JUNE...

Follow these links to books at your library and information on gardening. June is Perennial Gardening Month and National Rose Month.

It is also Dairy Month and Turkey Lovers' Month! Follow the links to hundreds of recipes and nutrition tips.

Famous anniversaries in June include:
Births: Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926), Richard Scarry (June 5, 1919), Dean Martin (June 7, 1917), Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867), Cole Porter (June 9, 1891), Vince Lombardi (June 11, 1913), George H. W. Bush (June 12, 1924), Anne Frank (June 12, 1929), William Butler Yeats (June 13, 1865), Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (June 17, 1882), Lou Gehrig (June 19, 1903), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906), George Orwell (June 25, 1903), Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819), Pearl S. Buck (June 26, 1892), Helen Keller (June 27, 1880), Bob Keeshan (June 27, 1927)

Weddings: Duke of Windsor (June 3, 1937)

Deaths: Robert F. Kennedy (June 5, 1968), Cochise (June 8, 1874)

Events of Historic Significance: Susan B. Anthony fined for voting (June 6, 1872), First Drive-in Movie opens (June 6, 1933), D-Day (June 6, 1944), VCR introduced (June 7, 1975), Flag Day (June 14, 1777), Warren G. Harding becomes first President to broadcast on radio (June 14, 1922), PSYCHO film premiere (June 16, 1960), Lizzie Borden verdict (June 20, 1893), Battle of Okinawa ends (June 21, 1945), United Nations Charter signed (June 26, 1945), Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919), Interstate highway system born (June 29, 1956)

Pearl Public Library Update

Pearl Public Library will be closed until further notice while the staff is getting ready to move into the new building. Library programs have been canceled until June 13. If you need assistance with checking out or returning materials, please call or visit your nearest library.

The New York Times Best Sellers @ your library

Hardcover Fiction:

• HONEYMOON, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. An F.B.I. agent who is investigating a beautiful and mysterious woman finds himself becoming obsessed with her.
• THE RISING, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. The Prince of Darkness chooses a Romanian woman to be the mother of the Antichrist.
• IMPOSSIBLE, by Danielle Steel. A romance blossoms between the owner of a Parisian art gallery and a bohemian painter.
• THE BROKER, by John Grisham. The C.I.A. arranges a presidential pardon for a power broker who may know crucial secrets, laying a trap for the foreign intelligence service that wants him dead.
• THE DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown. The murder of a curator at the Louvre leads to a trail of clues found in the work of Leonardo and to the discovery of a centuries-old secret society.
• THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $19.95.) An old man who died while trying to rescue a little girl from danger discovers that all will be explained to him in the afterlife.
• VANISHING ACTS, by Jodi Picoult. A woman who undertakes search-and-rescue missions in rural New Hampshire discovers that she herself has been a missing person for nearly 30 years.
• PRINCE OF FIRE, by Daniel Silva. Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and an occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, investigates a terrorist bombing in Rome.
• PREP, by Curtis Sittenfeld. A scholarship student from South Bend, Ind., encounters a world of privilege when she attends an expensive boarding school in Massachusetts.
• SHADOW OF THE GIANT, by Orson Scott Card. The latest entry in the "Ender" science fiction series.
• SURVIVOR IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. In 2059, Lt. Eve Dallas has an eyewitness to the brutal murder of a family: the sole survivor, a 9-year-old girl; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
• STATE OF FEAR, by Michael Crichton. Reverse eco-terrorists create natural disasters to convince the public that global warming is real.
• THE FORGOTTEN MAN, by Robert Crais. The Los Angeles private eye Elvis Cole searches for the truth about his father.
• BLOOD MEMORY, by Greg Iles. A forensic scientist probes recent killings as well as a decades-old crime — the murder of her father.
• THE KILLING CLUB, by Marcie Walsh with Michael Malone. A police detective investigates the deaths of friends of hers from high school.
• MISSING PERSONS, by Stephen White. The psychologist Alan Gregory looks for a young girl who has either run away or been abducted.

Hardcover Nonfiction

• BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. The author of "The Tipping Point" explores the importance of hunch and instinct to the workings of the mind.
• AMERICA (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin and David Javerbaum. "The Daily Show" offers a lavishly illustrated parody of a civics textbook.
• COLLAPSE, by Jared Diamond. A historical investigation, by the author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel," into why some societies succeed while others fail.
• TAKING HEAT, by Ari Fleischer. A White House memoir by President Bush's former press secretary.
• GOD'S POLITICS, by Jim Wallis. An evangelical Christian argues that Democrats must "take back the faith" and not allow conservative Republicans to hijack the Bible.
• 102 MINUTES, by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn. Two journalists at The New York Times describe people's struggle to survive inside the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
• WITNESS, by Amber Frey. A memoir by the California massage therapist who testified for the prosecution in the murder trial of Scott Peterson.

If you need further help finding something to read, check out CMRLS Reader's Advisory pages...or, just ask a librarian!

Get in the mood for GREEN!

Saint Patrick's Day is March 17, when even those of us without Irish roots tend to skip a little and maybe even hope for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

You can listen to the music of Ireland, get a leprechaun book to read to your child, find videos and books on travel in Ireland, read about the history of Ireland, try an authentic Irish recipe, or read a book of fiction set in Ireland @ your library.

And, as always if you don't find what you are looking for...ask a librarian!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from CMRLS!

Reading Recommendations by CMRLS Staff

• Bayou, by Pamela Jekel - This is one of my favorite historical fictions about Louisiana. It goes into the history of Cajuns and covers four generations of women. It's a wonderful saga that teaches you much about the history of our sister state. (S., Lake)
• Night Fall, by Nelson Demille - This story is based on true events concerning the crash of TWA Flight 800 that went down on July 17, 1996, south of Long Island, New York. Fast moving, and thought provoking, with a very engaging main character. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. (M., D'Lo)
• Wind Singer: An Adventure, by William Nicholson (Wind of Fire series) - A young adult series, I'm looking forward to reading them all. (A., Flowood)
• Praying God's Word: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds, by Beth Moore - Great! (A., Flowood)
• Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctor's First Year of Practice in the Smokey Mountains, by Walt Larimore - It is the story of a doctor's first year of practice in the Smoky Mountains. Since it is about his actual experiences, the feelings seem very real and down to earth. I had a ver good feeling after reading this book. There is good in the world and in the medical profession. (L., Brandon)
• A Year Down Yonder; A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories; The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts, by Richard Peck - Great juvenile books! (J., Raleigh)
• Leave Me Where I Lie, by Ellen Williamson - Ms. Williamson is a Mississippi writer who grew up in the state and based this, her first novel, on the life of her grandmother who lived at the turn of the 20th century in a small, rural Mississippi town. Williamson does a wonderful job of bring her characters to life on the page, and the reader becomes completely involved in the wonderful and somewhat tragic story. 5 stars!!!!! (D., Richland)

*****Ellen Williamson will discuss her book at the Richland Public Library on Thursday, April 14, 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend.*****

More staff picks will follow. And as always, if you need help...just, ask a Librarian!

March is...

Follow the links to websites or material in the CMRLS catalog for more information on these subjects:

March is Red Cross Month, Financial Security Month, National Craft Month, Women's History Month, Nutrition Month, Music in Our Schools Month, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month, Mental Retardation Awareness Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, Frozen Food Month, Talk with Your Teen about Sex Month, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Play the Recorder Month, Poison Prevention Awareness Month, Rosacea Awareness Month, Save Your Vision Month, Youth Art Month

Mar. 1, 1864 - Yellowstone National Park Established
Mar. 2, 1904 - "Dr. Seuss" (Theodor Geisel) Born and Read Across America Day
Mar. 3, 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell Born
Mar. 4 - Hug a GI Day
Mar. 5-20 - Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Mar. 6-12 - Girl Scout Week
Mar. 7, 1933 - Monopoly Invented
Mar. 8 - Organize Your Home Office Day
Mar. 9, 1959 - Barbie Debuts
Mar. 10, 1913 - Harriet Tubman Died
Mar. 11, 1918 - Pandemic of 1918 Hits U.S.
Mar. 12, 1922 - Jack Kerouac Born
Mar. 13, 1887 - Earmuffs Patented
Mar. 14, 1950 - "10 Most Wanted" List Debuts
Mar. 15, 1783 - Washington's Address to Continental Army Officers
Mar. 16, 1827 - Black Press Day: Anniversary of the First Black Newspaper
Mar. 17 - Saint Patrick's Day
Mar. 18, 1927 - George Plimpton Born
Mar. 19 - National Quilting Day
Mar. 20 - Palm Sunday
Mar. 21, 1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach Born
Mar. 22 - American Diabetes Association Alert Day
Mar. 23, 1987 - "The Bold and the Beautiful" Premiers
Mar. 24, 1874 - Harry Houdini Born
Mar. 25, 1911 - Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Mar. 26, 1911 - Tennessee Williams Born
Mar. 27 - Easter Sunday
Mar. 28, 1881 - "Greatest Show on Earth" Formed
Mar. 29, 1848 - Niagara Falls Runs Dry
Mar. 30, 1858 - Pencil Patented
Mar. 31, 1943 - Oklahoma! Broadway Premiere

Need any help finding information? Ask a librarian!

Music for Valentine's Day!

These are just a few titles found in the CD collection @ your library. Click the title and request one of these; but, make sure you have your library card and "PIN" number with you.

Make this a musical Valentine's Day!

Julio Iglesias in Concert
Best of Johnny Mathis, 1975-1980
Moon River, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
Barry Manilow Live
The Platters
Slow Dancing the Night Away
The Ink Spots: Prisoner of Love
Roger Whittaker: All Time Heart Touching Favorites
Engelbert Humperdinck Sings Ballads
With All My Love...Just for You
Hooked on Romance
Lena Horne: Love Songs
Sentimental Favorites
My Secret Heart: Songs of the Parlour, Stage, and Silver Screen
Tony Bennett Sings Rodgers & Hart Songs
Love and Inspiration
My Eyes Adored You and Other Hits, Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons
All You Need is Love, Canadian Brass
Blue Valentines: from Blue Note with Love
It's All So New, Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

Happy Valentine's Day from CMRLS!

Fifty Years Ago...

1955
The play Bus Stop, by William Inge, opened at the Music Box Theater in NewYork.
Reserve the video!

The play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , by Tennessee Williams, opened on Broadway.
Reserve the video!

Ford Motor Company introduced the Thunderbird to compete with GM's Corvette.
Check out these titles:
100 Years on the Road: A Social History of the Car, by Raymond Flower & Michael Wynn.
How a Car is Built, video for ages 4-12
The Complete History of General Motors, by Richard Longworth
Natchez Trace Parkway: A Road Through the Wilderness: History & Self-guided Tour, audio

Special K, the Kellogg fat-free toasted cereal made its debut.
Check out these titles:
The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook: Eating Well for Better Health
Nutrition for Dummies, by Carol Ann Rinzler

The Detroit Red Wings won the hockey Stanley Cup.
Check out these titles:
Hockey: A History of the Fastest Game on Ice, by Mark Stewart
Hockey for Dummies, by John Davidson
The Concise Encyclopedia of Hockey, by M. R. Carroll

U. S. President Ike Eisenhower had a heart attack.
Check out these titles:
50 Ways to a Healthy Heart, by Christian Barnard
Before It Happens to You: A Breakthrough Program for Reversing or Preventing Heart Disease, by Jonathan S. Bernstein
Heart Diseases for Dummies, by James M. Rippe
Dwight D. Eisenhower, by Tom Wicker

Joe DiMaggio was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Check out these titles:
The American Classic: The World Series at 100, by Ken Leiker
The Book of Baseball Literacy, by David H. Martinez
DiMaggio: Setting the Record Straight, by Morris Engelberg & Marv Schneider

These facts were found at http://www.decades.com. Check it out! What happened the year you were born? Do you share a birthday with someone famous or infamous? See your local librarian if you are looking for further information on any subject!

Best of 2004

It seems that "best of" lists are created each January for just about anything. Google has many lists of best movies of 2004. The Washington Post names the best pictures of the year, USA Today names the top 100 people of 2004, and for a list of lists for 2004, click here!

Books that can be found at your library that have made the Best of 2004 lists at Borders, The New York Times, A & E, Time, and National Public Radio are:

FICTION
The Plot Against America, Philip Roth
Aloft, Chang-Rae Lee
Birds Without Wings, Louis De Bernieres
The Dew Breaker, Edwidge Danticat
The Egyptologist, Arthur Phillips
A Good Year, Peter Mayle
I Am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe
Little Children: A Novel, Tom Perrotta
A Salty Piece of Land, Jimmy Buffett
Something Rotten: A Thursday Next Novel, Jasper Fforde
The Summer Guest, Justin Cronin
D. B., Elwood Reid
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
The Game: A Mary Russell Novel, Laurie R. King
Brimstone, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
Shadow of Saganami, David Weber
Going Postal, Terry Pratchett
Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear
The Forest Lover, Susan Vreeland

AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTION
Better Than I Know Myself, Virginia DeBerry
Drive Me Crazy, Eric Jerome Dickey
Gotham Diaries, Tonya Lewis-Lee
Bling: A Novel, Erica Kennedy
Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart: A Novel, Alice Walker
Player Haters, Carl Weber
Pushkin and the Queen of Spades: A Novel, Alice Randall
Somebody's Gotta Be on Top, Mary B. Morrison
Too Much of a Good Thing, Kimberla Lawson Roby

NON FICTION
Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow
Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan
Washington's Crossing, David Hackett Fischer
American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracy, Michael W. Kauffman
The Gourmet Cookbook: More Than 1000 Recipes, Edited by Ruth Reichl
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris
The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain, Alice Weaver Flaherty
My Life, Bill Clinton
American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, Kevin Phillips
In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat in Iraq, Rick Atkinson
Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the 20th Century, Lauren Slater

Holiday Books and Videos for Children!

Are you looking for a great children's book or video for your child? Or a grandchild visiting for the holidays? Try one of these, or ask your librarian for help finding just the right item.

Just click the title you are interested in and you will be taken directly to the online catalog where you may request the item be held for you! Make sure you have your library card and PIN (Personal Identification Number) you gave when you registered for your library card.

Christmas:
Santa's Short Suit Shrunk and Other Christmas Tongue Twisters, by Nola Buck
The Stars Came out at Christmas, by William Boniface
Christmas Tails (Disney 102 Dalmations), by Frank Berrios
The Star of Christmas, by Cindy Kenney
The Best Christmas, by Jane Mason and Sarah Hines Stephens
The Newborn King: The Story of the First Christmas, by Allia Zobel-Nolan
One Enchanted Christmas, by Colleen Charleston

Kwanzaa:
K is for Kwanzaa: A Kwanzaa Alphabet, by Juwanda G. Ford
It's Kwanzaa Time, by Linda & Clay Goss
Seven Candles for Kwanzaa, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Celebrating Kwanzaa, by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Kwanzaa, by Dorothy Rhodes Freeman & Dianne M. MacMillan
Kwanzaa, by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate

Hanukkah:
My First Hanukkah Board Book, edited by Claire Lister
Pearl's Eight Days of Chanukah, by Jane Breskin Zalben
A Hanukkah Treasury, by Eric Kimmel
Eight Days of Hanukkah: A Holiday Step Book, by Harriet Ziefert
Celebrating Hanukkah, by Shelly Nielsen
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, by Jenny Koralek

Videos:
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Merry Christmas Little Bill
Barney's Christmas Star
Caillou's Holidays
The Night Before Christmas
Dora the Explorer Christmas!
The Star of Christmas
Bob's White Christmas
Very Merry Pooh Year
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Franklin's Magic Christmas
The Year without a Santa Claus
Jingle Bells
Yule Be Wiggling!
Wiggly Wiggly Christmas

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from CMRLS!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving @ your library:

Check out the Online Catalog, Rosie's Web, for holiday books.
Would you like to find a book with new holiday recipes to try? Read a story or get a true picture of that first Thanksgiving? Find something to keep little hands busy for the holidays?


And on the web:

Would you like to read about those souls that braved the new world, try MayflowerHistory.com, or just find out what they ate, try The 1621 Thanksgiving.

Whether you are traditional or avant-garde when it comes to holiday meals, there is something here for everyone!
Thanksgiving Recipes at About.com

Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes and Holiday Cooking Tips at RecipeLink.com

Thanksgiving Recipes from America’s Past

Also try, ButterBall.com, KraftFoods.com, AllRecipes.com, iChef.com, cdKitchen.com, and FoodNetwork.com.

And, if you still can't find the perfect turkey or pumpkin pie recipe, try Google.com. Over 500,000 turkey recipes are found when you type in
turkey +recipe and 52,800 when you type in "pumpkin pie" +recipe!

Are you counting calories this holiday? Let Good Housekeeping help with that chore, Thanksgiving Food Calorie Calculator.

Are you looking for crafts, games, and kid-friendly recipes for the little ones during the holiday?
Thanksgiving Recipes, Crafts, and Games from FamilyFun.com

Happy Thanksgiving from CMRLS!

Veterans Day

Information links:

• Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Day Homepage.
• Veterans' statistics, Medal of Honor, history of the holiday and much more: from InfoPlease, All the knowledge you need.
• From the U. S. Army Center of Military History: Veterans Day history.
• Send an eCard to commemorate Veterans Day: free eCards for every occassion, including Veterans Day!
• Veteran Information from the U. S. Census Bureau: Facts for features series.
• Veterans History Project: collects and preserves the extraordinary wartime stories of ordinary people. Vivid as if they happened yesterday, these heartfelt accounts make us laugh, cry and remember. The stories are not a formal history of war, but a treasure trove of individual feeling and personal recollections. Through stories, we can form a personal connection with the storyteller and begin to truly know and understand the human experience.
• Celebrating America's Freedoms: is a collection of stories about some of America ’s most beloved customs and national symbols. Topics include the history of "Taps," the Pledge of Allegiance, gun salutes, the correct method for displaying and folding the American flag and many more. Educators, students and others should find this collection informative and helpful when researching or planning activities for national observances such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day and Flag Day.