Library Cards
The color of the basic Santa Monica Public Library card.
What is green?
The name of the library's homework help/tutoring database you can access from home or in the library.
What is Brainfuse (also acceptable: what is HelpNow?)
The age you are considered a Teen at the Santa Monica Public Library.
What is 12?
Name of the format you can read a book in that's NOT made of paper.
What is an e-book?
Name of a graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier.
What is:
Smile
Sisters
Drama
Ghosts
Guts
The secret code that is four digits that goes along with your library card.
What is a PIN number?
The name of Santa Monica Public Library's after-school in-person homework-help program.
What is LEARN?
You need this to use a teen computer at the Main Library (hint: although a PIN number is required, that's not the answer.)
Name of the type of book you can listen to on a phone, tablet, or computer.
What is a downloadable audiobook
or
What is an e-audiobook?
Number of weeks you can keep a Teen New Book after you check it out.
What is 4 weeks?
(you can only keep a new Adult book for 2!)
True/False: You have to live in Santa Monica to have a Santa Monica Public Library card
What is False?
(You only have to live in the state of California.)
One of two possible locations where the Library has its LEARN program.
What is Pico Branch or Main Library?
The grade you must be in to start volunteering at the Main Library.
8th
The amount of weeks you can check out an e-book from the Library.
What is 3?
Name of one of the graphic novels on the SMMUSD middle school reading lists (6th-8th grade) that you can find at the library.
What is:
- Boxers
- Smile
- Maus
True/False: It costs $25 for a Santa Monica Public Library card if you don't live in Santa Monica.
What is False?
(All Santa Monica Public Library cards are free.)
The number of days a week Brainfuse is available.
What is 7?
(from 1-10 p.m.)
The name of one of the two possible volunteer groups you can join at the Main Library once you reach high school.
What is Teen Advisory Council?
or
What is Tech Teens?
True/False. The Library's ebooks can only be read on the Library's app, not the Kindle app. For those, you have to buy them from Amazon or Audible.
What is False?
(Library ebooks are available for the Overdrive, Libby, and Kindle apps - all for free!)
Name of the graphic novel that was chosen as Santa Monica High School's required summer reading book last year.
What is The Best We Could Do?
The number of times any materials you check out are renewed automatically (unless someone places a hold on the material).
What is 3 times?
Name one Library database you can use for homework help.
What is:
- World Book
- Brainfuse
- Student Resource Center
etc.
The name of the area of the Main Library that is just for teens.
What is the Teen Lounge?
Name of the app you can download from the library to check out up to 6 ebooks, e-comics, TV shows or movies per month.
What is Hoopla?
Name of the popular teen book that was chosen for Santa Monica Reads (the Library's one city, one book program) last year.
(Hint: this book was also recently made into a movie.)
What is The Hate U Give?