Archive for December, 2008
Writing Workshop for Kids
Get ready for the second annual Denton Writes Creative Writing Contest by attending our writing workshop series where you can work on your poetry and prose.
Local writer Bonnie Allmond will host a series of workshops for children in grades 3-6 at the North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust, at 2:00 pm on January 10, 17, 24, 31 and February 14 and 28. This workshop series will help children start the writing process and polish their work in time to submit to the contest in April.
You must pre-register for these programs by calling 940-349-8752 or by visiting the reference desk at the North Branch. Space is limited, so sign up now!
Add comment December 30, 2008
New Year’s Resolutions
Do you have a resolution for the New Year? I think mine will be to get more organized, clean and finally finish unpacking from a move that happened five months ago. Anybody else craving more organization? Here are some resources that could help:
Christopher Lowell’s Seven Layers of Organization by Christopher Lowell
Designed to Order: Stylish Solutions to Organize Your Home by CJ Petersen
The One-Minute Cleaner: Plain and Simple by Donna Smallin
Organizing Your Life: Declutter Your Mind to Declutter Your World by Sandra Felton
Simplify Your Space: Create Order and Reduce Stress by Marcia Ramsland
Weekend Makeover: Take Your Home From Messy to Magnificent in Only 48 Hours by Don Aslett
-Dana Zakrzewski
Add comment December 26, 2008
Newly released DVDs you can put holds on…
1. Appaloosa
3. Body of Lies
4. The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas
5. Changeling
7. High School Musical 3: Senior Year
8. Max Payne
10. Pride and Glory
11. Quarantine
12. Religulous
13. Saw V
15. Sex Drive
16. Tell No One
17. W.
Add comment December 19, 2008
Perfect for the Holiday Season!
In 1974, the Canadian horror film Black Christmas hit the theatres and not only brought terror to the Holiday season, but revolutionized North American horror cinema in the process. Though, film history has generally giving John Carpenter’s Halloween the credit of creating the North American slasher film archetype, many film critics, film historians and horror fans recognize Black Christmas, which was released four years prior to Halloween, as the first film to set the slasher precedent for North American horror cinema.
[The Italian horror film genre Giallo is generally recognized as being the first wave of the slasher genre, but more on Giallo later!]
The Denton Public Library currently has the 2006 Black Christmas remake in our DVD collection:
The Austin Chronicle has a nice review of the film from its release year in 06:
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-Andrew
North Branch Library
Add comment December 15, 2008
Be a Pet Santa!
Want to help out the less fortunate animals in Denton? Come down to the Emily Fowler Library and pick a Christmas card off of our Christmas tree. Each card features an animal at the Animal Shelter that is available for adoption.
If you can’t bring one of these beautiful animals home with you, you can read over the suggestions for donated items– things like old towels, blankets, pet beds, canned food, dry food, cat litter (cheap clay kind) and all sorts of pet toys. Bring your donations back to the Library and we will take them to Denton Animal Services to make their Christmas brighter.
4 comments December 12, 2008
Jingle Jingle
It’s winter time and Horse and Cat and Dog and Pig and Duck are back for some snowy fun! See what what kind of adventure they fall into in Jingle-Jingle, Nicola Smee’s predictable, but fun follow up to Clip-Clop. Smee’s short and energetic read-aloud encourages preschoolers to participate in the reading as they cheer on their animal friends to sled faster and faster!
-Dana Zakrzewski
Add comment December 9, 2008
2009-2010 Bluebonnet Nominees
Last month, the 2009-2010 of Bluebonnet nominees were announced. Get an early start and check them out of the DPL!
The Penderwicks on Gardham Street by Jeanne Birdsall
Surprises According to Humphrey by Betty Birney
Frogs by Nic Bishop
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy
The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman
The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating by AW Flaherty
Piper Reed: Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt
What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World and Drove her Father Teddy Crazy! by Barbara Kerley
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, Schools, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
Two-Minute Drill by Mike Lupica
Yum! MmMm! Que Rico!: America’s Sproutings by Pat Mora
The Hound of Rowan by Henry H. Neff
We are the Ship: The Story of the Negro Baseball League by Kadir Nelson
Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport
Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman
Maybelle in the Soup by Katie Speck
Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli
Help Me, Mr. Mutt by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
Someone Named Eva by Joan Wolf3 comments December 9, 2008
New DVD’s you can put a hold on….
1. Blindness
2. Bottle Shock
4. College
5. The Express
6. Fireproof
8. Igor
10. Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
11. Righteous Kill
12. The Rocker
13. Rocknrolla
14. Soul Men
15. Zach & Miri
Add comment December 4, 2008
