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Spring Break and Mental Health- Program Spotlights: Spring Break and Mental Health
- Staff Spotlight: Try This! Upcycling
- Resource Spotlight: Peterson's Test Prep
- Community Spotlight: Cavalcade of Authors West
- Booklists: Recent Releases and Mental Health
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Tuesday Teen Hangout
Drop in and hangout with other teens every first and third Tuesday! Casual crafts, games, snacks, and chill social time. This week's craft is moon dough!
Tuesday, April 1 3 - 5pm Interim Lakewood Library |
Spring Break Teen Hangout
We're plugging in the Switch and breaking out the snacks for Spring Break! Enjoy games, crafts, snacks and more.
Tuesday, April 1 3:30 - 5:30pm University Place Library |
Fandemonium: Minecraft Get ready to craft, build, and explore! Whether you're a seasoned player or just starting out, join us for an afternoon of Minecraft-inspired building challenges, art, and activities. Wednesday, April 2 4 - 5pm Sumner Library |
Teen Movie Night: Moana 2 Enjoy snacks and a free movie! Thursday, April 3 5 - 7pm University Place Library |
Tiny Terrariums
Learn closed terrarium techniques by creating a miniature world of moss in a jar to take home.
Monday, April 7 2 - 3:30pm Summit Library & Saturday, April 19 2 - 4pm Parkland/Spanaway Library |
Dragon Egg Craft & Movie
Craft your own magical, mystical dragon’s egg using push-pins while watching Raya and the Last Dragon. Designed for ages 13 – 18; movie rated PG.
Friday, April 11 2:30 - 4:30pm Bonney Lake Library |
Teen Tuesday: Escape Room
Presenter Mary Savage will be showcasing her homemade Escape Room. This will take place during Teen Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 15 4 - 5:30pm Gig Harbor Library |
Arcade Game Night
Try your hand at various Nintendo. Snacks will be provided! Wednesday, April 16 5 - 7:30pm Parkland/Spanaway Library |
Ready Player One Movie & Bingo
Enjoy an afternoon watching Ready Player One and playing a bingo challenge for a chance to win a prize! Planned for you by the South Hill Teen Council
Saturday, April 19 2 - 5:45pm South Hill Library |
Healing Arts Workshops You deserve to take a break, make art, and reconnect with what matters to you in a supportive space. Drop in or join us for the series! Mondays, April 7, 21, 28 & May 5, 19 3:30 - 5pm Sumner Library |
Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body Discover hands-on tools and tips from the latest research to keep your brain and body healthy. Wednesday, April 9 5:30 - 6:30pm Sumner Library |
Kindness Club: Paint Ducks We will be painting ducks to hang around Bonney Lake! Wednesday, April 9 2 - 4pm Bonney Lake Library |
Teen Mindfulness and Anxiety Workshop Stressed about upcoming tests and finals? Join Sol Health Yoga as they walk you through mindfulness and anxiety management techniques! Designed for ages 13 - 18 Thursday, April 10 4 - 5pm South Hill Library & Tuesday, April 15 4 - 5pm Graham Library |
Forest Bathing in Urban Areas Join Denise McDermott from Cascadia Forest Therapy for an introduction to forest bathing, learn how you can practice it in urban areas, and participate in a mini forest bathing experience. Sunday, April 13 11am - 12:30pm South Hill Library |
Dogs & Dandelions: Art and Support Join the Red Cross's Healing Arts Program to create dandelion art while surrounded and supported by therapy dogs and their handlers! Tuesday April 15 & Wednesday April 30 4 - 5pm Interim Lakewood Library |
Yoga and Creative Writing Workshop
How can yoga help grow our creative ideas? In this session, yoga teacher Rhea Goodrum will guide us through gentle accessible stretches and no-pressure creative writing exercises. Supplies provided.
Thursday, April 24 3 - 4pm Sumner Library |
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Spring Spa Day
Join us in an all-ages afternoon and create your own bath bombs, soap, scrubs and lip balms. Sunday, May 4 2 - 3:30pm Gig Harbor Library |
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Looking for a craft that is sustainable, inexpensive, stylish, and oh-so-90s? Love candy? Try making a Starburst bracelet! A very popular (and fun!) craft on school campuses all over in the 1990s, this throwback craft involves saving LOTS of candy wrappers, folding them, and making a chain long enough to wear. Not a fan of Starburst? (First of all, why...?) You can make these with most rectangular paper or foil candy wrappers, too! |
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Interested in more Earth-friendly crafting? Come join us at the Graham Pierce County Library for Upcycled Jewelry with Tacoma Remakery on May 6th at 4pm! This event is for adults and teens, so if you want to bring your favorite adult, you can sign up together, too! |
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Check out these Upcycling Books
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Peterson's Test and Career Prep
Access a central hub for standardized test prep, college planning, career assessment, job searching, all free with your library card! Prepare for a variety of standardized exams, including college entry exams like the SAT and ACT, and more! |
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Sign up for Cavalcade of Authors West We are a Puget Sound young writers workshop dedicated to providing secondary students with an authentic experience with the authors they read. Register for a full day of author workshops, live Q&A, lunch, and author autograph and book signings. Organized by a collaboration of Pierce County educators and YA authors not affiliated with the Library. Thank you organizers!
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All titles below are available to download or pick up at the library: - Recent Releases
- Teen Mental Health
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On thin ice
by Jessica Kim
Twelve-year-old fraternal twins Phoebe and Dexter Bae are opposites except for their love of the ice, and when Phoebe's figure skating partner gets injured and Dex is cut from his hockey team, they team up.
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It's watching
by Lindsay Currie
Josie and her best friends, Jackson and Alison, sneak into a haunted cemetery on Halloween night hoping to prove the existence of a famous ghost and instead get sinister memes on their phones and must discover who is terrorizing them.
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(S)kin
by Ibi Zoboi
Every new moon, Brooklynite Marisol sheds her skin and transforms into a fireball witch, draining her enemies’ life force. She meets Genevieve, a biracial girl troubled by strange sensations in her own skin, and they upend each other’s lives. This lyrical novel in verse weaves Caribbean folklore into its exploration of colorism.
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| The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen ZhaoÀn’yīng’s father perished when demons invaded the mortal realm nine years ago. Hoping to win an immortality pill for her mother, Àn’yīng travels to the celestial realm to compete in a deadly competition. This twisty romantasy weaves Chinese mythology into its page-turning action.
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Chaos theory
by Nic Stone
A senior at Windward Academy, Shelbi, who has a diagnosed mental illness, keeps to herself until she forms a connection with Andy Criddle, who is battling addiction, but the closer they get, the more the past threatens to pull them apart.
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When the stars lead to you
by Ronni Davis
After Ashton broke Devon's heart, she focused on preparing for her future as an astrophysicist but Ashton's appearance on the first day of her senior year forces her to revisit their magical summer together.
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Don't be a drag
by Skye Quinlan
While staying with her brother, known as the drag queen Bow Regard, 18-year-old Briar signs up for the annual drag king competition and, with the help of her brother and a few new friends, becomes Edgar Allan Foe, but must overcome her depression and inner demons to win.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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Pierce County Library System
3005 112th St. E, Tacoma, Washington 98446
253-548-3300mypcls.org |
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