Top Ten Ways to Know You are a Zombie!

Follow us on Twitter tonight from 5-6pm EST @DeGroodtLibrary for zombie trivia using hashtag #ZAA11. We will have even more chances to win great prizes from our partner Famous Faces and Funnies Comics and Toys.

In the meantime, here in Letterman style are the Top Ten Ways to Know You are a Zombie!

10. You realize you only like your boyfriend/girlfriend for their brains.
9. What you thought was a marathon, is actually people running in fear away from you.
8. You literally shamble to school/work in the morning.
7. You find yourself wanting to hang at the mall a lot…after hours.
6. You find “hoard” has new meaning.
5. You find yourself unable to say anything beyond “braaiinnns”
4. You develop a paralyzing fear of shotguns, baseball bats, flame throwers, and axes.
3. You not only start to lose your hair, but also fingers, toes, and ears.
2. You find it hard to make friends because you keep trying to take a bite out of them.

And the number one way to know you are a zombie…

1. You find yourself spontaneously breaking into dance moves in graveyards after dark.

Beware the Apocalypse!

Did you watch the premier of season two of AMC’s Walking Dead? Have a favorite zombie chiller that you love to watch? Back in 1968, George A Romero introduced audiences to a new type of horror film like they had never seen before, a cult classic was born. Night of the LivingDead continues to thrill audiences and has even been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Hulu 's link to Night of the Living Dead (1968) NR

Michael Jackson’s Thriller is another classic zombie flick that continues to dazzle audiences. Check out the following youtube videos that pay tribute to the video.

Click here to view Thriller...with LEGOs

Of course we would have none of these without first having Richard Matheson’s classic 1954 novel, Iam Legend. The novel was influential to the development of the zombie horror genre because it introduced the theme of a disease born apocalypse. This was the inspiration behind Romero’s classic. Can you name the other two films based on Matheson’s book? What are some of your favorite zombie films? Once again, comment below for a chance to win a prize from Famous Faces and FunniesComics and Toys.  All comments must be posted by the end of Teen Read Week (October 22, 2011). 

Are you prepared for the Zombie Author Apocalypse?

It’s Teen Read Week at the library! The theme this year is PictureIt @ your library and in celebration we are paying homage to the classic silver screen zombies. To help us celebrate, we will have an author visit, made possible through a grant from YALSA and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, the Satellite Beach Library and the Franklin T DeGroodt Memorial Library will host the author of the YA bestseller TheForest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan. That’s right, prepare yourself cause it is time for the Zombie Author Apocalypse. We invite you to join us all week as we discuss zombies, zombies, and more zombies.

From theme parks to commercials to television, zombies seem to be everywhere lately.  Why zombies? Many have said that they are a metaphor for today’s society and well, zombies are fun. This idea of survival has been used by companies to promote awareness of their product in new and interesting ways. Even the CDC has used the concept of surviving a zombie apocalypse to conceptualize on how if you are prepared for a zombie outbreak then you can survive anything (we Floridians know that this is really hurricane survival in the guise of zombie survival, so guess you could say we are ready).

To kick off our Zombie Author Apocalypse, we ask: What would you do to survive the pending zombie uprising? Comment below and you might just win a prize from our own Famous Faces and Funnies Comics and Toys.  All comments must be posted by the end of Teen Read Week (October 22, 2011). 

Zombie Author Apocalypse Events

Zombie Author Apocalypse!

     Brevard County Libraries announces that the Franklin T DeGroodt Memorial Library and the Satellite Beach Library have received a grant from YALSA and Dollar General to support Teen Read Week (October 16-22, 2011)! Teen Read Week™ is the national adolescent literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association.

     New York Times bestselling author, Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth will be talking about her books and writing on October 22nd at the Satellite Beach Library at 11am and the Franklin T DeGroodt Memorial Library at 2pm. Throughout Teen Read Week virtual book discussions and special contests will be held through the library social media outlets (i.e. Twitter & Facebook), including a Zombie Self-Defense program, and a Zombie Art contest. 

     Teen Read Week™ is held annually during the third week of October. An updated sponsors and supporting organizations list can be found at the Web site, www.ala.org/teenread.