Join the Queue

Every Tuesday new books, CDs, and DVDs are released into the world. Instead of buying them, check them out at your library!

Here are some of the April 28, 2009 releases that the library has on order. Place your hold now to get it sooner!

Books:

The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong







A Kiss in Time by Alex Finn







The Princess and the Bear by Mette Ivie Harrison







The Reluctant Heiress Eva Ibbotson







Jack Tumor by Anthony McGowan







Destroy All Cars by Blake Nelson (May 1)







Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman







Funny How Things Change by Melissa Wyatt







CDs:

The Devil You Know - Heaven & Hell






DVDs:

Bride Wars







Hotel for Dogs







Uninvited







Graphic Novels:
Released April 29, 2009

Kamichama Karin Chu, Vol. 4 by Koge Donbo







Oh My Goddess! Colors by Kosuke Fujishima







The Wallflower, Vol. 19 by Tomoko Hayakawa








High School Debut, Vol.9 by Kazune Kawahara







Love Com, Vol. 12 by Aya Nakahara







Skip Beat! Vol. 18 by Yoshiki Nakamura







We Were There, Vol. 4 by Yuki Obata







Air Gear, Vol. 12 by Oh!Great







Gin Tama, Vol. 12 by Hideaki Sorachi







YuYu Hakusho, Vol. 17 by Yoshihiro Togashi







Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 13 by Taeko Watanabe







Yozakura Quartet, Vol. 4 by Suzuhito Yasuda







Nana, Vol. 16 by Ai Yazawa

What's on Tap?

The goings on at your library this week:

Monday, April 27:
Job Search Workshop @ Gillis, 10-12pm
Movie Mondays @ Sanger, 3:30-5:30pm
Video Games at the Library @ Cedar Clinton, 4-5:30

Thursday, April 30:
Hooks and Needles knit and crochet @ Auberry, 1-3pm
How to be "Green" @ Fowler, 6:30-8pm

Friday, May 1:
Chess Fridays @ Politi, 3-4pm

Saturday, May 2:
Free SAT Practice Test @ Woodward, 9-2pm
Volunteer Orientation @ Fig Garden, 9-11:30am
Trading Card Games @ Clovis, 10-2pm
Saturday Movie Matinee @ Fig Garden, 1:30-3:30pm

Sunday, May 3:
Fig Garden Teen Action Group @ Fig Garden, 1-2pm

Poetry Contest

Don't forget! Just one more week to submit your poems to the Teen Poetry Contest. The submissions we've received so far are awesome. I'm very impressed! Keep it up and continue through next Thursday, April 30th.

Is yours a lost generation?

Earth Day

Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22nd. If you care about the environment (and who doesn't? it's like saying you hate puppies) then take a few minutes out of your day to do something good for the planet. Celebrate Earth Day globally or locally...it starts with you!

Worldwide
http://www.earthday.net/

In Fresno
http://www.greenfresno.org/

@your library
Fowler teens are stepping up to help a planet in need. Throughout the week of April 20-25th the Fowler Teen Action Group will be setting up and managing recycling bins in front of the library to collect cans and plastic bottles. Along with the good that comes from keeping recyclables out of landfills, FTAG will make creative use of any proceeds. They are planning innovative projects that range all the way from adding new materials to the teen area to putting on a gala "Library Prom" event. Do your part by dropping off your recyclables at the Fowler library!

Join the Queue

Every Tuesday new books, CDs, and DVDs are released into the world. Instead of buying them, check them out at your library!

Here are some of the April 21, 2009 releases that the library has on order. Place your hold now to get it sooner!

Books:

Bad Girl's Don't Die by Katie Alender







No Such Thing as the Real World by M.T. Anderson







Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr








Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce







CDs:

Sounds of the Universe - Depeche Mode





Yes - Pet Shop Boys





DVDs:

Frost/Nixon







The Wrestler







Graphic Novels:
Released April 22, 2009

Inubaka : Crazy for Dogs, Vol. 12 by Yukiya Sakuragi

What's On Tap

Here's what's happening in the library this week:

Monday, April 20:
Movie Mondays @ Sanger, 3:30-5:30pm

Tuesday, April 21:
Henna Art @ Fig Garden, 4-5pm
Brian Kenny Fresno! @ Auberry, 6:30-8:30pm
Youth Sci/Fi & Fantasy Book Club @ Clovis, 6:30-7:30pm

Wednesday, April 22:
Games and Fun @ Sanger, 1-5pm
Movie Wednesdays @ Orange Cove, 2:15-4:15pm

Thursday, April 23:
Hooks and Needles knit and crochet @ Auberry, 1-3pm
Pizza and Pages @ Auberry, 5:30-6:30pm

Friday, April 24:
Chess Fridays @ Politi, 3-4pm
Wii Gaming for Teens - Rock Band! @ Fowler, 3:30-5pm

Saturday, April 25:
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament @ Sunnyside, 1:30-4pm

New Playstation 3 Games

Baja






Disgaea 3: Absense of Justice






Fracture






Gran Turismo 5: Prolouge







Mercenaries 2: World in Flames






Pure






Tomb Raider: Underworld






I know these are all PS3, but we have a lot of Wii and Xbox 360 games too! The PS3 games just came in faster this week!

Your Right to Read

Judith Krug died last Saturday after a long battle with cancer. “Who was Judith Krug?” you might be asking yourself. Krug was a librarian and as the director of the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom for more than four decades, she defended your freedom to read, your right to access information and ideas and opinions, for longer than most of you reading this have even been alive. It was her life’s work to champion the First Amendment. In 1982, in an effort to battle censorship, she established Banned Books Week which is still celebrated every year during the last week of September. According to the ALA’s Web site, Banned Books Week “celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them.” So the next time you pick up The Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Gossip Girl series, or any of the other hundreds of books that are challenged each year at libraries across the country, you can thank Judith Krug.

For more information about Banned Books Week, see www.ala.org/bbooks.

Also check out our Almost Banned Booklist.

Join the Queue

Every Tuesday new books, CDs, and DVDs are released into the world. Instead of buying them, check them out at your library!

Here are some of the April 14, 2009 releases that the library has on order. Place your hold now to get it sooner!

Books:

Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas (April 16)







Star Power (A Talent Novel) by Zoey Dean







Breathing by Cheryl Herbsman (April 16)








A Map of the Known World by Lisa Ann Sandell







DVDs:

House of Saddam







The Reader







The Spirit








Graphic Novels:
Released April 15, 2009

Boys Over Flowers, Vol. 35 by Yoko Kamio







O-Parts Hunter, Vol. 15 by Seishi Kishimoto







Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 11 by Yukito Kishiro







Zatch Bell!, Vol. 24 by Makoto Raiku