Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Going Somewhere?
Are you planning a trip to Europe sometime soon? If so, you will be interested in three of our new books.
Are you curious about the history of diseases and their cure? Then you might want to check out our new book about smallpox written for younger readers.
Travel Books:
Fodor's Great Britain 914.2 Fodor's 2004
Fodor's France 914.4 Fodor's 2004
Fodor's Italy 914.5 Fodor's 2004
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Search for the Smallpox Vaccine by Albert Marrin J 614.5 Marrin
Thursday, October 16, 2003
A Slew of New
I have a whole slew of new titles to report. I will list the kids, teen, and adult books in that order.
If you click on a link, you can find, for most titles, a cover image, a summary, and reviews of the book. From that first page you can click on the "Return to Catalog" button to see locations for that title.
The listing below is title, author, and call number (where to find it on the shelves).
Toddler Books:
Who's that?: a peekaboo book by Richard Powell Toddler Powell v.4
Ruby's Tea for Two by Rosemary Wells Toddler Wells
Picture Books:
Butterflies for Kiri by Cathryn Falwell E Falwell
Moo Cow Kaboom! by Thatcher Hurd E Hurd
On Your Toes: A Ballet A B C by Rachel Isadora E Isadora
Lizard's Guest by George Shannon E Shannon
The Wild Wombat by Edo Weigelt E Weigelt
Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry! by Andrea Zimmerman E Zimmerman
Juvenile Fiction:
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng J Fiction Bing
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Vehicles & Vessels by W. Haden Blackman J 791.4375 Blackman
Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology by Bill Smith J 791.4375 Smith
Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids by Daniel Wallace J 791.4375 Wallace
Fiction:
The Bug: A Novel by Ellen Ullman Fiction Ullman (Rotation)
daughter's keeper by ayelet waldman Fiction Waldman (Rotation)
Lost Light by Michael Connelly Fiction Connelly
Non-Fiction:
Songcatchers: In Search of the World's Music by Mickey Hart 780.9 Hart
The Yogi Book: "I didn't really say everything I said!" by Yogi Berra 796.357 Berra
Reference:
Bay Area Breast Cancer Resource Guide Fourth Editon R 616.994 Bay 2003
If you click on a link, you can find, for most titles, a cover image, a summary, and reviews of the book. From that first page you can click on the "Return to Catalog" button to see locations for that title.
The listing below is title, author, and call number (where to find it on the shelves).
Toddler Books:
Who's that?: a peekaboo book by Richard Powell Toddler Powell v.4
Ruby's Tea for Two by Rosemary Wells Toddler Wells
Picture Books:
Butterflies for Kiri by Cathryn Falwell E Falwell
Moo Cow Kaboom! by Thatcher Hurd E Hurd
On Your Toes: A Ballet A B C by Rachel Isadora E Isadora
Lizard's Guest by George Shannon E Shannon
The Wild Wombat by Edo Weigelt E Weigelt
Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry! by Andrea Zimmerman E Zimmerman
Juvenile Fiction:
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng J Fiction Bing
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Vehicles & Vessels by W. Haden Blackman J 791.4375 Blackman
Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology by Bill Smith J 791.4375 Smith
Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids by Daniel Wallace J 791.4375 Wallace
Fiction:
The Bug: A Novel by Ellen Ullman Fiction Ullman (Rotation)
daughter's keeper by ayelet waldman Fiction Waldman (Rotation)
Lost Light by Michael Connelly Fiction Connelly
Non-Fiction:
Songcatchers: In Search of the World's Music by Mickey Hart 780.9 Hart
The Yogi Book: "I didn't really say everything I said!" by Yogi Berra 796.357 Berra
Reference:
Bay Area Breast Cancer Resource Guide Fourth Editon R 616.994 Bay 2003
Friday, October 03, 2003
E-n-c-y-c-l-o-p-e-d-i-a
I guess you would have had to grow up with the original Mickey Mouse Club (ancient TV times, when there was hardly such a thing as color TV (and those were terrible) let alone flat-fanel HDTV displays) to know the sing-a-long tune for that long and complicated word. Encyclopedia is a mouth full, but the online World Book Encyclopedia offered through the Marin County Free Library is full in other ways as well.
Besides the complete content of the printed version (available for use at the San Geronimo Valley Library) you can get quick access to a dictionary, a detailed atlas, and features such as "Behind The Headlines" and "What's Happening This Month." There is also a special, detailed "Features of the Month" and a "California resources" link with detailed information about many different aspects of California, past and present.
But don't take my word for (don't EVER just take someone's word "for it" (especially on the Internet where false information can easily look real)), check it out for yourself.
The World Book Online Reference Center is one of the many special information databases provided, free of charge, by your Marin County Free Library. I will be reporting on others periodically, but you can always explore them all yourself.
Besides the complete content of the printed version (available for use at the San Geronimo Valley Library) you can get quick access to a dictionary, a detailed atlas, and features such as "Behind The Headlines" and "What's Happening This Month." There is also a special, detailed "Features of the Month" and a "California resources" link with detailed information about many different aspects of California, past and present.
But don't take my word for (don't EVER just take someone's word "for it" (especially on the Internet where false information can easily look real)), check it out for yourself.
The World Book Online Reference Center is one of the many special information databases provided, free of charge, by your Marin County Free Library. I will be reporting on others periodically, but you can always explore them all yourself.
