New Kids' Nonfiction

Why are zebras striped?Why do kangaroos have pouches?Why do some monkeys have tails?
Distinctive and captivating art combines with silly questions, and some very, very, silly answers, to make this the perfect book for your sometimes-ridiculous, ever-curious, loveable, maddening why-afflicted zoologist.



At home, out in the yard, or at school all kids love to use simple tools to explore their growing world. The basic tools and techniques for measuring, planting, or taking apart help young children grasp some fundamental science concepts. While focused on NSTA science standards of Physical Science and Science and Technology, this series supports young readers as they explore the use of common tools.
This is the first Presidents reference book on the market after the election. This president will follow in the footsteps of 43 predecessors who have assumed America’s greatest responsibility: these men have faithfully executed their duties—they have signed treaties, addressed Congress, brokered peace, and waged war. Each has left his own indelible mark on the history of the United States and on the lives of the American people.Find out why George Washington gave up his life as a Virginia planter to lead the nation; why John Taylor was deemed "His Accidency"; walk with the presidents through wars, depressions, civil rights movements, and the space race; romp with the Garfield children in a White House pillow fight; and mourn with a nation for John F. Kennedy.


It's a book. It's an encyclopedia. But it's unlike any you've seen before. One Million Things is crammed full of all kinds of incredible stuff, from metals to mollusks, robots to revolutions, all revealed in a fascinating, exciting, totally different way. It's like a museum, a search engine, and the world's biggest garage sale rolled into one. Loads of topics, hundreds of pictures, thousands of words, a galaxy of amazing things to discover and explore...



Look at hockey in a new way: from the perspective of science. This book explores the all-important science of explosive moves (the slapshot) and maximizing a player’s chance of scoring; the science of speedy, powerful skating; the puck, stick, mask, and other equipment; the properties of ice and how skating surfaces are maintained; and the science of fitness and healing injuries. How Hockey Works includes personal stories from the inspirational (the stunning careers of Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky) to the hilarious (the puck’s origins as an India rubber ball reshaped by a frustrated rink owner). From casual to obsessed every hockey fan can find something in How Hockey Works.

New movies

Turk and Rooster, two aging NYPD detectives who have been longtime partners are faced with a serial killer who is murdering sociopathic criminals. They both have personal issues, and when they start working with a younger team, Perez and Riley, tensions between the pairs of partners is inevitable, especially since Turk is now living with Perez's ex-girlfriend, also a homicide detective

A doctor who is traveling to see his estranged son sparks with an unhappily married woman at a north carolina inn. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/10/2009 Starring: Diane Lane Richard Gere Run time: 97 minutes Rating: Pg13

In this hilarious, critically acclaimed arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years, Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable, but Mitchell isn't ready to renquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.

Frozen River is a dramatic feature film which takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women- one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances- are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. Melissa Leo (21 Grams, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, television's Homicide: Life on the Street) plays Ray, Misty Upham (Edge of America, DreamKeeper, Skins) plays Lila, and Oscar nominee Michael O'Keefe (The Great Santini, Caddyshack, Ironweed) plays the New York State Trooper who ultimately brings the two to justice

A mothers prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered though it doesnt take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/17/2009 Starring: Angelina Jolie Amy Ryan Run time: 142 minutes Rating: R Director: Clint Eastwood

New teen nonfiction

The astounding story of one girl's journey from war victim to UNICEF Special Representative.

As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry.But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Heavily armed rebel soldiers, many no older than children themselves, attacked and tortured Mariatu. During this brutal act of senseless violence they cut off both her hands.Stumbling through the countryside, Mariatu miraculously survived. The sweet taste of a mango, her first food after the attack, reaffirmed her desire to live, but the challenge of clutching the fruit in her bloodied arms reinforced the grim new reality that stood before her. With no parents or living adult to support her and living in a refugee camp, she turned to begging in the streets of Freetown.In this gripping and heartbreaking true story, Mariatu shares with readers the details of the brutal attack, its aftermath and her eventual arrival in Toronto. There she began to pull together the pieces of her broken life with courage, astonishing resilience and hope.

New graphic novels

It's All About Revenge - Nothing Personal. In the bleak world of the swordsman, it is said that he who becomes the Number 1 samurai shall rule the world. And only Number 2 is allowed to challenge Number 1. Afro Samurai has assumed the mantle of Number 2, seeking vengeance against Number1, a gunman who killed his father years ago. But assassins lurk at every corner, seeking to rob Afro Samurai of the title of Number 2. Can Afro survive long enough to exact his revenge?

New DVDs in February--a selection

2001: A Space Odyssey
When a three-million-year-old puzzling monolith is discovered on the moon, a crew of researchers are sent to discover the monolith's origins. But when the artificially intelligent super-computer, HAL 9000, becomes cyber-psychopathic and holds supreme control over their spaceship, the crew must battle to overthrow HAL before it's too late. A 1968 Stanley Kubrick film masterpiece adapted from an Arthur C. Clarke fiction masterpiece.




Anne of Green Gables
The story of a young girl who finds adventure (and misadventure) as she makes her way from a series of unpleasant foster families and orphanage experiences to the paradise of Prince Edward Island and the stern Cuthbert household of Green Gables. 1985. Also available is Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.






Though director Julian Jarrold's adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel BRIDESHEAD REVISITED spans decades and continents, it's a taut film that never drags and can excite contemporary audiences.... Brideshead Revisited
Matthew Goode stars as lower-class Londoner Charles Ryder, an aspiring artist who is beginning his studies in history at Oxford in the 1920s. A chance encounter with dandyish aristocrat Sebastian Flyte changes the course of his life. The film follows Charles from the carefree '20s through the beginning of World War II, focusing on his complicated relationship with the upper-class family and their estate, Brideshead. Fans of the book--and the 11-hour 1981 miniseries--may bristle at the film's relatively brief running time, but the story has been successfully distilled into the essentials. 2008.


Burn After Reading
When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined but dim-witted gym employees, the duo is intent on exploiting their find. Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Francis McDormand and John Malkovich, it signals a return to comedy for the Coen Brothers. 2008.






Citizen Kane
The story charts the rise and fall of a newspaper publisher whose wealth and power ultimately isolates him in his castle-like refuge. The film's protagonist, Charles Foster Kane, was based on a composite of Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst. Every moment of the film, every shot, has been choreographed to perfection. The film is essential viewing, quite possibly the greatest film ever made and, along with THE BIRTH OF A NATION, certainly the most influential. Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, and Agnes Moorehead. 1941.


The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
An all-new, fully restored version of this spaghetti western tale of greed, revenge, and epic warfare, with 18 additional minutes. Includes many special features including deleted scenes and documentaries. Award-winning cinematography and score. Starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef. Its two predecessors, A Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More are also available. 1966.




Kung Fu Panda
Po is a fuzzy and clumsy panda who dreams of joining the world of martial arts. When he is trained to be the next Dragon Master by his idols, will he fail...or become an unlikely hero? Bonus features include commentary, featurettes, and more. 2008.






David Lean's masterpiece, perhaps the greatest of screen epics, stars Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience... Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean's 1962 masterpiece, perhaps the greatest of screen epics, stars Peter O'Toole. While working on the staff of British Intelligence in Cairo in 1916, Lawrence's fluency in Arabic earns him a post on a mission sent to establish contact with Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), leader of the Arab revolt and ally of the British against the German-sponsored Turks in WWI. As the Englishman's genius for guerrilla warfare becomes evident, he assumes the role of de facto leader of the Arab revolt, uniting the heretofore warring tribes into a devastatingly effective weapon. A visionary work that unfolds one indelible image after another, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA fuses the conflict of man against man, man against nature, and man against himself into a sublime poem of force. The film's outstanding cast includes Claude Rains, Jack Hawkins, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quinn, Jose Ferrer, and Omar Sharif in his unforgettable desert-crossing debut.


Memento
Leonard Shelby is searching for the man who raped and murdered his wife. He survived, but developed a mind block due to the attack. He can remember everything from before, but memories of anything that followed come and go every few minutes. Highly original, clever and complex. Guy Pearce. 2000.






Miracle at St. Anna
Four black American soldiers, who are members of the U.S. Army's all-black 92nd 'Buffalo Soldier' division stationed in Italy during World War II, find themselves trapped behind enemy lines after they risk their lives to save a young Italian boy. 2009.






Space Chimps
Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, is asked to help retrieve a $5 billion Space Agency probe that has disappeared into space. 2008.








Step Brothers
Two middle-aged men find themselves becoming brothers after their parents meet each other and marry. When their laziness threatens to break up the family, the pair work as a team to get their mom and dad back together. Starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. 2008.

Vacation Week Activities

Vacation Week is here! Hurray! Come play at the Library!

Monday the 23rd, we have a special Quilted Story Time for 1st-4th graders. The Quilters' Group at the library has lent us a really neat gift that they created. They found good story books about quilts, then they sewed the quilts that are described in the books! They're lending us the books and quilts to read, see and feel. After we read, everyone will get a chance to create their own quilt square.

Tuesday the 24th, we're going to watch a movie! Join us for Ice Age and popcorn!

Thursday the 26th, it's all about the games. The library has a Wii and we want you to come play! Along with the games, we'll have snacks!

New Teen Fiction

Mrs. Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, was last seen during a field trip to Black Vine Swamp. The school’s headmaster and the police seem to have accepted the sketchy, unsigned note explaining that her absence is due to a “family emergency.” There’s no real evidence of foul play. But still, Nick and Marta don’t buy it. Something weird is definitely going on.





A stunning new work of the feminist noir that Natsuo Kirino defined and made her own in her novels Out and Grotesque.

In a crowded residential suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four teenage girls indifferently wade their way through a hot, smoggy summer and endless “cram school” sessions meant to ensure entry into good colleges. There’s Toshi, the dependable one; Terauchi, the great student; Yuzan, the sad one, grieving over the death of her mother—and trying to hide her sexual orientation from her friends; and Kirarin, the sweet one, whose late nights and reckless behavior remain a secret from those around her. When Toshi’s next-door neighbor is found brutally murdered, the girls suspect the killer is the neighbor’s son, a high school boy they nickname Worm. But when he flees, taking Toshi’s bike and cell phone with him, the four girls get caught up in a tempest of dangers—dangers they never could have even imagined—that rises from within them as well as from the world around them.
Psychologically intricate and astute, dark and unflinching, Real World is a searing, eye-opening portrait of teenage life in Japan unlike any we have seen before.

Addie is waiting for normal.

But Addie's mom has an all-or-nothing approach to life: a food fiesta or an empty pantry, jubilation or gloom, her way or no way. All or nothing never adds up to normal. All or nothing can't bring you all to home, which is exactly where Addie longs to be, with her half sisters, every day. In spite of life's twists and turns, Addie remains optimistic. Someday, maybe, she'll find normal. Leslie Connor has created an inspiring novel about one girl's giant spirit. waiting for normal is a heartwarming gem.

SOME NIGHTMARES NEVER END.

For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams. They're just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck.

Disturbing things are happening at Fieldridge High, yet nobody's talking. When Janie taps into a classmate's violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open -- but nothing goes as planned. Not even close. Janie's in way over her head, and Cabe's shocking behavior has grave consequences for them both.

Worse yet, Janie learns the truth about herself and her ability -- and it's bleak. Seriously, brutally bleak. Not only is her fate as a dream catcher sealed, but what's to come is way darker than she'd feared....

Pictures in the Paper!

Pictures from the Indoor Tide Pool appear in today's Hampton Union! These two are the ones they published. If there's another one you're looking for, check out our Flickr account--they're all there!

New movies

Episodes 1 - 20 now available in one box set!

For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil. And when he vows to defend Rukia from the ruthless justice of the Soul Society, he and his friends must cross over and do battle in the spirit world...

Includes the Following titles:

Affections Touching Across Time

The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

Swords of an Honorable Ruler

Fire on the Mystic Island

Drop In Craft for Valentine's Day!

Are you ready for Valentine's Day? Not quite yet? Well, come to the library on Monday, Feb. 9th. We're creating great gifts--yes, you'll have a couple options to choose from. Or you don't have to give your craft away; you can keep it. Stop in any time between 1 and 5pm for crafting and treats!