CHECK OUTS Rowlett Public Library December 2009

Super Saturday Presents: LIBRARY HOURS

Monday 9:30 a.m.—8:30 p.m.

Tuesday 9:30 a.m.—8:30 p.m. Wednesday 9:30 a.m.—8:30 p.m. Saturday, December 12th Thursday 9:30 a.m.—8:30 p.m. from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday 9:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m. Decorate a Graham Cracker “ Sunday Closed House” with frosting and candies. We will

Rowlett Public Library provide the Graham Cracker houses and 3900 Main Street frosting, but we ask that each participant Rowlett, Texas 75088 bring a package of small candies to share for decorating supplies. Phone: (972) 412-6161 Web Site: http://www.rowlett.com Suggested candies: Red Hots, small (click on Library) peppermints, Hot , M&M’s, Catalog: http://catalog.rowlett.lib.tx.us Skittles, or special holiday shapes and novelty candies. No spice drops or gum drops, please. LIBRARY MEETINGS

Rowlett Library Pick up your free ticket at the Reference Desk beginning December 1st. Advisory Board

Thursday, December 10, 7 p.m.

Volunteers Needed to Help with Holiday Crafts Friends of the Rowlett Library, Inc. Are you 15 or older? Are you looking for a way to give back to your

No December Meeting community? Do you like crafts? The Rowlett Public Library is looking for Next: Tuesday, January 26, 7 p.m. volunteers to help with holiday crafts for our Family Saturday program and story times. If you are interested, stop by the Reference Desk before December 9th to meet with our Volunteer Coordinator. Court Library Tote Bags ordered community service hours cannot be earned at the Library. Make a donation to the Rowlett Public Library Advisory Board to receive a Rowlett Public Library book bag, perfect for carrying books, your lunch, etc.

The suggested donation is Tuesday, December 29th $5 per bag. from 2 to 4 p.m.

Stop by the library for a game day! We will have electronic and board games set up in the library meeting room.

Pick up your free ticket at the Reference Desk beginning December 1st. PAGE 2 CHECK OUTS DECEMBER 2009

New books and videos now available at the Rowlett Public Library. Fiction: DVDs: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi G.I. Joe, The Rise of Cobra Ugly Truth Adichie The Taking of Pelham 123 Up

Creede of Old Montana by Stephen Bly Rogue Forces by Dale Brown Young Adult: Rainwater by Sandra Brown Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda Limelight by Melody Carlson The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell CSI: Crime Scene Investigation by Sekou Hamilton The Hadrian Memorandum by Allan Folsom Resurrection by Nancy Holder The Paper Man by Michael Frederick Double Trouble by Cathy Hopkins To Try Men's Souls by Newt Gingrich, William R. Tricks by Ellen Hopkins Forstchen, and Albert S. Hanser Here Today, Gone Tomorrow by Marilyn Kaye A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris Prism by Faye and Aliza Kellerman Fit to Be Tied by Robin Lee Hatcher Queen of the Yard by Darrien Lee Midnight Fugue by Reginald Hill Royal Blood by Ellen Schreiber Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving The Diamond Secret by Suzanne Weyn

The Memory Quilt by T.D. Jakes Juvenile Fiction: Under the Dome by Stephen King Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury Devon Delaney Should Totally Know Better by Lauren Barnholdt The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver The Potato Chip Puzzle by Eric Berlin High Is the Eagle by Al Lacy Happy Birthday Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner Roland Wright, Future Knight by Tony Davis Mortal Coils Eric Nylund Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff The Professional by Robert B. Parker Track Attack by Betty Hicks Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb How the Pops Stole by Nancy Krulik A Deep Dark Secret by Kimberla Lawson Roby City Boy by Jan Michael No Less Than Victory by Jeff Shaara Night of the Hurricane’s Fury by Candice Ransom The Golden Shrine by Harry Turtledove I Put a Spell on You by Adam Selzer Case of the Mossy Lake Monster by Michele Torrey Non-Fiction: Darkus Rising by Tracey West

The Case for God by Karen Armstrong Juvenile Non-Fiction: Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck Lost Worlds by John Howe Lost to the West by Lars Brownworth Cool Cars and Trucks by Sean Kenney 25 Days, 26 Ways to Make This Your Best Christmas Ever by Ace Collins Picture Books: The Duggars: 20 and Counting! by Michelle & Jim Duck Tents by Lynne Berry Bob Duggar Curious Garden by Peter Brown Munich, 1938 by David Faber Bullies Never Win by Margery Cuyler The Myth of the Rational Market by Justin Fox Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman What Difference Do it Make? by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, and Lynn Vincent Hermit Crab by Carter Goodrich Fidel and Che by Simon Reid-Henry Molly Who Flew Away by Valeri Gorbachev Superfreakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen J. Bad Frogs by Thacher Hurd Dubner Bobby Bramble Loses His Brain by Dave Keane How to Raise the Perfect Dog through Puppyhood Chicken Soup by Jean Van Leeuwen and Beyond by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier Dinosaur Woods by George McClements High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips King’s Taster by Kenneth Oppel The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Gracie and Grandma and the Itsy, Bitsy Seed by Iben Niemi Sandemose DECEMBER 2009 CHECK OUTS PAGE 3

Rowlett Public Library Advisory Board New Christmas Titles in Adult Fiction: The Rowlett Public Library A Quilter’s Holiday by Jennifer Chiaverini Advisory Board functions in Merry, Merry Ghost by Carolyn Hart an advisory capacity to the Red, Green, or Murder by Steven F. Havill Rowlett City Council and the Wolfsbane and edited by Charlaine Harris and Tony L. P. Kelner Library Director. Library A Christmas Blizzard by Garrison Keillor Board Meetings (10 annually) A Wish for Christmas by Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer are held the second Thursday of each month except July Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb and December. A Blue and Gray Christmas by Joan Medlicott The Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Hall Page Meetings start at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the A Christmas Promise by Anne Perry Rowlett Public Library, 3900 A Rumpole Christmas by John Mortimer Main Street. Library Board meetings are open to the public.

Members of the Library Board:

Pat Harris (Chair) Donna Davis (Vice-Chair) Mary Baldwin SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH Veda Kull Ginny Thomas The Rowlett Public Library will Julie Plummer (Alternate) Penny Graham (Alternate) receive 10% of the day’s sales at this Barnes & Noble store. If you would like a more extensive list of new books and upcoming library Music by Cristen Gray at 2 p.m. programs e-mailed to you weekly, go the city website at www.rowlett.com to sign up for Select Alerts. Click on “online services” in the upper right hand corner then “sign-up to receive The Library will be closed Thursday - Saturday, news and information.” The first time, you will be asked December 24th—26th for a City Holiday. to register. When you’ve Regular hours will resume Monday, December 28th. registered, log in and click on “edit my alerts.” Check

the box to receive library The Library will close early at 5 pm on Thursday, updates by e-mail. You will December 31st and will be closed Friday, January 1st receive a weekly update about new books and a for a City Holiday. separate weekly update on Regular hours will resume Saturday, January 2nd. upcoming library programs. Videos Due: Saturday, January 9th

Talent Show: Saturday, January 30th TALENT SHOW Hosted by the Rowlett Public Library

Performances will be shown at the Rowlett Public Library on: Saturday, January 30th at 2 p.m. Show off your hidden talents at Winners from each category will be the Rowlett Public Library Video selected by audience vote.

Talent Show. Pick up an entry form at the Reference Desk. Send in or drop off your entry form and a VHS or DVD of your performance: Rowlett Public Library For more information call (972) 412-6161. 3900 Main Street Rowlett, TX 75088. Videos must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 9th to be eligible.