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THE NEW POWER GENERATION Tweens in the Spotlight! Too Young for the Teen Room Too Old for the Children’s Room

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A slideshow of tween services in Nassau Public Libraries from April 2010.

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THE NEW POWER GENERATION

Tweens in the Spotlight!Too Young for the Teen RoomToo Old for the Children’s Room

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It's cooler than ever to be a tween, but is childhood lost?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-02-03-tweens-behavior_N.htm

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Definition of a Tween

8-12 year-olds / 20 million strong Time of transition; physical, emotional, &

psychological Each week they spend 12 hours watching TV

& 7 hours online

70% say their parents are their best friends 63% DO NOT have cell phones Reading for pleasure continues to drop each

year 

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What Tweens Find Important

Parents Family Game Nights/ Mom& Daughter

programs Music

Add music to your website/programs/stream it

Movies Book to Movie tie-ins/ show them/ discuss

Being Smart Trivia, Contests, Tutors

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Abrams/Amulet

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Great Book and Movie Tie-in Opportunity!

It’s Not a Diary, It’s a Movie!

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Tween Girl Magazines

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Tween Boy Magazines

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Graphic Novels

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Think outside the box

Text Messages as an alternative to Book Reports Mo B Dik

Call me-Ishml.

Hngr Gms 

24 compete. Last 1 alive wins. (fran jackson)

Diree Wmpee Kd

MS wrst idea evr. Get me out of here.

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TWEEN PROGRAMMING &

TWEEN AREAS

A Review of our Member Libraries

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Manhasset Public Library

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book Club 8 – 12 year-olds 24 enrolled 18 showed up

10 boys! Each week, a book, mythology, demi-god

skills, and a craft based on book. Example: Week 2- Sea of Monsters.

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Manhasset Tween Girls

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Merrick Library Tween Area

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Meet me at the corner of 5th and 6th

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Merrick Library Tween Area

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Mineola Public Library

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Port Washington Tween Area

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Port Washington

Tweens

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Port Washington

Tweens

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Port Washington Tweens

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Roslyn

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PROTOTYPE

Board

NOTEBOOK APPLICATION

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Board

In 1923, Frank began to sell his creation in seven fruit flavors. What was the original name for this summertime treat?

A. Ice-ees C. Epsicles

B. Pop-tastic Treats

D. Popsidoodles

C. Epsicles

In 1905, 11 year-old Frank Epperson of California mixed some soda powder and water on his back porch. He left the stirring stick in and the temperature dropped overnight… the next morning he had a Popsicle!

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Valley Stream

Tweens- Be Confident! Be Motivated! Be You! Featuring co-authors of 113 Things to Do

By 13

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Further Reading

www.delicious.com/nassaulibrary/tweens Acuff, D.S. What Kids Buy and Why: The

Psychology of Marketing to Kids. Simon & Schuster, 1997.

Elkind, David. All Grown Up and No Place to Go: Teenagers in Crisis. Perseus Books, 1998.

Siegel, D.L. The Great Tween Buying Machine: Marketing to Today’s Tweens. Paramount Market Publishing, Inc. 2001.