New Children's Non-fiction books

Here are just a few of the new children's non-fiction books the library has recently purchased.

Cool Crafts with Old CDS
Cool Crafts with Old Wrappers, Cans, and Bottles.
Cool Crafts with Old Jeans
Cool Crafts with Old T-Shirts

Who Dunnit? Forensic Science Experiments (series)

•  Who Can Solve the Crime?
• Who Forged This Document?
• Whose Bones Are These?
• Whose Fingerprints Are These?

How Does It Happen (series)

•  How Does A Plant become Oil?

• How Does a Volcano become an Island?
• How Does a Cloud become a Thunderstorm?

I Like Weird Animals!

• Bomb-Factory Beetles and other Weird Insects
• Fainting Goats and other Weird Mammals
• Leafy Sea Dragons and other Weird Sea Creatures
• Weird Birds

Raptors (Series)

• Eagles
• Falcons
• Hawks
• Kites
• Owls
• Vultures

My Body (Series)

• Why Do I Brush my teeth?
• Why do I was my hands?

Simple Machines

• Levers
• Pulleys
• Ramps
• Screws
• Wedges
• Wheels and Axles

Ripley's Believe it or not! (series)

Explore & Draw (series)

• Wizards, Witches, & Dragons
• Dinosaurs

Ready, Set, Draw! (series)

• Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures you can draw
• Cool Boy Stuff You Can Draw

Stop in to check out other new books!
   

New DVDs

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The Horseboy
Leap Year
Nine
Seraphine (foreign)
Tokyo Sonata (foreign)

A Concert of Live Opera & Italian Ballads

Sunday, May 2 at 2:00 PM

The Orangeburg library is proud to present a free concert by tenor, SALVATORE CHIATRELLI with a special appearance of soprano, ELGA JOHANNES in a unique program entitled, “From Italy: Con Amore.” Trained in opera in both Italy and Manhattan, Mr. Chiarelli returns to the Orangeburg Library to sing arias from Italian operas, Neapolitan ballads and songs from musical theatre. Salvatore Chiarelli has performed as a soloist and ensemble leader in more than 30 Italian opera productions. He will be joined in duets with the fresh elegance of Ms. Johannes. Please call the library at 845-359-2244, Ext. 10 to register.

Book & Bag Lunch Group

Thursday, May 27 at 12 Noon

The Orangeburg Library will be discussing “Revolutionary Road” by Richard Yates. The book is available at the Circulation Desk. Feel free to bring a sandwich and the library will supply coffee and dessert.

New DVDs

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Bandslam
The Blind Side
Brothers
The Fourth Kind
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Sherlock Holmes

CHAIR YOGA: With Instructor Colleen Briscoe

On Five Consecutive Monday Afternoons at 1:30*- 2:30 PM April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17 and May 24...all at 1:30 PM

In this gentle yoga, participants sit in a chair, exercising all joints and muscles for increased flexibility, strength, balance and circulation. Bring a towel to Class. Class size is limited, so please remember to register by calling 359-2244, Ext. 10.
* Note the change in time.

DVDs - Coming Soon!

Did You Hear About the Morgans?
The Fourth Kind
The Blind Side
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Sherlock Holmes
An Education

Aerosmith & Lullabies

I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, there are now lullaby renditions of Journey, Aerosmith & Michael Jacksons songs!  So when your "Angel" is "Cryin'" or "When the Lights go down" in the nursery, put on one of these CDs.

Now available at the Library
My Baby Loves...Michael Jackson
Rockabye Baby! lullaby renditions of Aerosmith
Rockabye Baby! lullaby renditions of Journey

New CDs for older children:

Circle Time songs & Games
Alvin & the Chipmunks the squeakuel
Disney Princess Party

New CDs

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All Time Low - Unplugged
Christina Aguilera - Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits
Lil Wayne - Rebirth
Nine - Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sade - Soldier of Love

New Building Blocks Club for kids

The library is planning a building block club for children this spring.  We are looking for donations of new or used LEGO products.  Does your family have any that you don't play with anymore?  Details on the club to follow.  See Angela at the Library to donate.  Thank you!

DVDs - Coming Soon!

Boondock Saints- All Saints Day
Capitalism: A Love Story
Old Dogs
Precious
Up in the Air

New DVDs

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Amelia
Couples Retreat
A Serious Man
The Stepfather
The Time Traveler's Wife

New Video Games

PS2
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Marvel Super Hero Squad
TMNT Smash Up

Wii
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010
Lego Rock Band
Super Mario Bros Wii
Toy Story Mania!

2010 Awards

The winners were announced and our mock group didn't predict the winners (see post from 1/12/10), but we read some great books.   Here is a list of the winners:

Newbery Award:  When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Newbery Honors:  Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
                              The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
                              Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
                              The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick


Caldecott Award:  The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Caldecott Honors: All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon
                             Red sings from  Treetops by Joyce Sidman


Printz Award:        Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Printz Honors:       Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
                             The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
                             Punkzilla by Adam Rabb
                             Tales from the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes

Sibert Award for the most distinguished informational book:
Winner:                 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
Honors:                 The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton
                             Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 12 by Brian Floca
                             Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

Theodor Suess Geisel Award for Beginner Readers:
Winner:                 Benny and Penny in the Big No-NO! by Geoffrey Hayes
Honors:                I Spy Fly Guy by Ted Arnold
                            Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith
                            Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends by Wong Herbert Yee
                            Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day by Kate McMullan

Happy Reading!!

Newbery/Caldecott Medal Awards

Next week, at the American Library Association winter conference, the winners of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals will be announced.  This is an event that children's librarians all over look forward to.   While we wait with anticipation, the librarians of Rockland county hold Mock Newbery and Caldecott awards.  For the last few months librarians are busy reading and evaluating the books that have been published in the last year.  

Today, I met with the librarians to discuss which books we think should win these awards.  It was a lively discussion with many opinions.  Here are the books we choose as our winners:

Caldecott Winner:   Otis by Loren Long
Honor books:          Billy Twitters and his big blue whale problem by Mac Barnett
                               All Gods Critters by Bill Staines

Newbery Winner:    Love, Aubrey by Suzanne Lafleur
Honor Books          Anything but typical by Nora Raliegh Baskin
                               The Girl who threw butterflies by Mick Cochrane

These were all great books that I highly recommend.  On Monday, the winners will be announced and I can't wait to see if we were right.  Check back on Monday when I post the winners.

New DVDs

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All About Steve
(500) Days of Summer
24: Seasons 1 - 7
The Hangover
Inglorious Basterds
The Other Man
Julie & Julia

New CDs

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Susan Boyle - I Dreamed a Dream
Taylor Swift - Fearless
The Black-Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Kris Allen - LP1

New CDs - Coming Soon!

Glee - The Music - Volume 2
Rihanna - Rated R
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - 11:11
Bon Jovi - The Circle
John Mayer - Battle Studies
Lady Gaga - The Fame
The Who - Greatest Hits
Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom
Nine (Soundtrack)
Avatar (Soundtrack)

New Video Games

Nintendo DS

Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Family Feud
Press Your Luck


Wii
The Biggest Loser
Dora saves the Crystal Kingdom
Family Game Night 2
The Princess and the Frog
Shaun White Snowboard World Stage
Scooby-Doo! First Frights
Twilight Scene it?

PS2
Star Wars the Clone Wars Republic Heroes
2K Sorts NBA 2K10
PES 2010 Pro Evolution Soccer

PS3
Batman
Arkham Asylum
The Beatles Rockband
Star Wars The Clone Wars Republic Heroes
Planet 51 the game
Bright Lights! Big Screen Scene it?
Tekken 6

XBOX 360

Guitar Hero 5
Madagascar Kartz
Smack Down vs Raw 2010
Planet 51 the game

New Audio Books for Children

Going on a car trip this Thanksgiving with the family?  Take an audio book along for the ride.

Brown Bear and Friends by Bill Martin Jr.
The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon
Junie B. Jones Collection books 1-8 by Barbara Park
Junie B. Jones Collection books 9-16 by Barbara Park
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (This is my personal favorite book - ever)
The One and Only Shrek! Plus 5 other stories by Willam Steig
Three Tales of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett