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MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS
by Mary Brown
Please consider adopting! We promise no diapers to change,
no 2 a.m. feedings and no dirty hands to wash. The library
is beginning an ADOPT A BOOK campaign…or , if you'd like,
ADOPT A VIDEO, or ADOPT A CD. Come in and see the list of "orphan"
books, videos and CD's that the library wants to welcome to its
home, but can't afford to. For a very reasonable donation,
you can "adopt" the book, video or CD, and we will
house it and take care of it for the rest of its life! Stop
by this week, look over the list of "orphans" waiting
to be adopted, and pick up your adoption papers at the circulation
desk. And if you don't see an orphan that's just right for you,
pick up a suggestion form at the desk; fill in your ideas for
a book, video, CD or other item you would like to see the library
purchase, and maybe even offer to help us purchase it.
You can probably tell that our local funds for purchasing
new books is running very low, but you can help us. You can
help increase state funding for libraries by writing to the local
office of Assemblyman William Magee, 214 Farrier Ave., Oneida,
NY 13421 and Senator Nancy Larraine Hoffmann, Senate Office Building,
Room 813, 33 E. Washington Street, Syracuse, NY 13202. In your
letters, ask that your legislators support the new bill for
increased financial support of public libraries in New York State.
Tell them that you support your local library and want them
to do so too by voting for this bill.
To prepare for the upcoming Young People's Poetry Week,
the library is sponsoring a Poetry Contest for children ages
8 - 12. Children can write and submit an original poem any time
between now and April 22nd. The box for poetry entries is
in the front hall of the library. When you submit your poem,
stop at the circulation desk and pick up your prize, just for
entering the contest. Winners will be announced the first week
in May.
Also in the front lobby this week is a new Mini - Sale of
gently used videos, thanks to a generous donation by Sautter's
Video Store. The videos are on sale for one dollar each or six
for five dollars.
April 6th is the date for the next Book Talk with Professor
Roxanna Pisiak. This one is a discussion of Barbara Kingsolver's
The Poisonwood Bible. You can sign out copies of the novel at
the circulation desk to prepare for this interesting evening.
A few new books have arrived this week. The Villa by popular
Nora Roberts heads the list. Set in Napa, California, this novel
focuses on two winemaking families, the threats against them,
and the romance of members of the two families. Roberts fans
will want to sign this out right away. Stephen King's Dreamcatcher
sees King return to his exciting tales of horror with a story
of bodysnatching aliens threatening to take over the planet.
Richard Rayner's The Cloud Sketcher is an historical epic
of politics, murder and the mob as well as of love, music and
the cruelty of fate. Plain Jane by Fern Michaels is a suspenseful
romance about Jane Lewis, a woman with a thriving psychiatric
practice, a popular radio call-in show, and the attentions of
one seriously attractive man. However, she is haunted by an
event from her past and by a ghost in her house, all of which
make for an entertaining page-turner.
James Patterson's First to Die is a clever kick-off to
his new series about the Women's Murder Club. This suspenseful
novel pits four San Francisco women professionals against a serial
killer who's stalking and murdering people on the happiest day
of their lives. As the women appear to have the case solved,
the tables are suddenly turned on them, and readers will never
guess what's coming! Lisa Scottline's The Vendetta Defense is
a legal thriller focusing on defendant, Pigeon Tony, who's on
trial for killing the man who destroyed his wife, his son and
daughter-in-law, and has threatened the life of his grandson.
When Tony tells his lawyer that this murder was a vendetta, a
justifiable payback for a blood crime, new complications quickly
come to the surface.
In nonfiction, David Fontana's The Secret Language of Dream
analyzes more than 50 major themes and symbols in dreams. Tudor
Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris tells and shows all about
16th century English Tudor clothing and accessories. Coleen
Hubbard's Big Purple Mommy is a book about mothers trying to
be creative while also being fully committed to raising great
kids. Any woman trying to balance nurturing themselves and their
own work with nurturing their children will enjoy this one.
Our fine listeners might want to sign out the new audiobook,
Omerta by Mario Puzo, or the wonderful new copy of "Requiem"
by Mozart CD.
Remember your ABC's this week --- Adopt a Book Campaign.
Those "orphan" books, videos, and CD's are waiting
for your support - and you can help them find a home right here
in your local library on Main Street.
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