The Tweens and Teens Room has new charging areas for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12 to charge their devices. Tweens and Teens who visit the Library after school can now plug in their laptops and charge their phones in the Tweens and Teens Room.
Study, play a board game, read manga, use our colored pencils and markers, hang out with friends, and more, all while charging your device in the Tweens and Teens Room.
Would you like to be a reviewer for the Library? Need community service hours? Become a Volunteer Teen Reviewer.
This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. The Library is looking for teen reviewers to review books and media in the YA collection as well as digital content, such as ebooks and audiobooks, available on the Nassau Digital Doorway. There might be a book you’ve already read in our physical or digital collection that you can write a review on!
Reviews will be used to update the Tweens and Teens Library Review Page as well as update our social-media pages. Reviews are subject to approval by the Young Adult Librarian. Please make sure to follow the guidelines for reviews in order for the review to count toward community service.
Kids from all generations have grown up with Golden Books! They have been around for over 75 years and first published in 1942.
Come to the Children’s Room to see the display set up with some of our favorite Golden Books including classics such as: Scuffy the Tugboat, by Gertrude Crampton; The Little Red Hen, by J.P. Miller; The Shy Little Kitten, by Gustav Tenggren; and Walt Disney’s Bambi.
We also have some of the latest Golden Books, including: Olaf’s Perfect Day, by Jessica Julius; Barbie: Pink Boots & Ponytails, by Alison Inches; The Courageous Captain America, adapted by Billy Wrecks; and Sesame Street’s Another Monster at the End of This Book, by Jon Stone.
The Garden City Public Library offers a variety of programs for adults, ‘tweens and teens, and children and their parents. If you have any programming ideas or would like to comment on the types of programs or the days and times of programs, the Library encourages you to fill out Comment Cards, which are located at the Circulation Desk. The Library Administration will take all suggestions under consideration, but cannot guarantee programming changes.
Earn community service by reading and reviewing recently published Young Adult books throughout the year and help the Tweens and Teens Department create the Best Books lists for 2024! Volunteers should be in Grades 6-12. Volunteers will be asked to read new books aimed at Grades 6-12 and published between January 1, 2023 and December 6, 2024. Volunteers will then fill out a feedback form, which includes a 300-word review.
Volunteers can use the Library’s monthly reading lists beginning in January 2024 to help get ideas on what to read.
To access the feedback form and earn community service credit, scan the QR code on the flier which can be found outside the Tweens and Teens Room. You can also access the feedback form by going to https://forms.gle/Wy6HqY69envMHjHd8.
Garden City Public Library personnel kindly ask patrons to refrain from dog walking on the front lawn, as this space is dedicated to children’s programs.
Signs have been installed as a friendly reminder on multiple approaches to the Library: at the corner of Seventh Street and Hilton Avenue, on Seventh Street in front of the Library entrance, at the corner of Seventh Street and Hubbell Plaza and at the West corner of the Library near the parking lot entrance.
We appreciate your cooperation to help us ensure a clean and safe outdoor space for our young patrons to enjoy popular programs.