Fall Programs

For most of you, school starts this week, which isn’t much fun…..so we’ve come up with some cool library events to brighten your fall!

Check out some new anime series at Anime Club on Wednesday, September 17th, October 15th, and November 19th from 7-8:30 p.m.  Watch the shows on a big screen, and let us know what should be added to the library’s collection!

Read one of the 2009 Caudill nominees?  Want to talk about it?  Then come to our Caudill Discussion Group on Saturday, October 25th from 12-1:30 p.m!  Talk about which books you loved (and hated!) and hear other 5-8th graders opinions over lunch and a make-your-own dessert.  Registration will start October 6th.

The library’s first ever video game tournament will be taking place Saturday, November 8th from 12-4 p.m.  Come prepared to kick some virtual butt!  More details to come.  Grades 6-9 can register starting October 20th.

Questions?  Stop by the Youth Services Desk, or give us a call!  Good luck this week!

Books into Movies!

I’m sure that many of you have heard that the movie version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (check out the =awesome= trailer) has been pushed back to July 2009, and that the Twilight movie has been moved up to November 21.  So we have to wait a little longer to see Harry & Co. work their magic, but Bella & Edward will be here before you know it.  Wondering what other books are being turned into movies? 
Well, the movie version of Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist by: Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, which follows the late night wanderings of (of course) Nick and Nora, two strangers who meet up for one incredible night, is set to be released October 3, 2008.
Jeanne DuPrau’s sci fi/adventure novel The City of Ember  will be gracing theater screens on October 10, 2008.
The Tale of Desperaux by: Kate DiCamillo, an adventure story about a brave mouse who sets out to rescue the princess that he loves, hits screens December 19, 2008.
And, as of this moment (because you know how quickly things can change in Hollywood!) you can look forward to the movie versions of Inkheart by: Cornelia Funke, Cirque du Freak by: Darren Shan, Coraline by: Neil Gaiman, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by: C.S. Lewis sometime in 2009.

Want to see more books made into movies?  Check out the list at either Mid-Continent Public Library’s Based on the Book: http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/ or Prince Edward County Library’s 2008 list http://www.countyteens.com/?p=330.  You can also search for your favourite titles at IMDB (Internet Movie Database) or use the keywords “Based on Novel” to search around and see what’s coming!