County Teens

So, if you’ve been to www.skulladay.com you know that Noah Scanlin made a new skull every day for a year – and then made a book about the project. He uses things like soy sauce, twigs, comic books, and… well, you’ll have to check out the book to find out what other stuff he uses in this cool, but admittedly a little weird, ongoing art project! This is one of New York Public Library’s Stuff for The Teen Age 2009 and totally worth checking out!

Do – it – yourself fashion is the most creative, affordable and fun way to create a style that’s completely and uniquely you. Whether you’re a sewing novice or a savvy seamstress, AlterNation will give you all the knowledge you need to create your own trend-setting clothes and accessories!

Have you ever stopped to really think about what you’re eating? I don’t mean go on a diet.. (because as this book says, ‘diets suck’), but think through the foods you’re eating – where they came from and what they can provide for your body?

Girlosophy: real girls eat is a guide to healthy, natural foods with recipes and inspiration. “Real Girls Eat is about finding out for yourself about the food that makes you feel great, energized and ready to rock”

Have you ever wanted to keep a journal but never really knew how to start? This great book is a perfect guide to keeping a journal, using writing,drawing (even if you can’t) and other interesting elements. check it out!

Tease! 50 Inspired T-Shirt Transformations

Inexpensive. Indispensable. Iconic. A basic t-shirt is the perfect blank canvas-ready for a creative crafter to cut, stitch, bedazzle, bleach, deconstruct, and personalize. Everyone has a drawerful just waiting for the creative touch. What could be a better way to broadcast an artistic manifesto?

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Pick Me Up   Jeremy Leslie

This inventive compendium of interesting facts combines elements of an almanac, a trivia book, and the Internet with playful touches of humor. The table of contents, index, and a simple color-coding scheme provide subject access, but the book is not intended to be read from front to back. Each page includes a wide range of information, much of it connected in unexpected ways. Cross-references, which appear in bold with page numbers within the text, approximate the role of hyperlinks and allow readers to follow related topics of interest. A page on the Mona Lisa, for instance, has obvious cross-references to Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian Renaissance, but also leads to mass media and supermodels. A spread that starts with national economies also includes features on online shopping, obesity, and gospel music. The graphic design of each page is impressively diverse, utilizing charts, photographs, cartoons, and diagrams in a variety of colors and styles. Some illustrations convey most of the information, such as a clever flow chart that shows how the book works.

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Megiddo’s Shadow – Arthur Slade   From School Library Journal
Starred Review. Grade 7 Up–An engrossing and thought-provoking story of a young man fighting in World War I. Upon learning of his brother’s death at the German front, 16-year-old Edward Bathe lies about his age and enlists, leaving Canada and his father’s farm for England. When he injures himself training a horse, he meets Emily Waters, an army nurse. Their relationship progresses through letters when Emily transfers to the front. A move from the infantry to the yeomanry starts Edward’s war in earnest, but his plans to avenge his brother’s death are altered when he is sent to Palestine to fight the Turks. Soldiers die from the heat and disease, horses fall in action, and friends die in battle. The young man’s faith in God and in humanity are shaken, and he returns to Canada injured in body and spirit.