Thursday, November 3 @ Moss Library

Elementary School Age children are invited to join Miss Bridget for the program Rat's Rodent Cousins at 5:15pm. Absolutely no preschoolers allowed.

Teens are invited to the Teen Game Night at 6:00pm. We'll be playing Name 5 with teams. There will be refreshments.

Updated Calendar of Events Page

I've just updated the Calendar of Events page to include story time dates/themes and special events through the end of December.

During the holidays, Miss Bridget will be taking a couple of breaks from preschool story time. There won't be story time the week of Thanksgiving, the week before Christmas, the week of Christmas, and the week after Christmas. Regular preschool story time will resume the week of January 9.

Miss Bridget is hard at work on the spring schedule (story time, special children's events, and teen events) and will have that ready before we end story time for 2011.

Reminders about upcoming special events will post as they draw near.

New Juvenile Nonfiction Books @ Graham County Library

The purchase of these books was made possible through funds received a Federal LSTA Grant awarded to Nantahala Regional Library for the purpose of improving our nonfiction collections.

Biographies:
Agrippina: Atrocious & Ferocious by Bridges
Sorghaghtani of Mongolia by Bridges
Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas by McCarthy
Black Elk's Vision by Nelson
Barnum Brown: Dinosaur Hunter by Sheldon
Hudson by Weaver
Jesse James by Woog
Cixi: The Dragon Empress by Yim

World Countries:
Russia by Bartell
France by Colson
Wales by Colson
Czech Republic by Guillain
Egypt by Gutner
Peru by Owings
Ireland by Sexton
North Korea by Walters

Mathematics:
Go Figure by Ball
Why Pi? by Ball
The Mission of Addition by Cleary
Farmers Market Measurements by Hunt
Sorting at the Market by Steffora
Math Fables Too: Making Science Count by Tang
Math for All Seasons by Tang
Understanding Angles with Basketball by Wall

Native Americans:
The Choctaw by Bowes
The Comanche by Cunningham & Benoit
The Pueblo by Cunningham & Benoit
The Wampanoag by Cunningham & Benoit
The Nez Perce by King

Science:
Science Experiments that Surprise & Delight by Bell
Clouds by Edison
Beautiful Butterflies by Goldish
Electricity by Mullins
Helpful Ladybugs by Smith
Earthquakes by Than
Insect Detective by Voake
Science Experiments that Explode & Implode by Wheeler

Technology:
Apples, Cherries, & Red Raspberries by Cleary
Green Beans, Potatoes, & Even Tomatoes by Cleary
Junk Food Junkies by Mooney
Vegetarianism by Traugh
Ambulance by Gregory
Bulldozer by Capici

New Juvenile Nonfiction Books @ Andrews Library

The purchase of these books was made possible through funds received a Federal LSTA Grant awarded to Nantahala Regional Library for the purpose of improving our nonfiction collections.

Biographies:
Nur Jahan of India by Bridges
Just Being Audrey by Cardillo
Catherine De Medici: The Black Queen by Havemeyer
Marie Antoinette: Madame Deficit by Hockinson
Me...Jane by McDonnell
Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, A Civil War Hero by Moss
Dr. Seuss by Waxman
Steve & Bindi Irwin by Breguet
The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Sheinkin

World Countries:
Yemen by Blashfield
Chile by Owings
South Africa by Owings
Mexico by Sexton
Thailand  by Simmons
Canada by Sonneborn
South Korea by Walters

Mathematics:
Why Pi? by Ball
Go Figure by Ball
Windows, Rings, & Grapes--A Look at Different Shapes by Cleary
Volume & Hot Air Balloons by Irving
Learning about Percentages at the Mall by McMillan
Math Fables Too: Making Science Count by Tang
Measuring in the Garden by Steffora
Patterns at the Museum by Steffora

Native Americans:
The Mohawk by Crompton
The Cheyenne by Cunningham & Benoit
The Navajo by Cunningham & Benoit
The Ute by Cunningham & Benoit
The Chumash by Hicks

Science:
Sea Turtles' Race to the Sea by Allen
Oceans by Benoit
Temperate Forests by Benoit
Jupiter by Landau
Polar Bears' Search for Ice by Olson

Technology:
Blogs by Raatma
Social Networks by Raatma
Find the Right Site by Truesdell
Find Your Way Online by Rabbat
Online Etiquette & Safety by Cornwall
Podcasting 101 by Fontichiaro
Team Up Online by Pascaretti

New Juvenile Nonfiction Books @ Moss Library

The purchase of these books was made possible through funds received a Federal LSTA Grant awarded to Nantahala Regional Library for the purpose of improving our nonfiction collections.

Biographies:
Artemisia of Caria by Bridges
Stand Straight, Ella Kate by Klise
Mary Tudor "Bloody May" by Maurer
Driven: A Photobiography of Henry Ford by Mitchell
Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee by Moss
Drawing from Memory  by Allen Say
Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" by Tunnell
The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Winter

World Countries:
United Arab Emirates by Bryan
Puerto Rico by Gutner
Nigeria by Owings
Turkey by Owings
Japan by Sexton
Estonia by Spilsbury
Scotland by Waldron

Mathematics:
A Fraction's Goal by Cleary
A-B-A-B-A--A Book of Pattern Play by Cleary
On the Scale, A Weighty Tale by Cleary
Perimeter & Area at the Amusement Park by Irving
Learning Algebra with Pizza by McMillan
Math Fables Too: Making Science Count by Tang
Math for All Seasons by Tang
Math Potatoes: Mind-Stretching Brain Food by Tang
Counting in the City by Steffora

Native Americans:
The Nez Perce by Bonvillain
The Cherokee by Conley
The Inuit by Cunningham & Benoit
The Sioux by Cunningham & Benoit
The Zuni by Cunningham & Benoit

Science:
Our Sun by Asselin
Pluto by Landau
Saturn by Landau
The Moon by Landau
Uranus by Landau

Technology:
Diet & Disease by Juettner
Food Myths & Facts by Woog
Apples Grow on a Tree by Schuh
Blueberries Grown on a Bush by Schuh
Lettuce Grows on the Ground by Schuh
Tomatoes Grow on a Vine by Schuh
I Know Someone with ADHD by Raum
I Know Someone with Diabetes by Parker

New Juvenile Nonfiction Books @ Murphy Library

The purchase of these books was made possible through funds received a Federal LSTA Grant awarded to Nantahala Regional Library for the purpose of improving our nonfiction collections.

Biographies:
Nat Love by Bloom
Hatshepsut of Egypt by Bridges
Cleopatra "Serpent of the Nile" by Fisk
Django by Christensen
Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson by Smith
She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story by Vernick
Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan by Yolen
Martha Washington by Lee
Clara Barton  by Krensky

World Countries:
Greenland by Blashfield
Switzerland by Larson
Iceland by Miller
Costa Rica by West
Norway by Zobel
Spotlight on Antarctica by Schaefer
Brazil by Walters

Mathematics:
Go Figure by Ball
Why Pi? by Ball
How Long or How Wide? by Cleary
Shapes in the Kitchen by Steffora
Math for All Seasons by Tand
Math-Terpieces by Tang
Graphing with Pets by James
Harvest Time Subtraction by Bachers

Native Americans:
The Iroquois by Dolbear & Benoit
The Timucua by Dolbear & Benoit
The Apache by Friedman & Benoit
The Ojibwe by King
The Lakota Sioux by Rzeczkowski

Science:
Elephants Under Pressure by Allen
Giant Pandas in a Shrinking Forest by Allen
Tropical Rain Forests by Benoit
Tundra by Benoit
Meteor Showers by Kelley
Mars by Landau
Neptune by Landau

Technology:
Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum
Combine by Friedman
Crane by Gregory
Digger by Zeiger
Dump Truck by Zeiger
Fire Truck by Gregory
Tractor by Gregory

2011 Teens' Top Ten

As this is Teen Read Week, the Teens' Top Ten have been announced. A while back I posted the nominations. Without further ado, the 2011 Teens' Top Ten are...

1. The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Simon & Schuster)
2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
3. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (Simon & Schuster)
4. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (HarperCollins)
5. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin)
6. Matched by Ally Condie (Penguin)
7. Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson (Little, Brown & Company)
8. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White (HarperCollins)
9. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (HarperCollins)
10. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (Penguin)

I've read 2 of the 10. How about you?

Happy Teen Read Week!

That's right...this week is Teen Read Week. We'll be celebrating this year's theme "Picture It" by having Character Costume Parties at two of our branches.

Tuesday at 6:00pm at Andrews Library
Thursday at 6:00pm at Moss Library

Dress as your favorite character from a book, graphic novel, or comic. There will be refreshments, a costume contest, and games.

I hope to see you there!