Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Nov. 9th Book Club and Book Talk


Steven Mitchell will be coming to discuss his book "Nuggets to Neutrinos" here at the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Library on November 9th at 5:30 p.m.

NEW Children's Books for October 2010

NEW Books on CD for October 2010

NEW Adult Books for October 2010

Monday, October 25, 2010

Halloween

Teens, Home School Students and Kids are welcome to come to the library this week for some Halloween fun. You are welcome to come in costume as well!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Teen Reading Week


It's teen reading week October 17th - 23rd so come into the library and celebrate.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

YARP Voting 2010-11


This year's YARP Voting will begin the week of Oct. 18th 2010, make sure to cast your vote, you can do so by clicking on our website homepage: http://leadlib.sdln.net/ then click on the YARP badge to see a current YARP book list and cast your vote!
Here is the 2010-11 List:
Middle School List
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Beanball by Gene Fehler
Black Box by Julie Schumacher
Boost by Kathryn Mackel
Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson
Defying the Diva by Anne D. Love
Finding Stinko by Michael de Guzman
If the Witness Lied by Caroline Cooney
Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
Tunnels by Roderick Gordon
Walking on Glass by Alma Fullerton
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
The Winter Road by Terry Hokenson
High School List
Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee
Bonechiller by Graham McNamee
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
How Not to Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
If I Stay by Gayle Foreman
Need by Carrie Jones
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Tweaked by Katherine Holubitsky
Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about the Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman
Wintergirls by Lisa McMann

Voting for Prairie Bud and Prairie Pasque Books

Online voting will begin January 3, 2011. Deadline for voting will be March 31. You can access the voting on our website under the kids tab. We also have the 2010-11 bookmarks available here at the library.

Prairie Pasque Books for 2010-11

Zoe Alley
There's a Wolf at the Door

Don Brown
All Stations! Distress!

James Deem
Bodies from the Ice

Betsy Franco
A Curious Collection of Cats

Bill Harley
Night of the Spadefoot Toads

Ellen Jackson
Mysterious Universe

Rosa Jordan
The Last Wild Place

Alice McGill
Way Up and Over Everything

Claudia Mills
How Oliver Olson Changed the World

Marc Tyler Nobleman
Boys of Steel

K. A. Nuzum
Leanin' Dog

Linda Sue Park
Keeping Score

Dorothy H. Patent
When the Wolves Returned

David Rabe
Mr. Wellington

Deborah Kogan Ray
Wanda Gag: the Girl Who Loved to Draw

Peggy Thomas
Farmer George Plants a Nation

Prairie Bud Books for 2010-11

Bonnie Becker
A Visitor for Bear

Sarah Campbell
Wolfsnail: a Backyard Predator

Michelle Cook
Our Children Can Soar

Menena Cottin
Black Book of Colors

Arthur Dorros
Papa and Me

Denise Fleming
Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp

Marla Frazee
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever

Chris Gall
There's Nothing to Do on Mars

Laura Goering
Whistling Wings

Robie Harris
Mail Harry to the Moon

Barbara Kerley
What to Do about Alice

Janet Lord
Albert the Fix-it Man

Jon Scieszka
Smash! Crash!

Laura V. Seeger
One Boy

Lori Sunshine
I'm Really Not Tired

Mo Willems
I Will Surprise My Friend

The Week of Halloween!


Come to the library in costume on Oct. 26th and Oct. 27th for the home school sessions, story break and teen gaming!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

YOGA Oct. 20th 11:15 a.m.


On October 20th at 11:15 a.m. we will be hosting yoga with Scottie Brunch during story break. We look forward to seeing you there.


Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Library Closed Monday October 11th

The Library will be closed on Monday October 11th due to the holiday. Our doors will open again on Tuesday October 12th at 10:00 a.m.

Teen Gaming


Teens are encouraged to dress in Halloween attire for teen gaming on Oct. 26th.

Home School Costume Party


Home School Students are encouraged to join use Oct. 26th at 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. and Oct. 27th at 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. for home school hour and story time. Students are encouraged to dress in Halloween attire.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Formly available in VHS, now in DVD

Formerly available in VHS, now in DVD:

  • Romeo + Juliet
  • Lost in Translation
  • Bridget Jones’s Diary
  • Gladiator
  • Signs
  • The Italian Job

October's NEW DVDs

  • 28 Days Later
  • Crash
  • Sideways
  • What Dreams May Come
  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  • Suicide Kings
  • Snatch
  • Heat
  • Confidence
  • Playing By Heart
  • Freeway
  • American Beauty
  • Going Overboard
  • Gracie’s Choice
  • Alien
  • Love Actually
  • The Pianist
  • The Prince & Me
  • Firefly : the Complete Series
  • Premonition
  • Zathura
  • War of the Worlds
  • Lord of the Rings 3 : The Return of the King
  • The Crow : Salvation
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • Event Horizon
  • Déjà vu
  • Enter the Dragon
  • R.L. Stine’s Mostly Ghostly
  • The Watcher
  • Evan Almighty
  • The Flintstone in Viva Rock Vegas
  • Space Camp
  • Raising Arizona
  • The Deep End
  • The Ultimate Underdog Collection
  • An American Tail
  • Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre)
  • The Red Violin North & South

Check us out in the Cornerstone

Check us out in the South Dakota State Library Cornerstone October edition: http://www.library.sd.gov/forlibrarians/enewsletter/