Travel to China

Travel to China




Wednesday, October 25th @ 7:00PM
At the Lansdale Public Library
Weiqi Lu & Laura Hong will present China
Participants will view artifacts from the People's Republic of China
and taste Dishes from the country.

Teen Suduko

Teen Suduko Contests
Ages 13 – 18

Wednesday, October 18 @ 4:00 PM
Saturday, October 21 @ 1:00 PM



As part of Teen Read Week, teens will complete Suduko puzzles to win prizes: backpacks, McDonald's meals and stuffed animals.
All participants who check out a book can
choose a smaller prize.

Travel to The Dominican Republic

Travel to The Dominican Republic. . .



Wednesday, September 27th at 7:00 PM at the Lansdale Public Library,

Eric Almonte will discuss the schools, celebrations, customs, clothing, religions, culture, food, technology and housing of the Dominican Republic.
You will get a chance to view Dominican crafts and a Meringue dance demonstration. Then you can taste Dominican dishes.

Review of "Howl's Moving Castle"

Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
movie review by Boo Allen, Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

It's hard to imagine a film more imaginative and creative than this latest work from the world's premier animator.
"Howl’s Moving Castle" by Boo Allen (****1/2) Rated PG, 119 minutes

Trying to describe "Howl’s Moving Castle" is as impossible as trying to explain it or analyze it. So, instead of putting it under the microscope, just relax and enjoy this latest slice of magic from the movie-making enchanter Hayao Miyazaki.
Possibly the greatest single creative mind working in films today, the 64 year-old Japanese Miyazaki has continuously turned out one outrageous animated work after another since the early 1960s. "Howl" is his first film since his amazing "Spirited Away" won an Oscar for Best Animated Film in 2003.
Miyazaki’s films are not throwaway cartoons, and, as such, his convoluted stories are much more suited for a mature brain. But, the animation itself, while often relying on now-outdated methods such as hand-painted backdrops, will still attract youngsters with its avalanche of colors and outlandish creatures and dynamic characters.
Re-capping the plot of a Miyazaki films proves slippery because from second to second it changes directions, never letting a viewer relax, but instead demanding attention for its brilliant landscapes. "Howl" is based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones but has been thoroughly done over by Miyazaki.
Linear progressions rarely occur, if at all. A girl will be standing on a floor, which quickly opens up, and the girl falls though an Alice-in-Wonderland imaginary world, only to return seconds later. Miyazaki’s dreamlike, and often nightmare-like, scenarios have just enough basis in reality to be frightening.
In "Howl," the young Sophie (voice of Emily Morton) gets a curse put on her by the Witch of the Waste (Lauren Bacall) and she’s changed into a 90 year-old woman (Jean Simmons). Then she meets Howl (Christian Bale), who lives in a moving castle, a huge Rube Goldberg-contraption that makes no sense except that it fits into the Miyazaki oeuvre by changing forms and possessing magical properties.
Sophie and Howl travel through many locales and stages of reality before they accomplish their archetypal task of saving the world. But it’s not as easy as it sounds.
Although a practitioner of old school animation, Miyazaki fills his screens, at times making them look like paisley patterns come to life. Likewise for his breathing creations, which seamlessly enter the realm of the human and then return to spirit form or, frequently, the grotesque.
Because of their nature, foreign language animated films better withstand dubbing. Perhaps because Disney is behind the film’s U.S. release, "Howl" benefits from a stellar voice cast. Billy Crystal’s fire-demon goes a little over the top, as expected, but talents such as Mortimer and Bale combine seamlessly with such legends as Lauren Bacall and Jean Simmons.
Anyone who avoids animated features thinking they are child-fare has never experienced a film by Miyazaki. It’s never too late to start.

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Howl's Moving Castle was shown at the library on Friday, September 15, 2006. If you missed your chance to watch this wonderful movie, you may rent it for $1.00.

New materials added 9/8/2006 - 9/14/2006

Title	Author	Location
Beginning ASP.net 2.0 with C#	by Chris Hart	005.276 HART
The traveler's gift : seven decisions that determine personal success	by Andy Andrews	158.1 ANDREWS
State of emergency : the Third World invasion and conquest of America	by Patrick J. Buchanan	325.73 BUCHANAN
The naval officer's manual	by Douglas L. Drewry	359 DREWRY
Every woman's nightmare : the true story of the fairy-tale marriage and brutal murder of Lori Hacking	by Steven Long	364.1523 LONG
The book club companion : a comprehensive guide to the reading group experience	by Diana Loevy	374.22 LOEVY
"Snooze ... or lose : 10 ""no-war"" ways to improve your teen's sleep habits"	by Helene Emsellem	618.92 EMSELLEM
Bonsai masterclass	by Peter Chan	635.9 CHAN
The bonsai workshop	by Herb L. Gustafson	635.9 GUSTAFSO
The cheap bastard's guide to New York City : a native New Yorker's secrets of living the good life--for free!	by Rob Grader	917.47 GRADER
"Jamestown, the buried truth"	by William M. Kelso	973.2 KELSO
The greatest story every sold : the decline and fall of truth from 9/11 to Katrina	by Frank Rich	973.931 RICH
Answering 911 : life in the hot seat	by Caroline Burau	BIO BURAU BURAU
I feel bad about my neck : and other thoughts on being a woman	by Nora Ephron	BIO EPHRON EPHRON
Without a net : middle class and homeless (with kids) in America : my story	by Michelle Kennedy	BIO KENNEDY KENNEDY
Nicole Kidman	by David Thomson	BIO KIDMAN THOMSON
"Warlord : no better friend, no worse enemy"	by Ilario Pantano	BIO PANTANO PANTANO
The toughest show on earth : my rise and reign at the Metropolitan Opera	by Joseph Volpe	BIO VOLPE VOLPE
Slow dance with the planet [sound recording] : [stories from the circumnavigation of the globe in a tall ship]	by Todd S. Jarrell	CASS 910.4 JARRELL
The experts' guide to 100 things everyone should know how to do [sound recording]		CD 640 ETTUS
A perfect union [sound recording]	by Catherine Allgor	CD BIO MADISON ALLGOR
Don Quixote [sound recording]	by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra	CD F CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
Drop shot [sound recording]	by Harlan Coben	CD F COBEN
Ireland [sound recording]	by Frank Delaney	CD F DELANEY
A breath of snow and ashes [sound recording]	by Diana Gabaldon	CD F GABALDON
The thrall's tale [sound recording]	by Judith Lindbergh	CD F LINDBERGH
1984 [sound recording].	by George Orwell	CD F ORWELL
The queen of the South [sound recording]	by Arturo Perez-Reverte	CD F PEREZ-REV
The lovely bones [sound recording]	by Alice Sebold	CD F SEBOLD
Chappelle's show. Season one [DVD] : uncensored!		DVD FIC CHAPPELLE SHOW
Chappelle's show. Season two uncensored! [DVD]		DVD FIC CHAPPELLE SHOW
Chappelle's show. The lost episodes [videorecording]		DVD FIC CHAPPELLE'S SHOW LOST EPISODE
Entourage. The complete first season [DVD]		DVD FIC ENTOURAGE
Entourage. The complete second season [videorecording]		DVD FIC ENTOURAGE
Friends with money [videorecording]		DVD FIC FRIENDS WITH MONEY
Hoot [DVD]		DVD FIC HOOT
Inside man [videorecording]		DVD FIC INSIDE MAN
Kinky boots [DVD]		DVD FIC KINKY BOOTS
RV [videorecording]		DVD FIC RV
The shaggy dog [DVD]		DVD FIC SHAGGY DOG
Shakespeare in love [videorecording]		DVD FIC SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
She's the man [videorecording]		DVD FIC SHE'S THE MAN
Weeds. Season 1 [videorecording]		DVD FIC WEEDS
Dora the explorer. We're a team [DVD]		"DVD JUV FIC DORA THE EXPLORER WE""RE"
"Thomas & friends. Thomas, Percy & the dragon [DVD] : & other stories"		DVD JUV FIC THOMAS & FRIENDS THOMAS
Caillou : just like daddy	by Christine L'Heureux	E L
Luna the Wake-Up Cat	by Charnan Simon	E S
Little men	by Louisa May Alcott	FIC ALCOTT
Dragon fire	by William S. Cohen	FIC COHEN
Death of a writer : a novel	by Michael Collins	FIC COLLINS
"Sharpe's fury : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811"	by Bernard Cornwell	FIC CORNWELL
Only revolutions	by Mark Z. Danielewski	FIC DANIELEW
Paint it black : a novel	by Janet Fitch	FIC FITCH
After this	by Alice McDermott	FIC MCDERMOTT
The book of fate	by Brad Meltzer	FIC MELTZER
Mary : a novel	by Janis Cooke Newman	FIC NEWMAN
The best-kept secret	by Kimberla Lawson Roby	FIC ROBY
Summer at Willow Lake	by Susan Wiggs	FIC WIGGS
Somewhere in Germany : a novel	by Stefanie Zweig	FIC ZWEIG
Stage fright on a summer night	by Mary Pope Osborne	JUV FIC OSBORNE
Nighttime is my time	by Mary Higgins Clark	LP FIC CLARK
Twisted : the collected stories of Jeffery Deaver	by Jeffery Deaver	MYS FIC DEAVER
The Mephisto Club : a novel	by Tess Gerritsen	MYS FIC GERRITSE
Fear of the dark	by Walter Mosley	MYS FIC MOSLEY
The right attitude to rain	by Alexander McCall Smith	MYS FIC SMITH
Mask market	by Andrew H. Vachss	MYS FIC VACHSS
Statistical abstract of the United States	by United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics.	REF 317.3 U.S. DEPARTMEN OF COMMERCE
The candle of distant earth	by Alan Dean Foster	SF FIC FOSTER
Sybil at sixteen	by Susan Beth Pfeffer	SYBIL
You're invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Hawaiian Beach Party [videorecording]		VIDEO JUV FIC MARY KATE AND ASHLEY
The power of kindness for teens : stories selected by Mary Lou Carney editor of Guideposts for teens.	by Guideposts Associates	YA 177 CARNEY
Rich girls : a novel	by Victoria Ashton	YA FIC ASHTON

Upcoming programs 9/16/2006 - 9/22/2006

Please visit the library's Calendar and Programs page for more details.
Saturday 9/16
World Traveler Story Craft 10 AM - 11 AM
Monday 9/18
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
Camera Club 7 PM - 9 PM
Tuesday 9/19
Special Education Book Discussion 10 AM - 12 PM
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM - 4 PM
Autistic Spectrum Disorders 6:45 PM - 8:15 PM
Wednesday 9/20

Thursday 9/21
Writer's Club 7 PM - 9 PM
Friday 9/22
Friday Movie -- King Kong starts at special time 5:30 PM

New materials added 9/1/2006 - 9/7/2006

Title	Author	Location
The new cosmology	by Harold W. G. Allen	113 ALLEN
The ultimate safe money guide : how everyone 50 and over can protect, save, and grow their money	by Martin D. Weiss	332.024 WEISS
Reading and writing workout for the new SAT	by Geoff Martz	378.1 MARTZ
The everything wedding book : absolutely everything you need to know to survie your wedding day and actually even enjoy it!	by Janet Anastasio	395.2 ANASTASIO
The everything puppy book : choosing, raising, and training your littlest best friend	by Carlo DeVito	636.7 DEVITO
Creative child	by Dorothy Einon	649 EINON
The secret symbols of the dollar bill	by David Ovason	769.5 OVASON
A bad woman feeling good : blues and the women who sing them	by Buzzy Jackson	782.421643 JACKSON
Thank you, President Bush	by George Pratt Shultz	973.93 VERJEE
A history of Pennsylvania	by Philip Shriver Klein	974.8 KLEIN
Born to rule : five reigning consorts, granddaughters of Queen Victoria	by Julia P. Gelardi	BIO VICTORIA GELARDI
Your friend, William Penn.	by	BIO PENN WELCOME
Alentejo blue [sound recording]	by Monica Ali	CD F ALI
Hit parade [sound recording]	by Lawrence Block	CD F BLOCK
Ricochet [sound recording]	by Sandra Brown	CD F BROWN
Sherlock Holmes [sound recording] : a Baker Street dozen	by Arthur Conan Doyle	CD F DOYLE
Smitten [sound recording]	by Janet Evanovich	CD F EVANOVICH
Can't wait to get to heaven [sound recording] : a novel	by Fannie Flagg	CD F FLAGG
The wrong hostage [sound recording]	by Elizabeth Lowell	CD F LOWELL
Judge & jury [sound recording]	by James Patterson	CD F PATTERSON
The night gardener [sound recording]	by George P. Pelecanos	CD F PELECANOS
Superman returns [sound recording]	by Marv Wolfman	CD F WOLFMAN
Morrigan's cross	by Nora Roberts	FIC ROBERTS
Angel's rest	by Charles R. Davis	FIC DAVIS
The face of the assassin	by David L. Lindsey	FIC LINDSEY
6 Rainier Drive	by Debbie Macomber	FIC MACOMBER
Fool me once	by Fern Michaels	FIC MICHAELS
Frogs	by E. Melanie Lever	JUV 597.8 LEVER
Kangaroos	by E. Melanie Lever	JUV 599.2 LEVER
Koalas	by E. Melanie Lever	JUV 599.2 LEVER
Dolphins	by E. Melanie Lever	JUV 599.53 LEVER
How to draw more manga	by Katy Coope	JUV 741.5 COOPE
Kids draw anime	by Christopher Hart	JUV 741.5 HART
Ricochet	by Sandra Brown	LP FIC BROWN
The Garden of Eden and other criminal delights	by Faye Kellerman	LP FIC KELLERMAN
Lord John and the private matter	by Diana Gabaldon	MYS FIC GABALDON
Still life with crows	by Douglas J. Preston	MYS FIC PRESTON
Cattery row	by Clea Simon	MYS FIC SIMON
Lost and found : a novel	by Alan Dean Foster	SF FIC FOSTER
You're invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's camp out party / [videorecording]	by Mary-Kate Olsen	VIDEO JUV FIC MARY KAYE AND ASHLEY
Hidden empire	by Kevin J. Anderson	YA FIC ANDERSON
How my private, personal journal became a bestseller : a novel	by Julia DeVillers	YA FIC DEVILLERS
Mira, Mirror	by Mette Ivie Harrison	YA FIC HARRISON
Guitar girl	by Sarra Manning	YA FIC MANNING
Fighting the current	by Heather Waldorf	YA FIC WALDORF
Mistress of dragons	by Margaret Weis	YA FIC WEIS

Upcoming programs 9/9/2006 - 9/15/2006

Please visit the library's Calendar and Programs page for more details.
Saturday 9/9
Miss Janet's Story Craft 1 PM - 2 PM
Monday 9/11
Oogles N Googles Story Craft 10 AM - 11 AM
U.S. Representative from 13th Congressional District, Allyson Y. Schwartz’s office will be available 2 PM – 5 PM
Tuesday 9/12
Mexican Train Dominoes 1 PM - 4 PM
Wednesday 9/13
Story Time with Miss Lisa -- pre-registration required
   2-3 year olds 10 AM - 10:30 AM
   4-6 year olds 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Book Discussion Group 7PM - 8PM -- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Thursday 9/14
Story Time with Miss Lisa -- 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 - 2:00 PM
Computer Club 7 PM - 9PM
Friday 9/15
Friday Movie -- Howl's Moving Castle starts at 6:30 PM