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For teens

The library is a place for you to be you.

Hang out with your friends. Have some time to yourself. Ask us a question, or tell us how it’s going.

Join a book club. Do an activity. Get creative.

Use the computer. Get help with research. Learn about technical school, college, and whatever you aspire to be.

And oh yeah, check out a book.


Upcoming events

Dog Appreciation Month Scavenger Hunt @ Southwest Regional

Friday, April 10, 2026 • All day

Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd) (Southwest Regional - Children's Area)

For April’s scavenger hunt, we’ve hidden pictures of 10 dogs throughout the children’s area of the library (in honor of Dog Appreciation Month)... Can you find them all?!...

Ages: Baby, Elementary School, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, DPS

Maker + STEAM Take and Make: Storytelling Kit

Friday, April 10, 2026 • All day

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)

In this month's Maker + STEAM Take and Make, you'll find materials to celebrate this year's "Stories that Built US" LibraryFest theme with tools to write your own stories, including wooden storytelling tiles, a small journal,...

Ages: Adult, Elementary School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, DPS

Multi-Sensory Environment Open House

Saturday, April 11, 2026 • 10:30am - 11:30am

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St) (Multi Sensory Environment)

Check out Main Library's Multi-Sensory Environment! Drop in, try out the equipment, and learn more about what our sensory space offers....

Ages: Adult, Baby, Elementary School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds

Learn to Sew with Connecting with Threads

Saturday, April 11, 2026 • 10:00am - 12:00pm

Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd) (Southwest Regional - Children's Programming Room)

Learn how to use a sewing machine and hand sew with Connecting with Threads. This is a series of programs where teens and tweens will be able to build their knowledge as they become independent sewers. Other dates in this series are as follows: April...

Ages: Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Middle School, Teen, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds

Registration full. Join the waitlist >

This Week In the Lab: Makey Makeys

Saturday, April 11, 2026 • 11:00am - 1:00pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)

Join the Maker + STEAM Team in the Innovation Lab during specified open hours to discover how you can use the properties of electricity and circuit building in order to create a game controller with a Makey Makey kit! ...

Ages: Adult, Elementary School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, DPS

Financial Literacy & Legacy Planning Program with Stagville Descendants Council

Saturday, April 11, 2026 • 11:00am - 1:30pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St) (Main Auditorium)

Join the Stagville Descendants Council for a program that empowers individuals and families with practical tools to protect assets and preserve generational legacy through informed financial decision-making....

Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Senior Citizen, Teen

Registration required

Open Sew with Connecting with Threads

Saturday, April 11, 2026 • 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd) (Southwest Regional - Children's Programming Room)

If you know how to use a sewing machine and to do basic hand sewing, join Connecting with Threads to create your own projects in our "Open Sew" series. This is a series of programs where teens...

Ages: High School, Middle School, Teen, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds

Registration required

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Staff picks

College Bound Fiction

YA books about teens applying to college, getting ready to go to college, or already enrolled in college! Books are organized by publication year.

YA Disability Pride Month [July '25]

Celebrate with us as we remember the groundbreaking legislation that is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In July of 1990, discrimination against people with disabilities...

Meet the teen librarians

We want to hear from you! Get in touch with us anytime. Find a teen librarian at your library location >

Danielle holding up the graphic novel "New Kid."

Danielle

Location: Stanford L. Warren Branch Library

Email: dsjohnson@dconc.gov

Danielle is the Teen Services Manager for Stanford L. Warren. She grew up in Durham, NC. She grew up reading many books, watching anime, and playing video games. The video game systems that hold a soft spot in her heart are the SNES and PS2. Most people she’s worked with in the library know that she wanted to go to circus school but has settled on taking lyra classes and improving her roller skating skills. Danielle is always plotting her next adventure!

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Volunteer at the library

Looking to get involved? We have different volunteer tasks available at different locations and different times. In the past, teen volunteers have helped with shelving and pulling books, tutoring, prepping for crafts, and more. This program is for all tweens and teens in grades 6 – 12. Contact the teen librarian at your preferred location for availability.