Get Real! @ your library® Fact or Fiction Contest

How well did you do in the “Get Real” contest --can you tell fact from fiction? Did someone really explode from eating Pop Rocks and drinking soda? Or is that just an urban legend? Click here to get the answers.

Congratulations to the winners!

Spiders in the Hairdo (book of urban legends):
Barrett Friendly Library—John Ferrand
Clymer Library—Alyssa Hadfield
Eastern Monroe Public Library—Cassie Cirillo
Pocono Mountain Public Library—Ashley Millilo

“Get Real” CD Holder:
Barrett Friendly Library—Holden Eckles and Kira Moore
Clymer Library—Jen Tolley and Robert Hasselbach
Eastern Monroe Public Library—Kyle Zoller and Arielle Wilczek
Pocono Mountain Public Library—Thomas Abramouski and Dan Rios

Special Drawing for Entries with All Correct Answers
(CD Holder):
Jacob Young (Eastern Monroe Public Library)
Michele Corbett (Pocono Mountain Public Library)

Grand Prize (drawn from all entries from all participating libraries)
$25 gift certificate to Waldenbooks:
Shannon Price (Barrett Friendly Library)

For more information on urban legends check out these sites:

UrbanLegends Reference Pages
Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urbanlegends on a variety
of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, ...
www.snopes.com

UrbanLegends and Folklore
THE starting place for exploring UrbanLegends and Folklore on the Web: Internet
hoaxes, rumors, urbanlegends and urban myths debunked.
urbanlegends.about.com

Howstuffworks "How UrbanLegends Work"
We'll look at urban legends to see what they are, where they come from and why they spread so quickly. We'll also explore some ideas regarding the social significance of urban legends, as well as take a look at how the stories have changed over the years.
people.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm