BOOKS, MUSIC, and ADVICE
Book Reviews, Booklists, & Series
Teen Reviews @ the Cumberland Public Library
www.cumberlandlibrary.org/teens
Reviews submitted by teens who participate in the Cumberland Public Library's Teen Summer Reading Program.
Jennifer's GoodReads
www.goodreads.com/jennifer_librarian
Books that the Young Adult Librarian has read and recommends.
R.I. Teen Book Award
www.cumberlandlibrary.org/ritba/ritba13/ritba13.htm
Here is the list current and past nominees for the RI Teen Book Award.
Teen Authors
www.yourlibrary.ws/ya_webpage/yaauthor.htm
Greenville Public Library's website on teen authors.
Teen Reads
http://teenreads.com
A great place to read a bio on your favorite author, look up a book review, check out their newsletter, etc...
What's Next?
www.bettendorflibrary.com/bpl-bin/series.pl
Teen series and sequels.
Music
Freegal Music
www.freegalmusic.com/users/inhdlogin
Cumberland residents can choose from 1,000's of titles from the Sony music catalog. Download three MP3's per week with your library card!
Lyrics.com
www.lyrics.com
Lyrics Freak
www.lyricsfreak.com
This Day in Music
www.thisdayinmusic.com/on_this_day
A site with a ton of music info from "things you didn't know" to "took their names from".
Poetry
The Academy of American Poets
www.poets.org
Bartleby.com
http://bartleby.com/100
"A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in Ancient and Modern Literature."
Poetry 180
www.loc.gov/poetry/180/001.html
A poem a day for American high schools
Teen Ink Poetry
http://teenink.com/Poetry
A site for teens to submit and discuss poetry.
Teen Advice, Volunteering, & More
Do Something
www.dosomething.org
Want to do something for your community? Check out this site to learn how.
Go Ask Alice
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
A site that answers teen's questions on a wide variety of topics.
Super Sitter
www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/supper_sitter.html
Everything you need to know about babysitting.
TeensHealth
http://kidshealth.org/teens
Answers and advice.