News from the Charlotte Library

Spring Story Time
Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. from March 10 through April 14, or
Thursdays at 1 p.m. on March 5, March 12 and March 26 through April 16. Join us for stories, songs and crafts with a good dose of springtime fun.

March Half-Day Programs
Try out some new accessories or make a spa gift bag for mom or a friend.
Friday, March 13: Accessories for you! Make up some new hair clips, a bracelet or cool necklace and some fresh lip gloss.
Friday, March 20: DIY Spa. Learn how to make bath salts, lip balm and other spa necessities; pack them in a fun bag to take home.

After-School Program: March 25 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Castle Creations: Build a dream castle or fantasy fort with inspiration from David Macaulay’s books Castle, City and Building Big! First in our series of Medieval Marvels programs. Suggested for grades 1- 3; please call the Library to sign up.

Award Winners at the Library
The American Library Association announced the prizes for children’s and young adults fiction and nonfiction books last month. Stop by the Library to check out these titles and check back for future additions to the award winners list!
Newbery Medal for “most distinguished contribution to children’s liberature”- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (young adult)
Newbery Honor books-The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (juvenile fiction) and Savvy by Ingrid Law (young adult)
Caldecott Medal “for most distinguished American picture book”- Beth Krommes, illustrator of The House in the Night (written by Susan Marie Swanson)
Caldecott Honor winners: Marla Frazee illustrator and writer of A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, Uri Shulevitz, illustrator and writer of How I Learned Geography.
Michael L. Printz Honor Books “for excellence in literature written for young adults”- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, Nation by Terry Pratchett.
For complete list of awards visit ala.org.

More Fairy Books!
Spring is on the way and the Petal Fairies have joined the Fairy Series at the Library. Tia the Tulip Fairy, Pippa the Poppy Fairy and their five flower friends have new adventures to share in the latest crop of books by Daisy Meadows.

Gardening Program: Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m.
It is time to think about gardening. Norman Pellett will lead a discussion of Gardening Questions and Answers at the Charlotte Library. He will present his new book, Gardening Quiz Book, which will be available for purchase for those who wish. Examples of questions: What does pruning do to plants? How do plants survive winter? What do earthworms eat? What does perennial really mean? You can bring your own questions too. This lively session should be entertaining as well as educational. Norman hopes to inspire a vigorous discussion.
Pellett is Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont, where he taught horticulture classes, provided outreach education, and conducted research for 29 years. He enjoys vegetable, flower and landscape gardening at his home in Charlotte.

New Books:
Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Associate, John Grisham
Blindspot: a Novel, Jane Kamensky
Book of Unholy Mischief: a Novel, Elle
Newmark
Born to Run, James Grippando
Bright Futures, Stuart M. Kaminsky
Darker Place, Jack Higgins
Dream House: a Novel, Valerie Laken
Eclipse, Richard North Patterson
Eleventh Man, Ivan Doig
Fetch, Laura Whitcomb
The Gift of Rain, Tan Twan Eng
Fisherman’s Bend, Linda Greenlaw
Hardly Knew Her, Laura Lippman
(Large Print)
Heart and Soul, Maeve Binchy
Knit Two, Kate Jacobs
Leisure Seeker: a Novel, Michael
Zadoorian
Little Bee: a Novel, Chris Cleave
Mounting Fears, Stuart Woods
Knife of Never Letting Go, Patrick Ness
Plum Spooky, Janet Evanovich
Run for Your Life, James Patterson
Runner, Thomas Perry
Second Opinion, Michael Palmer
Texas! Lucky, Sandra Brown
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye, C.J. Box
Vagrants: a Novel, Yiyun Li
The Various Flavors of Coffee, Anthony
Capella
Very Valentine: a Novel, Adriana
Trigiani

Nonfiction
The Great Depression Ahead: How
to Prosper in the Crash Following the
Greatest Boom in History, Harry S. Dent
Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of
Love and Danger in Iran, Azadeh
Moaveni
Live Through This: A Mother’s Memoir
of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed
Love, Debra Gwartney
Mrs. Lincoln, Catherine Clinton
Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids
Reading for Pleasure, Emma Walton
Hamilton
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic
Book Scare and How It Changed
America, David Hajdu
Things I’ve Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi

New Audio Books on CD
The Book of Unholy Mischief,
Elle Newmark
Born to Run, James Grippanado
Irish Country Christmas, Patrick Taylor
Death of a Maid, M.C. Beaton
Messenger of Truth, Jacqueline Winspear
The Private Patient, P.D. James
Scarpetta, Patricia Cornwell
Swan Peak, James Lee Burke
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine,
Lauren Willig

New Playaways
Dear John, Nicholas Sparks
Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
Millionaires, Brad Meltzer
Play Dead, David Rosenfelt
Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky
Then She Found Me, Elinor Lipman
Wild Indigo, Sandi Ault