Children's book notes

Have you seen this picture book yet?
The Black Book of Colors By Menena Cottin Illustrated by Rosana Faría

"It is very hard for a sighted person to imagine what it is like to be blind. This groundbreaking, award-winning book endeavors to convey the experience of a person who can only see through his or her sense of touch, taste, smell or hearing. Raised black line drawings on black paper, which can be deciphered by touch, complement a beautifully written text describing colors through imagery. Braille letters accompany the text so that the sighted reader can begin to imagine what it is like to use Braille to read."
It was recently named one of Booklist magazine's Top Ten Art books as well as a number of other awards.

More news coming soon,
Ann

Teen books

Here's an interesting article about Teen books and their cover art that you might enjoy.
http://www.printmag.com/design_articles/cover_girls/tabid/330/Default.aspx
It's from the April 2008 issue of Print magazine. Enjoy!

Third Week in November

November News updates

Children's News:

Now would be a great time to take your December Holiday books, DVDs, CDs and audio books out of storage and put them out there for patrons to check out. I think they will go quickly!

Speaking of Holiday books, I'm seeing Valentine's and Easter board books in a cart sent to me from Baker & Taylor. The publishing dates are December 2008 and January 2009.

I ordered a lot yesterday for the library so we should see those before the January and February holidays.

A few of the titles are: Somebunny Loves You by Jane Gerver

Puppy Love by Salina Yoon

In Elmo's Easter Parade by Naomi Kleinberg

Little Quack's Bedtime by Lauren Thompson

Teen News:

Graphic Novels

There are some really wonderful Teen graphic novels now in the collection that aren't exactly novels but they are written in a graphic novel style.

Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan by Aimee Major Steinberger 952.05 st349 2007 is one example. It's a 'manga journal that is both adorable and breathtaking!' (from the back cover)

The fatal bullet : a true account of the assassination, lingering pain, death, and burial of James A. Garfield, twentieth president of the United States... by Rick Geary 364.1523 G262 is another example. In fact Rick Geary has created a number of true crime graphic novels that are excellent.

Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes & Nick Bertozzi 92 H813l is another example.

So if you are looking for some good graphic novels to read or recommend and want to branch out a little, try some of these titles.

Author News:

Jeannette Eyerly the YA author died Aug. 18, 2008 at one hundred years of age.

She was one of the first YA writers to deal with topics like abortion and teen pregnancy.

I checked and all of her books are currently out of print.

Lenore Blegvad, the children's book author died Sept. 5, 2008 at the age of 83. She wrote; First friends illustrated by her husband Eric Blegvad, and

Kitty and Mr. Kipling : neighbors in Vermont

plus more. I'll see if any of her older books are still in print and order those if I am able.

More news later,

Ann

DVD News

DVD News

For teens:
I have ordered copies of 'The Simpsons' seasons 1, 2 and 3. They will be in the Teen collection for check out. If these are popular I'll order more seasons in the future.
I've also ordered 'Sunday School Musical' on DVD. It's kind of a spin-off on 'High School Musical' and I think it wil be popular too.
Here's a brief description of the movie - 'A group of teens enter a song and dance competition, hoping to win the prize money, when they find out that their church is in financial trouble and is about to be torn down.'

Children's DVDs:
I've ordered lots of copies of 'Shrek the Halls'
'102 Dalmatians'
'Kit Kittredge: An American Girl'
and also copies of 'The Pirates Who Don't do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie'
and
'Born Free' We owned just one copy in the system and it was on videotape.
'Hey There It's Yogi Bear' a nice, mild children's movie.
'Samantha: An American Girl Holiday'
and 'Tinker Bell' ! I've heard that in this movie Tinkerbell has an actual speaking part.

Children's CDs:
Some recent Holiday orders include;
'The Muppets' Green and red Christmas' and
'The Coolest Kidz Bop Christmas Ever!'


More news soon,
Ann


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