Brownie Contest For 2008: In recognition and repudiation of January as National Oatmeal Month, the Charlotte Library is holding a Brownie Baking Contest this month. Bakers, start your mixers and bake your best brownie to drop by the Library on the morning of Tuesday, January 22. Judging will take place that afternoon. Use of oats in your recipe is optional. New Year & New Story Session! Join us for the New Year and new stories… Pre-K Story Time: Tuesdays @ 1:30 p.m. (January 15 to February 19, 2008) Toddler Story Time: Thursdays @ 10:30 a.m. (January 17 to February 21, 2008) Registration is required. Please call the library to sign up. New Books, Too! The Horn Book Magazine is a journal “about books for children and young adults.” Each year, the magazine features the best of titles in various categories. We are fortunate to have many of their favorites for 2007 here at the Library. Stop by and check them out! Picture Books: At Night by Jonathan Bean The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington A Good Day by Kevin Henkes Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Juvenile Fiction: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick The New Policeman by Kate Thompson Young Adult: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan The Arrival by Shaun Tan Juvenile Nonfiction: May I Pet Your Dog? by Stephanie Calmenson The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis Poetry: Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars by Douglas Florian Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems) by Linda Sue Park And The Winners, Too: Picture Honor Book: 365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fremontal Picture Book Award Winner: Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Nonfiction Honor Books: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman Fiction and Poetry Honor Book: Clementine by Sara Pennypacker Fiction and Poetry Award Winner: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson Move and Groove With Ellen: Join Ellen Bosworth Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. to dance and sing, beginning January 15, 2008. Children from 2 to 5 are invited with an adult. The progrm runs through February 19, 2008.