7 Things Only Kids Who Practically Grew Up in a library can understand

Interesting Article from a person who grew up at a library.  "Latch Key Library"
http://www.bustle.com/articles/44205-7-things-only-kids-who-practically-grew-up-in-a-library-can-understand

New Junior Nonfiction Books

 

Catastrophic Events of the 2000s

Craig E. Blohm

The Ancient Greek Economy

Henry Bensinger

 



 

Martin de Leon: Tejano Empresario

Judy Alter

 

Obama: The Historic Journey

Jill Abramson

 

Separate Is Never Equal

Duncan Tonatiuh

 

A Special Friend

Laura Matuszewski



New Picture Books

 

The Pigeon Needs a Bath

Mo Willems

 

 

Norman Speak!

Caroline Adderson & Qin Leng

 

 

All Different Now

Angela Johnson

 

 

About Birds

Sobre los Pajaros

Cathryn Sill

 

 

 You will be my Friend!

Peter Brown

 

 

Out of the Night

Lola M. Schaefer

Moonlight

Helen V. Griffith

 

Cowboy Same and the Confounded Secrets

by Kitty Griffin and Kathy Combs

 

Your New Jett- Pup

by David Gordon

 

Some Pig!

E.B. White

 

 

New Young Adult Books

 

 

Night World

by L.J. Smith

 

 

 

Divine by Blood

P.C. Cast

 

Tempted

A House of Night Novel

P.C. and Kristin Cast

 

 

Last Sacrifice

A Vampire Academy Novel

Richelle Mead

 

 

 

 

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

Ally Carter

 

Only the Good Spy Young

Ally Carter

 

 





New DC Comics

 

 

New DC Comic Books

 

Super Girl

 Super Man

Justice League

Batman

Green Lantern

Young Justice

 

Never Judge a Book by its Movie



 

Judith Viorst's children's book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, has been made into a movie to be released on October 10th.

 

What is your favorite book that has been made into a movie?

Banned Book Week

 

Banned Book Week:

Celebrating the Freedom to Read 

September 21-27 

Come find a challenged or banned book to read at the library!

More information can be found at: http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek

 

 

New Arrivals for Children

Super Sniffers: Dog Detectives on the Job

by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

 

 
 

 

Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever

by Judith Viorst
  



Mister Bud Wears the Cone

by Carter Goodrich

 

 

Mi Dragon y Yo

by David Biedrzycki

 

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Tocker Foundation grant to digitize Advocate, sister papers - Your Houston News: News

Tocker Foundation grant to digitize Advocate, sister papers - Your Houston News: News

New Large Print Arrivals

Tom Clancy, a Campus Novel, Support and Defend by Mark Greaney
Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke
Cut and Thrust, a Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart Woods
Fast Track by Julie Garwood

New Arrivals

Sniper's Honor by Stephen Hunter, Resistant by Michael Palmer, Cyador's Heirs by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., and Borderline by Lawrence Block.

Summer reading program kicking off with ‘Fizz, Boom, Read’ - Your Houston News: News

Summer reading program kicking off with ‘Fizz, Boom, Read’ - Your Houston News: News

Fizz, Boom, Read!

Pum, Puff, Leer SRP 2014 Promo Spanish

New Arrivals

Good Call by Jase Robertson, People of the Morning Star by W. Michael Gear, The three Emperors by William Dietrich, Starfire by Dale Brown, Undetected by Dee Henderson, The Painter by Peter Heller, Border War by Lou Dobbs, Field of Prey by John Sandford, Death at the door by Carolyn Hart, Prayer by Philip Kerr, Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot by Ace Atkins, King of the weeds by Mickey Spillane, Midnight crossroad by Charlaine Harris, Unlucky 13 by James Patterson.

New Arrivals

New book arrivals......Family Affair by Fern Michaels, Target by David Baldacci, Live to see Tomorrow by Iris Johansen, Thornlost by Melanie Rawn.

1st box of 16 new arrivals

First box of new books. Carnal Curiosity, Cauldron of Ghost, Miss Julias Marvelous Makeover, Night Diver and Northanger Abbey.

Texas Library Annual Conference in San Antonio

Last week I attended the Annual Texas Library Conference in San Antonio.  While there I was able to meet some great authors.  James Patterson, John Erickson aka Hank the Cowdog, and Henry Winkler.  Now to process the 16 boxes of books waiting for to hit the shelves.

New Arrivals

New arrivals ready for checkout...
Death come quickly,
Destroyer angel,
Duck Commander Devotional,
Games creatures play,
Iron daughter,
Iron knight,
Iron queen,
I've got you under my skin,
Killing floor,
King,
Miss Kays Duck Commander Kitcher,
Murder she wrote aloha betrayed,
No easy day,
Peacemaker,
Sensible arrangement,
Songs of Christmas,
Women of Duck Commander,
Plain paradise,
Plain perfect,
Plain promise,
Plain pursuit
The Croods - Video
Despicable Me 2 - Video
Alpine Yeoman,
Death on blackheath,
High crime area,
NYPD Red 2,
Waking the dead,
4 Friends.

New Arrivals

Alpine Yeoman, Death on Blackheath, High Crime Area, NYPD 2, Waking the dead, 4 Friends, Plain Paradise, Plain, Perfect, Plain Promise, Plain Pursuit, Croods, Despicable Me 2.

Are you ready for the SUMMER!!!

We are gearing up for the Summer Reading Program. We will be starting the program June 18th. Events will be every Wednesday. So pack your lunches and stay the day! We will be posting more later.

New Audio Books

Murder past due by D. R. Meredith
The Pink Magnolia Club by Geralyn Dawson
Blame it on Texas by Christie Craig
This Girl by Colleen Hoover
In a fix by Linda Grimes
Cowboy take me away by Jane Graves

New movies

Much anticipated Downton Abbey season 4 is here, along with The Book Thief, Gravity and Captain Philips.

New Book Titles

The library just received in Be careful what you wish for by Jeffrey Archer, Mix and Match guide to companion planting by Josie Jeffery, Night of the hunter by R. A. Salvatore, Power play by Danielle Steel, and Stone cold by C. J. Box.

New Large Print Titles

A stillness of chimes by Meg Moseley

Wildwood Creek by Lisa Wingate

Susanna’s Dream by Marta Perry

It had to be you by Susan May Warren

Do or die by Suzanne Brockman

A star for Mrs. Blake by April Smith

The Purity of vengeance by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Vicious Circle by Wilbur Smith

The second chance café by Alison Kent

Temptation by Sherryl Woods

Dandy Gilver and a bothersome number of corpses

Plain murder by Emma Miller

Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen

Jeeves and the wedding bells by Sebastian Faulks

New DVD's

We have a few new arrivals to the collection.

The Lone Ranger, Marvel Iron Man 3, Star Trek into darkness, Murdoch Mysteries, and Inspector Morse.

New Arrivals March 4, 2014

The library has some new arrivals of books.

Blackberry pie murder by Joanne Fluke

Kiss and tell by Fern Michaels

Trouble in mind Jeffrey Deaver

A Kings Ransom by Sahron Kay Penman

The Kindred of Darkness by Barbara Hambly

Steeped in evil by Laura Childs

Where courage calls by Janette Oke

Bootlegger by Clive Cussler

Job Fair

TDCJ Job fair Friday March 7, 2014 9am-6pm

Library opening Late March 4, 2014

Due to inclement weather the library will open March 4, 2014 @ 10am.

New Adult Titles

The Chase by Janet Evanovich and Death of a policeman by M.C. Beaton

TDCJ Job Fair

TDCJ Job Fair will be held at the Austin Memorial Library March 3, 2014 9:00am - 6:00pm.

Affordable Care Act: Information & Guidance

Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is open.

Health Insurance Marketplace (healthcare.gov) is the primary tool for learning about the Marketplace, and to shop for and enroll in plans.

Marketplace coverage begins as early as January 1, 2014.

Telephone assistance for the Health Insurance Marketplace is available 24/7 – 1-800-318-2596

About the Health Insurance Marketplace

• The Health Insurance Marketplace is for people seeking insurance or who are uninsured. Generally, people who currently have insurance through their workplace, who have insurance through Medicaid, Medicare, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Tricare or the Veterans health care program are not the target of this open enrollment period.
   
• The Marketplace is a new way to find quality health coverage. Use it if you don’t have coverage now or if you do have coverage but want to look at other options.
   
• The Marketplace simplifies your search for health coverage by gathering the options available in your area in one place. You can compare plans based on price, benefits, and other features important to you before you make a choice. Plans will be presented in four categories – bronze, silver, gold, and platinum – to make comparing them easier.
   
• Insurance plans in the Marketplace are offered by private companies. They cover the same core set of benefits called essential health benefits. No plan can turn you away or charge you more because you have an illness or medical condition. They must cover treatments for these conditions. Plans can’t charge women more than men for the same plan. Many preventive services are covered at no cost to you.

Instructional Videos

This video introduces an interactive online application process for health coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace on HealthCare.gov. Using an example of a single man from Arizona, images of computer screens from the application unfold while a narrator explains the content of each screen. The program concludes with a printable summary of the application and an explanation of what benefits will be received.  

This video introduces the Marketplace enrollment process for health coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace on HealthCare.gov. Using the same individual from the Marketplace Application video as an example, the scenario continues, as he follows step-by-step instructions on how to find and enroll in a health plan. Images of computer screens from the Marketplace enrollment process unfold while a narrator explains the content of each screen. The program concludes with a successful completion of all enrollment steps, and how to contact the health plan to submit payment.

Find local application assistance

Visit LocalHelp.HealthCare.gov to find help in your area. You can search by city and state or zip code to see a list of local organizations with contact information, office hours, and types of help offered, such as non-English language support, Medicaid or CHIP, and Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP). These organizations are able to assist you in finding the kind of help that works for you.

Library staff cannot assist customers in completing the application or enrollment process, but can provide technology assistance in using the library’s public computers and printers. Librarians can also make referrals to local agencies with trained application assisters.