Vegas Valley Book Festival on Nov. 4 at The Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St. 7-9pm.  Join some of your favorite YA authors at the Paranormal Ball, hosted by Brodi Ashton. Brodi is the author of Everneath, which will be released January 3, 2012. She will be talking about her book, as well […]

Sunday, October 30th At 3:00 p.m. Ages 11-17 Get some practice wearing your costume and join us for an afternoon of Halloween fun! Play games, or just hang out and see other people’s costumes. Centennial Hills Library 6711 N. Buffalo Drive Las Vegas, NV 89131 702-507-6114  Free and open to the public. Space is limited. Passes […]

Check-out the YALSA’s Book Awards & Booklists for ideas: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm   http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm

 Thursday, October 20th 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. At the Meeting Room This two hour class teaches the basics of photography. Subjects covered include: composition of the image, use of light and dark shadows as well as point of interest. Centennial Hills Library 6711 N. Buffalo Drive Las Vegas, NV 89131 702-507-6114  Free and open […]

The American Library Association is asking teens to vote for next year’s Teen Read Week theme! Voting is currently open at: http://www.ala.org/teenread and YALSA’s Facebook page starting on Sunday. This year’s options are: Devour a Book @ your library; It Came from the Library!; and It Was a Dark and Stormy Night @ your library.  The […]

Click the link below to find out who won the Teen Top 10 Books for 2011 (Make sure you watch the two videos that are posted): http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/teenstopten.cfm

Escobedo Teen Read Week 2011 Theme: Picture It @ Your Library  Daily Lunchtime Events: Monday: Movie Poster Mania- What book do you think should become a movie? Come create your own poster sized Book to Movie Poster using watercolors. Students will vote for their favorite poster and the winner will get a free poster from […]

  The 10th annual Vegas Valley Book Festival will take place November 3-6, 2011, with most programs scheduled at the downtown Historic Fifth Street School, located at 401 S. Fourth Street. The largest literary event in Las Vegas, the book festival will bring together more than 100 authors for panel discussions, readings, book signings, workshops, […]