That’s right, the Youth Services area of the library has three kids/family study rooms and two teen study rooms that are free to use, no library card required. Each room can be reserved for two hours per day, with an additional hour if no one is waiting. Walk-in requests are also accepted, as rooms are available.
Whether you’re looking for a quiet room for virtual learning or a collaborative group project or even a place to simply hang out and read, we have a variety of options for kids and teens.
How to Get Started
Simply hop over to our Reserve a Room page to browse available spaces or give our Youth Services desk a call at 715-839-5007.
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If you’re anything like me, you’re always on the look out for great audiobooks. I especially appreciate an audiobook you can stream right from your smart device, which is why I’m an avid Hoopla user. Hoopla has a wide selection of audiobooks and it doesn’t have any wait lists! Just login, find an intriguing audiobook, and you’re set to download it right away. Each Eau Claire library cardholder gets four downloads per month, and those downloads automatically return when they’re due. Win-win-win!
If you’re looking for a good place to start, try one of these awesome teen audiobooks available now on Hoopla.
If you love a great journey of self-discovery, Loveless is the perfect choice!
This is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn’t understand why she can’t crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She’s surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It’s not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum – coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she’s been told since birth isn’t easy – there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity. But Georgia’s determined to get her life right, with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends.
If Science Fiction is more your jam, Dustborn is an involving postapocalyptic Western-Sci-Fi mashup.
Delta of Dead River has always been told to hide her back, where a map is branded on her skin to a rumored paradise called the Verdant. In a wasteland plagued by dust squalls, geomagnetic storms, and solar flares, many would kill for it – even if no one can read it. So, when raiders sent by a man known as the General attack her village, Delta suspects he is searching for her. Delta sets out to rescue her family but quickly learns that in the Wastes no one can be trusted.
For those seeking sweet romance, When Dimple Met Rishi will surely hit the perfect note.
Now that Dimple Shah has graduated, she’s ready for a break from her family – especially from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the Ideal Indian Husband. Ugh. But Dimple knows that her mother must respect that she isn’t interested in doing that right now – otherwise she wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers, right? Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic, so when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him – during which he’ll have to woo her – he’s totally on board. Although their parents hadn’t planned suggesting the arrangement so soon, when their kids signed up for the same summer program, they figured “Why not?”
Into the Bloodred Woods is a dark fairytale where Beauty and the Beast are one and the same…
Happily ever after is a lie. Once upon a time there was a kingdom, and a forest that liked to eat men, and a girl who would change everything, but not alone…In a faraway land, populated by were beasts and surrounded by a powerful forest, lies a kingdom about to be sent into chaos. On his deathbed, King Tyran divides his land, leaving half to each of his two children – so they’ll rule together. However, his son, Albrecht, is not satisfied with half a kingdom. And even though his sister, Ursula, is the first born, he decides that, as a girl and were bear, she is unfit to rule. What follows is an epic battle of good, evil, and something in-between.
If you’re looking for gripping narrative non-fiction, try The Race of the Century, which relates the history of the race to break the 4-minute mile.
Highly acclaimed author Neal Bascomb pulls together his peerless research and fast-paced narrative style into this inspiring and moving story of three men racing to achieve the impossible — the perfect four-minute mile. There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier. Bascomb delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of the twilight years of the golden age of sport.
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Our Summer Library Program is here! What’s the Summer Library Program, you may ask? It’s a free program in which you read and complete easy activities to earn a prize (plus fun events!).
The Basics
Sign up, June 1 – July 16
Read and complete activities
Earn a free book (and entries into the Teen Prize Raffle)
First, SIGN UP to begin tracking your reading and activities. You have three tracking options to choose from: You can use the app Beanstack Tracker; you can use a paper reading record; you can use a pdf copy of a reading record. CHOICES. Beanstack has a reading goal set for you, but you can set your own goal for paper/pdf reading records. And, I want to emphasize this, ADAPT these goals as you need to. Challenge yourself, but don’t make it an impossible challenge.
Second, READ and complete ACTIVITIES. No matter what method you choose to track participation, the most important thing is to keep reading. Read happy books, sad books, fantasy books, comic books, historical books, biographical books, etc. etc. etc. Just remember to get your reading in this summer and keep track of how much you do.
Teens (entering grades 6-12) need to also complete 5 easy activities (e.g. try a new food), and have the option to complete BONUS activities. These bonus activities earn you extra entries into the Teen Prize Raffle. If you’re not interested in the prize raffle, feel free to skip ’em!
Third, earn PRIZES. When you SIGN UP for the reading program, you receive a free book and entries into the Teen Prize Raffle. For signing up! I mean, FREE BOOK and raffle entries for reading whatever you want. Pretty sweet, right? Plus, you could win an awesome raffle prize (book bundle, anyone?).
Want to know more? Go check out the Teen Summer Library Program page to see all the details. If you have more questions, don’t hesitate to shoot us an email or give us a call 715-839-5007. We’re always happy to help!
P.S. Psst! Also be sure to check out our teen-only events. Teen Late Nights! A bike ride! Introduction to pottery!
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Join Teen Advisory Board and make a difference at the library!
What is Teen Advisory Board (TAB)?
The Teen Advisory Board is a volunteer-based group comprised of teens that love the library and an adult facilitator. The group works to make the library a better place for their peers in middle and high school.
What do TAB members do?
Attend monthly meetings, trainings, or events
Suggest books and other materials for the library to purchase
Promote the library to peers
Assist library staff in creating events, displays, and projects for teens and kids
Work with the TAB group to achieve set goals
Learn to communicate effectively through email and other tools
Help the library grow and improve
Who can join?
Anyone currently in grades 7-12 and 12-18 years old. You must also be a L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library cardholder (Don’t have one? Don’t worry.
They are easy to get and are free!)
If you love the library, we’d love to have you on TAB! Still have questions? Send us a quick email at teens@ecpubliclibrary.info to learn all the things!
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Looking for something to do over the next two long winter months? Well, the library’s Young Adult Advisory Board (teens for teens) recently put together this little list of fun to-dos for winter 2022. Reading is obviously a top choice. :)
My book recommendation is All Eyes on Her by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn. You know those books that make you want to stay home with a cup of cocoa and cancel everything and read? This is one of those books. It’s such a good fast paced book from different POVs and lots of character development. Oh and it had murder. What else would you want in a book.
Eva
My recommendation is read a graphic novel. Try the Delilah Dirk series by Tony Cliff or Pumpkinheadsby Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks.
Kyra
My go-to suggestions are build a puzzle, make a craft, and drink hot cocoa.
Ollie
Finding a book with good queer representation is hard. This book is not only a book with queer representation (and a queer author not just a straight cis author adding some representation so they don’t get canceled), it is also written by an author of color. This book is Kings Queens and In-betweensby Tanya Boteju. This story follows Nima Kumara-Clark a queer teen who is in love with her bestfriend. She goes to drag shows and meets all sorts of different people. There are people that seem to be horrible then when you look farther they are just trying to find theirself.
This story has great representation for people of color, LGBTQ+, and people trying to figure out what they are and just themselves in general. Finding a book that can represent people without just using standards and stereotypes is difficult, but this book does it beautifully. So, if you are wondering if you should read this book, the answer is, yes and you will be very happy with your decision.
Owen
My January movie recommendation is Red Notice. It’s on Netflix and it is one of my favorite movies. My first book recommendation is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It is quite possibly my favorite book of all time and I highly suggest anyone who hasn’t read it to read it. My second book recommendation is Armada, also by Ernest Cline. In my opinion, it isn’t quite as good as Ready Player One, but it is still by far on of my favorite books.
Check Out our Teen Study Rooms
in read, teen lounge/by AndriaThat’s right, the Youth Services area of the library has three kids/family study rooms and two teen study rooms that are free to use, no library card required. Each room can be reserved for two hours per day, with an additional hour if no one is waiting. Walk-in requests are also accepted, as rooms are available.
Whether you’re looking for a quiet room for virtual learning or a collaborative group project or even a place to simply hang out and read, we have a variety of options for kids and teens.
How to Get Started
Try Hoopla for Teen Audiobooks
in read/by AndriaIf you’re anything like me, you’re always on the look out for great audiobooks. I especially appreciate an audiobook you can stream right from your smart device, which is why I’m an avid Hoopla user. Hoopla has a wide selection of audiobooks and it doesn’t have any wait lists! Just login, find an intriguing audiobook, and you’re set to download it right away. Each Eau Claire library cardholder gets four downloads per month, and those downloads automatically return when they’re due. Win-win-win!
If you’re looking for a good place to start, try one of these awesome teen audiobooks available now on Hoopla.
If you love a great journey of self-discovery, Loveless is the perfect choice!
This is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn’t understand why she can’t crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She’s surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It’s not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum – coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she’s been told since birth isn’t easy – there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity. But Georgia’s determined to get her life right, with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends.
If Science Fiction is more your jam, Dustborn is an involving postapocalyptic Western-Sci-Fi mashup.
Delta of Dead River has always been told to hide her back, where a map is branded on her skin to a rumored paradise called the Verdant. In a wasteland plagued by dust squalls, geomagnetic storms, and solar flares, many would kill for it – even if no one can read it. So, when raiders sent by a man known as the General attack her village, Delta suspects he is searching for her. Delta sets out to rescue her family but quickly learns that in the Wastes no one can be trusted.
For those seeking sweet romance, When Dimple Met Rishi will surely hit the perfect note.
Now that Dimple Shah has graduated, she’s ready for a break from her family – especially from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the Ideal Indian Husband. Ugh. But Dimple knows that her mother must respect that she isn’t interested in doing that right now – otherwise she wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers, right? Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic, so when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him – during which he’ll have to woo her – he’s totally on board. Although their parents hadn’t planned suggesting the arrangement so soon, when their kids signed up for the same summer program, they figured “Why not?”
Into the Bloodred Woods is a dark fairytale where Beauty and the Beast are one and the same…
Happily ever after is a lie. Once upon a time there was a kingdom, and a forest that liked to eat men, and a girl who would change everything, but not alone…In a faraway land, populated by were beasts and surrounded by a powerful forest, lies a kingdom about to be sent into chaos. On his deathbed, King Tyran divides his land, leaving half to each of his two children – so they’ll rule together. However, his son, Albrecht, is not satisfied with half a kingdom. And even though his sister, Ursula, is the first born, he decides that, as a girl and were bear, she is unfit to rule. What follows is an epic battle of good, evil, and something in-between.
The Race of the Century by Neal Bascomb
If you’re looking for gripping narrative non-fiction, try The Race of the Century, which relates the history of the race to break the 4-minute mile.
Highly acclaimed author Neal Bascomb pulls together his peerless research and fast-paced narrative style into this inspiring and moving story of three men racing to achieve the impossible — the perfect four-minute mile. There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier. Bascomb delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of the twilight years of the golden age of sport.
Teen events, prizes, and more!
in summer-library-program/by AndriaOur Summer Library Program is here! What’s the Summer Library Program, you may ask? It’s a free program in which you read and complete easy activities to earn a prize (plus fun events!).
The Basics
Second, READ and complete ACTIVITIES. No matter what method you choose to track participation, the most important thing is to keep reading. Read happy books, sad books, fantasy books, comic books, historical books, biographical books, etc. etc. etc. Just remember to get your reading in this summer and keep track of how much you do.
Teens (entering grades 6-12) need to also complete 5 easy activities (e.g. try a new food), and have the option to complete BONUS activities. These bonus activities earn you extra entries into the Teen Prize Raffle. If you’re not interested in the prize raffle, feel free to skip ’em!
Third, earn PRIZES. When you SIGN UP for the reading program, you receive a free book and entries into the Teen Prize Raffle. For signing up! I mean, FREE BOOK and raffle entries for reading whatever you want. Pretty sweet, right? Plus, you could win an awesome raffle prize (book bundle, anyone?).
Want to know more? Go check out the Teen Summer Library Program page to see all the details. If you have more questions, don’t hesitate to shoot us an email or give us a call 715-839-5007. We’re always happy to help!
P.S. Psst! Also be sure to check out our teen-only events. Teen Late Nights! A bike ride! Introduction to pottery!
Make a difference with Teen Advisory Board!
in events, yaab/by Andria2020-2021 TAB members at Ramone’s
Join Teen Advisory Board and make a difference at the library!
What is Teen Advisory Board (TAB)?
The Teen Advisory Board is a volunteer-based group comprised of teens that love the library and an adult facilitator. The group works to make the library a better place for their peers in middle and high school.
What do TAB members do?
Who can join?
Anyone currently in grades 7-12 and 12-18 years old. You must also be a L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library cardholder (Don’t have one? Don’t worry.
They are easy to get and are free!)
How do I join?
Fill out this quick form. Easy peasy!
If you love the library, we’d love to have you on TAB! Still have questions? Send us a quick email at teens@ecpubliclibrary.info to learn all the things!
Winter Activity Recommendations
in make, read, wellness, yaab/by AndriaLooking for something to do over the next two long winter months? Well, the library’s Young Adult Advisory Board (teens for teens) recently put together this little list of fun to-dos for winter 2022. Reading is obviously a top choice. :)
August
I really enjoyed the book Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas! Otherwise a movie I really enjoyed last year was Spiderman: No Way Home and The Conjuring series!
Bridget
My book recommendation is All Eyes on Her by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn. You know those books that make you want to stay home with a cup of cocoa and cancel everything and read? This is one of those books. It’s such a good fast paced book from different POVs and lots of character development. Oh and it had murder. What else would you want in a book.
Eva
My recommendation is read a graphic novel. Try the Delilah Dirk series by Tony Cliff or Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks.
Kyra
My go-to suggestions are build a puzzle, make a craft, and drink hot cocoa.
Ollie
This story has great representation for people of color, LGBTQ+, and people trying to figure out what they are and just themselves in general. Finding a book that can represent people without just using standards and stereotypes is difficult, but this book does it beautifully. So, if you are wondering if you should read this book, the answer is, yes and you will be very happy with your decision.
Owen
My January movie recommendation is Red Notice. It’s on Netflix and it is one of my favorite movies. My first book recommendation is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It is quite possibly my favorite book of all time and I highly suggest anyone who hasn’t read it to read it. My second book recommendation is Armada, also by Ernest Cline. In my opinion, it isn’t quite as good as Ready Player One, but it is still by far on of my favorite books.