In this classic role-playing game, you create your character, choose how they interact with the story, and use dice to decide the outcomes of your actions. This event is open to all teens (ages 12 to 18). Both beginners and experienced players are welcome.

As an added bonus, players will be able to gain perks for their characters by reading!

If you are interested in a grand adventure, want to meet new and old friends, and have epic fun, click the button below.

Gather together with us to learn about and create Manga and Animation art while working together to learn new skills.

FOR NOVEMBER: We’ll learn how to arrange elements in panels.

No need to apply — just bring your art and show up!

Bring your friends and listen to music while you make an awesome art project to take home with you.

Join us and express your creativity!

The Madison Library District Teen Action Council will meet regularly to provide input for teen events and programs, and provide suggestions for improvements and other aspects of the Library as it relates to teens. 

Are you a brick magician, “block” head or looney for LEGOs? Join other teens who love the ever popular bricks at Madison Library District’s Teen LEGO club!

Would you like to share your writing with other teens your age or just make new friends? Join the Young League of Writers for ages 12-18. We will meet for an hour and a half to share what we’ve all been working on and talk about what makes writing great.

Teens ages 12-18 gather together to watch anime favorites, chat about manga, play Japanese card games, sketch your own manga portraits (markers and paper provided), and munch on yummy snacks!

For NOVEMBER:

Studio Ghibli. This month we are combining Anime Club and Cook With a Book to explore all things Studio Ghibli.  We’ll look at recipes from The Studio Ghibli Cookbook: Unofficial Recipes Inspired by Spirited Away, Ponyo, and More!  We’ll also make No Face’s Sponge Cake from Spirited Away for our treat.

No need to apply — just show up!

Teens, ages 12-18, are invited to participate in this year’s Teen Reading Challenge, a statewide program from the Idaho Commission for Libraries.

In order to complete the challenge, you must read 8 books in 10 different categories between October 2024 and April 2025. You can choose from the following categories:

• New Genre: try a new genre.
• Sports Book: read a book about or featuring a sport.
• Memoir/Biography: read a book by or about a real person.
• Same Book as a Friend: read the same books as one of your friends.
• Setting You Want to Visit: read a book set somewhere you want to visit.
• Mystery: read a book with a mystery.
• 1-Star Review: read a book with a 1-star review.
• Look to the Future: read a book that makes you think about the future.
• Help Yourself: read a book that helps you learn something new.
• Free Choice: read whatever you want!

Tracking Progress

Track your challenge progress on the Beanstack website or app. There are also paper tracking sheets, reading journals, and bookmarks available for pick-up at the Madison Library Circulation Desk, Madison Jr. High Library, or Madison High School Library.

Prizes

Visit the Madison Library District Children’s Reference Desk after each book read for the challenge to receive a small prize! You can also pick up prizes during the visiting librarian day at the school libraries. Everyone who completes the challenge will be entered into a drawing which will take place on May 1.

Teens must be registered in Beanstack to win prizes in the drawings. If you are tracking the challenge on paper outside of Beanstack, please make sure to visit Madison Library District to have your challenge progress entered in Beanstack for a chance to win!

Have you heard about subscription services like OwlCrate or Litjoy?

For a monthly fee, these services send you a package containing one book and a few treats to go along with it. We are offering a similar service just for teens ages 12 – 18! Best of all, our service is completely FREE!

Here’s how it works:

If you would like to get one of these boxes, you must sign up online before the 25th of the month. Boxes will be available around the 1st of the next month. Each box will contain one surprise book (selected especially for you based on your input) and a few fun surprises.

We will notify you when your box is ready. Boxes can be picked up at the Madison Library District’s Circulation Desk and checked out with your library card. You will have until the 15th of that month to pick up your book box. If you do not pick your box up, you will forfeit your place in the subscription list and must reapply.

When you’re done with your book, please return it to the Library. It will be due back at the Library three weeks after you check it out. The rest of the box’s contents are yours to keep!

Registration is limited to 18 participants each month, but a waiting list will be kept for those interested in joining the program when room allows. Your registration will be valid for 3 months and then must be resubmitted in order to give those on the waiting list an opportunity to use the service.

If you have some time tell us what you thought about your book and the items in your box!

Madison Library's Year-Long Reading Adventure

For patrons ages 12 and older.
Read fun new books and audiobooks and win stickers and other great prizes!

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Sign up at the Circulation Desk to get your reading log.

Step 2: Read a book set in a state listed in one of the challenges. Read another. And another. You can get a sticker for each state.

Step 3: For every challenge completed, bring your log in to the Circulation Desk for a small prize and an entry for the grand prize final drawing at the end of the year.

Step 4: Keep reading! If you complete your journey across the United States, you'll receive a special travel bag in commemoration of your achievement.

If you finish early, you can obtain an international passport and start your journey around the world, earning extra prizes and entries into the final drawing!

Reading can take you places and we are going on an adventure!

ARE YOU READY? GET PACKING, HERE WE GO!

Most Items Located Behind the DVD Cases in Our Main Foyer

We have a wide variety of materials for all your learning and entertainment needs!
Having a hard time finding something? Ask a librarian!

We also provide the following materials:

• FICTION – arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name and starting on the north wall. Some of our most popular titles can be found here, including dystopian novels, fairy tale adaptations, and some of the biggest book-to-screen adaptations.
• NONFICTION – specifically written for teenagers encompassing many topics, such as art, history, growing up, comics, and ACT prep.
• GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA, and COMICS – Here you will find popular manga and superhero titles, among others.
• AUDIOBOOKS – books on CD
• eBOOKS and eAUDIOS – downloadable from the Libby app on your device
• MAGAZINES
• KITS – we have several types of kits:
  • SPEEDY READER KITS – the entire book series in one bag; in pale blue and grey bags.
  • READ-ALONG KITS – includes a book and an audiobook of the same title so you can follow along with the audio reader.

Are you a writer whose dialogue shines with emotion, depth, and character? Or perhaps you’d like to try out a new medium of writing that can lead to a career for the stage or screen? Then submit a piece of your finest play writing to the Madison Library District “Adventures in Script” teen writer’s contest, and see how your play stacks up with other teens your age.

Requirements:

• Participants must be ages 12 – 18 to enter.
• Open to Madison Library District residents only.
• 4,500 word limit.
• Limit 1 play per person.
• No photos or illustrations.
• Work must be original, not previously published, and titled.
• Submissions that are deemed inappropriate, culturally inaccurate, or possess negative stereotypical characterization will be disqualified.

HOW TO SUBMIT:

• Email your original work as a Google Doc attachment to our programming team. This is the ONLY way to enter!
• Subject line must say: Adventures in Script Teen Writers Contest.
• Please include your name, age, and phone number in the email.

DEADLINE:

All entries must be received by Saturday, July 20th, 2024.
Winners will be announced on Friday, July 26th, 2024, at the Teen Summer Reading Final Party.

The First Prize winner’s entry will be performed by the Teen Action Council at the party!

Prizes:

ALL participants will receive a prize!

First prize – $30 Amazon gift card
Second prize – Fat Cats Date Pack ($60 value)
Third prize – Free Corsage and Boutonnière from Rexburg Floral ($38 value)for each paired author.

Film director Wes Anderson has a distinctive style that many attempt to mimic. A recent book, Accidentally Wes Anderson, shares views of the best efforts by professional photographers. If all those pros are having such a good time making Wes Anderson fakes, we thought it might be fun for our patrons to do so as well.

Take a look at the style hints found in the adult section display case and take a photo that you think is "Accidentally Wes Anderson," and we'll display them during the month of November.

TO ENTER:

Email your photo to our programming team or leave it at the Circulation Desk by November 1.
Please include your name, library card number, and phone number.

The three photos judged to be closest to Anderson's style will receive a copy of the book.