NEW ARRIVALS

ADULT FICTION

"Bel-Air Dead" by Stuart Woods -  "Woods's novel takes the New York attorney to Los Angeles to represent recent widow Arrington Calder...in her attempts to keep control of Centurion Studios. Barrington undertakes a rapid realignment of Calder's holdings while forming alliances and buying shares to thwart the efforts of Prince Investment's Terry Prince, who wants the prime Bel-Air acreage the studio occupies. The murder of stockholder Jennifer Harris is only the first indication of how rough Prince plays. With longtime pal Dino Bacchetti at his side as well as the mighty resources of Mike Freeman's Strategic Services and Bill Eggers's law firm Woodman & Weld, Barrington matches financial wits with the arrogant Prince. There's cross-pollination with Woods's Ed Eagle series (Santa Fe Edge, etc.) as one of Eagle's nemeses plays a surprising role. Series fans will find Barrington as shrewd, sexy, and glib as ever. (Apr.)" -- Publisher's Weekly

"Buried Prey" by John Sandford - "Sandford's...novel ... offers fans the chance to compare the young with the mature protagonist. In 1985, Davenport, then an eager patrol cop, made his bones as a homicide detective in an ugly kidnapping murder case. The present-day discovery of the mummified bodies of two girls wrapped in plastic, sisters Nancy and Mary Jones, leads Davenport to realize that he 'messed up': the wrong man was credited with the crime and the real killer never caught. Cracking this very cold case becomes intensely personal for Davenport, who uses his own resources, including manipulating the media and pushing Marcy Sherrill, head of Minneapolis Homicide, to use all of her resources as well. A fusion of old-fashioned doggedness and modern technology pressures the killer into deadly action. Expert plotting and a riveting finish make this one of Sandford's best."  --  PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Dissolution" by C. J. Sansom - "It is England in the year 1537, and Thomas Cromwell is Henry VIII's vicar- general and in the process of dissolving all of the large monastic houses, granting the land to his favorites or the highest bidders. When one of his commissioners is murdered at the monastery in Scarnsea, mired among the marshes of England's south coast, Cromwell sends the hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake and Mark, his young handsome assistant, to solve the mystery. They find that not only has the murder been covered up but also other murders have been covered up as well, and they also find treasonous monks hostile to the king and his assumption of the role of head of the English church. As Shardlake uncovers more unsettling facts, he realizes that his own life is in danger--and solving the mystery takes on a life-or-death importance. Reminiscent of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose (without much of the intellectual discourse), Sansom's first novel will not disappoint fans of historical fiction." - Michael Spinella; AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

"I'll Walk Alone" by Mary Higgins Clark - "Almost two years after someone snatched Alexandra 'Zan' Moreland's then three-year-old son, Matthew, from his stroller while his sitter dozed, Zan, a New York City interior designer who remains devastated, has been unable to trace her son. To make matters worse, somebody is using her credit cards to purchase expensive items just as she's on the verge of landing a prestigious account for her fledgling business. Worst of all, evidence emerges that suggests Zan kidnapped her own son. Meanwhile, a priest is troubled by a woman whose confession reveals that a murder is being planned. Contrivances that prevent key information from reaching the heroine as well as characters without personality in the service of a plot with at least one major hole won't please those who prefer their suspense firmly grounded in reality and logic."-- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Jefferson Key" by Steve Berry -"At the start of Berry's ingeniously plotted.. novel, former U.S. Justice Department agent Malone, who's been summoned to New York City by his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, manages to thwart an attempt to assassinate the U.S. president outside a midtown Manhattan hotel. Malone soon finds himself in the middle of a power struggle with roots in presidential history. A cipher formulated by Thomas Jefferson and employed by Andrew Jackson has been unbroken for 175 years. Documents hidden by Jackson contain the key to the legitimacy--and the wealth and power--of the Commonwealth, a coalition of privateers or pirates dating from the American Revolution. Malone and his lover, Cassiopeia Vitt, must match wits and survival skills with several formidable foes, including rogue agent Jonathan Wyatt and Quartermaster Clifford Knox of the Commonwealth. Berry offers plenty of twists and vivid action scenes in a feast of historical imagination." --  PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Skippy Dies" by Paul Murray - "It's no spoiler to acknowledge that Skippy, the main character, does indeed die, since the boy is a goner by page 5 of the prologue. Following his character's untimely demise, Murray takes the reader back in time to learn more about the sweetly engaging Skippy--In this darkly comic novel of adolescence (in some cases arrested), we also learn about the unexpected consequences of Skippy's death, something of contemporary Irish life, and a great deal about the intersections of science and metaphysics and the ineluctable interconnectedness of the past and the present. At 672 pages, this is an extremely ambitious and complex novel, filled with parallels, with sometimes recondite references to Irish folklore, with quantum physics, and with much more. Hilarious, haunting, and heartbreaking, it is inarguably among the most memorable novels of the year to date." -- Michael Cart. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

"The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell - "Two-time Booker finalist Mitchell applies his wide-ranging talents to this innovative historical epic. Dejima, an artificial island created as a trading outpost in Nagasaki Harbor, proves fertile ground for exploring intercultural relations, trust and betrayal, racial and gender boundaries, the search for identity, and unexpected love in a changing world. In 1799, when the Netherlands held a trade monopoly with isolationist Japan, Jacob de Zoet, a clerk for the Dutch East Indies Company, is charged with uncovering fraud in his predecessors' ledgers. As Jacob doggedly pursues an honest course, he becomes romantically intrigued by Orito Aibagawa, a gifted, disfigured midwife granted special permission to study on Dejima. Mitchell incorporates diverse styles, and he expertly adapts tone and dialogue to reflect his situations. In the main plotline, incisive commentary on decisions and unforeseen consequences filters through a jaunty, slang-filled tale in which Japanese and Dutchmen arrange public and private deals. Interlinked subplots offer creepy gothic drama, seafaring adventure, and race-against-time suspense. Despite the audacious scope, the focus remains intimate; each fascinating character--interpreter, herbalist, magistrate, slave--has the opportunity to share his or her story. Everything is patched together seamlessly and interwoven with clever wordplay and enlightening historical details on feudal Japan. First-rate literary fiction and a rousing good yarn, too. " -- Sarah Johnson, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

MYSTERY

"Caught" by Harlan Coben - "Coben is a disciplined writer who respects his readers' intelligence. Caught finds Coben at his sly best. He presents two plots: the disappearance of a young girl from her home and the ruination of a social worker who helps troubled teens but is caught in a To Catch a Predator-like TV sting. Both plots are held together by a TV reporter who morphs into a sleuth to solve the cases. The fact that the reporter's husband was killed eight years before makes her both more vulnerable and more open to the nuances of the twin tragedies in her New Jersey town. Coben is a master of small touches, as when the mother of the missing girl visits her daughter's high school and touches the combination lock, on the daughter's locker--a perfect way to bring home the mother's grief. Vintage Coben." --Connie Fletcher, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

"Death in Summer" by Benjamin Black - "Black's exceedingly well-written Dublin series hits its stride in the sleekly plotted fourth installment. Imprudent pathologist Quirke and reticent Inspector Hackett, whose humble appearance belies a steel-trap mind, attain new levels of drollery and investigative camaraderie. Rehab veteran Quirke is back to drinking, gingerly, and once again proves an unlikely ladies' man as he duels with elegant and enigmatic Francoise, whose wealthy, powerful, and despised husband appears to have shot himself. A friend of the dead man's unbalanced sister, Quirke's assistant, Sinclair, conspicuous as an Irish Jew, is drawn, catastrophically, into the case, as is Quirke's smart, wary daughter, Phoebe. The sardonic banter is finely stropped, and moments of detective clairvoyance are neatly juxtaposed with numskull opaqueness as Black (the pen name of John Banville) once again exposes insidious corruption and prejudice. As one vicious enforcer tells Quirke in a menacing encounter along a canal, there are two worlds: one is all sunshine and ducks on still water, 'but think what's going on underneath the surface, the big fish eating the little ones, . . . and everything covered in slime and mud.'"-- Donna Seaman, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

"Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris -"The excitement kicks off when someone firebombs Merlotte's Bar and Grill while Sookie is working, but that plotline isn't the focus of the story; instead, vampire politics rear their ugly head once again as the regent of Louisiana does his best to provoke Eric and Pam. With a vampire-on-vampire showdown looming, Sookie tries to deal with her increased concerns over her blood bond with Eric; to understand the real reason her fae cousins, Claude and Dermot, are living with her; and to plan a baby shower for best friend, Tara. While the series has become much more about fantasy than mystery, it still has always drawn fans across genres, and this fast- paced and fun entry will be no exception" --  Jessica Moyer AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

"Sister" by Rosamund Lupin - "British author Lupton's unusual and searing debut is her heroine Beatrice Hemming's letter to her dead younger sister, Tess. Abandoned by their father just before their eight-year-old brother's death from cystic fibrosis and raised by their genteelly ineffectual mother, Bee and Tess have always exchanged long, intimate letters, so when Tess, an unmarried London art student, apparently commits suicide after her CF baby is born dead, Bee resigns her corporate design job in New York City and moves into Tess's shabby London flat. Convinced Tess was murdered, Bee gradually learns Tess had been spurned, like her unborn child, by her married art teacher lover; she had also been eerily pursued by a drugged-up slumming fellow student and mentally tortured by hallucinogenic drugs thrust on her by a masked stalker. Bee's self- defenses crumble as she discovers that she never returned Tess's anguished calls for help. Observing the unsettling similarities between her mother and her fiance, Bee realizes 'why no one could be my safety rope.' At the harrowing conclusion, Bee's aching heart accepts that 'grief is love turned into an eternal missing.'"-- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Sixkill" by Robert B. Parker -"Parker's final Spenser book is a reminder of just how much we'll miss the beloved crime writer, who died in January 2010. Zebulon Sixkill, a Cree Indian whose college football career was sidetracked by the love of a bad woman, is the bodyguard for Jumbo Nelson, a (physically) huge movie star working in Boston. Jumbo's outsized appetites leave a young woman dead, and with Z the only potential witness, Jumbo's guilt or innocence becomes an open question. When Jumbo fires Z, Spenser takes him in and refines Z from an intimidating presence to a genuinely dangerous man. When Spenser tells Susan Silverman, 'I know what I like and what I don't like, and what I'm willing to do and what I'm not, and I try to be guided by that,' readers couldn't ask for a better epitaph for Spenser and Parker."-- LIBRARY JOURNAL

"Started Early, Took My Dog" by Kate Atkinson - "British author Atkinson's magnificently plotted fourth novel featuring Jackson Brodie ...takes the 'semi- retired' PI back to his Yorkshire hometown to trace the biological parents of Hope McMasters, a woman adopted by a couple in the 1970s at age two. Jackson is faced with more questions than answers when Hope's parents aren't in any database nor is her adoption on record. In the author's signature multilayered style, she shifts between past and present, interweaving the stories of Tracy Waterhouse, a recently retired detective superintendent now in charge of security at a Leeds mall, and aging actress Tilly Squires. On the same day that Jackson and Tilly are in the mall, Tracy makes a snap decision that will have lasting consequences for everyone. Atkinson injects wit even in the bleakest moments--such as Jackson's newfound appreciation for poetry, evoked in the Emily Dickinson-inspired title--yet never loses her razor- sharp edge."-- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Now You See Her" by James Patterson - "This latest crime thriller... has all the ingredients of a page-turning, summer beach read: bite-size chapters, the irresistibly colorful backdrop of Key West, and a heroine hiding a tortured past. She is a carefree college student soaking up the Florida island's party atmosphere during spring break when her life takes a disastrous turn. After stealing her cheating boyfriend's Camaro in a jealous rage, she hits and kills a wayward drunk. Luckily, the officer on the scene, Peter Fournier, not only hides the body but in short order becomes her adoring husband. Yet her troubles begin anew when she learns that Peter murdered his first wife. Eighteen years later, after she fled and reinvented herself as Nina Bloom, becoming a successful Manhattan attorney, she is forced to confront her tainted past. Including an intriguing, intertwined story involving Nina's efforts to free an innocent man on death row, Patterson and Ledwidge's tale is fun..." -- Carl Hays, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

ADULT NON-FICTION


"Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base" by Annie Jacobsen - "Acting on tips and leads by those who were there, the same kinds of fighter jocks and spam-in-a-can aeronauts that figure in Tom Wolfe's 'The Right Stuff', Jacobsen set out a few years ago to uncover what could be uncovered about Area 51, the huge military/intelligence base in the desert of southern Nevada. ...Famously, as Jacobsen notes, Area 51 has been associated with UFOs, and some of the earliest sightings thereof, beginning in 1947, have taken place in or near the facility. As for the spooky-faced aliens so beloved of 'X- Files' fans and so feared by the Whitley Strieber fans in the audience? Well, the big news in Jacobsen's book is...no, it'd be stealing her thunder, and perhaps inviting a probe, to say much in specific, except to say that the grays are real, if tinged red. Jacobsen's expansive, well-written narrative takes in the sweep of Cold War history, from the Bay of Pigs to Francis Gary Powers to Joe Stalin to Vietnam to the Nazi doctors pressed into service by U.S. and USSR alike--and none of it is pretty. As readers will see, it'll be hard to double-check Jacobsen's reporting, so leaps of faith are required. But Jacobsen provides an endlessly fascinating--and quite scary--book." -- KIRKUS MEDIA LLC

"Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain" by David Eagleman - "Neuroscientist Eagleman wants us to take a look inside our own heads. We know there's a brain there, and we know some things about what it does, but there's a lot of unexplored territory, too. We know we think and imagine, but how do we do these things? Why will we perceive things-- photographs, say, or events--one way under a certain set of circumstances but a different way in different circumstances? What is the unconscious mind, and how does it work? You might as well know up front that there aren't any concrete answers here; this is one of those books where the exploration is the adventure and the journey its own reward. Written in clear, precise language (even when the author is tackling some seriously complicated stuff), the book is sure to appeal to readers with an interest in psychology and the human mind, but it will also please people who just want to know, with a little more clarity, what is going on inside their own skulls." -- David Pitt - AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

"Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature" by Kathleen Dean Moore - "In an effort to make sense of the deaths in quick succession of several loved ones, Kathleen Dean Moore turned to the comfort of the wild, making a series of solitary excursions into ancient forests, wild rivers, remote deserts, and windswept islands to learn what the environment could teach her in her time of pain. This book is the record of her experiences. It’s a stunning collection of carefully observed accounts of her life—tracking otters on the beach, cooking breakfast in the desert, canoeing in a snow squall, wading among migrating salmon in the dark—but it is also a profound meditation on the healing power of nature." -- Amazon.com "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918" by Adam Hochschild - "WWI remains the quintessential war--unequaled in concentrated slaughter, patriotic fervor during the fighting, and bitter disillusion afterward, writes Hochschild. Many opposed it and historians mention this in passing, but Hochschild ... has written an original, engrossing account that gives the war's opponents (largely English) prominent place. ... Hochschild vividly evokes the jingoism of even such leading men of letters as Kipling, Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, and John Galsworthy. By contrast, Hochschild paints equally vivid, painful portraits of now obscure civilians and soldiers who waged a bitter, often heroic, and, Hochschild admits, unsuccessful antiwar struggle." --Publisher's Weekly "Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks" by Matthew Mayo - “The Wild American West be damned! Matthew P. Mayo’s Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks is a fascinating—and often absolutely blood-curdling—narrative of New England’s darkest and grittiest historical incidents and characters. By a consummate storyteller with a lively, entertaining voice, Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks is American history at its most violent and authentic. Edgar Allan Poe would have loved every story in it.” —Howard Frank Mosher, award-winning author of A Stranger in the Kingdom, Where the Rivers Flow North, and Walking to Gatlinburg BIOGRAPHY "Colonel Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris - "Morris completes his fully detailed, correlatively dynamic triptych of the restless, energetic, on-the-move first President Roosevel... Now the author presents Colonel Roosevelt, the title by which Roosevelt chose to be called during his postpresidential years (in reference, of course, to his military position during the Spanish-American War). This is the sad part of TR's life; this is the stage of his life story in which it is most difficult to accept his self-absorption, self-importance, and self-righteousness, but it is the talent of the author, who has shown an immaculate understanding of his subject, to make Roosevelt of continued fascination to his readers. In essence, this volume tells the story of TR's path of disenchantment with his chosen successor in the White House, William Taft, and his attempt to resecure the presidency for himself. The important theme of TR's concomitant decline in health is also a part of the narrative. We are made aware most of all that of all retired presidents, TR was the least likely to fade into the background."-- Brad Hooper, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AUDIO BOOKS "Clara and Mr. Tiffany" by Susan Vreeland -  Vreeland... again excavates the life behind a famous artistic creation--in this case the Tiffany leaded-glass lamp, the brainchild not of Louis Comfort Tiffany but his glass studio manager, Clara Driscoll. Tiffany staffs his studio with female artisans- -a decision that protects him from strikes by the all-male union--but refuses to employ women who are married. Lucky for him, Clara's romantic misfortunes--her husband's death, the disappearance of another suitor-- insure that she can continue to craft the jewel-toned glass windows and lamps that catch both her eye and her imagination. Behind the scenes she makes her mark as an artist and champion of her workers, while living in an eclectic Irving Place boarding house populated by actors and artists. Vreeland ably captures Gilded Age New York and its atmosphere--robber barons, sweatshops, colorful characters, ateliers--but her preoccupation with the larger historical story comes at the expense of Clara, whose arc, while considered and nicely told, reflects the times too closely in its standard-issue woman-behind-the-man scenario." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY DVD's "Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang" "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1" "Hey Boo! Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird" "How to Train Your Dragon" "In the Heat of the Night (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition)"  "The Magnificent Seven" "The Reckoning" "Tangled" "True Blood: The Complete Third Season" "True Grit" "The Tudors: Final Season" "The Tudors: The Complete Third Season" MUSIC "Chamber Music Society" by Esperanza Spalding  JUVENILE FICTION "Belly Up" by Stuart Gibbs - "Twelve-year-old Teddy is in heaven living with his gorilla- researcher mom and wildlife-photographer dad at the world's largest zoo. When the zoo's hippo mascot is murdered, Teddy not only wants to solve the mystery but also discover why no one else seems to care. Gibbs writes with absurdist humor and seemingly an insider's knowledge of how zoos operate." -- THE HORN BOOK, c2010. "Dark Life" by Kat Falls - "Sixteen-year-old Ty, first child born to the pioneers who live in the depths of the ocean, has little patience for topsiders (land dwellers) until he meets feisty Gemma, who immediately enlists his help to locate her missing older brother. Their search is interrupted by pirate attacks of the notorious Seablite Gang and an ultimatum from the Commonwealth Government (located topside) that makes the pioneers responsible for stopping the raids. Ty and Gemma uncover connections between the pirates, illicit medical experiments, and Gemma's missing sibling, who happens to have secret supernatural gifts--like Ty. Although set in an undersea future, this rousing adventure has all the hallmarks of a western, including outlaws, homesteaders, and plenty of shoot-'em-up action (only with harpoonlike weapons). Good guys and bad guys are fairly obvious, as is the outcome, but the exotic setting and well-conceived details about undersea living, along with likable characters and a minor surprise at the end, will keep readers turning the pages. Try this with the ecofiction of David Klass." -- Cindy Welch, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION "Grounded" by Kate Klise - "Dark humor melds with genuine pathos in Klise's delightful and moving novel, set in Digginsville, Missouri, during the early 1970s. Twelve-year-old Daralynn Oakland is devastated when her father and siblings die in a plane crash. Angry and heartbroken, Daralynn's mother gets a job as hairstylist at the local funeral parlor, while Daralynn comes up with the idea of a 'living funeral,' where people can hear their own eulogy and have a chance to thank family and friends. The living funeral is a huge hit until Clem Monroe comes to town and starts a crematorium, undermining the funeral home's business. Klise loves a mystery, which the charming yet sinister Clem provides in spades. ... However, it's the journey through grief and the quirky characters... that stay with the reader. This quiet story illuminates and celebrates the human need for connection beyond the grave."-- Debbie Carton, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2010. "Plague: A Gone Novel" by Michael Grant - "Though the desperate, dirty, starving teens of the Gone series look decreasingly like the clean-cut hotties on the book jackets, Grant's sf-fantasy thrillers continue to be the very definition of page- turner. Nearly out of water and beset with two types of plagues (one like a flu, the other a horde of flesh-eating bugs), the FAYZ community of superfriends and superenemies must once again band together and fight. Being dumped into this populous soap opera, with all its powers and vendettas, will doom newcomers. But who'd be crazy enough to start here? Great fun for fans." Daniel Kraus, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2011. JUVENILE NON-FICTION "Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci" by Joseph D"Agnese - "Though written in a modern idiom ..., D'Agnese's introduction to medieval Europe's greatest mathematician offers both a coherent biographical account-- spun, with some invented details, from very sketchy historical records-- and the clearest explanation to date for younger readers of the numerical sequence that is found throughout nature and still bears his name. O'Brien's illustrations place the prosperously dressed, woolly headed savant in his native Pisa and other settings, contemplating flowers, seashells, and the so-called arabic numerals (which he promoted vigorously and rightly ascribes to India), as well as presenting a visual solution to his most famous mathematical word problem. Closing with a page of relevant activities for young naturalists, this picture book makes an excellent alternative to Joy N. Hulme's colorful but flawed Wild Fibonacci: Nature's Secret Code Revealed, illustrated by Carol Schwartz (2005)."-- John Peters, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2010. "Catch the Wind: Harness the Sun: 22 Super-Charged Projects for Kids" by Michael J. Caduto - "The eco-themed activities that Caduto lays out here are only the beginning, as he embeds them in short but clear explanations of relevant scientific facts, profiles of young eco-activists, provocative follow-up questions, photos and cartoon spot art aplenty, folktales, and other enhancements. The projects range widely in difficulty--from planning and conducting an electricity-free day to constructing solar- and bicycle-powered battery chargers--and also in appeal. ...Closing with relatively extensive annotated lists of organizations and websites, this may not offer experimenters as many ideas as Elizabeth Snoke Harris' Save the Earth Science Experiments (2008) or Sherry Amsel's 365 Ways to Live Green for Kids (2009), but the generous quantity of enrichment material makes it a worthy addition to the ranks of science-project titles." -- John Peters, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2011. "The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)" by Barbara Kerley - "This title is another fine example of the author's talents; the unique slant is that Mark Twain's 13-year-old daughter Susy, who secretly wrote her own biography of her famous father, is the primary voice of this account. Susy's diary is artfully included inside separate mini-book inserts throughout the book, echoing the young teenager's perspective of the American legend who happened to be her father. ... Students will enjoy the sparse but rich text, Susy's diary inserts, and bold illustrations in digital media; they will definitely learn something new about the American icon that is Twain as well. Teachers will love the detailed Author's Notes and timeline of Twain's life." -- Jennifer Coleman, Library Media Specialist, ABC-CLIO, INC., c2010. "Survivor Kid: A Practical Guide to Wilderness Survival" by Denise Long - "A great deal of practical information about surviving in the outdoors is packed into this compact guide. Long has clearly spent a lot of time in the woods, and she is able to supplement her advice for avoiding nasty bugs, poisonous plants, frostbite, and angry predators with personal anecdotes, which push this title beyond merely a collection of do's and don'ts and lend it compelling immediacy. ...The book is generously illustrated with black-and-white drawings, which extend the concepts and add interest, and a small list of suggested resources offers direction for readers who want to continue on with their research. Of course, accounts of what can go wrong in the woods may lead some readers to decide that it is safer just to stay home. For those planning to venture beyond their front porches, however, this is a useful guide."-- Todd Morning, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2011. "Drizzle" by Kathleen Van Cleve - "Eleven-year-old Polly has no friends at school. Her best friend is Harry, a unique rhubarb plant on her family’s midwestern farm, where it rains miraculously at the same time every Monday, and tourists come to enjoy a giant, amusement-park umbrella ride that her family has built. Polly and Harry communicate: he nods when he agrees with her and swats her with his leaves when he is angry. And Polly can talk with bugs, as well as plants. Her peaceful life on the farm changes, though, when the rain stops suddenly and her brother gets deathly ill. Does she have the power to save both the farm and her sibling? Polly’s wry interaction with Harry and other plants and wild creatures is the best part of this debut fantasy that has an environmental slant. The water conservation message at its core will make young, activist readers cheer for Polly as she works with friends, and sometimes with enemies, to bring back the rain and save the world." Grades 5-8. --Hazel Rochman, Booklist "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine - "Ten-year-old Caitlyn hates recess, with all its noise and chaos, and her kind, patient counselor, Mrs. Brook, helps her to understand the reasons behind her discomfort, while offering advice about how to cope with her Asberger’s Syndrome, make friends, and deal with her grief over her older brother’s death in a recent school shooting. She eschews group projects in class, claiming that she doesn’t need to learn how to get along with others, but solitude is neither good for her or her grieving father, and when Caitlyn hears the term closure, she turns to her one trusty friend, her dictionary, and sets out on a mission to find it for both of them. Along the way, Caitlyn makes many missteps, but eventually she does achieve the long-sought closure with great finesse, which is another of her favorite vocabulary words. Allusions to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the portrayal of a whole community’s healing process, and the sharp insights into Caitlyn’s behavior enhance this fine addition to the recent group of books with narrators with autism and Asbergers." Grades 4-7. --Cindy Dobrez, Booklist "Smile" by Raina Telgemeier - "In a minor accident at age 12, Telgemeier lost two front teeth, not minor to remedy. Following came years of dental surgeries and orthodontics involving implants, false teeth, and headgear far beyond the more usual 'braces.' Treatment complications interacted with the complications of teenagerhood and puberty, which led to social as well as medical turmoil. Yet Telgemeier's early career choice as an animator grew out of this difficult period. With lively color art; an entertaining and helpful read for tweens and teens facing dental complexities of their own." -- LJ BookSmack! Online Review. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2011. YOUNG ADULT "Blink & Caution" by Time Wynne-Jones - "Wynne-Jones (The Uninvited) delivers a dazzling crime novel that evokes the taut writing and tropes of hard-boiled fiction while interweaving social justice themes and a solid sense of realism. Blink has been living on the streets ever since running away from his abusive stepfather. While on a foray into a hotel to scavenge for leftover room service food, he witnesses an oil executive's faked kidnapping and ends up getting involved as he realizes the implications of the crime. Along the way, he meets Caution, on the run both from her abusive, drug- dealing boyfriend and her guilt over the accidental shooting death of her brother. The two teens are caught up in environmental and racial issues that are far beyond their ability to remedy, and Wynne-Jones-- often using a surprisingly effective second-person voice--focuses on their attempts to escape immediate danger and repair their internal emotional damage. Blink and Caution's gradual need to trust each other to heal drives the story forward, and should provide ample thrills to lovers of crime novels and strong teen characters." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2011. PICTURE BOOKS "Charlie the Ranch Dog" by Ree Drummond "Desperate Dog Writes Again" by Eileen Christelow "Fancy Nancy, Stellar Stargazer" by Jane O'Connor "Goal" by Mina Javaherbin "Hero Dad" by Melinda Hardin "If You're a Monster and You Know It" by Rebecca Emberley "I'm Not" by Pam Smallcomb "Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad" by David Soman "Let's Count Goats" by Mem Fox "Ling & Ting; Not Exactly the Same" by Grace Lin "Me and You" by Anthony Browne "Of Thee I Sing" by Barack Obama "Red Hen" by Rebecca Emberley "Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems "We Are In A Book" by Mo Willems

NEW ARRIVALS

ADULT FICTION

"44 Charles Street" by Danielle Steel - "When Francesca Thayer and her husband, Todd, divorce, he wants to sell their art gallery as well as their charming house at 44 Charles St., and split the proceeds. Francesca can't bear to part with either. She talks her artist father into becoming a partner in the gallery, but that still leaves the problem of how to keep her home. Against the advice of her mother, Francesca decides to share her house with three other people. .. This book is classic Steel--lots of emotion, friendship, romance, heartbreak, tragedy, and danger. Her countless fans are guaranteed to find it impossible to put down." --Shelley Mosley, Booklist

MYSTERY

"10th Anniversary" by James Patterson - "It opens with the wedding of Sergeant Lindsay Boxer to her longtime love, Joe Molinari. Soon after exchanging vows with Joe, Lindsay is on the trail of a missing baby whose 15-year-old mother was found wandering the streets in the rain, dazed and disoriented. ADA Yuki Castellano is trying an important case that could make or break her career; it involves a wealthy doctor accused of fatally shooting her unfaithful husband in cold blood. Yuki is none too pleased when Lindsay looks into the case at the behest of the woman's attorney, but Yuki has a secret of her own: she's started dating Lindsay's boss. Reporter Cindy Thomas is working on a story about several women who have been drugged and raped in the San Francisco area, but the big lead she uncovers threatens to make her a target. With the quick pace and short, sharp chapters readers have come to expect, Patterson and Paetro's latest will keep fans of the series turning pages long into the night."' Kristine Huntley. 416pg. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2011. 

"Ape House" by Sara Gruen -"It begins with the bombing of the Great Ape Language Lab, a university research center dedicated to the study of the communicative behavior of bonobo apes. The blast, which terrorizes the apes and severely injures scientist Isabel Duncan, occurs one day after Philadelphia Inquirer reporter John Thigpen visits the lab and speaks to the bonobos, who answer his questions in sign language. After a series of personal setbacks, Thigpen pursues the story of the apes and the explosions for a Los Angeles tabloid, encountering green-haired vegan protesters and taking in a burned-out meth lab's guard dog. Meanwhile, as Isabel recovers from her injuries, the bonobos are sold and moved to New Mexico, where they become a media sensation as the stars of a reality TV show. Unfortunately, the best characters in this overwrought novel don't have the power of speech, and while Thigpen is mildly amusing, Isabel is mostly inert. --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2010. 

"The Serialist" by David Gordon - "A seedy freelance writer provides the wry narrative voice for Gordon's winning debut, a darkly humorous thriller. New Yorker Harry Bloch, who once had lofty literary ambitions, has spent the past two decades as a hack, mostly as an advice columnist called the Slut Whisperer for Raunchy magazine. Bloch also earns cash by doing homework for affluent private school students, a side business managed by a precocious teenage girl who was the first pupil he was paid to tutor. His boring life takes an unexpected turn after he receives a letter from death-row inmate Darian Clay (aka the Photo Killer), who, as a fan of the Slut Whisperer, thinks Bloch is right for the job of assisting him on his memoirs. In exchange for Clay revealing where he concealed the heads of his female victims, Bloch must seek out women who have written to Clay and write stories about their having sex with the serial killer. A number of plausible plot twists help shift the story from farce to whodunit." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2010. 

"The Lock Artist" by Steve Hamilton - "The book's main character, Mike, who suffered a trauma so great in childhood that it left him literally speechless, tries to confront his past by writing in prison. The novel's format embodies Mike's fragmented sense of self. His first-person narrative proceeds in fits and starts, jumping from the present day to his first professional job as a safecracker at the age of 18, to just after his trauma at age 8, to 2000, before his incarceration, and back and forth, focusing on several years, or months, or even a single day. The effect is that of a jigsaw, with both Mike and the reader trying to fit the pieces together. There's a double irony at work: although Mike skirts his trauma, he is always condemned, he tells us, to relive that day. And this master safecracker can't tumble the locks on his own mind. Intense and involving. Connie Fletcher."-- AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2009. 

ADULT NON-FICTION

"Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell and Know" by Alexandra Horowitz - 

Psychology professor and dog person Horowitz... was studying the ethology (the science of animal behavior) of white rhinos and bonobos at the San Diego Zoo when she realized that her research techniques could just as easily apply to dogs at the local dog park; there, she began to see 'snapshots of the minds of the dogs' in their play. ... she's found that, though humans bond with their dogs closely, they're clueless when it comes to understanding what dogs perceive-- leading her to the not-inconsequential notion that dogs know us better than we know them. Horowitz begins by inviting readers into a dog's umwelt--his worldview--by imagining themselves living 18 inches or so above the ground, with incredible olfactory senses comparable to the human capacity for detailed sight in three dimensions (though dogs' sight, in combination with their sense of smell, may result in a more complex perception of 'color' than humans can imagine). Social and communications skills are also explored, as well as the practicalities of dog owning (Horowitz disagrees with the 'pack' approach to dog training). Dog lovers will find this book largely fascinating, despite Horowitz's meandering style and somnolent tone." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2009. 


"The Joy of Cheesemaking" by Jody Farnham and Marc Druart -" This new title not only offers step-by-step instruction in the crafting of cheese but also goes beyond Rita Ash's book to encompass cheese appreciation through lively profiles of artisan American cheese makers. This guide is aimed at all levels of readers, from hobbyists to professionals, but it will appeal more broadly to readers of food books. Farnham and Druart strike a good balance between the science of cheese making and love of cheese itself as they guide readers through calculations, sources for materials, explanations of outcomes at various stages of the process, and even wine or beer pairings. VERDICT This well-written guide with full-color illustrations is approachable, enthusiastic, and helpful. Recommended for collections where food books are popular."--Peter Hepburn, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago,  LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2011.

BIOGRAPHY

"Under A Wing" by Reeve Lindbergh -"an evocative reminiscence of her youth in Darien, Conn., with her two famous parents. This gentle memoir shows a unique and uniquely poignant family life: 'In our family it has always been hard to know what is right and what is wrong, in terms of what we can do for one another. It has been hard for us, too, to separate individual identity from family identity.' The resulting publicity left their family with a fear of exposure. The author's father was always wary of what others could see a cautiousness that extended to clothes, architecture and even the color of the family car. Although her father was constantly trying to shape and mold his children... his widely perceived anti-Semitism ultimately hurt his family deeply. Anne Morrow Lindbergh emerges from this retrospective as a gentle, even ethereal, intellectual whose style was the polar opposite of her husband's. While the reader might like to know more about Reeve and her own family, instead, we are given an intimate look at other family members and at her parents' marriage. From an idyllic if somewhat isolated youth in Darien, to her father's death and her mother's mental deterioration, Reeve has watched and learned and shared with readers what she refers to as the living language of her parents' marriage." -- CAHNERS PUBLISHING, c1998

DVD's


"Around the World in 80 Days"


"Casablanca (2 Disc Special Edition)"


"Covert Affairs: Season One"


"The Fighter"


"The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)"


"The King's Speech"


"Masterpiece Theatre: Mill on the Floss"

"Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest"

"Nutcracker"

"Show Boat"

"Singin in the Rain"

"Steig Larsson Trilogy: (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest)"

NEW ARRIVALS - NOVEMBER

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NEW ARRIVALS

ADULT FICTION
 
"The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks - "They were high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the track, and after graduation their paths diverged. They meet again, decades later, when both return home for the funeral of a beloved mentor. Now what? Sparks fans know the answer to that question and will read this book to find it. The author still strikes sparks;" -- LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2011.

"Call Me Irresistible" by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - "Phillips crafts a laugh-out-loud and romantic story ... Onetime PGA star and smalltown mayor Ted Beaudine (met in 2005's Fancy Pants) is about to marry Lucy Jorik, the daughter of a former president, when she's persuaded to break it off by her best friend, Meg Koranda (2008's Glitter Baby), the aimless daughter of Hollywood royalty. Everyone in Wynette, Tex., loves Ted, but Meg feels Lucy deserves a passionate partner, not a god of self-control. After the disaster of calling off the wedding at the last minute, Meg's parents cut her off, stranding her in the hostile town. As Meg finds her own path and helps Ted discover his heart, the townspeople stoutly (and hilariously) defend their golden boy." -- PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

"Hotel Vendome" by Danielle Steel - "Danielle Steel’s dazzling new novel invites readers into the ultra-glamorous world of a five-star New York hotel, and brings to vivid life the man who builds it as his dream, the girl who grows up in its loving embrace, and the colorful guests and staff who make its magic complete." -- inside front cover
 
"Survivors" A Novel of the Coming Collapse" by James Wesley Rawles - "In an America that has succumbed to complete financial and governmental collapse, a handful of determined survivors must make their way to safety...The world of Survivors is a terrifyingly familiar one. Rawles has written a novel so close to the truth, readers will forget it's fiction." --inside front cover

"The Touch" by Randall Wallace - "Andrew Jones is a young doctor with an amazing gift; his abilities in surgery are astonishing. But when he cannot save a young woman at the scene of a fatal car accident, Jones abandons his gift and shuns the operating room. Lara Blair owns a Chicago-based biomedical engineering company developing a surgical tool that will duplicate precisely the movement of a surgeon’s hands, eliminating human error during surgical procedures. Lara has pursued the best surgeons in the world to test this tool and all of them have failed.

Discovering Andrew’s unique surgical skills, Lara is determined to work with him. But Jones wants no part of it until he discovers the urgency behind Lara’s work . . . and somewhere, somehow, he must find the courage to trust The Touch. Also included: Author interview and discussion questions for book groups or individual use." -- Inside Front Cover

"The Union Quilters" by Jennifer Chiaverini -"In her true-to-form latest, Chiaverini goes back to the Civil War era as the men go off to fight and the women of Elm Creek Valley support the Union troops. While the women struggle with their own problems, updates from the front amplify tensions as the war comes closer to home, leading some to tragedy and others to heartbreaking revelations. Among the many developments, Dorothea sends husband Thomas off to war with her favorite quilt; Constance's husband, Abel, seeks a way to serve a Union that won't enlist him because he's black; Gerda pines for Jonathan, who brings his medical skills to the front; and Gerda's brother, Hans, refuses to fight because he is a pacifist. Chiaverini does a good job balancing the experiences of the women at home and the men on the front, though, oddly, the quilting is all but absent. There's enough exposition to welcome new readers without bogging down the tale, resulting in a reliably heartwarming and accessible story. " (Feb.) -- PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

MYSTERY
 
"Affair" by Lee Child - "March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover. The county sheriff is a former US Marine - and a stunningly beautiful woman." -- Amazon.com
 
"At Bertram's Hotel" by Agatha Christie - When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she’s looking for at Bertram’s Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service, and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer. Yet, not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the wrong day.…

"The Crossing Places" by Elly Griffiths - "Griffiths's serviceable first mystery introduces archeologist Ruth Galloway, ...When Det. Chief Insp. Harry Nelson asks for her expertise in identifying human remains found in the marsh, he's disappointed when Ruth determines they date to the Iron Age. Harry, who's been haunted for 10 years by the kidnapping of five-year-old Lucy Downey, hoped the bones could bring closure to the girl's family. Drawn into the investigation, Ruth delves deeper into Lucy's disappearance and studies the letters Harry has received over the years, presumably from the kidnapper. When another young girl goes missing, Ruth and Harry fear the cycle has begun again. With her brittle exterior and general distaste for human companionship, Ruth is a difficult heroine with whom to empathize, but the novel's archeological details and the unsettling denouement go far in making up for her prickly character." -- PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

"Dark Fire" by C. J. Sansom - "Three years after Dissolution, Shardlake has returned to practicing law in London. When he's asked by a friend to help his niece, who's charged with killing her cousin, he doesn't realize it will force him back into Cromwell's dangerous schemes. The girl, Elizabeth, refuses to speak in her own defense, even when threatened with death. Shardlake fears he'll lose the case, but is given a reprieve to gather more evidence and persuade Elizabeth to talk. He discovers that Cromwell's behind the intervention, and there's a heavy price attached. -- Brodart

"The Great Leader" by Jim Harrison - “The Great Leader carbonates page after page after page. You might go so far as to compare it to Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak. Or…Ted Williams, much the better hitter…[Or] Willie Mays. Mays was a magic act, but the kind that left you with the feeling that the miraculous stuff surprised him too. And that’s where Harrison fits in, 30-odd books down the road—his own shelf in the library—and you can still feel the excitement every time he pulls something new out of his ear. Which pretty much happens on every page he writes.” —Pete Dexter, The New York Times Book Review

"Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson - " Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene of the biggest case he's ever been part of. The President's son and daughter have been abducted from their school - an impossible crime, but somehow the kidnapper has done it. Alex does everything he can but is shunted to the fringes of the investigation. Someone powerful doesn’t want him too close." --inside front cover

"Learning to Swim" by Sara J. Henry - "Troy Chance didn't give it a second thought when she saw the boy being thrown into the middle of Lake Champlain from the rear deck of a ferry boat. She dove into the water and pulled him to shore. That's when she discovered that he had been kidnapped and was part of a bizarre, bloody plot." -- BRODART

"Lethal" by Sandra Brown - "When her four-year-old daughter informs her that there's a sick man in their yard, Honor Gillette rushes out to help him, only to come face-to- face with Lee Coburn, the man accused of murdering seven people the night before. Armed, he forces her to take him into her house. Thus began a nightmare involving her late husband and something of value he supposedly possessed." -- BRODART

"The Keeper of Lost Causes" by Jussi Adler-Olsen - "Carl Moerk used to be one of Copenhagen's best homicide detectives until a bullet nearly took his life. Unfortunately, one of his colleagues was killed and the other left in a nursing home for life. Carl blames himself since he didn't draw his weapon. Now assigned to the cold case files, he focuses on the case of a vanished politician thought to be dead." --BRODART

"Killing the Blues" by Michael Brandman - "Jesse, a taciturn police officer beset with alcohol and women trouble, is the most compelling character Parker has created since he introduced us to a private eye named Spenser more than thirty years ago."--ASSOCIATED PRESS

"New York to Dallas" by J.D. Robb - "Serial rapist/murderer Isaac McQueen (aka 'the Collector'), the first major bust of Dallas's when she was a rookie, escapes from New York City's Rikers Island prison complex 12 years into his life sentence and immediately resumes his depredations on young girls. McQueen uses a hostage to force Dallas to travel to Dallas, Tex., the site of her own horrific childhood, where he has prepared surprises for her. Working with the FBI, the Dallas PSD, and husband Roarke, Dallas leads the effort to recapture the wily McQueen. The deadly chess game between Dallas and McQueen plays out against multiple backgrounds, including shocking revelations from Dallas's past and the complex, passionate relationship of Roarke and Dallas. (Sept.). 416pg. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2011.

"Shock Wave" by John Sandford - "Filled with the brilliant plotting and compulsively readable prose that are Sandford's hallmarks, Shock Wave is another masterpiece by one of our best mystery writers."--inside front cover

"Son of Stone" by Stuart Woods - "In Bel-Air Dead (2011), readers learned that perennial bachelor and man- about-town Stone Barrington fathered a child years before with on-again, off-again lover Arrington Calder. Now we meet Peter, a preternaturally smart and savvy 16-year-old who takes to Stone immediately and adapts to his father's life in New York City with aplomb. Stone couldn't be happier. Peter takes his last name and decides he wants to become a director, and Arrington and Stone decide to finally tie the knot. Most of the book focuses on Stone setting Peter up in an elite private school and Peter's application to Yale, which doesn't make for the most scintillating reading. The pace picks up toward the end, though, when Arrington's menacing former suitor decides to exact revenge on the happy couple. Readers who have followed the series for a while will be eager to meet Stone's son, even if he is absurdly perfect. Would anyone expect otherwise of Stone Barrington's progeny?" -- BOOKLIST 

"A Trick of Light"  by Louise Penny - "Penny's first five crime novels in her Armand Gamache series have all been outstanding, but her latest is the best yet, a true tour de force of storytelling...Penny hits every note perfectly in what is one of the most elaborately constructed and remarkably moving mysteries in years...One of the top ten crime novels of the year." -- BOOKLIST

ADULT NON-FICTION

"Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government For a Strong Economy" by Bill Clinton -“Clinton details how we can get out of the current economic crisis and lay a foundation for long-term prosperity. He offers specific recommendations on how we can put people back to work and create new businesses, increase bank lending and corporate investment, double our exports, and restore our manufacturing base." -- Back Cover

"Casino Women: Courage in Unexpected Places" by Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones - "Casino Women is an absorbing journey into the heart of Nevada's gaming empire and a triumphant tale of how women on the front lines of service work took on some of the world's largest corporations and won. Anyone who cares about the indignities and injustices faced by working people today and wants to know how we can change the casino capitalist world in which we all live should read this inspiring book." -- Dorothy Sue Cobble, author of The Sex in Class and The Other Women's Movement

"Confidence Men" by Ron Suskind - "Based on hundreds of interviews and filled with piercing insights and startling disclosures, Confidence Men brings into focus the collusion and conflict between the nation's two capitals - New York and Washington, on of private gain, the other of public purpose - in defining confidence and, thereby, charting America's future."--inside front cover

"Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship" by Tom Ryan - "Animals come into our lives prepared to teach, if only those of us on the human side of the bond would be humble enough to learn. Tom Ryan has obviously been paying close attention as he generously shares the wisdom and humanity of a remarkable dog, taking us on a noble quest. Atticus M. Finch is the four-legged mentor all dog lovers will crave." -- Dr. Nick Trout, author of Tell Me Where It Hurts

"Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard - "Killing Lincoln is a must-read historical thriller. Bill O'Reilly recounts the dramatic events of the spring of 1865 with such exhilarating immediacy that you will feel like you are walking the streets of Washington, D.C., on the night that John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. This is a huge entertaining, heart-stopping read."--Vince Flynn, author of American Assassin


"Lonely Planet: China" by Damian Harper -- "Antique yet up-to-the-minute, familiar yet unrcognizable, outwardly urban but quintessentially rural, conservative yet pathbreaking...China is a land of mesmerising and eye-opening contradictions."--Damian Harper

"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War" by Tony Horwitz - "Beautifully written and sparkling with fresh insights, Midnight Rising resurrects the multiple faces of John Brown: avenging angel or murderous terrorist; slavery's nemesis or deluded fanatic; abolitionist hero or subversive insurrectionist. In this thrilling, magnificent and essential book, Tony Horwitz shows how one man and a single set of events set the nation on a doomed course where the crimes of a guilty land could only be purged by blood." -- James L. Swanson, author of Manhunt and Bloody Crimes

"No Higher Honor" by Condoleeza Rice -“In her memoir, NO HIGHER HONOR, Rice looks back, offering unexpected candor about her tenure as national security adviser in Bush’s first term and as secretary of state…the [book’s] moments of self-doubt and regrets are a revelation…Rice offers sharp and penetrating portraits of foreign leaders…Her memoir is a reminder that foreign-policy choices facing the United States are complex and difficult, with no easy solutions…Rice has acquitted herself well in telling her side of the story; now she awaits the judgment of history.” ----The Washington Post

"The Shakespeare Thefts: In Search of the First Folios" by Eric Rasmussen - "A brisk and amusing account. Eric Rasmussen tells us how Shakespeare's First Folio has been the cause of wit, passion, crime and folly."--Peter Saccio, author of Shakespeare's English Kings

BIOGRAPHY

"Blue Nights" by Joan Didion - "From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness, and growing old."--Amazon.com

"Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson - "Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing."--inside front cover

"The Time of Our Lives" by Tom Brokaw -"Brokaw talks about American life and the American dream, past, present, and future, as experienced by four generations of his family and other American families. He begins with the recollections of his 93-year-old grandmother and concludes with his grandchildren's generation. He writes about where we have been, where we are now, where we ought to go, and how we can get there."  BRODART CO., c2011.

DVD's

"Atlas Shrugged"
"Castle: The Complete Second Season"
"Christmas with a Capital C"
"Crazy, Stupid Love"
"Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
"Disneynature: Oceans"
"Fast Five"
"The Help"
"How to Train Your Dragon"
"Inside Job"
"Lemonade Mouth"
"Luther"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Pirates of the Carribean: On Strange Tides"
"Secretariat"
"Social Network"
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
"The Town"
"Waiting for Superman"
"Walking Dead: Season One"
"Winnie the Pooh"

MUSIC

"Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis
"Singable Songs for the Very Young" by Raffi


JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY

"Driven: A Photobiography of Henry Ford" by Don Mitchell - "Don Mitchell combines a lively narrative with insightful Ford quotes and a wealth of images culled from the archives of the Benson Ford Research Center to tell the story of this complex man who was driven to reshape the 20th century by putting the world on wheels."--inside front cover


JUVENILE FICTION

"Dream of Night" by Heather Henson - "Twelve-year-old Shiloh has been abused and moved in and out of foster homes most of her life. When racehorse Dream of Night started losing, he was sold to one owner after another until he was whipped and abandoned. Horse rescuer and foster mother Jess thinks she's too old to take on any more responsibility, but she agrees to give both angry, scared creatures one more chance by offering them a home over the summer. Alternating viewpoints from Shiloh, Jess, and even the Thoroughbred reveal how the guarded girl and equally wary horse begin to sense each other's pain and slowly learn to trust each other and those around them. While saving each other, they may also rejuvenate Jess and give her a new sense of purpose. Although the comparisons between Shiloh and Night remain overt, the connectedness between humans and horses will entice young animal lovers (“Over the years Jess has come to find that humans aren't wired so differently”). An author's note details the alarming number of ex-racehorses abused each year." Grades 3-6. --Angela Leeper, BOOKLIST

"The Grimm Legacy" by Polly Shulman - "Is there a better antidote to a lonely teen existence than a dose of fairy-tale magic? Elizabeth has yet to make friends at her tony Manhattan private school, and she feels equally alone at home with her remote father and taskmaster stepmother. Then Elizabeth's teacher recommends her for a job at the New York Circulating Material Repository, and as Elizabeth befriends the other pages, she begins to learn that fairy tales aren't just fantasy and that many of the special collections' artifacts belong to her favorite childhood stories, including the magic mirror from Snow White. Just as Elizabeth learns about the repository's impossible wonders, some of the most powerful objects, and then some of the pages, disappear, and she finds herself leading the dangerous rescue. Captivating magic fills the pages of this exciting new novel from the author of Enthusiasm (2006). The story occasionally loses momentum, but action fans will find plenty of heart-pounding, fantastical escapades as the novel builds to its satisfying, romantic conclusion. A richly imagined adventure with easy appeal for Harry Potter fans." Grades 6-9. --Gillian Engber, BOOKLIST 


"Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze" by Alan Silberberg - "Gr 5-8–By page 14, readers will know that this is more than just another funny story about a middle school misfit who is the new kid in the neighborhood. While Milo does struggle with all the normal tween anxieties and self-consciousness about his family, there is more. Silberberg details the daily events with Wimpy Kid-like drawings and quick-witted humor that will keep the pages turning. Milo's new friendships with classmates Marshall and Hillary and elderly neighbor Sylvia Poole allow readers to glimpse at the deeper truth–Milo's mother's death–as it emerges between laugh lines. Silberberg takes on a tough topic and always stays true to the age of the character through dialogue and artwork while maintaining that wisecracking, 12-year-old humor. Added to this, he manages to convey Milo's pain and fears without ever becoming maudlin or depressing."Tina Hudak, St. Albans School, Washington, DC© Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.

"The Monstrumologist" by Rick Yancey - "The journal of Will Henry, who lived to be well over a hundred years old, is discovered after he dies. In it, he relates his boyhood as the orphaned assistant to a monstrumologist--his adventures and studies, the horrors he witnessed, etc. The highly gothic stories, written in a formal old-fashioned style, are absorbingly gruesome." -- THE HORN BOOK, c2010.

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J. K. Rowling - In his fifth year at Hogwart's, Harry faces challenges at every turn, from the dark threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and the unreliability of the government of the magical world to the rise of Ron Weasley as the keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. Along the way he learns about the strength of his friends, the fierceness of his enemies, and the meaning of sacrifice." -- Amazon.com

"Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes - "Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a powerful novel about family and survived in the face of tragedy (Hurricane Katrina) in the face of tragedy and has created in her twelve-year-old narrator, Lanesha, a true heroine. (She) shows a kind of bravery and big heartedness that is a gift she passes along to her friend, her community, and the readers of this luminous book." -- Walter Mosley

"Slog's Dad" by David Almond -"An inspired marriage of David Almond's ability to come up with bizarre, deeply resonant stories..and David McKean's ability to come up with disturbing, deeply resonant pictures...A great story about the power of writing to work out emotions and the power of writing to move the world." -- Newsday


"Small as an Elephant" by Jennifer Richard Jacobson - "Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun, other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and "spinning" wildly until it's over. But Jack never thought his mom would take off during the night and leave him at a campground in Acadia National Park, with no way to reach her and barely enough money for food. Any other kid would report his mom gone, but Jack knows by now that he needs to figure things out for himself - starting with how to get from the backwoods of Maine to his home in Boston before Social Services catches on. With nothing but a small toy elephant to keep him company, Jack begins the long journey south, a journey that will test his wits and his loyalties - and his trust that he may be part of a larger herd after all." -- Amazon.com

"Sources of Light" by Margaret McMullan - In 1962, 14-year-old Sam and her mother move from Pennsylvania to Jackson, Mississippi, a city on the edge of social upheaval as racial tensions come to a head. All Sam wants is to “live her life staying out the way,” but she finds that hard to do after her mother, an art professor, teaches a class at the local all-black college and becomes a target of white supremacist groups. Perry, her mother's photographer boyfriend, gives Sam a camera and the courage to record the sit-ins, voter registrations, and the violent rage provoked by peaceful protests. No one is demonized in this novel. McMullan, a Mississippi native, makes her characters complex, confused, and sympathetic. Most notably, Sam's love interest, Stone, seems decided in his racism and dangerous in his convictions; but his search for right is just as important as Sam's. In the end, readers will see the humanity of those on the wrong side of history, and may even feel compassion for them, too. Grades 5-8. --Courtney Jone, BOOKLIST

"Star in the Forest" by Laura Resau - "Resau’s novel tells a child’s migration story with simple immediacy. After her father is imprisoned in Colorado and then deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant, lonely 11-year-old Zitlally befriends her neighbor and classmate, Crystal. Together, the girls care for Star, an abandoned dog they find chained up in their trailer-park “forest,” made up of heaps of rusted car parts. Zitlally’s stressed, angry mama works many jobs and sells the family’s truck so that they can send Papá money to pay border smugglers, who will help him try to return. Then Papá is kidnapped and held for ransom, and Zitlally’s illegal family cannot go to the police. Crystal’s family is also in trouble: her father is in prison in the U.S., although she makes up wild stories about him working in Antarctica and Madagascar. Always true to Zitlally’s viewpoint, the unaffected writing makes clear the anguish of illegals. The thematic parallels with the dog, also an illegal of sorts, are redundant; it’s the family story, more than the pet plot, that will grab readers. A pronunciation guide, a glossary, and a note about immigration from Mexico to the U.S. close this unforgettable narrative of a girl’s daily struggle to find a home. Grades 4-8. --Hazel Rochman 

"Stuck on Earth" by David Klass - "Wickedly wry and hysterically skewed, David Klass's take on teen life on our fabulously flawed Planet Earth is an engrossing look at true friends, truer enemies and awkward alien kisses." -- inside front cover

"The Strange Case of Origami Yoda" by Tom Angleberger - "In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren’t strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient. Origami Yoda predicts the date of a pop quiz, guesses who stole the classroom Shakespeare bust, and saves a classmate from popularity-crushing embarrassment with some well-timed advice. Dwight’s classmate Tommy wonders how Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless. With contributions from his puzzled classmates, he assembles the case file that forms this novel." - Amazon.com

"Touch Blue" by Cynthia Lord - "Eleven-year-old Tess doesn’t want to leave her island home, but her family will have to move to the mainland if the state of Maine closes their small schoolhouse for lack of students. To increase their numbers, several families take in foster children, and so 13-year-old musician Aaron, who has bounced around since his grandmother’s death because his mother is an alcoholic, comes to stay with Tess’ family. Tess pins all her hopes on Aaron, but he is not at all what she expected: he doesn’t like reading, he throws up on her dad’s lobster boat, and he’d rather stay in his room than play Monopoly. Each chapter title is a folk saying that superstitious Tess follows as she wishes and schemes a way for Aaron to love island life. Aaron’s relationship with his foster family, particularly with impulsive Tess, develops believably. The tight-knit community and lobster-catching details make for a warm, colorful environment. This is a feel-good story about letting go of your expectations and accepting the good things already in front of you. Grades 4-7. --Krista Hutle, BOOKLIST

"Waiting for the Magic" by Patricia MacLachlan - "Newbery Medalist MacLachlan tackles the familiar yet always heart-wrenching subject of parental separation in her venerable spare and moving style.... The characters are individualistic, believable, and likable, and the impulsive acquisition and heartwarming presence of the animals suggest an affecting work of realistic fiction."--Publishers Weekly

JUVENILE NON-FICTION

"Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs" by Marcia Williams - "Marcia Williams's lighthearted comic-style illustrations bring new life to the epic dramas of Egyptian mythology. This collection of stories is an accessible introduction to an ancient civilization, with a wealth of information, dramatic, fold-out spreads, and engaging art that is sure to fascinate and inspire young Egyptologists."--inside front cover

"Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking" by Philippe Coudray - "The whole enterprise lies somewhere between fuzzy-wuzzy was a bear and an introduction to fuzzy logic. It is original, deep-down funny, and, most important, the adventures are steeped in the rare quality of imaginative kindness."
—The Horn Book

"Brother Sun, Sister Moon" by Katherine Paterson - "Gr. 2-5. T Paterson, ...writes from her own abiding faith as she adds her careful embroidery to Saint Francis' words, which are reprinted at the book's conclusion. To bring the canticle closer to young audiences, she expands upon some themes: where Francis praises Sister Moon and the stars, Paterson adds that they 'watch over us while we sleep.' She also links each member of creation's family to the larger source, God, as when she writes of Brother Fire that in his 'resplendent dancing light we glimpse your playfulness.' Paterson says in an author's note that she would never have taken on this book had she not seen Dalton's art, and it's no wonder. Taking her paper-cutting technique to extraordinary levels, Dalton used one continuous piece of paper to create each exquisite illustration. Set against velvet-black pages, the intricate scenes of flora, fauna, and villagers who find meaning in everyday tasks ask readers to look again. An inspiring modern classic." -- Ilene Cooper,  BOOKLIST

"Detective Blue" by Steve Metzger - "Little Boy Blue is all grown up, and he's a detective working to find Miss Muffet. Join in the fun as Detective Blue tries to crack the case with the help of his nursery rhyme friends. The fun is never-ending as Detective Blue interrogates grown-up nursery rhyme characters in order to solve the Missing Muffet Mystery. Kids, parents, and teachers can find a list of referenced nursery rhymes and go back into the story to find the characters." --Amazon.com

"Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm" by Jon Katz -“In Katz's first book for children, illustrated with lively photos, the author explains how the four dogs (which have been the subject of several bestselling titles for adults) that live on his farm in upstate New York have distinct roles and responsibilities. . . .  dog-loving readers will value the attention paid to their individual contributions.” —Publishers Weekly

"Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra" by David A. Adler -  "Algebra can be a mystery to many readers. But in this accessible introduction set in a creepy haunted house, readers will learn to find the unknown number of skeletons, ravens, and bats by using simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve equations. A hands-on activity further illustrates the topic by showing students how to make and use a balance scale. Vetted for accuracy by an expert in the new Common Core State Standards." -- Amazon.com


PICTURE BOOK

"The Abandoned Lighthouse" by Albert Lamb
"Along a Long Road" by Frank Viva

"Art & Max" by David Wiesner
"A Ball for Daisy" by Chris Raschka
"Bears in the Night" by
"Grandpa Green" by Lane Smith
"Happy Pig Day" by Mo Willems
"Homer: The Library Cat" by Reeve Lindbergh
"I Want My Hat Back" by Jon Klassen
"If You Give A Dog A Donut" by Laura Numeroff
"Loon Baby" by Molly Beth Griffin
"Neville" by Norton Juster
"A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea" by Michael Ian Black
"Reading to Peanut" by Leda Schubert
"Strega Nona's Gift" by Tomie dePaola
"Tootle"

"Over and Under the Snow" by Kate Messner
"Wonder Horse" by Emily Arnold McCully


YOUNG ADULTS

"The Prince of Mist" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - "...this atmospheric tale is set in 1943 in an unspecified seacoast village.  On Max Carver’s thirteenth birthday, his father announces that the family is moving to a village for safety. Their new home has a tragic past and a garden filled with sinister statues that begin to haunt the children’s dreams. Then Max and his older sister Alicia strike up a friendship with a local boy, Roland, who takes them diving around a wrecked ship in the harbor. Roland’s grandfather, the town lighthouse keeper and sole survivor of the wreck, reveals the sinister connections between the wreck, the garden, and a relentlessly evil figure, Cain, called the Prince of Mist. Permeated with a delicious sense of looming menace, the story lines converge inexorably in a terrifying climax. Intelligent and eerie, Zafón’s story will create nightmares and admirers. Grades 7-12. --Lynn Ruta, Booklist

"Hero" by Mike Lupica - "...best known for his popular sports novels for youth, (he) explores new territory in this title, which begins with a highly skilled American agent’s first-person account of a dangerous solo mission in the Balkans. By the second chapter, though, readers learn that the agent died during his mission, and the story is picked up by a new narrator, who shifts the telling to third person and the focus to the agent’s son, Billy. After learning that he is being pursued by shadowy bad guys, Billy is ambushed in New York’s Central Park. Luckily, though, he has recently discovered that he possesses supernatural powers, and he overcomes his attackers. Lupica effectively unfolds this high-adventure story, which sends Billy on a classic hero’s journey with two possible guides, one of whom turns out to be treacherous. At the end, Lupica implies that it’s going to take more than one book to tell Billy’s story, which should please the inevitable new fans this effort will attract. Pair this with William Boniface’s The Hero Revealed (2006). Grades 6-9. --Todd Morning, Booklist

NEW ARRIVALS

ADULT FICTION

"Chasing Fire" by Nora Roberts -  "This book celebrates the smoke jumpers of Missoula, Mont., who routinely risk life and limb to beat down raging forest fires. As close knit as any military combat unit, the "Zulies" include veteran Rowan Tripp, haunted by the loss of Jim Brayner, her onetime jump partner who was killed the previous season in a fall, and rookie Gulliver Curry, who soon earns the nickname "Fast Feet" for his speed and prowess. Threatening trouble is cook Dolly Brakeman, Jim's girlfriend, who blames Rowan for his death—and whose new baby may well be Jim's. Rowan and Gull grow closer as the team battles fires from Montana and Idaho to California and Alaska. Meanwhile, the Zulies are plagued by vandalism and sabotage as well as a killer with arson among his crimes. Roberts fans can expect another bestseller. -- Publisher's Weekly

"The Land of Painted Caves" by Jean M. Auel - "Spellbinding drama, meticulous research, fascinating detail, and superb narrative skill combine to make The Land of the Painted Caves a captivating,, utterly unbelievable creation of a civilization that resonates long after the reader has turned the last page"--inside back cover


"The Passages of H. M.: A Novel of Herman Melville" by Jay Parini --"Once again Jay Parini has taken us into literary imagination, cultural history, and biography through his ingenious fiction. In The Passage of H.M. we encounter the inner life and conflicts of one of the seminal minds of American literature...This is a novel of startling and inventive journeys, and no reader will come away from it seeing Melville the same. -- Peter Balkian, author of Black Dog of Fate

"Pym" by Mat Johnson -- "Pym reframes far more than Poe--it reframes everything American, from the whiteness of Ahab's whale to Detroit bus drivers; from DNA testing to tenure review; from the Gatsbyesque dream of romantic love to the dream of Utopia; from our fear of life to our love of death. No one writes inside the brilliant mind better." -- Alice Randall, author of The Wind Done Gone

"Sing You Home" by Jodi Picoult -- "Sing You Home is about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood. It's about people wanting to do the right thing for the greater good, even as they work to fulfill their own personal desires and dreams. And it's about what happens when the outside world brutally calls into question the very thing closest to our hearts: family." -- inside front cover

ADULT NON-FICTION

"Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues that Affect Our Freedom"" by Ron Paul -- "An indispensable guide to the thinking of an honorable American rebel who believes that those who preside over our fates on Capitol Hill have routinely betrayed the word and spirit of the American Revolution." -- New York Sun

"On China" by Henry Kissinger - "Nobody living can claim greater credit than Mr. Kissinger for America's 1971 opening to Beijing, after more than two decades of estrangement, and for China's subsequent opening to the world. So it's fitting that Mr. Kissinger has now written On China, a fluent, fascinating...book that is part history, part memoir and above all an examination of the premises, methods and aims of Chinese foreign policy." -The Wall Street Journal

"Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962" by Frank Dikotter - "Mao's Great Famine is a gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve, that tells the story of the man-made famine that killed 45 million people." -- Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar 


 BIOGRAPHY

 
"In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin" by Erik Larson -- "A hugely engrossing chronicle of events public and private. Exceedingly well-documented, exhaustive without being excessive, and utterly facsinating." -- Chicago Tribune 
 
"Bossypants" by Tina Fey -- "From her lifetime pursuit of the perfect Beauty Routine to the oversold joys of breastfeeding, from her whirlwind tour of duty as the Other Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" to her early days in the comedy trenches - Tina Fey puts her unique and endlessly funny mark on modern life, work, marriage, and motherhood." -- Amazon.com

"Washington: A Life" by Ron Chernow --"A vastly enlightening, overwhelmingly engaging treatment of a great man ...another book on Washington? is a question rendered pointless by this one, which happens to be the author's masterpiece. Definitive Washington is the point and effect of this biography."
-Booklist

MYSTERY

"The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci -"Edgar Roy-an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like Federal Supermax facility-is awaiting trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend and mentor Ted Bergin, to help work the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins-en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle find him murdered.

It is now up to them to ask the questions no one seems to want answered: Is Roy a killer? Who murdered Bergin? With help from some surprising allies, they continue to pursue the case. But the more they dig into Roy's past, the more they encounter obstacles, half-truths, dead-ends, false friends, and escalating threats from every direction. Their persistence puts them on a collision course with the highest levels of the government and the darkest corners of power. In a terrifying confrontation that will push Sean and Michelle to their limits, the duo may be permanently parted." -- inside front cover

"Eve" by Iris Johansen -- "the forensic sculptor zeros in on the kidnapper and serial killer who years earlier abducted and murdered her seven-year-old daughter, Bonnie. Eve's obsession with the case draws in her good friend, CIA agent Catherine Ling, as well as her lover and would-be protector, police detective Joe Quinn. In spite of their problematic relationships due to Eve's protracted and intense search, Ling and Quinn work together to call in favors and pursue every possible lead. Their joint efforts uncover a cadre of sharply drawn malefactors who may be deeply involved, notably emotionally unstable John Gallo, Eve's former lover and Bonnie's father, who spent six years as a prisoner in North Korea. The explosive finale set in the Wisconsin woods leads to an emotional cliffhanger, as Johansen deftly baits the hook for the next volume.

"The Snowman" by Jo Nesb0 - "With Henning Mankell having written his last Wallander novel and Stieg Larsson no longer with us, I have had to make the decision on whom to confer the title of best current Nordic writer of crime fiction. After finishing Jo Nesb0's The Snowman, I hestitate no longer...This is crime writing of the highest order." -- Marcel Berlins, The Times (London)

AUDIO - JUVENILE

"The Danger Box" by Blue Balliett -"A sight-impaired boy in a small town becomes part of a big mystery involving a curious girl, a box containing a mysterious notebook, a fire, a stranger and a death." -- Brodart

Snapshot of a day at the library

NEW ARRIVALS

ADULT FICTION

"Electric Barracuda" by Tim Dorsey - "In Dorsey’s thirteenth Serge Storms novel, the manic spree-killer and Florida native son is off his meds again and building a website that encourages tourists to undertake “fugitive” vacations. ..Once again, it’s a Smokey and the Bandit chase story, fueled by dangerous drugs; imaginative dispatchings of arrogant Wall Street plutocrats; beautiful, dangerous women; and Agent Mahoney, whose decade-long pursuit of Serge has reduced him to speaking in the hilarious, fractured argot of a pulp fiction shamus. It’s Dorsey’s standard mash-up, bizarre and often very funny. His wonderful tour of Florida’s boltholes might make them prime-tourist destinations, but fortunately, they are very difficult to reach." --Thomas Gaughan--Booklist


MYSTERY


"The Brutal Telling" by Louise Penny - "Louise Penny applies her magic...giving the village mystery an elegance and depth not often seen in this traditional genre."--The New York Times Book Review



AUDIO BOOKS 

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll - "On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and plays flamingo croquet with the Queen! Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute..." -- back cover

PICTURE BOOKS

"Five Little Monkey's Jumping on the Bed" by Eileen Christelow


"Olivia Goes to Venice" by Ian Falconer


"Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors" by Joyce Sidman