East Meets West When Japanese Culture Comes to Our Libraries

Teens: If you enjoy learning about other cultures, come to Japanese Culture Night at the library.

@Moss Library: Thursday, July 7 at 6:00pm

@Andrews Library: Tuesday, July 12 at 6:00pm

@Murphy Library: Thursday, July 21 at 6:00pm

Drink Green Tea, Make Candy Sushi, Write Haiku, Create Fundama, Make Origami Animals, Learn to Draw a Chibi, and Solve Sudoku puzzles.

For more information, call 837-2025.

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Series Spotlight: Sisters Grimm

A Mystery Series by Michael Buckley

 featuring Sabrina and Daphne Grimm

Sabrina and Daphne have lived a dismal life since their parents disappeared over a year ago. After several foster homes, they finally go to live with their grandmother, Relda Grimm, in Ferryport Landing. Once there, they discover that fairy tales are real. An uneasy relationship exists between humans and the Everafters (fairy tale characters). Sabrina and Daphne find that they are destined to maintain the balance of power. Like their ancestors before them, they are…Fairy tale detectives.

The Books:

1. The Fairy Tale Detectives
2. The Usual Suspects
3. The Problem Child
4. Once Upon a Crime
5. Magic and Other Misdemeanors
6. Tales from the Hood
7. The Everafter War
8. The Inside Story

Visit the Sisters Grimm website here.

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New YA Fiction @ Graham County Library

***Wayfarer by R. J. Anderson
The Clearing by Davis
The Iron King by Kagawa
The Iron Daughter by Kagawa
The Iron Queen by Kagawa
***A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
***The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by McCahan
The Wager by Donna Jo Napoli
Revolver by Sedgwick

*** Miss Bridget highly recommends these titles!

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New YA Fiction @ Moss Library

***Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
Blessed by Smith
Eternal by Smith
Tantalize by Smith
Erak's Ransom by Flanagan
Halt's Peril by Flanagan
Kings of Clonmel by Flanagan
Sorcercer of the North by Flanagan
Seige of Macindaw by Flanagan
***The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer
***The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer
***The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye by Nancy Springer
***The Tree Shepherd's Daughter by Summers
Into the Wildewood by Summers
Shadows of the Redwood by Summers
Fat Cat by Brande
***Cloaked by Alex Flinn
***I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend by Harrison
***Death Cloud by Lane
Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr

*** Miss Bridget highly recommends these titles!

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New YA Fiction @ Andrews Library

Chime by Billingsley
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Haven by Cook
Ten Miles Past Normal by Dowell
***Cloaked by Alex Flinn
Closer by Gordon
Free Fall by Gordon
Warped by Guibord
Scorpia Rising by Horowitz
***The Iron Witch by Mahoney
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
***Anna & the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
The Dark & Hollow Places by Ryan
Pillage by Skye
Rage of the Fallen by Delaney
Where She Went by Forman
Invincible by Kenyon
Nightstar by Noel
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
Origins by Smith
Immortal Beloved by Tiernan
The Replacement by Yovanoff
***Reckless by Cornelia Funke
Crocodile Tears by Horowirz
Dark Water by McNeal
The Eternal Ones by Miller
Heart of a Samurai by Preus
Incarceron by Fisher
Sapphique by Fisher
Hourglass by Gray
Angel by James Patterson
Sweep Volume 3 by Tiernan

*** Miss Bridget highly recommends these titles!

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New YA Fiction @ Murphy Library

I Am Number Four by Lore
Love, Inc by Collins
Where She Went by Forman
Red Moon Rising by Moore
The Sky is Everywhere by Nelson
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Ghost Town by Caine
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Sphinx's Princess by Friesner
Sphinx's Queen by Freisner
Scorpia Rising by Horowitz
Infinity by Kenyon
Wish I Might by Paratore
Terrier by Pierce
Tortall & Other Lands by PIerce
Daughter of Xanadu by Yang
All Just Glass by Atwater-Rhodes
Willa by Heart by Paratore
Behemoth by Westerfeld

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New Juvenile Fiction @ Graham County Library

13 Treasures by Harrison
Half Upon a Time by James
Dear Hound by Murphy
Magic Below Stairs by Stevermer
Nightmare Mountain by Kehret
The Cruisers by Myers
The African Safari Discovery by Pennypacker (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures)
The Amazing Mexican Secret  by Pennypacker (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures)
The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery by Pennypacker (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures)
The Intrepid Canadian Expedition by Pennypacker (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures)
The Japanese Ninja Surprise by Pennypacker (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures)
The Mount Rushmore Calamity by Pennypacker (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures)


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New Juvenile Nonfiction @ Murphy Library

Alice in Verse: The Lost Rhymes of Wonderland by Holden
Zooborns: The Newest, Cutest Animals from the World's Zoos & Aquaraiums by Bleiman
Zooborns! Zoo Babies from Around the World by Bleiman
Mother Goose Picture Puzzles by Hillenbrand

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Coming Soon: Summer Reading Program!

Registration for the 2011 Summer Reading Program is June 6-10. The Summer Reading Program starts June 13 and ends August 5. This year, we have a children's summer reading prorgam and a teen summer reading program. For more information, visit the 2011 Summer Reading Page or the Calendar of Events Page.

Children's Summer Reading Program

Teen Summer Reading Program

Fancy Nancy Party This Saturday!

New Juvenile Fiction @ Moss Library

The Trouble With Chickens by Doreen Cronin
The Familiars by Epstein
***The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick
The Adventures of Nanny Piggins by Spratt
The Rise & Fall of Mount Majestic by Trafton
Clara Lee & The Apple Pie Dream by Han
A World Without Heroes by Mull
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Russell
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Russell

*** Miss Bridget highly recommends these titles!

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