August 13, 2008 Citizen News Library Column

 

 

Raffle Prize Winners

  The raffle drawing was held at the alternate location of the high school on Friday, August 8th.  The teen program winners are as follows:  Schuyler Kogan won the Kodak camera; the MP3 Player went to Regan Mulrooney; and the $100 Visa Gift Card was won by Christian Fiscella.  The members of the Teen Council earned the money needed to purchase the raffle prizes by holding two bake sales during the Friends of the Library book sales.  We are very proud of them and their accomplishments.

   Raffle winners from the Birth to Fifth Grade program are:  Aquadoodle Mat went to Anthony Tesar; Disgusting Science Kit – Erik Dighton;  Indiana Jones Lego Kit – Bart Flaherty; Backyard Habitat – Zachary Stanziano; Butterfly Tent – Abigail Greco; Dance Challenge Electronic Mat – Maura Herbertson; Power Tour Electric Guitar – Nick Mellas; The Claw Arcade Game – Catherine Coughlin.  Thank you to all those children who participated in this year’s program.  The gifts were packaged in the reusable  green” bags from the Friends of the Library.  Inside each bag there was also an adorable yellow or black Labrador retriever stuffed animal donated by Cabin Critters.  Prizes were subsidized by the Friends of the Library.

Friends of the Library

   The Friends of the Library are now collecting books for their book sale to be held on September 13, 14, and 15.  Please drop off your donations during library hours only.  Reader’s Digest, encyclopedias and magazines are not accepted.

Program Guide for September

   September’s program guide will be coming out the latter part of this month.  It will be chockfull of terrific programs for children and adults.  Keep reading this column for program updates.

Reading Logs

   Parents, please pick up your children’s reading logs before September 15th.  Attach the library reading log to the Governor’s Reading Challenge log and send them both into school.

Adult New Books

   Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War by Patrick J. Buchanan, Tribute by Nora Roberts, Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson, God Willing by  Captain Eric Navarro, Stori Telling by Tori Spelling, Rules of Deception by Christopher Reich, George Washington on Leadership by Richard Brookhiser, Hooked by Matt Richtel, From Baghdad With Love by Jay Kopelman, Tennessee Off the Beaton Path by Tim O’Brien, Robin to the Rescue by Robin Miller, Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown, Sister’s Hope by Wanda Brunstetter, Maggie a Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane, Sway by Ori Brafman, Tempest Tales by Walter Mosley, Brida by Paulo Coelho, House and Home by Kathleen McCleary, Murder on Parade by Jessica Fletcher, Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles, Mystic Horseman by Kathleen Eagle, Last Kiss by Luanne Rice, Palace Council by Stephen L. Carter, Forced Cut by Stephen Frey, Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie, Outtakes From a Marriage by Ann Leary, Say Goodbye by  Lisa Gardner, The Last Patriot by Brad Thor, Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann, Death and Honor by W.E.B. Griffin, Ghost by Fred Burton, Hit and Run by Lawrence Block, Silent Thunder by Iris & Roy Johansen, Dirty Girls on Top by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Guilty by Jason Pinter, New Fairfield by Preserve New Fairfield, Seizure by Erica Wagner, Ty and the Babe by Tom Stanton, Cost by Roxana Robinson, Vampyres of Hollywood by Adrienne Barbeau, Killer View by Ridley Pearson, Swan Peak by James Lee Burke, Lesson from a Courtesan by Jenna Petersen, Viking Unchained by Sandra Hill, Wicked as Sin by Jullian Hunter, Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger, Fleeced by Dick Morris, Nothing to Lose by Lee Child, Human Smoke by Nicholason Baker, The Last Campaign by Thurston Clarke, Somewhere in Heaven by Christopher Andersen, Last Oracle by James Rollins, Made in the USA by Billie Letts, Stand in the Storm by Breena Clarke, Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot, A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand, Sister’s Choice by Emilie Richards, Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva, Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais, Close by Martina Cole, Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts, The Best Game Ever by Mark Bowden

New Adult DVDS

   Two Tickets to Paradise, Stop-Loss, Step Up 2:The Streets, Sleepwalking, The Cleaner, Bank Job, College Road Trip, Penelope.

New Children’s Books

   Elephant’s Story by Harriet Blackford; Elephants by Sydnie Kleinhenz; Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley; Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer; The Midnight Twins by Jacquelyn Mitchard; Appetite for Detention by Sloane Tanen; Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson; Nick of Time by Ted Bell; A Girl, A Boy and Three Robbers by Gail Gauthier; George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen Hawking; Chancey of the Maury River by Gigi Amateau; Savvy by Ingrid Law; Secrets of My Hollywood Life:  On Location by Jen Calonita; The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman; Bear at Work by Stella Blackstone; Me and My Dad by Alison Ritchie; Hugs and Kisses by Christophe Loupe; Wrestling’s Greatest Stories by Colin Burnett; Look for Ladybugs by Dana Rau; Yellowstone by Marion Dane Bauer; A Hero Called the Hulk by Siobhan Ciminera; The Haunted Road Trip by Gail Herman; Yikes! Wow! Yuck! by Elizabeth Harris; The Trouble Begins at 8 by Sid Fleischman; The Dragon’s Lair by Elizabeth Haydon; Superior Saturday by Garth Nix; Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger by Kevin Bolger; Pretty Little Liars #3, Perfect by Sara Shepard; Return of the Dragon by Rebecca Rupp; In or Out by Claudia Gabel; Loves Me, Loves Me Not by Claudia Gabel; Sweet and Vicious by Claudia Gabel.

New Children’s Movies

   Legend of Tillamook’s Gold; John Deere Heaven, Part One; Backyardigans: Mighty Match Up; Peter and the Wolf; Sesame Street: Count on Sports; Care Bears King of the Moon; Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School; VeggieTales: Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry’s Big River Rescue.