The U-32 Library is celebrating National Poetry Month with a wide range of events. Poems for Pockets, Poetry Readings, Presentations, Displays and more. We will be showing a short film of The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, performed by Fiona Shaw. Here is a link to The Waste Land, a poem called one of the most important poems of the 20th century.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
How well do you know the Hunger Games?
The Hunger Games Movie comes out March 23rd. Enter our contest to win a Hunger Games T-Shirt. One boy and one girl's name will be drawn to win a Hunger Games T-shirt from those entries that have the most correct answers. The deadline for entering is noon on March 21st. Click Here to Enter.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Meet the author of Ashfall: Mike Mullin
Mike Mullin the author of Ashfall will be at U-32 on March 14th. What would life be like if the world was covered in ash, and danger was everywhere? Read the book and find out. Meet the author! See Dan or Vicky for details.
Witchlanders by Lena Coakley
High in their mountain covens, red witches pray to the Goddess, protecting the Witchlands by throwing the bones and foretelling the future. It's all a fake. At least, that's what Ryder thinks. He doubts the witches really deserve their tithes - one quarter of all the crops his village can produce. When a terrifying new magic threatens both his village and the cover, Ryder must confront the beautiful and silent witch who holds all the secrets.
The American Library Association Book Awards were announced recently. How many have you read?
For complete information, see press releases posted here
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
- “Big Girl Small,” by Rachel DeWoskin.
- “In Zanesville,” by Jo Ann Beard.
- “The Lover’s Dictionary,” by David Levithan.
- “The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens,” by Brooke Hauser.
- “The Night Circus,” by Erin Morgenstern.
- “Ready Player One,” by Ernest Cline.
- “Robopocalypse: A Novel,” by Daniel H. Wilson.
- “Salvage the Bones,” by Jesmyn Ward.
- “The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures,” by Caroline Preston.
- “The Talk-Funny Girl,” by Roland Merullo.
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
“Dead End in Norvelt,” written by Jack Gantos, is the 2012 Newbery Medal winner.
Two Newbery Honor Books also were named: "Inside Out & Back Again," written by Thanhha Lai and "Breaking Stalin’s Nose,” written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin.
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
“A Ball for Daisy," illustrated and written by Chris Raschka, is the 2012 Caldecott Medal winner.
Three Caldecott Honor Books also were named: “Blackout,” illustrated and written by John Rocco, "Grandpa Green" illustrated and written by Lane Smith, and “Me . . . Jane,” illustrated and written by Patrick McDonnell
Monday, January 23, 2012
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