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2009 Teen Summer Reading Program Express Yourself @ Your Library
May 26-Aug. 29, 2009
Sign-up for the Teen Summer Reading Program by filling out and submitting this form or pick up a reading packet at the 1st Floor Customer Service Desk. Keep track of your reading minutes and return your reading ticket to the 1st floor Customer Service Desk or submit your minutes using the online form to earn chances towards weekly prize drawings.
Click here for Teen Tuesdays - FREE teen programs that allow you to explore your creative side!
TOKYOPOP & Pocky want you to get your creative juices flowing! Submit an original piece of artwork or a 1-3 panel comic that includes images of Pocky -- you can create a box of Pocky, characters enjoying Pocky, or an intriguing Pocky world! Five winners will be chosen to win some amazing prizes!
Submit an original piece of art that includes any images of Pocky & make sure they are:
Total Size: 10 MB
300 jpeg, at least 5” 7”
Art submissions must be either a piece of artwork OR a 1-3 panel comic
Submissions should be digital format and must sent in .jpg file format to fancontent [at] tokyopop [dot] com
Kinokuniya, the biggest Japanese language bookstore in the United States, is holding Death Note Day to promote the upcoming two-day special theatrical showing of the new live action film Deathnote: L, Change the World on April 29 & 30. Death Note is a popular anime and manga supernatural thriller about Light, a young man who commits murders undetected and L, the mysterious detective who hunts him.
Leave your wallet at home. On Saturday, May 2, participating comic book shops across North America will be giving away free comic books to anyone who stops in.
You can get your own free comic book between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. at the House of Heroes, 407 N. Main St. Oshkosh. Titles include Star Wars, Avengers, Ultimo, Wolverine and more.
TOKYOPOP & Pocky want you to get your creative juices flowing! Submit an original piece of artwork or a 1-3 panel comic that includes images of Pocky -- you can create a box of Pocky, characters enjoying Pocky, or an intriguing Pocky world! Five winners will be chosen to win some amazing prizes! 
Kinokuniya, the biggest Japanese language bookstore in the United States, is holding Death Note Day to promote the upcoming two-day special theatrical showing of the new live action film 
Leave your wallet at home. On Saturday, May 2, participating comic book shops across North America will be giving away free comic books to anyone who stops in.