New at the Library

as of Monday March 31, 2008

FICTION
The Ancient – R.A. Salvatore
The Monsters of Templeton – Lauren Groff
The Ghost War – Alex Berenson
Dakota – Martha Grimes

NON FICTION
Lip Smackin’ Vegetarian Backpackin’ – Christine and Tim Conners
Beyond Gorp – Yvonne Prater and Ruth Dyar Mendenhall with Kerry I. Smith

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
Tunnels – Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
Un Lun Dun – China Miéville
Horrible Histories: Awesome Egyptians – Terry Deary and Peter Hepplewhite
Horrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages – Terry Deary
Pizza Pizzazz! – Carol A. Losi
Ice Cream Everywhere! – Marjorie Blain Parker
Ming Lo Moves The Mountain – Arnold Lobel
The Amazing Compendium of Edward Magorium – N.E. Bode
Pirate Pearl – Phoebe Gilman
Playing in the Snow, Let’s Go! – Linda Kaszap, Margot Kaszap and Catherine Lachance
The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs – Phoebe Gilman
Flossie and the Fox – Patricia C. McKissack
Anansi The Spider – Gerald McDermott
The Legend of the Bluebonnet – retold by Tomie dePaola

Dual Language Books French-English
Not Again, Red Riding Hood!/Encore…le Petit Chaperon Rouge! – Kate Clynes & Louise Daykin
The Giant Turnip/Le Navet Géant – adapted by Henriette Barkow
Grandma’s Saturday Soup/La Soupe du Samedi de Grand-mère – Sally Fraser
The Pied Piper/Le Joueur de Flûte d’Hamelin – Henriette Barkow

French Language Books
L’exploit des Canadiens La Bataille de Vimy Avril 1917 – Hugh Brewster
Les araignées – Bobbie Kalman et Kathryn Smithyman
Ma tante Noël – Elise Primavera
Il a neigé, viens jouer! – Linda Kaszap, Margot Kaszap et Catherine Lachance

New Radio Program on the Alberta Literary Scene

Check out CKUA Radio's program "Bookmark" dedicated to exploring the Alberta literary scene. The program airs Sundays 12:30pm to 1:00pm with all programs archived at www.ckua.org/bookmark .

This week, Sunday March 23, will feature the "Check Out the Writer!" project.
http://writersguild.ab.ca/news/documents/Meet-the-Writers.pdf This joint project between the library Association of Alberta and the Writers Guild of Alberta puts Writers-in-Residence at 7 regional libraries.

Our regional library, YRL, has Joan Marie Galat as our Writer-in-Residence. Joan will be coming to Jasper to run a creative writing workshop in May. In the meantime please check out her website at http://www.joangalat.com/

For more information on this exciting partnership please drop by the library.

New at the Library

as of Monday March 24, 2008

FICTION
City of the Sun – David Levien
A Prisoner of Birth – Jeffery Archer
Change of Heart – Jodi Picoult
Stranger in Death – J.D. Robb
Where the Heart Leads – Stephanie Laurens

NON FICTION
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth – The Boston Women’s Health book Collective
All New Square Foot Gardening – Mel Bartholomew
The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food – Tanya L.K. Denckla

AUDIO BOOK
The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman

DVD
Peter Wright’s Production of The Nutcracker
L’Orfeo
The Royal Ballet Romeo and Juliet
The Kirov Ballet Swan Lake
Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Palin

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman
Montmorency: A Thief, Liar, Gentleman? – Eleanor Updale
Catwings – Ursula K. Le Guin
Catwings Return – Ursula K. Le Guin
Supertwins Meet the Bad Dogs From Space – B.J. James
Big Bob and the Winter Holiday Potato – Daniel Pinkwater
Bone #7: Ghost Circles – Jeff Smith
Look at Me – Robert Munsch
Come On, Rain – Karen Hesse
Library Mouse – Daniel Kirk
Dooby Dooby Moo – Doreen Cronin

New at the Library

as of Monday March 17, 2008

FICTION
Lady Killer – Lisa Scottoline
Gardens of Water – Alan Drew
Remember Me? – Sophie Kinsella
The Reserve – Russell Banks
Beginner’s Greek – James Collins
The Killing Ground – Jack Higgins
The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis – Jack Whyte

NON FICTION
Green for Life – Gillian Deacon
The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
The Violin by Rachel Shtibel and A Child’s Testimony by Adam Shtibel
Getting Out Alive by Tommy Dick
Spring’s End by John Freund
Bits and Pieces by Henia Reinhartz

AUDIO BOOK
Gardens of Water – Alan Drew
Lady Killer – Lisa Scottoline

DVD
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain – Verna Aardema
The Three Little Javelinas – Susan Lowell
Does a Kangeroo Have a Mother, Too? – Eric Carle
Dear Canada: A Rebel’s Daughter – Janet Lunn
Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land – Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Dear Canada: The Death of My Country – Maxine Trottier
Dear Canada: Not a Nickle to Spare – Perry Nodelman
Dear Canada: Brothers Far from Home – Jean Little
Dear Canada: No Safe Harbour – Julie Lawson
Dear Canada: Turned Away – Carol Matas
The Bar Code Tattoo – Suzanne Weyn
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie – Jordan Sonnenblick
Initial D vol. 1 – Shuichi Shigeno
Before Green Gables – Budge Wilson

New at the Library

As of Monday March 10, 2008

FICTION
At A Loss For Words – Diane Schoemperlen
By My Side – Nora Roberts
Crimson Eve – Brandilyn Collins
The Palace of Illusions – Chita Banerjee Divakaruni
The Secret Between Us – Barbara Delinsky
L.A. Outlaws – T. Jefferson Parker

NON FICTION
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe – Bill Bryson
Charitable Giving Law Made Easy – Bruce R. Hopkins
Teach Yourself Visually: Microsoft Office Excel 2007 – Nancy C. Muir

AUDIO BOOK
Mad Dash – Patricia Gaffney

CDs
Hello Love - The Be Good Tanyas
Invincible Summer – k.d. lang
Duets: Friends & Legends – Anne Murray

DVDs
Jane Austin’s Mansfield Park
Jane Austin’s Persuasion

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
The Good Luck Glasses – Sara London
The Creepy Computer Mystery – Elizabeth Levy
Lego Knights’ Kingdom: The Grand Tournament – Daniel Lipkowitz
Lego Knights’ Kingdom: Search for the King – Daniel Lipkowitz
I Know a Rhino – Charles Fuge
Rap A Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles – Think of That! – Leo & Diane Dillon
Silly Sally – Audrey Wood
Let’s Go Visiting – Sue Williams