Teen Services at Seekonk Public Library

An Author’s World: An Interview with Autumn Allen
Tuesday, February 11 at 6:00 PM
Autumn Allen is an award-winning author, editor, educator, and children’s literature specialist. Her debut young adult novel, All You Have to Do (Kokila/Penguin, 2023), was long listed for the Massachusetts Book Award and was a People Magazine must-read for fall 2023, a Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of 2023, and a Black Caucus of the ALA debut honor award winner. In an interview with Seekonk Library’s Teen Librarian, Carla Rennick, Autumn will discuss her novel, as well as what it's like to be a published author and editor. She will answer questions about writing professionally, being a senior editor at Barefoot Books, and her work as a writing instructor for kids, teens, and adults. The interview will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Copies of All You Have to Do will be available for purchase at the event. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Seekonk Public Library.  This 90-minute in-person event is free and open to the public. Space is limited and registration is required. For more information, call Teen Services at the library at (508) 336-8230 or email
teens@seekonkpl.org. 

Rube Goldberg Machine Challenge
Thursday, February 27 at 3:00 PM
Rube Goldberg Machines: Even if you don’t know that’s what they’re called, you’ve definitely seen them before. A marble rolling down a ramp knocks into a domino, which knocks over a trail of dominos, until the last one falls onto a lever. The lever releases a pulley that activates a switch, and so on, until the entire chain reaction comes to its glorious culmination and achieves the vital, monumental goal of…ringing a tiny brass bell. Throughout history, humans have invented machines to make complicated things easier. But when a more whimsically minded engineer designs a machine to accomplish a simple thing through an unnecessarily complex chain reaction, we call it a Rube Goldberg machine. Join us on Thursday, February 27 at 3:00 PM for a Rube Goldberg Challenge, where we’ll see just how creative and over-the-top we can make our own such machine. This 1-hour event is free and open to tweens and teens in grades 6 through 12. Registration is required. Sign up using our new Events Calendar at www.seekonkpl.org/events.   For more information, call Adult Services at the library at (508) 336-8230 or email
teens@seekonkpl.org.