Library News
from Sherrie Simmons, Library Director, and Margaret Woodruff, Youth Services Librarian

Fiction
Audition, Barbara Walters
Careless in Red, Elizabeth George
The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford
Skeletons at the Feast, Chris Bohjalian
The Steel Wave, Jeff Shaara

Nonfiction
Counselor: Life at the Edge of History, Ted Sorensen
The Downhill Lie, A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport, Carl Hiaasen
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation, Cokie Roberts
The Man Who Loved China, Simon Winchester
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Richard H. Thaler
The Post-American War, Fareed Zakaria
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson,
Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, & Martin Johnson Heade, Christopher Benfey
When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
Who’s Your City?: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision
of Your Life, Richard Florida

What Does Your Library Have to Offer?
If you are out of the habit of using your library, you might not be aware of all that we have to offer.

You will find in our adult collection:
• A wide selection of magazines • Newspaper subscriptions • Books on CD and cassette
• Foreign language CDs • DVDs for all age groups • Sets of books for book groups
• Over 100 large print books and a subscription to Reader’s Digest Large Print Magazine
• More than 3,200 fiction and 2500 nonfiction titles for adults
• New York Times Bestsellers, 2008 Frommer’s Travel Guides, recently published titles.
Services available for ages:
Interlibrary Loan (books we request for you from other libraries)
Homecard Privileges (you use your library card at other libraries)
Ability to reserve books and materials
Free public internet use (Wireless Internet inside and outside of the library building)
Library website – charlottepubliclibrary.org – online catalog and links to a variety of resources
Downloadable audio books available through our website
Delivery of books and materials to homebound patrons
Cultural opportunities for all to enjoy:
Art exhibits by local artists
Displays of interesting collections

THE CHARLOTTE LIBRARY
SUMMER READING 2008
PROGRAM DETAILS

LADYBUG WEEK:
June 23-27
Drop in to craft your own ladybug visor or bookmark and check out our ladybug haven.

Flying Ladybug Kites: June 24, Noon
Learn all about insect kites from around the globe and make your own bug kite to fly at home. Suggested ages: 5-10. Please call the Library (425-3864) to sign up.

Ladybug Picnic Storytime: June 26,
10:30 a.m.
“One, two, three ladybugs at the ladybug picnic” …share this fun song and other ladybug lore, crafts and fun. Suggested ages: 3-6.
Call the Library (425-3864) to sign up.

June 30-July 2: Help create our anthill mural and watch the busy worker ants in the ant farm.

Movie Time Antz: July 2, 2:00 p.m.
Enjoy the ANT-ics in this animated favorite. Popcorn and drinks provided!

SUMMER READING PROGRAM STARTS JUNE 21!

Stop in for our BUG SAFARI on Saturday, June 21 from 10:30 am to Noon. We’ll be searching for bugs around the Library grounds, making bug hats, dancing to the bug beat with Ellen Bosworth and enjoying some bug-like treats. Sign up for the Summer Reading Program to keep track of the favorite books (goldbugs) and not-so-great books (stink bugs) you encounter over the summer. Our summer calendar of programs includes everything from bug hunts to ladybug kites to bee hives, so we hope you’ll join us throughout June, July and August.

STEP INTO HISTORY WITH CCS FIFTH GRADE PHOTO PROJECT

The 5th grade classes at Charlotte Central School concluded their Vermont Reads program with a project based on picture by early 20th century photographer and social reformer Lewis Hines. Using Counting on Grace, the 2007 Vermont Reads selection as an inspiration, the students created their own descriptions based photos taken from the National Child Labor Committee Collection. These photos were the inspiration for Elizabeth Winthrop’s novel about Grace, a young girl who ends up fighting against the conditions many of the photos portray. The rotating exhibit, “When a Picture Speaks,” will be on display through the month of June.

NEW BOOKS! Just in time for Summer Reading!
Picture Books:
One Tractor: A Counting Book by Alexandra Siy
Snail’s Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul
Zen Ties by Jon Muth
Albert the Fix-It Man by Janet Lord
Maple Syrup Season by Ann Purmell
Lucky Monkey, Unlucky Monkey by James Kaczman

Juvenile Fiction:
Clementine’s Letter by Sara Pennypacker
My Dad’s a Birdman by David Almond

Juvenile Series:
The Battle for Skandia (Ranger’s Apprentice Series #4) by John Flanagan
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4) by Rick Riordan
Outcast (Warriors: Power of Three Series #3) by Erin Hunter

Juvenile Graphic Novel:
Point Blank: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz
Castaways by Rob Vollmar
Benny & Penny in Just Pretend by Geoffrey Hayes

Young Adult:
Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman (prequel to Golden Compass series)
Lady Friday (Keys to the Kingdom Series #5) by Garth Nix
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve
Kluger
Pirates of the Retail Wasteland by Adam Selzer

Please note: the Library will be closed on Thursday, June19 for an inservice day.