Thursday, June 10, 2010

Library Closing Dates for Move

The Mahomet Public Library will be closed beginning July 4
as we move to our new location at 1702 E. Oak St.!

The Main St. location will be open from 5:00-7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, July 7
Monday, July 12
Wednesday, July 14
for patrons to pick up books that have arrived through interlibrary loan
(no other services will be available).

Interlibrary loan pickup will resume at the new location the week of July 18.

You may return books to the outdoor book drops at the new location beginning July 15. The book return drop box at the Main Street location will be closed as of July 14.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

New in the YA Department

Fiction:
The Clearing by Heather Davis
Mercury by Hope Larson
The Private Thoughts of Amelia E. Rye by Bonnie Shimko
Fang: a Maximum Ride novel by James Patterson
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson
Burned: A House of Night novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins
Three Rivers Rising: a Novel of the Johnstown Flood by Jame Richards


Books on CD:
The Killer’s Cousin by Nancy Werlin
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Sneak Peek Book Event

Friday, June 18, 5-7 p.m.
Saturday, June 19, 1-5 p.m.


Get a “Sneak Peek” inside the new Mahomet Public Library Building, 1702 E. Oak St., and help us fill the new shelves at our “Buy it and Leave it” event on Friday, June 18 from 5-7 p.m., and Saturday, June 19 from 1-5 p.m. Browse a selection of new books and audiovisual materials that are ready to be added to the shelves priced from $5-$25. For example, you can donate a paperback for $5, or a new hardcover fiction or nonfiction book for $20. When you find an item you’d like to purchase as a donation to the library, we’ll add a bookplate with your name or the name of someone you’d like to honor, and the book will be added to the library’s shelves.

You don’t have to purchase an item to get a “Sneak Peek” of the new building-be one of the first to see inside before opening day! For more information, visit the website at www.mahometpubliclibrary.org.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

2010 Teen's Top 10 Nominations

Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted on Support Teen Literature Day during National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year. Readers ages twelve to eighteen will vote online between Aug. 23 and Sept. 17 at the Teen's Top 10 Website: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/teenstopten.cfm; the winners will be announced in a webcast featuring WWE Superstars and Divas during Teen Read Week. The nominees for this year are:

Watersmeet by Ellen Jensen Abbott
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Fire by Kristin Cashore
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
The Roar by Emma Clayton
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
hush, hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd Ed. by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
Dragonfly by Julia Golding
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Taniagawa
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
City of Fire by Laurence Yep

Monday, April 12, 2010

Look at all the new books!

A lot of new books have been added to the YA department over the past month:

Fiction:
The Life of Glass by Jillian Cantor
Finally by Wendy Mass
Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge
The Carbon Diaries 2017 by Saci Lloyd
Hourglass by Claudia Gray
Riding Invisible by Sandra Alonzo
Katy’s New World by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
After by Amy Efaw
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Dragons of Darkness by Antonia Michaelis
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Light Beneath Ferns by Anne Spollen
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott
An Off Year by Claire Zulkey
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
We Were Here by Matt de la Pena
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Nonfiction:
More Than the Blues? Understanding and Dealing With Depression by Eileen Lucas
Losing Someone You Love: Dealing With Death and Dying by Tracy A. Phillips
The Vampire Book by Sally Regan
Teen Cyberbullying Investigated: Where Do Your Rights End and Consequences Begin? by Tom Jacobs
Frequently Asked Questions about Teen Fatherhood by Richard Worth


Books on CD:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
After Tupac and D Foster: a novel by Jacqueline Woodson
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Graceling by Kristen Cashore

Thursday, March 18, 2010

New YA books!

Here's the list of the newest additions to the YA collection:

Fiction:
The Secret Year by Jennifer R. Hubbard
The Other Side of Blue by Valerie O. Patterson
Pendragon: The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale
The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
Fearless FBI: Naked Eye by Francine Pascal
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Gone by Lisa McMann
Nothing by Janne Teller
Ashes by Kathryn Lasky
Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
Fallen by Lauren Kate
These Boots are Made for Stalking: A Clique Novel by Lisi Harrison
Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson


Nonfiction:
Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money: getting smart about making it, saving it and spending it by Jessica Blatt
Eating Disorders by Lauri S. Friedman
Outsourcing by David M. Haugen, Susan Musser, & Kacy Lovelace, eds.
The Spies of Mississippi: the true story of the spy agency that tried to destroy the civil rights movement by Rick Bowers

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Teen Tech Week

Teen Tech Week is March 7-13, and to help us celebrate, Rosen Publishing is offering a free trial to their Teen Health and Wellness database! Access is available now through April 15, 2010. Login at www.teenhealthandwellness.com using the following:

username: teentech
password: teentech