New A/V added 3/24/2006 - 3/30/2006

Title	Author	Location
Predator [sound recording]	by Patricia Daniels Cornwell	CD F CORNWELL
The passions of Chelsea Kane [sound recording]	by Barbara Delinsky	CD F DELINSKY
The things we do for love [sound recording]	by Kristin Hannah	CD F HANNAH
Robert Ludlum's The Altman code [sound recording]	by Robert Ludlum	CD F LUDLUM
The Janson directive [sound recording]	by Robert Ludlum	CD F LUDLUM
Honeymoon [sound recording]	by James Patterson	CD F PATTERSON
Long Spoon Lane [sound recording]	by Anne Perry	CD F PERRY
Wild animus [sound recording]	by Rich Shapero	CD F SHAPERO
Wolves eat dogs [sound recording]	by Martin Cruz Smith	CD F SMITH
Dreamer [DVD] : inspired by a true story		DVD FIC DREAMER
Good night, and good luck [DVD]		DVD FIC GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
A history of violence [videorecording]		DVD FIC HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio [DVD]		DVD FIC PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO
Chicken Little [DVD]		DVD JUV FIC CHICKEN LITTLE

New Books added 3/24/2006 - 3/30/2006

Title	Author	Location
Emotional vampires : dealing with people who drain you dry	by Albert J. Bernstein	158.2 BERNSTEIN
The encyclopedia of bad taste	by Jane Stern	306.0973 STERN
Three cups of tea : one man's mission to fight terror and build nations-- one school at a time	by Greg Mortenson	371.822 MORTENSON
Making birdhouses	by Andrew Newton-Cox	598.1564 NEWTON-COX
The get with the program! Guide to good eating	by Bob Greene	613.2 GREENE
Bob Greene's total body makeover	by Bob Greene	613.7 GREENE
Get with the program! : getting real about your weight, health, and emotional well-being	by Bob Greene	613.7 GREENE
Strong women, strong bones : everything you need to know to prevent, treat, and beat osteoporosis	by Miriam E. Nelson	616.716 NELSON
All about roses	by Rex Wolf	635.9 ORTHO BOOKS
Cooking light annual recipes 2002	by Robin Mather Jenkins	641.5635 COOKING LIGHT
Just like grandma used to make	by Lois Wyse	641.59 WYSE
30 minute italian.		641.5945 30 MINUTE ITALIAN
Ciao Italia : traditional Italian recipes from family kitchens	by Mary Ann Esposito	641.5945 ESPOSITO
In the kitchen with America's favorite brand name recipes.	by Ltd. Publications International	641.5973 PUBLICATIO INTERNATI
The pleasures of sketching outdoors.	by Clayton Hoagland	741.2 HOAGLAND
The Sierra Club guide to sketching in nature	by Cathy Johnson	743.83 JOHNSON
Crafts & hobbies.	by Reader's Digest Association	745.5 READER'S DIGEST
Cross stitch country garden	by Jane Iles	746.44 ILES
Erica Wilson's needlepoint : adapted from objects in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art	by Erica Wilson	746.442 WILSON
Quilting for beginners.	by Creative Publishing International	746.46041 QUILTING
A year in the world : journey of a passionate traveller	by Frances Mayes	BIO MAYES MAYES
Circle of quilters : an Elm Creek quilts novel	by Jennifer Chiaverini	FIC CHIAVERINI
Anyone but you	by Jennifer Crusie	FIC CRUSIE
Divine	by Karen Kingsbury	FIC KINGSBURY
Sea Gypsy	by Fern Michaels	FIC MICHAELS
A dirty job : a novel	by Christopher Moore	FIC MOORE
The wave	by Walter Mosley	FIC MOSLEY
Love comes softly	by Janette Oke	FIC OKE
Is a blue whale the biggest thing there is?	by Robert E. Wells	JUV 530.8 WELLS
Dinosaur hunters	by Kate. McMullan	JUV 568 MCMULLAN
The soul bird	by Mikhal Senunit	JUV 811.54 SENUNIT
Dawn	by Erin Hunter	JUV FIC HUNTER
Midnight	by Erin Hunter	JUV FIC HUNTER
Moonrise	by Erin Hunter	JUV FIC HUNTER
The truth of the matter	by Robb Forman Dew	LP FIC DEW
Wrong place, wrong time	by Andrea Kane	LP FIC KANE
All night long	by Jayne Ann Krentz	LP FIC KRENTZ
Conviction : a novel	by Richard North Patterson	LP FIC PATTERSON
The sight of the stars	by Belva Plain	LP FIC PLAIN
The secret supper	by Javier Sierra	LP FIC SIERRA
Gone : an Alex Delaware novel	by Jonathan Kellerman	MYS FIC KELLERMAN
Dark assassin : a novel	by Anne Perry	MYS FIC PERRY

Upcoming programs 4/1/2006 - 4/7/2006

Please visit the library's Calendar and Programs page for more details.

Saturday 4/1
Chess Club 10 AM - 12 PM
Monday 4/3
National Library Week begins
U.S. Representative from 13th Congressional District, Allyson Y. Schwartz’s office will be available 2 PM – 5 PM
Math Tutoring 3 PM – 5 PM
Amateur Radio Examination 7 PM - 9PM -- pre-registration required
Tuesday 4/4
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM – 4 PM
Wednesday 4/5
Mrs. Endy’s Story Time: -- pre-registration required
2+3 year olds 10 AM – 10:30 AM
4-6 year olds 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Anime Club 3:30 PM - 5 PM
Friends of the Library 7 PM - 9PM
Thursday 4/6
Mrs. Endy’s Story Time: -- pre-registration required
2+3 year olds 10 AM – 10:30 AM
4-6 year olds 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
4-6 year olds 1:30 PM – 2 PM
Medicare Sign-up 10 AM - 3 PM -- pre-registration required
Friday 4/7
Friday night movie -- Just Like Heaven starts at 6:30 PM

Upcoming programs 3/25/2006 - 3/31/2006

Please visit the library's Calendar and Programs page for more details.

Saturday 3/25
Chess Club 10 AM - 12 PM
Monday 3/27
U.S. Representative from 13th Congressional District, Allyson Y. Schwartz’s office will be available 2 PM – 5 PM
Math Tutoring 3 PM – 5 PM
Tuesday 3/28
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM – 4 PM
Wednesday 3/29
Mrs. Endy’s Story Time: -- pre-registration required
2+3 year olds 10 AM – 10:30 AM
4-6 year olds 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Travel to Fiji 7 PM - 9 PM
Thursday 3/30
No Story Time today, make up date 5/25
Friday 3/31
Friday night movie -- Bad News Bears starts at 6:30 PM

New children's and YA books added 3/17/2006 - 3/23/2006

Title	Author	Location
I am the artist!	by Dawn Anderson	E A
Being me	by Julie Broski	E B
So many houses	by Hester Bass	E B
Old Mo	by Stacey W. Hsu	E H
Rainy-day music	by Judith Jensen Hyde	E H
One smart fish	by Laura Manivong	E M
Germs	by Judy Oetting	E O
Who do I look like?	by Mary Schulte	E S
Who needs friends?	by Christine Taylor-Butler	E T
Runaways : teenage wasteland	by Brian K. Vaughan	GRAPHIC NOVEL RUNAWAYS TEENAGE WASTELAND
Bubblemania	by Lee Wardlaw	JUV 641.33 WARDLAW
Civil liberties	by Andrea C. Nakaya	YA 342.7308 NAKAYA
Extraordinary American writers	by John Tessitore	YA 810.9 TESSITORE
The perilous search for the fabled Northwest Passage in American history	by Karen Clemens Warrick	YA 910.9163 WARRICK
Hidden talents	by David Lubar	YA FIC LUBAR
Buried onions	by Gary Soto	YA FIC SOTO
Shabanu : daughter of the wind	by Suzanne Fisher Staples	YA FIC STAPLES
Memory boy : a novel	by Will Weaver	YA FIC WEAVER
A time to keep silent	by Gloria Whelan	YA FIC WHELAN

New A/V added 3/17/2006 - 3/23/2006

Title	Author	Location
Courting trouble [sound recording]	by Lisa Scottoline	CASS FIC SCOTTOLINE
New rules [Sound recording] : polite musings from a timid observer	by Bill Maher	CD 817.54 MAHER
Titan [sound recording]	by Ben Bova	CD F BOVA
Cinnamon kiss [sound recording] : a novel	by Walter Mosley	CD F MOSLEY
Sea change [sound recording]	by Robert B. Parker	CD F PARKER
And be a villain [sound recording]	by Rex Stout	CD F STOUT
Spanish 101 [DVD].		DVD 468.2 SPANISH 101
Shout about movies disc 2 [DVD].		DVD 793.7 SHOUT ABOUT MOVIES
The brain that wouldn't die ; Beast of Yucca flats [DVD].		DVD FIC BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire [DVD]		DVD FIC HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET
Jarhead [DVD]		DVD FIC JARHEAD
Prime [DVD]		DVD FIC PRIME
"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Adventures in friendship [DVD] : life lessons : cooperation, kindness and love"		DVD JUV 158.2 MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORH
Alice's adventures in Wonderland [DVD].		DVD JUV FIC ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLA
Driver-zed 3.0 [DVD]		DVD- ROM 629.283 DRIVER-ZED

New books added 3/17/2006 - 3/23/2006

Title	Author	Location
Rick Warren's Bible study methods : 12 ways to study the Bible on your own	by Richard Warren	220.071 WARREN
Park's success with seed	by Karen Park Jennings	635.9 JENNINGS
Fabulosity : what it is and how to get it	by Kimora Lee Simmons	646.70082 SIMMONS
20 party tricks to amuse and amaze your friends	by Sophie Blackall	793.8 BLACKALL
"Savannah, or, A gift for Mr. Lincoln : a novel"	by John Jakes	FIC JAKES
On grief and grieving : finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of loss	by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross	LP 155.937 KEUBLER- ROSS
Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her	by Melanie Rehak	LP 813.52 REHAK
The assassins' gate : America in Iraq	by George Packer	LP 956.7044 PACKER
Unlikely angel : the untold story of the Atlanta hostage hero	by Ashley Smith	LP BIO SMITH SMITH
The two minute rule	by Robert Crais	MYS FIC CRAIS
Prior bad acts	by Tami Hoag	MYS FIC HOAG
Jacquot and the waterman	by Martin O'Brien	MYS FIC O'BRIEN
The fallen : a novel	by T. Jefferson Parker	MYS FIC PARKER
Pennsylvania HomExpert market report		REF 643.12 PRUDENTIAL
Reference library of European America.		REF 973.04 EUROPEAN AMERICA
River of gods	by Ian McDonald	SF FIC MCDONALD

Happy St. Patricks Day

Saoirse Celtic Performance Troupe put on a wonderful presentation of Irish song, dance, and poetry last night at the library. At least 75 people attended the program. Several of the children in attendance had fun trying a few dance steps after the performance was over.

Upcoming programs 3/18/2006 - 3/24/2006

Please visit the library's Calendar and Programs page for more details.

Saturday 3/18
Children's StoryCraft - World Travel 10 AM - 11 AM -- pre-registration required
Monday 3/20
Mom's Club 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
U.S. Representative from 13th Congressional District, Allyson Y. Schwartz’s office will be available 2 PM – 5 PM
Math Tutoring 3 PM – 5 PM
Camera Club 7 PM - 9 PM
Tuesday 3/21
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM – 3 PM
International Adoption 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Wednesday 3/22
Mrs. Endy’s Story Time: -- pre-registration required
2+3 year olds 10 AM – 10:30 AM
4-6 year olds 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Anime club 3 PM – 5 PM
Thursday 3/23
Mrs. Endy’s Story Time: -- pre-registration required
2+3 year olds 10 AM – 10:30 AM
4-6 year olds 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
4-6 year olds 1:30 PM – 2 PM
Friday 3/24
Friday night movie -- The Brothers Grimm starts at 6:30 PM

New children's and YA books added 3/10/2006 - 3/16/2006

Title	Author	Location
Runaways. [Vol. 3], The good die young	by Brian K. Vaughan	GRAPHIC NOVEL RUNAWAYS THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
Science experiments with simple machines	by Sally Nankivell-Aston	JUV 621.8 NANKIVELL- ASTON
Simple machines made simple	by Ralph E. St. Andre	JUV 621.8 ST. ANDRE
I spy shapes in art	by Lucy Micklethwait	JUV 701 MICKLETHW
All about color	by Irene Yates	JUV 752 YATES
More than meets the eye : seeing art with all five senses	by Bob Raczka	JUV 759 RACZKA
Places	by Ruth Thomson	JUV 759 THOMSON
Portraits	by Ruth Thomson	JUV 759 THOMSON
New Hampshire	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.42 HEINRICHS
Massachusetts	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.44 HEINRICHS
Maryland	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.52 HEINRICHS
Alabama	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.61 HEINRICHS
Mississippi	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.62 HEINRICHS
Louisiana	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.63 HEINRICHS
Oklahoma	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.66 HEINRICHS
Arkansas	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.67 HEINRICHS
Indiana	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.72 HEINRICHS
Illinois	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.73 HEINRICHS
Nebraska	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.82 HEINRICHS
North Dakota	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.84 HEINRICHS
Utah	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.92 HEINRICHS
Idaho	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.96 HEINRICHS
Chester A. Arthur	by Andrew Santella	JUV BIO ARTHUR SANTELLA
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado	by Kristin Petrie	JUV BIO CORONADO PETRIE
Herbert Hoover	by Michael Teitelbaum	JUV BIO HOOVER TEITELBAU
Richard M. Nixon	by Robert Green	JUV BIO NIXON GREEN
Ronald W. Reagan	by Jean Kinney Williams	JUV BIO REAGAN WILLIAMS
Where's Waldo?	by Martin Handford	JUV FIC HANDFORD
John F. Kennedy	by Lucia Raatma	JUV JUV BIO KENNEDY RAATMA
Next summer	by Hailey Abbott	YA FIC ABBOTT
Summer boys	by Hailey Abbott	YA FIC ABBOTT
Massive	by Julia Bell	YA FIC BELL
Just ask : a novel	by Melody Carlson	YA FIC CARLSON
Introducing Vivien Leigh Reid : daughter of the diva	by Yvonne Collins	YA FIC COLLINS
Now starring Vivien Leigh Reid : diva in training	by Yvonne Collins	YA FIC COLLINS
Splintering	by Eireann Corrigan	YA FIC CORRIGAN
Desert blood 10pm/9c	by Ronald Cree	YA FIC CREE
Rewind	by Laura Dower	YA FIC DOWER
A novel idea	by Aimee Friedman	YA FIC FRIEDMAN
Pardon my French	by Cathy Hapka	YA FIC HAPKA
The boxer	by Kathleen Karr	YA FIC KARR
Westminster Abby	by Micol Ostow	YA FIC OSTOW
Kill game	by Francine Pascal	YA FIC PASCAL
Live bait	by Francine Pascal	YA FIC PASCAL
The cure for crushes (and other deadly plagues)	by Karen Rivers	YA FIC RIVERS
Make me over : 11 stories of transformation	by Marilyn Singer	YA FIC SINGER
Crash	by Jerry Spinelli	YA FIC SPINELLI
Breaking up is really, really hard to do : a Dating Game novel	by Natalie Standiford	YA FIC STANDIFOR
The Dating Game : a novel	by Natalie Standiford	YA FIC STANDIFOR
Can true love survive high school? : a Dating Game novel	by Natalie Standiford	YA FIC STANDIFORD
Getting the boot	by Peggy Guthart Strauss	YA FIC STRAUSS
All I want is everything : a Gossip Girl novel	by Cecily Von Ziegesar	YA FIC VON ZIEGESAR
Because I'm worth it : a Gossip Girl novel	by Cecily Von Ziegesar	YA FIC VON ZIEGESAR
I like it like that : a Gossip Girl novel	by Cecily Von Ziegesar	YA FIC VON ZIEGESAR
Nothing can keep us together : a Gossip Girl novel	by Cecily Von Ziegesar	YA FIC VON ZIEGESAR
The it girl	by Cecily Von Ziegesar	YA FIC VON ZIEGESAR
You know you love me : a Gossip Girl novel	by Cecily Von Ziegesar	YA FIC VON ZIEGESAR
You're the one that I want : a Gossip Girl novel	by Cecily Von Ziegesar	YA FIC VON ZIEGESAR
Envy	by Robin Wasserman	YA FIC WASSERMAN
Lust	by Robin Wasserman	YA FIC WASSERMAN
Razzle	by Ellen Wittlinger	YA FIC WITTLINGER

New A/V added 3/10/2006 - 3/16/2006

Title	Author	Location
American movie [DVD]	by Chris Smith	DVD 791.43 AMERICAN MOVIE
First spaceship on Venus, Voyage to the prehistoric planet [DVD]		DVD FIC FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS
The ice harvest [DVD]		DVD FIC ICE HARVEST
Just like Heaven [DVD]		DVD FIC JUST LIKE HEAVEN
North country [DVD]		DVD FIC NORTH COUNTRY
Pride & prejudice [DVD]		DVD FIC PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Rent [DVD]		DVD FIC RENT
The weather man [DVD]		DVD FIC WEATHER MAN
Lady and the Tramp [DVD]		DVD JUV FIC LADY AND THE TRAMP
Madeline : [DVD] the best episodes ever! Volume 1	by Ludwig Bemelmam	DVD JUV FIC MADELINE
Stuart Little 3 [DVD] : call of the wild.		DVD JUV FIC STUART LITTLE 3
Thomas & friends. Thomas & the really brave engines [DVD] : & other adventures		DVD JUV FIC THOMAS THE TANK THOMAS
Valiant [DVD]		DVD JUV FIC VALIANT
Wallace & Gromit. The curse of the were-rabbit [DVD]		DVD JUV FIC WALLACE & GROMIT

New books added 3/10/2006 - 3/16/2006

Title	Author	Location
You're wearing that? : understanding mothers and daughters in conversation	by Deborah Tannen	306.8743 TANNEN
Mind performance hacks	by Ron Hale-Evans	612.8 HALE-EVANS
Tips for better bridge	by Bernard Magee	795.415 MAGEE
Smart packing for today's traveler	by Susan Pletsch Foster	910.2 FOSTER
Strategery : how George W. Bush is outwitting the media and defeating his enemies at home and abroad	by Bill Sammon	973.93 SAMMON
Thieves of Baghdad : one marine's passion for ancient civilizations and the journey to recover the world's greatest stolen treasures	by Matthew Bogdanos	BIO BOGDANOS
False impression	by Jeffrey Archer	FIC ARCHER
The Templar legacy : a novel of suspense	by Steve Berry	FIC BERRY
Rattled	by Debra Galant	FIC GALANT
Intuition : a novel	by Allegra Goodman	FIC GOODMAN
Magic hour	by Kristin Hannah	FIC HANNAH
The tenth circle : a novel	by Jodi Picoult	FIC PICOULT
A most uncommon degree of popularity	by Kathleen Gilles Seidel	FIC SEIDEL
Abide with me : a novel	by Elizabeth Strout	FIC STROUT
The doctor's daughter : a novel	by Hilma Wolitzer	FIC WOLITZER
Embroidered truths	by Monica Ferris	MYS FIC FERRIS
The hunt club : a novel	by John T. Lescroart	MYS FIC LESCROART
The skin gods : a novel	by Richard Montanari	MYS FIC MONTANARI
Fiction catalog.	by John Greenfieldt	REF 016.8 FICTION CATALOG
Funding education beyond high school : the guide to federal student aid		REF 378.3 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Upcoming programs 3/11/2006 - 3/17/2006

Please visit the library's Calendar and Programs page for more details.

Saturday 3/11
Miss Janet's Story Craft 1 PM – 2 PM -- pre-registration required
Monday 3/13
U.S. Representative from 13th Congressional District, Allyson Y. Schwartz’s office will be available 2 PM – 5 PM
Math Tutoring 3 PM – 5 PM
Tuesday 3/14
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM – 3 PM
NPHS Improv Troupe performs 7 PM - 8PM
Wednesday 3/15
Mrs. Endy’s Story Time -- pre-registration required
2+3 year olds 10 AM – 10:30 AM
4-6 year olds 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Anime club 3 PM – 5 PM
Thursday 3/16
Mrs. Endy’s Story Time -- pre-registration required
2+3 year olds 10 AM – 10:30 AM
4-6 year olds 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
4-6 year olds 1:30 PM – 2 PM
Celtic Cabaret 7:30 PM - 8 PM -- Irish Dance, Song, and Shenanigans
Friday 3/17
Friday night movie 6:30 PM-- Corpse Bride

New A/V added 3/3/2006 - 3/9/2006

Title	Author	Location
The house [sound recording]	by Danielle Steel	CD F STEEL
In her shoes [DVD]		DVD FIC IN HER SHOES
Proof [DVD]		DVD FIC PROOF
Walk the line [DVD]		DVD FIC WALK THE LINE
Yours, mine & ours [DVD]		DVD FIC YOURS, MINE & OURS

New books added 3/3/2006 - 3/9/2006

Title	Author	Location
Linux in a nutshell	by Ellen Siever	005.432 SIEVER
Firefox secrets	by Cheah Chu Yeow	005.7 YEOW
U. S. Congress directory.		REF 328.73 U.S. CONGRESS AT DESK
Mind hacks	by Tom Stafford	612.8 STAFFORD
How to fix everything for dummies	by Gary Hedstrom	640.41 HEDSTROM
Church suppers : 650 favorite recipes from church communities	by Barbara Greenman	641.597 GREENMAN
Queen bee moms & kingpin dads : coping with the parents, teachers, coaches, and counselors who can make--or break--your child's life	by Rosalind Wiseman	649.125 WISEMAN
Better handwriting	by Rosemary Sassoon	652.1 SASSOON
In the company of the courtesan : a novel	by Sarah Dunant	FIC DUNANT
Courtney Crumrin and the night things	by Ted Naifeh	GRAPHIC NOVEL COURTNEY CRUMRIN AND THE NIGHT
Runaways. 1, Pride & joy	by Brian K. Vaughan	GRAPHIC NOVEL RUNAWAYS PRIDE & JOY
Sour Puss	by Rita Mae Brown	LP FIC BROWN
Panic : a novel of suspense	by Jeff Abbott	MYS FIC ABBOTT
Dirty Blonde	by Lisa Scottoline	MYS FIC SCOTTOLINE
Demon in my view	by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes	YA FIC ATWATER- RHODES
Shattered mirror	by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes	YA FIC ATWATER- RHODES
Martyn Pig : a novel	by Kevin Brooks	YA FIC BROOKS
What hearts	by Bruce Brooks	YA FIC BROOKS
Tenderness	by Robert Cormier	YA FIC CORMIER
Comfort	by Carolee Dean	YA FIC DEAN
Drive-by	by Lynne Ewing	YA FIC EWING
Bad	by Jean Ferris	YA FIC FERRIS
On the fringe	by Donald R. Gallo	YA FIC GALLO
Shattering Glass	by Gail Giles	YA FIC GILES
Dr. Franklin's island	by Ann Halam	YA FIC HALAM
Geography Club	by Brent Hartinger	YA FIC HARTINGER
Hit squad	by James Heneghan	YA FIC HENEGHAN
The misfits	by James Howe	YA FIC HOWE
Demon witch	by Geoffrey Huntington	YA FIC HUNTINGTO
Sorcerers of the nightwing	by Geoffrey Huntington	YA FIC HUNTINGTO
Stoner & Spaz	by Ronald Koertge	YA FIC KOERTGE
Jake, reinvented	by Gordon Korman	YA FIC KORMAN
A boy at war : a novel of Pearl Harbor	by Harry Mazer	YA FIC MAZER
Baby Alicia is dying	by Lurlene McDaniel	YA FIC MCDANIEL
Big Mouth & Ugly Girl	by Joyce Carol Oates	YA FIC OATES
What happened to Lani Garver	by Carol Plum-Ucci	YA FIC PLUM-UCCI
Empress of the world	by Sara Ryan	YA FIC RYAN
Flavor of the week	by Tucker Shaw	YA FIC SHAW
Elsewhere	by Will Shetterly	YA FIC SHETTERLY
Lucy the giant : a novel	by Sherri L. Smith	YA FIC SMITH
Ninjas, piranhas, and Galileo	by Greg Leitich Smith	YA FIC SMITH
The gospel according to Larry	by Janet Tashjian	YA FIC TASHJIAN
Flipped	by Wendelin Van Draanen	YA FIC VAN DRAANEN
Contents under pressure	by Lara M. Zeises	YA FIC ZEISES

Art course cancelled

Unfortunately, due to lack of interest, the 8 week art course has been cancelled.

Volunteers Needed

The 15th Annual International Spring Festival needs volunteers on Saturday, April 22, 2006 from 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM at NPHS.

Volunteer assignments include: assisting with children’s activities, staffing booths, running errands, decorating, setting up tables (Friday, April 21, 3:30–9:00 PM) and tearing down tables (immediately after festival from 5:00-7:00 PM).

This is a fun way to fulfill community service requirements. If you would like to volunteer, email director@lansdalelibrary.org or call 215-362-2666

Upcoming programs 3/4/06-3/10/06

Please visit the library's Calendar and Programs page for more details.

Saturday 3/4
Writer’s workshop 10 AM – 1 PM -- 5 weeks, $25.00, pre-registration required
Monday 3/6
Spring Story Time registration begins
U.S. Representative from 13th Congressional District, Allyson Y. Schwartz’s office will be available 2 PM – 5 PM
Math Tutoring 3 PM – 5 PM
Book Discussion Group -- Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson 7 PM – 9 PM
Tuesday 3/7
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM – 4 PM
Gardens -- Perennial Combinations 7 PM – 9 PM
Wednesday 3/8
Mrs. Endy’s Story Time:
2+3 year olds 10 AM – 10:30 AM
4-6 year olds 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
4-6 year olds 1:30 PM – 2 PM
Anime club 3 PM – 5 PM
French Language club 7:30 PM – 9 PM
Thursday 3/9
Computer club 7 PM – 9 PM
Friday 3/10
Art Course 1 PM – 3 PM -- 8 weeks, $35 + materials, pre-registration required
Friday night movie -- Dukes of Hazzard starts at 6:30 PM

New children's and YA books added 2/26/06 - 3/2/06

Title	Author	Location
Sharks	by Gary Lopez	JUV 597 LOPEZ
Puerto Rico	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.295 HEINRICHS
Georgia	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.58 HEINRICHS
Wisconsin	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.75 HEINRICHS
Minnesota	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.76 HEINRICHS
Missouri	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.78 HEINRICHS
Kansas	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.81 HEINRICHS
Arizona	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.91 HEINRICHS
Nevada	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.93 HEINRICHS
Washington	by Ann Heinrichs	JUV 917.97 HEINRICHS
Be afraid, be very afraid : the book of scary urban legends	by Jan Harold Brunvand	YA 398.20973 BRUNVAND
Growing and changing	by Kathy McCoy	YA 649.65 MCCOY
Stone water	by Barbara Snow Gilbert	YA FIC GILBERT

New books added 2/26/06 - 3/2/06

Title	Author	Location
50 best jobs for your personality	by J. Michael Farr	331.702 FARR
Field notes from a catastrophe : man, nature, and climate change	by Elizabeth Kolbert	363.738 KOLBERT
Boys of few words : raising our sons to communicate and connect	by Adam J. Cox	649.132 COX
The complete idiot's guide to Middle East conflict	by Mitchell Geoffrey Bard	956.04 BARD
Eat, pray, love : 108 tales about one woman's search for pleasure, devotion, and balance across Italy, India, and Indonesia	by Elizabeth Gilbert	BIO GILBERT GILBERT
Operating instructions : a journal of my son's first year	by Anne. Lamott	BIO LAMOTT LAMOTT
90 minutes in heaven : a true story of death & life	by Don Piper	BIO PIPER PIPER
Memorial services in the Congress of the United States and tributes in eulogy of Ronald Reagan, late a President of the United States	by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing.	BIO REAGAN CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
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Letter to the Editor

The following letter by library director Anne M. Frank was published in the Your say column of The Reporter on 2/10/2006 under the headline "Libraries are essential to community" . A shorter version was published in North Penn Life on 2/24/2006 under the headline "Why Libraries are important places for communities" in Anne's Off the Shelf column.

This letter is in response to Edwin W. Lewis’s Letter to the Editor in the Reporter on Friday, February 3, 2006.

Edwin states that he doesn’t believe that Montgomery Township needs a library because “there are at least four large chain bookstores in the township.” Saying that you don’t need a library because you have a book store is like saying that you don’t need a church because you have a bible. People go to church not just to read the bible, but for guidance. They go to services for personal growth and to come together as a community.

People come to the library for a little different kind of help. Lansdale Public Library answered 3,741 reference questions in 2004 for people ranging from students who needed to research homework assignments to adults that needed to find tax forms. The library provides access to 25 computers, because over 50% of households do not own a computer. The library also provides access to magazine and newspaper databases that cover thousands of publications and millions of articles. Library patron, Ann Kaler stopped by this week to say that she basically earned her doctorate degree here at the library through using our books and inter-library loan program. The library also provides job listings for the unemployed and test proctoring for adults enrolled in long distance learning programs.

Libraries act as community centers. The Lansdale Public Library has a community room in which local clubs like the Buxmont Computer Club, Mom’s club, and Camera Club meet free of charge. Teens from NPSD just started an anime club. In 2004, the library held 380 programs at which 9,828 people attended. One continuing program is the Travel to Series in which citizens, who were born in another country, volunteer to share information, artifacts and food with other community members. Besides the many children’s programs, the library provides book discussion groups, classes, and movies. Recently, eighty eight parents and children came out to watch a free viewing of March of the Penguins. That would have cost parents well over $500 at a theater, but at the library it was free. The library is a meeting place for tutors and students. Indian Valley Opportunity Center holds ESL classes at the library as well.

Unfortunately, books are expensive. The average cost of a new book is $25. Most parents check out 12 books for their children to read for two weeks. That would cost parents $300 per week, but at the library it’s free. Renting a DVD at a video store costs $4 for a week, it’s only $1.50 at the library. Many working people don’t have time to read print and rely on the library to provide audio books for their commute. The average cost of an unabridged audio book is $35. That racks up quickly for people who go through 3 or 4 audio books a month. The Lansdale Public Library circulated 108, 435 books and audiovisuals in 2004. Can you imagine what that cost would be to the public if they had to buy them at book stores?

Matt Kane of the Office of Commonwealth Libraries provides us with some important statistics about PA libraries. Pennsylvanians check out on average more than five books per year. State government collects $23.11 in taxes per person each year for libraries. It is much cheaper for people to use their local library than to purchase 5 books. There are 681 libraries in PA, more than the number of McDonald’s restaurants. An average of 756,740 Pennsylvanians visit a library each week. Lansdale Public Library had 338,520 visits in 2004.

Bookstores are wonderful places where people who can afford to purchase all the new books they need can lounge and read. Libraries are community centers where people can go to learn how to use a computer, to ask for help with finding information, and to teach their child the importance of reading. By the way, you can also purchase used books at the Lansdale Public Library (50 cents per paperback/one dollar per hardback book), and can lounge from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM Monday through Friday and from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturday! Lansdale Public Library will not be reducing hours in 2006, even though there was a budget cut, thanks to donations from our supportive community.