Book Bear Election at Graham County Library

Nominate your favorite book bear for the 2012 Book Bear Election

at Graham County Public Library.

Turn your nominations in at the circulation desk or to Miss Bridget.

Nominations are due by Thursday, October 18.

Ballots will be available in the library beginning Thursday, October 25 and the voting closes Friday, November 2. Results will be announced on Thursday, November 8.

For more information, contact Miss Bridget at 837-2025 or bwilson@nantahalalibrary.org.

Tonight @ Graham County Library

Families and children of all ages are invited to join Miss Bridget tonight at 6:30pm at Graham County Library for an It's Raining Cats & Dogs Story Time.

For more information about this events, contact Miss Bridget at 837-2025.

April @ Graham County Library

Preschool Story Time ~ Thursdays at 10:00am
April 5- Rabbits
April 12- No Story Time. Miss Bridget on vacation.
April 19- Sheep
April 26- Bubbles & Chalk

Children's Events
It's Raining Cats & Dogs Story Time (Children of All Ages)
Tuesday, April 17 at 6:30pm

Tonight @ Graham County Library

Tonight at 6:30pm, Miss Bridget will host a Bugs Family Story Time at Graham County Library.  Families and children of all ages are invited.
For more information, contact Miss Bridget at 837-2025.

New Books @ Graham County Library

Picture Books:
Prudence Wants a Pet by Daly
Dot by Intriago
Cloudette by Litchenheld
A New Year's Reunion by Li-Qiong
Hugs from Pearl by Schmid
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? by SHea

Juvenile Nonfiction:
Name That Dog by Archer

Juvenile Fiction:
Rachel Spinelli Punched Me in the Face by Acampora
Missing on Superstition Mountain by Broach
Troublemaker by Clements
Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire by Collins
The Cheshire Cheese Cat by Deedy
Hurricane Dancers by Engle
Tuesdays at the Castle by George
The Princess Curse by Haskell
Junonia by Henkes
The Ogre of Oglefort by Ibbotson
Inside Out & Back Again by Lai
13 Gifts by Mass
Finally by Mass
Abe Lincoln at Last by Osborne
When Life Gives You O.J. by Perl
May B by Rose
Snow in Summer by Yolen
Okay for Now by Schmidt

Tuesday, December 13 @ Graham County Library

Families and children of all ages are invite to a family story time with Miss Bridget at 6:30pm. We'll be reading stories about winter and the season's holidays.

New Books @ Graham County Library

Picture Books:
If You Give a Dog a Donut by Numeroff
Over the River: A Turkey's Tale by Anderson
A pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea by Black
Chicken Cheeks by Black
The Purple Kangaroo by Black
Bailey by Bliss
Gobble Gobble by Falwell
If You Take a Mouse to School by Numeroff
Ponyella by Numeroff & Evans
Would I Trade My Parents? by Numeroff
What Puppies Do Best by Numeroff
Fancy Nancy: Tea Parties by O'Connor
Gobble Gobble Crash by Stiegemeyer
King Jack & the Dragon by Bently
Blue Chicken by Freedman
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Rinker
The Bippolo Seed & Other Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss
Love, Mouserella by Stein
Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Thomas
Pumpkin Trouble by Thomas
Mouse's First Day of School by Thompson
Mouse's First Fall by Thompson
Mouse's First Snow by Thompson
Mouse's First Spring by Thompson
Mouse's First Summer by Thompson
The Book with a Hole by Tullet

Easy Readers:
Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
Elephants Cannot Dance by Mo Willems
I Am Going! by Mo Willems
I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems
I Will Surprise My Friend! by Mo Willems
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! by Mo Willems
Watch Me Throw the Ball! by Mo Willems

Juvenile Fiction:
The Nine Pound Hammer by Bemis
Waiting for Magic by MacLachlan
Cabin Fever by Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6)

Juvenile Nonfiction:
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Sidman

Young Adult Fiction:
Cloaked in Red by Vande Velde
Frost by Delsol (Stork #2)
Entwined by Dixon
The Iron Knight by Kagawa (Iron Fey #4)

Click here to find these books in our catalog and place a hold on them.

Tuesday, November 15 @ Graham County Library

Elementary School Age children are invited to join Miss Bridget for the program Rat's Rodent Cousins at 6:00pm. Absolutely no preschoolers allowed.

New Books @ Graham County Library

The Nantahala Regional Library has just received a gift of 100 new children’s books, ranging from pre-kindergarten through early readers. These books were a donation from the Brownstone Book Fund, a private foundation in New York City, interested in fostering early reading, a love of books and encouraging parents and children to read together. The books were divided between NRL’s four branch libraries (Murphy Public Library, Andrews Public Library, Moss Memorial Library, and Graham County Public Library) and the Bookmobile. Come to your neighborhood library today to explore and enjoy our new collections.

New Brownstone Book Fund Books @ Graham County Library:
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
It's Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Look Book by Tana Hoban
Mr. Pusskins & Little Whiskers by Sam Lloyd
No Place Like Home by Jonathan Emmett
Not Afraid of Dogs by Susanna Pitzer
People by Peter Spier
Pigs on a Blanket by Amy Axelrod
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson
Poof! by John O'Brien
Rotten Ralph Helps Out by Jack Gantos
Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges
The Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman
Shoe-La-La! by Karen Beaumont
When Martha's Away by Bruce Ingman
When is Tippy Toes? by Betsy Lewin

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 Books @ Graham County Library

Picture Books:
You Will Be My Friend! by Peter Brown (sequel to Children Make Terrible Pets)
Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake by Kaplan
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
Blackout by John Rocco
Pig Kahuna by Sattler
Noodle & Lou by Liz Scanlon
Edwin Speaks Up by Stephens
Press Here by Tullet
The Twins' Blanket by Yum

Juvenile:
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord (Nominee for NC Children's Book Award)
The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan (Kane Chronicles #2)
Drizzle by Van Cleve (Nominee for NC Children's Book Award)

Juvenile Nonfiction:
A Little Bitty Man by Rasmussen (poetry)

Young Adult:
Fins Are Forver by Tera Lynn Childs (Fins #2)
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce (Sisters Red #2)

Click here to find these books in our catalog and place a hold on them.

Event Reminder: Pajama Story Time @ Graham County Library

Pajama Story Time is tomorrow at the Graham County Library. That's Tuesday, September 20 at 6:00pm. We'll be reading about frogs, snakes, turtles, gators, and crocs. This event is for families and children of all ages. Come in your pj's ready for fun!

Pajama Story Time @ Graham County Library Rescheduled

Due to a change in their hours of operation, the Pajama Story Time at the Graham County Library has been rescheduled.

The Pajama Story Time will be on Tuesday, September 20 at 6:30pm.

Coming Soon: Pajama Story Time

Come in your pajamas ready to have fun! September's Pajama Story Time Theme is "Frogs, Snakes, Turtles, Gators, & Crocs." Families and Children of All Ages are welcome.

@ Moss Memorial Library: Thursday, September 1 at 5:15pm

@ Murphy Public Library: Thursday, September 8 at 5:15pm

@ Graham County Public Library: Tuesday, September 20 at 6:30pm

@ Andrews Public Library: Tuesday, September 27 at 5:15pm

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!

Click here to search for these books in our catalog & place a hold on them.

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)


Click here to search for these books in our catalog & place a hold on them.

New Juvenile Nonfiction @ Graham County Library

Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Engle
B Is for Bagpipes by Kiehm
Button Up: Wrinkled Rhymes by Alice Schertle
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine by Sally Walker
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom by Macy

Click here to search for these books in our catalog & place a hold on them.

New Picture Books @ Graham County Library

Story Country by Anderson
Except If by Averbeck
How Do You Wokka-Wokka? by Bluemle
Bedtime for Bear by Helquist
My Little Train by Ichikawa
The Delicious Bug by Perlman
Snowbots by Reynolds
***The Circus Chip by Chris Van Dusen
Three Strikes for Rotten Ralph
Chavela & the Magic Bubble by Brown
***Dog in Boots by Gormley
***My Heart Is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall
Bulldog's Big Day by McMullan
***Lola Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn
***The Thingamabob by Na
***Little Black Crow by Raschka
***Interrupting Chicken by Ezra Jack Stein
Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep by Mo Willems
What's Your Sound, Hound the Hound? by Mo Willems
Beaver is Lost by Cooper
Rescue Bunnies by Doreen Cronin
Silverlicious by Victoria Kann
Seamus McNamus by Kurtz
Ribbit Rabbit by Ryan
***Dream Big, Little Pig by Yamaguchi
***Batter Up Wombat by Helen Lester
***Bats at the Ballgame by Brian Lies
Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator by Mo Willems
Buzz Boy & Fly Guy by Arnold

*** Miss Bridget highly recommends these titles!

Click here to search for these books in our catalog & place a hold on them.

New Juvenile Nonfiction @ Graham County Library

Check These Out!

The BFG: A Set of Plays by Dahl
I Love to Collage by Lipsey
Sewing School by Plumley
Nic Bishop Lizards by Bishop
The Hive Detectives by Burns
Lafayette & the American Revolution by Freedman
I Love to Draw by Lipsey
I Love to Paint by Lipsey
In the Picture: Get Looking! Get Thinking! by Micklethwait
Switching on the Moon: poems selected by Jane Yolen
The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn by Burleigh
What Did the Ancient Greeks Do For Me? by Catel
***Can We Save the Tiger? by Steve Jenkins
North Carolina: Past & Present by Lew
Hip-Pocket Papa by Markle
The Ancient Greeks: Their Lives & Their World by Villing

*** Miss Bridget highly recommends these titles!

Click here to search for these books in our catalog & place a hold on them.

New YA Fiction @ Graham County Library

Check These Out!

Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
***Borrowed Names by Atkins
King of Ithaka by Barrett
***Hawksmaid: The Untold Story of Robin Hood & Maid Marian by Kathryn Lasky
***Three Rivers Rising by Richards
***Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
The Water Seeker by Holt
Prisoners in the Palace by MacColl
***Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Matson
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
The Cardturner by Louis Sachar
Crossing the Tracks by Stuber
***Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
***Stork by Wendy Delsol
***Tyger, Tyger by Kersten Hamilton
Wicked Girls by Stephanie Hemphill
Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Standiford
Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin

*** Miss Bridget highly recommends these titles!

Click here to search for these books in our catalog & place a hold on them.