Upcoming programs 5/27/2006 - 6/2/2006

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

Saturday 5/27
Chess Club 10 AM - 12 PM
Monday 5/29
CLOSED for Memorial Day
Tuesday 5/30
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM – 4 PM
Wednesday 5/31
Alcohol Screening 1 PM - 3 PM
Anime Club 3:30 PM - 5 PM
Thursday 6/1
Friday 6/2
Book Sale -- runs through 6/7/2006

New A/V added 5/19/2006 - 5/25/2006

Title	Author	Location
Our inner ape [sound recording] : a leading primatologist explains why we are who we are	by F. B. M. de Waal	CD 156 WAAL
The world is flat [sound recording] : a brief history of the twenty-first century	by Thomas L. Friedman	CD 303.4833 FRIEDMAN
The wave [sound recording] : a novel	by Walter Mosley	CD F MOSLEY
Enron [DVD] : the smartest guys in the room		DVD 333.7909 ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS
Last holiday [DVD]		DVD FIC LAST HOLIDAY
Match point [DVD]		DVD FIC MATCH POINT
Munich [DVD]		DVD FIC MUNICH
Nanny McPhee [DVD]		DVD FIC NANNY MCPHEE
The producers [videorecording]		DVD FIC PRODUCERS
Blue's clues. Blue's jobs [DVD]		DVD JUV FIC BLUE'S CLUES BLUE'S JOBS
Doogal [videorecording]		DVD JUV FIC DOOGAL
Sesame street : 1 2 3 count with me [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV 411 SESAME STREET 123 COUNT
Barney's Imagination Island [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC BARNEY'S IMAGINATI ISLAND
Huckleberry Hound and friends [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC HUCKLEBER HOUND
Little people Big discoveries [videocassette]		VIDEO JUV FIC LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DISCOVERI
Little people Discovering animals [videocassette]		VIDEO JUV FIC LITTLE PEOPLE DISCOVERI ANIMAL
Thomas & friends. The gallant old engine & other Thomas adventures [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC THOMAS & FRIENDS GALLANT
Yogi Bear [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC YOGI BEAR

New books added 5/19/2006 - 5/25/2006

Title	Author	Location
Tools of critical thinking : metathoughts for psychology	by David A. Levy	150.01 LEVY
Gay old girls	by Zsa Zsa Gershick	305.26 GERSHICK
Our Constitution	by Donald A. Ritchie	342.7302 RITCHIE
The new rules of lifting : six basic moves for maximum muscle	by Lou Schuler	613.713 SCHULER
The funny thing is--	by Ellen DeGeneres	814.54 DEGENERES
The collapse of complex societies	by Joseph A. Tainter	930 TAINTER
Who were the Celts? : everything you ever wanted to know about the Celts from 1000 B.C. to the present	by Kevin Duffy	936.4 DUFFY
With love from Maisy	by Lucy Cousins	BB C
Buffett : the making of an American capitalist	by Roger Lowenstein	BIO BUFFETT LOWENSTEI
Destined to witness : growing up black in Nazi Germany	by Hans J. Massaquoi	BIO MASSAQUOI MASSAQUOI
Darkness visible : a memoir of madness	by William Styron	BIO STYRON STYRON
Langley Longears	by Julia Goschke	E G
Chloe and the magic baton	by Julie Wintz-Litty	E LITTY
Oliver Pig and the best fort ever	by Jean Van Leeuwen	E V
Peter squared : a novel	by Ken Goldberg	FIC GOLDBERG
Mackenzie's legacy	by Linda Howard	FIC HOWARD
Shades of twilight; Son of the morning	by Linda Howard	FIC HOWARD
Mackenzies' honor	by Linda Howard	FIC HOWARD
Killer dreams	by Iris Johansen	FIC JOHANSEN
When you love someone	by Susan Johnson	FIC JOHNSON
Bad attitude	by Sherrilyn Kenyon	FIC KENYON
Creepers : a novel	by David Morrell	FIC MORRELL
House	by Frank E. Peretti	FIC PERETTI
My sister's keeper : a novel	by Jodi Picoult	FIC PICOULT
Picture perfect	by Jodi Picoult	FIC PICOULT
Vanished	by Karen Robards	FIC ROBARDS
Summer	by Edith Wharton	FIC WHARTON
The river devil	by Diane Whiteside	FIC WHITESIDE
Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell structures : understanding cells with and without a nucleus	by Lesli J. Favor	JUV 571.6 FAVOR
Cell communication : understanding how information is stored and used in cells	by Michael Friedman	JUV 571.6 FRIEDMAN
Cell regulation : understanding how cell functions, growth, and division are regulated	by Lois Sakany	JUV 571.6 SAKANY
Cell functions : understanding how cells work	by Jennifer Viegas	JUV 571.6 VIEGAS
Plant and animal cells : understanding the differences between plant and animal cells	by Judy Yablonski	JUV 571.6 YABLONSKI
Cell specialization and reproduction : understanding how cells divide and differentiate	by Amy Romano	JUV 571.8 ROMANO
Finding Meridian	by Elizabeth Lenhard	JUV FIC LENHARD
The disappearance	by Elizabeth Lenhard	JUV FIC LENHARD
The fire of friendship	by Elizabeth Lenhard	JUV FIC LENHARD
The power of five	by Elizabeth Lenhard	JUV FIC LENHARD
Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war	by Nat Philbrick	LP 974.402 PHILBRICK
The Johann Peter Elisabeth (Schmidt) Gerhart family of Earlington, Franconia Township, Montgomery County : the two hundredth fiftieth anniversary of the Gerhart family in America, 1739 27 August 1989	by Ross Gordon Gerhart	REF 929.2 GERHART
Irish Americans	by Tom Deignan	YA 973.049162 DEIGNAN

New database for genealogy research

Lansdale Public Library now provides access to the HeritageQuest Online database for genealogy research. This database provides access to US Federal Census Records, over 20,000 family and local history books, the PERSI genealogy index, and more.

To access HeritageQuest Online from within the library, click here.

To access HeritageQuest Online (remote access) from outside of the library, click here. Then, enter the barcode number from the back of your library card.

For your convenience

We've added shopping baskets and a cell phone booth.

Upcoming programs 5/20/2006 - 5/26/2006

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

Saturday 5/20
Chinese Cooking Class 10 AM -- $20.00 pre-registration required
Introduction to the Internet 11 AM -- $5.00 pre-registration required
World Traveler Storycraft 1 PM - 2 PM
Monday 5/22
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
Introduction to the Internet 6:30 PM -- $5.00 pre-registration required
Tuesday 5/23
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM – 4 PM
Introduction to the Internet 3 PM -- $5.00 pre-registration required
PA Mentor 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Wednesday 5/24
Anime Club 3:30 PM - 5 PM
Introduction to the Internet 6:30 PM -- $5.00 pre-registration required
Thursday 5/25
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 5/26
Friday Night Movie -- Yours, Mine and Ours begins at 6:30 PM

New A/V added 5/12/2006 - 5/18/2006

Title	Author	Location
Edge of battle [sound recording]	by Dale Brown	CD F BROWN
Beach road [sound recording]	by James Patterson	CD F PATTERSON
Destination China [videorecording]		DVD 915.1 DESTINAT CHINA
Casanova [DVD]		DVD FIC CASANOVA
The family Stone [DVD]		DVD FIC FAMILY STONE
Shopgirl [DVD]		DVD FIC SHOPGIRL
Teletubbies [videorecording] : Nursery rhymes		VIDEO JUV 398.8 TELETUBBI NURSERY RHYMES
The magic school bus plays ball [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV 531 MAGIC SCHOOL BUS PLAY
Teletubbies. go exercise with the Teletubbies [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV 613.7 TELETUBBI GO EXERCISE
There goes a bulldozer.		VIDEO JUV 629.224 THERE GOES A BULLDOZER
I spy: a runaway robot and other stories [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV 793.7 I SPY A RUNAWAY
Dragon tales : keep on trying! [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC DRAGON TALES KEEP ON
Dragon tales. We can work it out [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC DRAGON TALES WE CAN
Little Bear. Little Bear's band [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC LITTLE BEAR
You're invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's bithday party [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC MARY-KATE & ASHLEY
Sesame Street. Monster hits! [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC SESAME STREET MONSTER HITS!
Summer of the monkeys [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS
Thomas & friends [videorecording]. Best friends.		VIDEO JUV FIC THOMAS & FRIENDS 10
Thomas & friends : Sing-along & stories [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC THOMAS & FRIENDS SING-ALON

New books added 5/12/2006 - 5/18/2006

Title	Author	Location
Overcoming addiction : a common sense approach	by Michael Hardiman	362.29 HARDIMAN
Uncommon carriers	by John McPhee	388.044 MCPHEE
Nitty-gritty grammar : a not so-serious guide to clear communication	by Edith Hope Fine	428.2 FINE
Space race : the epic battle between America and the Soviet Union for dominion of space	by Deborah Cadbury	629.409 CADBURY
100 questions every first-time home buyer should ask : with answers from top brokers from around the country	by Ilyce R. Glink	643.12 GLINK
Weird U.S. : your travel guide to America's local legends and best kept secrets	by Mark Moran	973 MORAN
The hard way : a Jack Reacher novel	by Lee Child	FIC CHILD
Between the bridge and the river	by Craig Ferguson	FIC FERGUSON
Killer instinct : a novel	by Joseph Finder	FIC FINDER
Revenge of the kudzu debutantes : a novel	by Cathy Holton	FIC HOLTON
Dead watch	by John Sandford	FIC SANDFORD
Fruits basket. Volume 13	by Natsuki Takaya	GRAPHIC NOVEL FRUITS BASKET
"Runaways. [Vol. 4], true believers"	by Brian K. Vaughan	GRAPHIC NOVEL RUNAWAYS TRUE BELIEVERS
Starlight	by Erin Hunter	JUV FIC HUNTER
The princess of Burundi	by Kjell Eriksson	MYS FIC ERIKSSON
"The Hunsbergers, 1995"	by George S. Hunsberger	REF 929.20973 HUNSBERGE
Cells	by Alvin Silverstein	YA 571.6 SILVERSTE
Red kayak	by Priscilla Cummings	YA FIC CUMMINGS
The A-list	by Zoey Dean	YA FIC DEAN
Heavy metal and you	by Christopher Krovatin	YA FIC KROVATIN
The usual rules	by Joyce Maynard	YA FIC MAYNARD

Upcoming programs 5/13/2006 - 5/19/2006

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

Saturday 5/13
Story Craft 1 PM - 2 PM
Monday 5/15
Mom's Club 10:15 AM - 11:30 PM
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 5/16
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM – 4 PM
Wednesday 5/17
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
Autistic Spectrum Disorders 6:45 PM - 8:15 PM
Thursday 5/18
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
Writer's Club 7 PM - 9 PM
Friday 5/19
Friday Night Movie -- Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild begins at 6:30 PM

New A/V added 5/5/2006 - 5/11/2006

Title		Location
Destination Russia [DVD]		DVD 914.7 DESTINATI RUSSIA
Destination Mexico [videorecording] : travel and experience the world		DVD 917.2048 DESTINATI MEXICO
Hoodwinked [DVD]		DVD FIC HOODWINKE
The land before time : The big freeze / [videorecording]		DVD JUV FIC LAND BEFORE TIME
The Muppets Take Manhatten [DVD]		DVD JUV FIC MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN
Shrek [videorecording]		VIDEO FIC SHREK
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III [videorecording]		VIDEO FIC TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
There goes an airplane [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV 629.133 THERE GOES AN AIRPLANE
There goes a race car [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV 629.22 THERE GOES A RACE
There goes a truck [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV 629.224 THERE GOES A TRUCK
There goes a spaceship [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV 629.4 THERE GOES A SPACESHIP
The Cat in the hat gets grinched.		VIDEO JUV FIC CAT IN THE HAT
Dora the explorer : swing into action [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC DORA THE EXPLORER SWING
Dora the explorer : wish on a star [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC DORA THE EXPLORER WISH
Elmo's world, birthdays, games & more! [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC ELMO'S WORLD BIRTHDAYS GAMES
Elmo's World : Singing, drawing & more! [Video recording].		VIDEO JUV FIC ELMO'S WORLD SINGING, DRAWING
The land before time : Journey to big water [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC LAND BEFORE TIME
Little Bear: a kiss for Little Bear [Videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC LITTLE BEAR A KISS
Little Bear [videorecording] : campfire tales		VIDEO JUV FIC LITTLE BEAR CAMPFIRE TALES
Little Bear. Goodnight Little Bear [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC LITTLE BEAR GOODNIGH LITTLE
Rolie Polie Olie : A jingle jangle holiday [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC ROLIE POLIE OLIE
Sesame Street : Kids' favorite songs 2 [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC SESAME STREET KIDS' FAVORITE
Sesame Street : [videorecording] : sing, hoot, & howl with the Sesame Street animals		VIDEO JUV FIC SESAME STREET SING, HOOT
The Wiggles : Toot Toot! [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC WIGGLES TOOT TOOT!
The Wiggles Wiggly play time [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC WIGGLES WIGGLY PLAY TIME
The Wiggles. Yummy yummy / [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC WIGGLES YUMMY YUMMY

New books added 5/5/2006 - 5/11/2006

Title	Author	Location
The Kiwanis legacy	by Chuck Jonak	369.5 JONAK
eBay income : how anyone, of any age, location, or background can build a highly profitable online business with eBay	by Cheryl L. Russell	658.87 RUSSELL
The arrival of Brighteye and other poems	by Jean Breeze	811.54 BREEZE
Ava Gardner : love is nothing	by Lee Server	BIO GARDNER SERVER
The Big Bam : the life and times of Babe Ruth	by Leigh Montville	BIO RUTH MONTVILLE
Froggy rides a bike	by Jonathan London	E L
The stolen child	by Keith Donohue	FIC DONOHUE
I never promised you a rose garden	by Joanne Greenberg	FIC GREENBERG
Gil's All Fright Diner	by A. Lee Martinez	FIC MARTINEZ
Nicholas	by Goscinny	JUV FIC GOSCINNY
Nicholas again	by Goscinny	JUV FIC GOSCINNY
Heavy words lightly thrown : the reason behind the rhyme	by Chris Roberts	LP 398.8 ROBERTS
Katz on dogs : a commonsense guide to training and living with dogs	by Jon Katz	LP 636.7 KATZ
The truth (with jokes)	by Al Franken	LP 973.931 FRANKEN
Busting Vega[s] : the MIT whiz kid who brought the casinos to their knees	by Ben Mezrich	LP BIO DUKACH MEZRICH
Oakdale confidential		MYS FIC ANONYMOUS
Dark tort	by Diane Mott Davidson	MYS FIC DAVIDSON
The jury master	by Robert Dugoni	MYS FIC DUGONI
America in the twenty-first century	by Andrea C. Nakaya	YA 338.973 NAKAYA
Upstate	by Kalisha Buckhanon	YA FIC BUCKHANON

Upcoming programs 5/6/2006 - 5/12/2006

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

Saturday 5/6
Monday 5/8
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 5/9
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM – 4 PM
NPHS Improv Troupe 7 PM - 8 PM
Wednesday 5/10
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 - 9 PM
Thursday 5/11
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
Computer Club 7 PM - 9 PM
Friday 5/12
Friday Night Movie -- Valiant begins at 6:30 PM

New A/V added 4/28/2006 - 5/4/2006

Title		Location
Derailed [DVD]		DVD FIC DERAILED
Fun with Dick and Jane [DVD]		DVD FIC FUN WITH DICK AND JANE
An unfinished life [DVD]		DVD FIC UNFINISHE LIFE
Where the Red Fern Grows [DVD]		DVD JUV FIC WHERE THE RED FERN

New books added 4/28/2006 - 5/4/2006

Title	Author	Location
Yahoo! hacks	by Paul Bausch	025.04 BAUSCH
The notebook girls	by Julia Baskin	305.235 BASKIN
Myths, lies, and downright stupidity : get out the shovel--why everything you know is wrong	by John F. Stossel	306.0973 STOSSEL
Crime beat : a decade of covering cops and killers	by Michael Connelly	363.25 CONNELLY
The midlife miracle diet : when your diet doesnt work anymore ...	by Adele Puhn	613.283 PUHN
Crashproof your kids : make your teen a safer, smarter driver	by Timothy C. Smith	629.283 SMITH
Write now : the complete program for better handwriting	by Barbara Getty	652.1 GETTY
Tips & tricks 2006 video-game codebook.		794 TIPS & TRICKS 2006 VIDEO-GAM
Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Dutch country	by Richard Varr	917.4811 VARR
Possible side effects : true stories	by Augusten Burroughs	BIO BURROUGHS BURROUGHS
A forgotton horseman : a son's weekend memoir	by Lee E. Downing	BIO DOWNING DOWNING
Sweet and low : a family story	by Rich Cohen	BIO EISENSTADT COHEN
Blue water	by A. Manette Ansay	FIC ANSAY
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe	by Judy Fong Bates	FIC BATES
Whiteman	by Tony D'Souza	FIC D'SOUZA
Family and other accidents : a novel	by Shari Goldhagen	FIC GOLDHAGEN
Immediate family	by Eileen Goudge	FIC GOUDGE
This book will save your life	by A. M. Homes	FIC HOMES
Who moved my BlackBerry?	by Lucy Kellaway	FIC KELLAWAY
The Englisher	by Beverly Lewis	FIC LEWIS
Susannah's garden	by Debbie Macomber	FIC MACOMBER
Beach road	by James Patterson	FIC PATTERSON
Second sight	by Amanda Quick	FIC QUICK
The debutante divorcee : a novel	by Plum Sykes	FIC SYKES
Beautiful lies : a novel	by Lisa Unger	FIC UNGER
Elements of style : a novel	by Wendy Wasserstein	FIC WASSERSTE
Fruits basket. Volume 12	by Natsuki Takaya	GRAPHIC NOVEL FRUITS BASKET
Through a glass darkly	by Donna Leon	MYS FIC LEON
Boy proof	by Cecil Castellucci	YA FIC CASTELLUC
Shrimp	by Rachel Cohn	YA FIC COHN
Just listen : a novel	by Sarah Dessen	YA FIC DESSEN
A wizard abroad	by Diane Duane	YA FIC DUANE
A wizard alone	by Diane Duane	YA FIC DUANE
Deep wizardry	by Diane Duane	YA FIC DUANE
High wizardry	by Diane Duane	YA FIC DUANE
So you want to be a wizard	by Diane Duane	YA FIC DUANE
The wizard's dilemma	by Diane Duane	YA FIC DUANE
The witch's boy	by Michael Gruber	YA FIC GRUBER
Under the persimmon tree	by Suzanne Fisher Staples	YA FIC STAPLES

Thank you AKtion Club!

The Lansdale AKtion Club presented a check to the library on Monday.

Andrew Wyeth

A docent from the Philadelphia Museum of Art presented a slideshow about Andrew Wyeth at the library on Monday.