Playing With Fire

The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second book in this Stockholm based Millenium trilogy that has sold more than 22 million copies worldwide. When author Stieg Larsson died unexpectedly in 2004 the rights to his manuscripts prompted a legal battle for publishing rights. The plots to ten different novels had been meticulously researched but never sent to print.

The first book in the series, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, introduces readers to Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist. Despite all the Swedish street names and towns that can't be typed on a standard keyboard, the plot quickly draws you in and before you know it you're purchasing book three from the United Kingdom because you just can't wait till the American release date in May 2010.

As my one German friend said, "Everyone from my best friend's little sister to my grandmother have all read the entire trilogy and are setting the TiVo for the European television series based on the books", (six episodes, two episodes for each book). Look for an English movie version in the works.

Deadline to Read

Imagine what you would do if you found out you had only one year to live? For Ben Wolf, a high school senior, this was reality and what he chose to do changed the way he saw his family, his friends, and even uncovered some secrets about his small hometown of Trout, Idaho.

Ben chose to keep his eminent death a secret from his friends and even from his brother, Cody. The fear of our personal mortality keeps us all on a sort of moral leash, but undone from this boundry of fear of the unknown, Ben was able to question everything from his history teacher's blessed text book to understanding how his own death would impact those he loved.

Chris Crutcher’s books always take readers on an emotional journey, and DEADLINE is no exception.

The goal of "Choose to Read Ohio", sponsored by the State Library of Ohio, is to encourage the reading of books written by Ohio authors together across Ohio communities. The Amherst Public Library encourages Ohioans to Read Together, Read Ohio, and Read for Life.

For more information on "Choose to Read Ohio" visit their website for a full list of titles for children, teens, and adults. Find Deadline by Chris Crutcher (2007, Harper) at the Amherst Public Library in our Young Adult section (call number YA CRU).

While the boss is away...

When all you do is look at metadata all day you need to take a break. And that's just what happened yesterday as blenders whirred and fruit concoctions like Strawberry Surprize and Mango Mania were downed by thirsty guests.

In reality the guests were teens taking part in the Amherst Public Library's Teen Beach Day. Thirsty students were thankful for the fruity refreshment that went along with beach buckets of popcorn and lots of Guitar Hero on the library's two X-Box 360s.

"This was the best teen event ever" replied on happy guest who even stayed to run the vacuum cleaner. Hey when you can get a teenager to clean up then they must have had fun.

Of course some of the librarians were more than happy to test out some of the recipes before the program began. What exactly was in the blender you ask? Hey, what happens at the library, stays at the library.

The library has books on smoothie recipes and other refreshing drinks to that anyone can replicate the fun at home with just a few simple ingredients. Check out some of the great books we offer here at the library.

Cynthia Clark's 60 Smoothis Sensations

by Cynthia Clark

and Punch

by Colleen Mullaney

Nuevos Libros!

Hola amigos! Me llamo Cheryl and I've got news about some new resources at the Amherst Public Library. We've added a small collection of Spanish language reading materials. Multi-linqual families as well as students and home schoolers are always looking for materials to help them retain and learn Spanish. Now we offer some reading materials that go beyond the regular language tapes.
The library has always had a variety of language books to teach different levels of Spanish, Italian, German, French and even Japanese, Chinese, Hungarian....well, as you can see the list goes on and on.

Visit the children's department of the library to check out some of these new titles:

Diario de Greg un Renacuajo (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Ramona la Chinche

Scooby-Doo! yel Castillo Hechizado

Stuart Little

Winny de Puh

Stink el Increible Nino Menguante

El Gran dia de Lily

The Storyteller's Candle La velita de los cuentos

and a great magazine, Iguana, filled with stories, cartoons, puzzles, and great articles about kids from around the world.
If you have ideas for future titles please let us know.
Buenos dias!