Bedford Free Library

Driving directions

HOURS OF OPERATION

 Monday
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
 (Nov. thru Mar.)
10:00 am – 7:00 pm
 (April thru Oct.)
 Tuesday - Friday
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
 Saturday
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Sunday
Closed

 CLOSINGS

UPCOMING HOLIDAYS

Monday, February 20
Friday, April 6
Saturday, April 7
Saturday, May 26
Monday, May 28

WEEKLY STORYTIMES

Tuesday, 2:00 pm
(Not in July)
Thursday, 11:15 am preschooler with adult

 No registration needed

 

32 Village Green, Bedford, NY 10506   914.234.3570

Young Adults


YOUNG ADULT/JUVENILE FICTION ROOM
Located on the second floor of the Library this brightly decorated space houses our complete Young Adult, and Juvenile fiction collections. Maureen Mc Manus, our Young Adult Librarian, spends Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons upstairs and is there to make book suggestions or help locate anything you might need. The room is also the home of the YA audio collection, graphic novels, study guides, Newbery winners, many other resources and the Fox Lane Ski Club box.

 

Young adult & juvenile fiction room

RED CROSS BABYSITTING COURSE
Wednesday, February 22
9:00 - 5:00
Ages 11 - 15
This very popular class will fill up quickly - register early
Free of charge


WRITING CONTEST 2011

Thank you to our judges - Mark St. Germain and Diane Sarna

The winners have been announced

FICTION
First prize: Just Cry by Ilsa Bouyoucos
Second prize: Donna by Tatianna Cooper

REFLECTIVE ESSAY
First prize: How I Learned to Run
by Charlie Patton
Second prize: El Capitan Gallo
by Sophia Ohler

Writing Contest Winners 2011
 
Pictured L-R are:
Mark St. Germain (Judge)
Ilsa (1st Place Fiction)
Charlie (1st Place Reflective Essay),
Tatianna (2nd Place Fiction)
Missing - Sophia (2nd Place Reflective Essay)

 

 

TEEN BOOK REVIEWS

The following are a few reviews written by YA volunteers.
 If you are interested in participating in this program and earning community service hours contact Maureen
mmcmanus@wlsmail.org

Virals by Kathy Reichs Virals by Kathy Reichs. This is about a teenage band of “sciphiles” who rescue a dog caged for medical testing, exposing themselves to a strain of canine parvovirus and changing their lives forever. More...

Firelight by Sophie JordanFirelight by Sophie Jordan is a romantic fantasy about a dragon shape shifter, or, as they call her in the book, a “Draki”. For safety, she is forced to flee her world and enter the human world of high school. Our reviewer gave this 5 out of 5 stars!  More...

Before I Fall by Lauren OliverBefore I Fall by Lauren Oliver is the story of a beautiful, popular, high school mean girl named Samantha. In the opening scene of the book, Samantha is killed in a car accident, but, instead of dying, she wakes up the next morning to start the very same day over again. More...

Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis GillBlack Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill is a very intense, action-packed novel. It takes place on Mars and the main character is a mercenary fighter on the planet. More...

 

Are you book obsessed?
Check what other teens have to say about books and reading at this link

Teen Ink
Link to magazine, website and books written by teens since 1989

>

Rick Riordan Recommends
If you are a Percy Jackson fan you might be interested in this link

WLS
[Home] [About Us] [Contact Us] [Staff & Board] [Forms] [Membership Policies] [Calendar] [Adults] [Adult Events] [Young Adults] [Children] [AnnualPoetryContest2011] [Summer in the Children's Room] [Resources] [Galleries] [Musical Mother Goose in the Summer] [Lego Madness] [Candy Houses] [Halloween Crafts] [Halloween Parades at the Library] [Ice Cream Social  2011] [Kindergarten Visits] [Las Posadas de Navidad] [Watercolor Class] [Summer in the Children's Room] [Truck Day 2011] [St. Patrick's Day Celebration] [Summer Reading 2010] [Storybook Trees] [Summer Reading Photo Contest 2011] [Friends of the Library] [Community Links] [Search Titles] [Support the Library]