New Books at the Library
by Margaret Woodruff
May 20, 2010, Page 15

New Early Readers at the Charlotte Library
We received our first shipment of “eye know” books published by Dorling Kindersley. These engaging nonfiction titles offer the same wonderful photography and design of the older reader “Eyewitness” series. However, the text and layout are friendly for beginner readers. Titles in this series include Tree, Whales & Dolphins, Ocean and Shark.

Other New Juvenile Fiction:
Emily Windsnap and the Siren’s Secret by
Liz Kessler (fourth book in Emily
Windsnap series)
Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (first book in
NEW series by the author of the Percy
Jackson series)
Runaway Princess by Kate Coombs
Runaway Dragon by Kate Coombs
Just Grace and the Snack Attack by Charlise
Mericle Harper

Picture Books:
A Boy Had a Mother Who Bought Him a
Hat by Karla Kuskin
Pepi Sings a New Song by Laura Ljungkvist
Beach Tail by Karen Lynn Williams

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Titles are now available for your MP3.
Are you an audiobook fan? Catch up on your DCF reading. The following titles on the 2010-2011 DCF list are available for download on Listen Up! Vermont:

Claudette Colvin by Phillip Hoose
Everything for a Dog by Ann M. Martin
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by
Jacqueline Kelly
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur
Slade
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P.
Figg by Rodman Philbrick
POP by Gordon Korman
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by
Grace Lin

Thank you to the Friends of DCF for supporting Listen Up! by generously donating the second copies of each of these titles.

After School Program: DIY Ice Cream
Monday, May 24, 3-4:30 p.m.
Yes, ice cream at the library…really! First we’ll make our own ice cream bowls and then shake, shake, shake some ice cream to go in them…complete with toppings, of course. For children grades 1- 4. Registration required; please call the library at 425-3864 to sign up.

Teen Advisory Board: Pizza, Pennies & Peace, Monday, May 24, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
If you’ve read Greg Mortenson’s book, Three Cups of Tea, you know about his initiative to promote peace and education in Pakistan. With the “Pennies for Peace” project, we can all share in this international service-learning program. Open to all middle school and high school students. Please RSVP to the Charlotte Library, 425-3864, or to youthservices@charlottepubliclibrary.org.