Thought for today!

There's A Book In My Nook #1

Marcie's Picks:
"Teen" Spirit by Francesca Lia Block in the Young Adult Department
"Beauty" by Nancy Ohlin in the Young Adult Department

Karen's Picks:
"Locomotive" by Brian Floca in the Children's Department
"Paul Revere and the Brave Pilgrims" by Rush Limbaugh in the Juvenile Department
"Apollo 13" starring Kevin Bacon, Tom Hanks, and Gary Sinise in the AV Department

Come Skype with Nancy Ohlin!

Come join us Wednesday, April 23rd at 4:00pm to skype with young adult/juvenile author Nancy Ohlin.  Nancy is the author of "Beauty" and "Thorn Abbey", both young adult books, and the "Greetings from Somewhere" juvenile series.  This event is open to all ages!

Weekly Blog Picks for April 21st

Books of the Week:
The Umbrella by Jan Brett in the Children's Department
Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando in the Young Adult Department

Movies of the Week:
"For Heaven's Sake" starring Harold Lloyd
"Faceoff" starring John Travolta and Nicholas Cage
"Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters" starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton

Weekly Blog Picks for April 14th

Books of the Week:
How Roland Rolls by Jim Carrey in the Children's Department
Six Months Later by Natalie Richards in the Young Adult Department
Paper Towns by John Green in the Young Adult Department

Movies of the Week:
"Flesh and the Devil" starring John Gilbert and Greta Garbo
"Invincible" starring Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear
"Lone Ranger" starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer

teens need libraries-another great video!

Here's another video I found summing up why teens need libraries.  Love it!

Weekly Blog Picks for April 7th

Books of the Week:
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker in the Children's Department
Unhinged by A.G. Howard in the Young Adult Department
Looking for Alaska by John Green in the Young Adult Department

Movies of the Week:
"The Big Parade" starring John Gilbert
"Bend It Like Beckham" starring Parminder Nagra & Keira Knightley
"JOBS" starring Ashton Kutcher

Teens Need Libraries

Every day the Teen Space at the Danville Public Library is full with teens.  There are so many reasons why I love working with teens and feel that it is crucial that they have a safe place to themselves.  When I stumbled across this video it really summed up in two minutes the importance of a Teen Space at the Danville Public Library and all other libraries.