. What was the original name for this summertime treat?
A. Ice-ees C. Epsicles
B. Pop-tastic Treats
D. Popsidoodles
C. Epsicles
In 1905, 11 year-old Frank Epperson of California mixed some soda powder and water on his back porch. He left the stirring stick in and the temperature dropped overnight… the next morning he had a Popsicle!
Valley Stream
Tweens- Be Confident! Be Motivated! Be You! Featuring co-authors of 113 Things to Do
By 13
Further Reading
www.delicious.com/nassaulibrary/tweens Acuff, D.S. What Kids Buy and Why: The
Psychology of Marketing to Kids. Simon & Schuster, 1997.
Elkind, David. All Grown Up and No Place to Go: Teenagers in Crisis. Perseus Books, 1998.
Siegel, D.L. The Great Tween Buying Machine: Marketing to Today’s Tweens. Paramount Market Publishing, Inc. 2001.
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