ALA announces award winning books!

John Newbery Medal: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz



Randolph Caldecott Medal: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick


View all the award winners at the American Library Association.

Inheritance Trilogy - Book 3!

Paolini fans take note:

"Brisingr", Book 3 in the Inheritance Trilogy, will be released in September 2008!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

Christmas is almost here! If you want to be able to track Santa's journey Christmas Eve, then visit this site and read all about it! You can even send Santa an email and see if he received your list this year....my, isn't Santa tech-savvy now? Then on Christmas Eve, go here and track where Santa is at any given moment! Maybe you'll be able to figure out when he's coming to your house...

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

News for Harry Potter fans today from London! At an auction today at Sotheby's, Amazon.com purchased a handwritten and illustrated, leather-bound, silver-and-moonstone-decorated copy of J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard, for an astonishing GBP 1,950,000 (nearly $4 million!). This is one of only seven copies of the small book of fairy tales that appeared prominently in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and the proceeds are earmarked for The Children's Voice campaign, a charity Rowling co-founded to help improve the lives of institutionalized children across Europe. The other six copies of the book were given to friends who were especially supportive to Rowling while she was writing Harry Potter. More details, pictures, and future reviews of the fairy tales can and will be found at Amazon.com's page on the book here.

The Holidays Are Here....

....and we've got some exciting programs you'll want to know about!

Halloween Happenings!

It's not too late to sign up for Spooktacular and Scarify Me! Monday October 29th will feature Halloween crafts and fun activities for ages 3 through 1st grade in Spooktacular--space is still available for 2PM, 3PM, and 4PM--and scary makeup tricks for grades 2-6 in Scarify Me at 3:30! Must register--call 879-0497 today!

Awesome Book News!

For all you fans of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, there is good news! Author Rick Riordan has announced the title of the fourth book in the best-selling mythological-fantasy-adventure series. It will be called The Battle of the Labyrinth, and will be released May 6, 2008. Get the whole story here. If you haven't read any of these awesome books, start with The Lightning Thief and prepare for a thrilling ride!