June New Materials List

Adult Fiction
The anniversary man R.J. Ellory. F ELL
Anthropology of an American girl H.T. Hamann F HAM
A bad day for pretty Sophie Littlefield F LIT
Bedlam Laura Joh Rowland F ROW Blood oath Christopher Farnsworth. F FAR
Bone appetit Carolyn Haines. M HAI
The bride collector Ted Dekker. F DEK
Bullet Laurell K. Hamilton. F HAM
The burning wire Jeffery Deaver F DEA
Changes Jim Butcher F BUT
Chocolate magic Zelda Benjamin. F BEN
City of dreams William Martin. G MAR
Colfax Robert J. Conley. W CON
Dead and buried Barbara Hambly. M HAM
The dead lie down Sophie Hannah. F HAN
Deadline man Jon Talton. M TAL
Death echo Elizabeth Lowell. F LOW
The devil amongst the lawyers Sharon McCrumb M MCC
Elysiana Chris Knopf. F KNO
Family ties Danielle Steel. F STE
The good man Jesus & the scoundrel Christ Phillip Pullman F PUL
Gunshot Road Adrian Hyland. M HYL
Heart of the matter Emily Giffin. F GIF
The high graders Louis L'Amour. W LAM
Honeysuckle summer Sherryl Woods. F WOO
House justice Mike Lawson F LAW
The imperfectionists Tom Rachman. F RAC
Insatiable Meg Cabot. F CAB
The last days of Horse-Shy Halloran Bill Pronzini W PRO
Lies of the heart Michelle Boyajian. F BOY
The lies we told Diane Chamberlain. F CHA
The lion Nelson DeMille. F DEM
The lonely polygamist Brady Udall. F UDA
Lost souls Dean Koontz. F KOO
The Marrowbone Marble Company Glenn Taylor F TAY
Matterhorn Karl Marlantes F MAR
Moon spinners Sally Goldenbaum M GOL
Moon sworn Keri Arthur F ART
My name is memory Ann Brashares. F BRA
The nearest exit Olen Steinhauer. F STE
The outside boy Jeanine Cummins. F CUM
Parrot and Olivier in America Peter Carey. F CAR
The particular sadness of lemon cake Aimee Bender F BEN
The passage Justin Cronin. F CRO
Ralph Compton Blood on the gallows Joseph A. West W WES
Ralph Compton : the convict trail Joseph A. West W WES
The rule of nine Steve Martini F MAR
The scent of rain and lightning Nancy Pickard F PIC
Silencing Sam Julie Kramer. M KRA
Sizzling sixteen Janet Evanovich. M EVA
Small change Sheila Roberts. F ROB
So cold the river Michael Koryta. F KOR
Spies of the Balkans Alan Furst. F FUR
The spy Clive Cussler/Justin Scott F CUS
Star flight Andre Norton. SF NOR
Stay Allie Larkin. F LAR
Summer dreams Nora Roberts. F ROB
Sweet tea at sunrise Sherryl Woods. F WOO
That perfect someone Johanna Lindsey. F LIN
A thousand cuts Simon Lelic. F LEL
Trouble at the Redstone John D. Nesbitt. W NES
Under heaven Guy Gavriel Kay. SF KAY
Whiplash Catherine Coulter. F COU

Juvenile Fiction
Picture Books
A balloon for Isabel Deborah Underwood E UND
Big rig bugs Kurt Cyrus. E CYR
The buffalo are back Jean Craighead George E GEO
Can you find it? America Linda Falken. E FIN
City Dog, Country Frog Mo Willems E WIL
Clemente! Willie Perdomo E PER
Eeeek, mouse! Lydia Monks. E MON
Fancy Nancy : poet extraordinaire!Jane O’Connor E OCO
Garbage helps our garden grow Linda Glaser E GLA
I can do it too! Karen Baicker B BAI
Little red bat Carole Gerber E GER
Maisy goes on vacation Lucy Cousins. E COU
My friend has ADHD Amanda Doering Tourville E TOU
Please take me for a walk Susan Gal. E GAL
Potty animals Hope Vestergaard E VES
Round balls, round balls Begin Smart B SMA
Signed, Abiah Rose Diane Browning E BRO
Snail trail Jo Saxton E SAX
The Village Garage G. Brian Karas. E KAR
Wonder horse Emily McCully E MCC

Elementary Age
The basilisk's lair R.L. LaFevers J LAF
Belly up Stuart Gibbs. J GIB
Crispin : the end of time Avi. J AVI
The dragon in the library Kate Klimo J KLI
The family Greene Ann Rinaldi. J RIN
Found Sarah Prineas J PRI
Happy birthday, Sophie Hartley Stephanie Greene. J GRE
The inside story Michael Buckley J BUC
The pup who cried wolf Chris Kurtz J KUR
The shadow hunt Katherine Langrish. J LAN
Storm warning Linda Sue Park. J THI
Thea Stilton and the secret city Geronimo Stilton J STI
Thimble summer Elizabeth Enright J ENR

Young Adult
Black heart Justin Somper. YA SOM
The cardturner Louis Sachar. YA SAC
The Carrie diaries Candace Bushnell. YA BUS
Heist society Ally Carter. YA CAR
Illyria Elizabeth Hand. YA HAN
The kings of Clonmel John Flanagan. YA FLA
Little blog on the prairie Cathleen Davitt Bell YA BEL
Lord Sunday Garth Nix. YA NIX
The necromancer Michael Scott. YA SCO
The Prince of Mist Carlos Ruiz Zafón YA ZAF
The red pyramid Rick Riordan. YA RIO
Ship breaker Paolo Bacigalupi. YA BAC
The short second life of Bree Tanner Stephenie Meyer YA MEY
Spirit bound Richelle Mead. YA MEA
Wanted Sara Shepard. YA SHE

Non-Fiction
At the entrance to the Garden of Eden 296.39 KLE Bear attacks : their causes and avoidance 613.6 HER
City of Gilbert, Minnesota: financial statements MN R
The complete guide to making cheese, butter, and 637.3 HEL
The complete guide to masonry & stonework 693.1 COM
An eagle named Freedom 639.9 GUI
Emma's poem : the voice of the Statue of Liberty J 811.4 GLA
The Lois Wilson Story 921 WIL
Masinaigans: the little book; a biography of 921 COL
Portage into the past, by canoe along the MN 917.7
The real history of the end of the world 202.30 NEW
Rush to judgment; a critique of the Warren 973.92 LAN
Scent of the missing 636.7 CHA
Simon and Schuster's guide to insects 595.70 ARN
This is why you're fat (and how to get thin) 613.2 WAR
Twelve by twelve : a one-room cabin off the grid 333.72 POW
War 958.10 JUN

AudioVisual
Alice in Wonderland DVD FAMILY
The book of Eli DVD ADULT
Elizabeth DVD 942.055
Green zone DVD ADULT
Marco Polo CD BER
Percy Jackson & the Olympians DVD FAMILY
Planet 51 DVD FAMILY
Remember me DVD FAMILY
Shutter Island DVD ADULT
When in Rome DVD FAMILY
The wolfman DVD ADULT
The young Victoria DVD FAMILY
Youth in revolt DVD ADULT

Summer Reading Program 2010: Make a Splash, Read!

Whenever You Want: Pick up a reading log from the library. Read ANYTHING YOU WANT! Keep track of how much TIME you spend reading over the summer. Join a reading team and see which team reads the most this summer. Celebrate your reading success with fun and prizes at the picnic on July 30 at 5:30 p.m. Visit the library to play games and make crafts all summer long at the "A Splash of Fun" table.

Special Events: Wednesday, July 14: History Theater Troupe visits! Friday, July 30 5:30 p.m.: Puppet Show and Picnic!

Fantastic Fridays: 2 - 3 p.m. June 18 & 25, July 2, 9, 16 and 23. Run and shout until we wear you out! Then snack and listen to a story.

Theater Camp: August 2nd - August 27th, MWF 2-4 p.m. Learn how to put on a play, from learning lines and performing to making sets and costumes. Perform the play for the public on August 28!

Day Care Providers: The librarians are happy to visit daycares to tell stories and reading logs. Just call the library to schedule some visits!

May New Book List

Adult Fiction

The 9th judgment James Patterson F PAT
61 hours Lee Child. F CHI
Ask Alice D. J. Taylor. F TAY
Blockade Billy Stephen King. F KIN
Blue-eyed devil Robert B. Parker. F PAR
Chaos and Grit Phyllis Burgess F BUR
Dead in the family Charlaine Harris. M HAR
Descent into dust Jacqueline Lepore. F LEP
Executive intent Dale Brown. F BRO
The Exodus quest Will Adams. F ADA
Fever dream Preston & Child F PRE
The god of the hive Laurie King F KIN
Good to a fault Marina Endicott. F END
Hannah's list Debbie Macomber. F MAC
The hypnotist M. J. Rose. F ROS
Innocent Scott Turow. F TUR
Island beneath the sea Isabelle Allende F ALL
The last of the Renshai Mickey Zucker SF REI
The lotus eaters Tatjana Soli. F SOL
On shifting sand M. S. Wasinger. F WAS
Ordained : I have chosen you L. C. Anthony F ANT
Plain paradise Beth Wiseman F WIS
Private life Jane Smiley. F SMI
Return to sender Fern Michaels. F MIC
A secret affair Mary Balogh. F BAL
The shadow of your smile Mary Higgins Clark F CLA
Shameless Karen Robards. F ROB
State fair Earlene Fowler. M FOW
Stay a little longer Dorothy Garlock. F GAR
Storm prey John Sandford. F SAN
Supreme justice Philip Margolin F MAR
Touched by an alien Gini Koch. SF KOC
Wrecked Carol Higgins Clark M CLA

Juvenile Fiction

Picture Books
Back to bed, Ed! Sebastien Braun E BRA
Bears! bears! bears! Bob Barner. E BAR
Boy of mine Jabari Asim B ASI
Bridget's beret Tom Lichtenheld. E LIC
Daddy calls me Doodlebug J. D.Lester B LES
Dino Pets Lynn Plourde E PLO
I spy I love you Jean Marzello E FIN
Insect detective Steve Voake E VOA
Little tiger. B LIT
Look inside a pueblo Jenny Moss. E MOS
Nos encanta la escuela! Marilyn Janivitz E JAN
Octopus opposites Stella Blackstone E BLA
Olivia Meets Olivia Ellie O’Ry E SIM
Orange Peel's pocket Rose Lewis E LEW
Palazzo Inverso D.B. Johnson. E JOH
Pigs to the rescue John Himmelman. E HIM
Sally's great balloon adventure Stephen Huneck E HUN
Where is Catkin? Janet Lord E LOR

Elementary Age
Chocolate cheeks Steven Weissman. J COM
A coven of witches Joseph Delaney J DEL
Fire in the sky Erin Hunter. J HUN
Following the trail of Marco Polo Geronimo Stilton J STI
Lost Sarah Prineas J PRI
Sports camp Rich Wallace. J WAL
The tall tale of Paul Bunyan Martin Powell J COM
They came from Planet Q Laura Dower J DOW
Word after word after word Patricia MacLachlan J MAC

Young Adult
Toads and diamonds Heather Tomlinson. YA TOM

Non-Fiction

1-2-3 I can collage! J 702.81 LUX
1,000 dollars and an idea 921 WYL
Allosaurus vs. Brachiosaurus J 567.9 OHE
Always lost : a meditation on war 956.7 LON
Armitage's vines and climbers 635.97 ARM
The deep, deep ocean J 551.46 WOO
Going home : the mystery of animal migration E 591.56 BER
Mammoths and mastodons J 569.67 BAR
On the seabed J 551.46 WOO
Outsmart your genes 616.04 COL
So you want to be a garden designer 712.02 HOW
Spinosaurus vs. Giganotosaurus J 567.9 OHE
Triceratops vs. Stegosaurus J 567.9 OHE
Tyrannosaurus rex vs. Velociraptor J 567.9 OHE
Under the waves J 578.77 WOO
Why do dogs drool? J 636.7 SLE

AudioVisual
The African Queen DVD FAMILY
Crazy heart DVD ADULT
Daybreakers DVD ADULT
Dear John DVD FAMILY
Did you hear about the Morgans? DVD FAMILY
Edge of darkness DVD ADULT
Extraordinary measures DVD FAMILY
Invictus DVD FAMILY
Leap year DVD FAMILY
Legion DVD ADULT
Nine DVD FAMILY
The road DVD ADULT
The spy next door DVD FAMILY
Valentine's Day DVD FAMILY

Movie Night is Saturday, May 22nd @ 8:30 PM

Gilbert Library will show the movie "The Spy Next Door" on Saturday, May 22nd at 8:30 p.m. This movie is rated PG. This event is free and open to all. Children under 12 should be accompanied by an adult. Feel free to bring comfortable chairs and blankets. For more information please call 748-2230.

"Bob Ho is an undercover CIA superspy who decides to give up his career in espionage to settle down with his next-door neighbor and girlfriend, Gillian. But Bob has one more mission to complete before Gillian agrees to marry him: winning over her three opinionated kids. Starring Jackie Chan, Lucas Till, and Billy Ray Cyrus. 94 minutes; 2010."

April 2010 New Materials - Audiovisual

Avatar - BLU-RAY
Avatar - DVD FAMILY
Crazy heart - CD CRA
Crazy on the outside - DVD FAMILY
Fantastic Mr. Fox - DVD FAMILY
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - DVD FAMILY
Imax under the sea - DVD FAMILY
It's complicated - DVD ADULT
The lovely bones - DVD FAMILY
Ninja assassin - DVD ADULT
Pirate radio - DVD ADULT
Scooby-Doo and the witch's ghost - DVD FAMILY

April 2010 New Materials - Non-Fiction

Alligators and crocodiles - J 597.98
American conspiracies - 973 VEN
The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama - 921 OBA
Dogscaping : creating the perfect backyard - 636.7 BAR
The gardeners' and poultry keepers' guide - 635.0284
Mining machines - MN 977.6
Orange is the new black - 365.43 KER
Physicians' desk reference 2010 - R 615.1
Sea monsters : a prehistoric adventure - J 567.9
Virginia Minnesota city directory - R 917.76
Wood flooring : a complete guide - 694 PET

April 2010 New Materials - Juvenile Fiction

Picture Books
Aunt Mary's rose - Wood, Douglas - E WOO
The barefooted, bad-tempered baby brigade - Diesen, Deborah - E DIE
Big red lollipop - Kahn, Rukhsana - E KHA
Brush, brush, brush! - Padron, Alicia - B PAD
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa : spring babies - Silverman, Erica - E-R3 SIL
Fiesta babies - Tafolla, Carmen - E TAF
Frankie works the night shift - Peters, Lisa - E PET
Go baby go! - Rippin, Sally - B RIP
I love bugs! - Dodd, Emma - E DOD
My garden - Henkes, Kevin - E HEN
One too many : a seek & find counting book - Marino, Gianna - E NUM
The quiet book - Underwood, Deborah - E UND
Shark vs. train - Barton, Chris - E BAR
Zoomer - Young, Ned - E YOU

Elementary Age
Alchemy and Meggy Swann - Cushman, Karen - J CUS
The birthday ball - Lowry, Lois - J LOW
The emperor's code - Korman, Gordon - J THI
Falling in - Dowell, Frances - J DOW
Halo. Helljumper - David, Peter - J COM
Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro / Geronimo Stilton - Ronchi, Roberto - J STI
Mockingbird - Erskine, Kathryn - J ERS

Young Adult
Burned - Cast, P.C. - YA CAS
Keys to the demon prison - Mull, Brandon - YA MUL
Raven speak - Wilson, Diane Lee - YA WIL

April 2010 New Materials - Adult Fiction

31 Bond Street - Horan, Ellen - F HOR
The aloha quilt : an Elm Creek Quilts novel - Chiaverini, Jennifer - F CHI
American salvage - Campbell, Bonnie Jo - F CAM
Amethyst - Snelling, Lauraine - F SNE
The Bad Kitty Lounge - Wiley, Michael - M WIL
Beguiled Gist - Deeanne - F GIS
Beyond the shadows - Weeks, Brent - SF WEE
The black cat : a Richard Jury mystery - Grimes, Martha - F GRI
Burning bright : stories - Rash, Ron - F RAS
Burning lamp - Quick, Amanda - F QUI
Cat of the century - Brown, Rita Mae - M BRO
Deception - Kellerman, Jonathan - F KEL
Deliver us from evil - Baldacci, David - F BAL
The Double Comfort Safari Club - Smith, Alexander McCall - M SMI
Eight days to live - Johansen, Iris - F JOH
Every last one - Quindlen, Anna - F QUI
Exclusive - Michaels, Fern - F MIC
For keeps - Friend, Natasha - F FRI
How Clarissa Burden learned to fly - Fowler, Connie Mae - F FOW
The killing edge - Graham, Heather - F GRA
The last time I saw you - Berg, Elizabeth - F BER
A land to call home - Snelling, Lauraine - F SNE
Leaving Unknown - Reichs, Kerry - F REI
Love finds you in Miracle, Kentucky - Boeshaar, Andrea - F BOE
Lucid intervals - Woods, Stuart - F WOO
Naked moon - Stansberry, Domenic - M STA
A new day rising - Snelling, Lauraine - F SNE
Nowhere to run - Box, C.J. - F BOX
On the steamy side - Edwards, Louisa - F EDW
Opal - Snelling, Lauraine - F SNE
Pearl - Snelling, Lauraine - F SNE
The reapers' song - Snelling, Lauraine - F SNE
A river in the sky - Peters, Elizabeth - M PET
Ruby - Snelling, Lauraine - F SNE
Shadow's edge - Weeks, Brent - SF WEE
Sixteen brides - Whitson, Stephanie - F WHI
A soft place to land - White, Susan Rebecca - F WHI
The solitude of prime numbers - Giordano, Paulo - F GIO
The telling - Lewis, Beverly - F LEW
This body of death - George, Elizabeth - F GEO
An untamed land - Snelling, Lauraine - F SNE
The walk - Evans, Paul - F EVA
The way of shadows - Weeks, Brent - SF WEE
Without mercy - Jackson, Lisa - F JAC

Legacy Grant from the Minnesota Historical Society Books

Baseball in Minnesota : the definitive history - 796.3
Citadel in the wilderness - 977
Claiming the city : politics, faith, and the power - 977.6
Dakota life in the upper Midwest - 977.6
Food on the frontier : Minnesota cooking from 1850 - 641.5
Henry Hastings Sibley : divided heart - 977.6
A history of Minnesota. Vols 1 & 2 - 977.6
History of the Ojibway people - 977.0
The journals of Joseph N. Nicollet - 917.7
Kinsmen of another kind : Dakota-white relations - 976.2
The last full measure - 973.7
The lynchings in Duluth - 364.1
Making Minnesota liberal - 323.1
Minnesota goes to war - 940.5
Northern lights : the stories of Minnesota's past - 977.6
A peculiar imbalance - 308.8
The prehistoric peoples of Minnesota M
The progressive era in Minnesota, 1899-1918 - 977.6
The promise of America - 973
Rails to the North Star : a Minnesota railroad - 385.0
The river we have wrought - 386
To be the main leaders of our people : a history - 977.6
Through Dakota eyes - 973.7
The voyageur's highway : Minnesota's border lake - 977.6
We are at home : pictures of the Ojibwe people - 779
The white pine industry in Minnesota : a history - 338.4
Women of Minnesota : selected biographical essays - 305.4

March 2010 New Materials - Non-Fiction

The adventurous gardener's sourcebook of rare and - 635.9
American College of Physicians home medical guide - 616.4
Babyfacts : the truth about your child's health - 649.1
Ballroom dancing - J 793.3 UND
Black bear : seasons in the wild - 599.7
Blitzed by a blizzard! - J 551.55 MAR
The Canada goose - 598.4
Chemical changes - J 541.3 BRE
China : the new superpower - 951
The complete book of herbs - 635.7
Divorce and children - J 306.89 HOW
Fantastic fossils - J 560
The federal budget deficit - J 339.5 HUN
Football - 796.3
For the birds : an uncommon guide - 598
For your garden : window boxes - 717
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks - 616
Iran, the people - 955
Jamie's food revolution : rediscover how to cook - 641.5
The kids' guide to monster trucks - J 796.7 OHE
Landscaping with herbs - 635.7
Making things float and sink - J 532.25 GIB
Mixtures and solutions - J 541.34 ALO
Month-by-month gardening in Minnesota - 635.9
Motocross racing - J 796.7 DAV
My friend has autism - J 618.92 TOU
Naturalizing bulbs - 635.9
The new small garden : plans and plants - 712.6
Outrageous ores - J 553
The quilter's album of patchwork patterns - 746.4
Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials - 635.9
Rodale's no-fail flower garden - 635.9
Staging a play - J 792.02 UND
Stitch 'n bitch : the knitter's handbook - 746.4
Storytime around the year - P 027.62 FAU
Wildflowers in your garden - 635.9
Windowbox gardening - 635.9

March 2010 New Materials - Audiovisual

2012 - DVD Family
Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel - DVD Family
Armored - DVD Family
Astro Boy - DVD Family
The blind side - DVD Family
Brothers - DVD Adult
Capitalism a love story - DVD Adult
Did you hear about the Morgans? - DVD Family
An education - DVD Family
Madeline - DVD Family
The men who stare at goats - DVD Adult
New moon - DVD Family
Old dogs - DVD Family
Precious - DVD Adult
The princess and the frog - DVD Family
Sherlock Holmes - DVD Family
Twilight - DVD Family
Up in the air - DVD Adult
Where the wild things are - DVD Family
Whip it - DVD Family

March 2010 New Materials - Juvenile Fiction

Picture Books
Adoptive families - Sarah Schuette - E SCH
Baseball from A to Z - Michael Spradlin - E ABC
Blended families - Sarah L. Schuette - E SCH
Chalk - Bill Thomson - E THO
Chester's masterpiece - Mélanie Watt - E WAT
Forever friends - Carin Berger - E BER
Foster families - Sarah L. Schuette - E SCH
Hop! - Phyllis Root - B ROO
The mud fairy - Amy Young - E YOU
Mystery animal tracks - Kelly Barnhill - E BAR
No T. Rex in the library - Toni Buzzeo - E BUZ
Single-parent families - Sarah L. Schuette - E SCH
What color is Caesar? - Maxine Kumin - E KUM
Who is sleeping? Who is awake? SAMi. - B ZIE
Windows with birds - Karen Ritz - E RIT
Yip! snap! yap! - Charles Fuge - E FUG
Your daddy was just like you - Kelly Bennett - E BEN
Zoo picture puzzles - Matt Bruning - E BRU

Elementary Age
39 clues. Vol. 6 - Jude Watson J THI
39 Clues: The viper's nest - Peter Lerangis - J THI
Allie Finkle's rules - Meg Cabot - J CAB
Missing Grace - Elizabeth Jones - J JON
Northward to the moon - Polly Horvath - J HOR
Scooby-Doo! and the creepy chef - Jesse Leon - J SCO
Secrets at Camp Nokomis - Jacqueline Green - J GRE
Thea Stilton and the ghost of the shipwreck - J STI
The wimpy kid movie diary - Jeff Kinney - J KIN

Young Adult
Fang - James Patterson - YA PAT
Heartless - Sara Shepard - YA SHE

March 2010 New Materials - Adult Fiction

6 Rainier Drive - Debbie Macomber - F MAC
44 Cranberry Point - Debbie Macomber - F MAC
50 Harbor Street - Debbie Macomber - F MAC
74 Seaside Avenue - Debbie Macomber - F MAC
204 Rosewood Lane - Debbie Macomber - F MAC
Abraham Lincoln : vampire hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith - F GRA
American Salvage - Bonnie Jo Campbell - F CAM
Antiques bizarre Barbara Allan. M ALL
The baby farm - Karen Harper - F HAR
Blood hina - Naomi Hirahara - F HIR
Bloodroot - Amy Greene - F GRE
Caught - Harlan Coben - F COB
Cook the books - Jessica Conant-Park - M CON
Dark of the moon - Karen Robards - F ROB
Deep shadow - Randy Wayne White - F WHI
The devil's star - Jo Nesbø - F NES
Down to the bone - Karen Harper - F HAR
The enchantment - Kristin Hannah - F HAN
Finnikin of the rock - Melina Marchetta - SF MAR
Game over - Fern Michaels - F MIC
The girl who kicked the hornets' nest - Stieg Larsson - F LAR
Hell gate - Linda Fairstein - F FAI
Her mother's hope - Francine Rivers - F RIV
The highly effective detective - Richard Yancey - M YAN
Home again - Kristin Hannah - F HAN
Hot rocks - Nora Roberts - F ROB
House rules - Jodi Picoult - F PIC
How to knit a love song - Rachael Herron - F HER
Known to evil - Walter Mosley - F MOS
Little earthquakes - Jennifer Weiner - F WEI
Morning comes softly - Debbie Macomber - F MAC
Mrs. Darcy and the blue-eyed stranger - Lee Smith - F SMI
Navy blues - Debbie Macomber - F MAC
Never look away - Linwood Barclay - F BAR
Night shift & night shadow - Nora Roberts F ROB
One good dog - Susan Wilson - F WIL
Requiem by fire - Wayne Caldwell - F CAL
Shattered - Karen Robards - F ROB
The sheen on the silk - Anne Perry - F PER
The silent sea - Clive Cussler - F CUS
Spellwright - Blake Charlton - SF CHA
Think twice - Lisa Scottoline - F SCO
The weed that strings the hangman's bag - Bradley, C. Allen - M BRA
When lightning strikes - Kristin Hannah - F HAN
The white lioness - Henning Mankell - F MAN
Wild ride - Crusie & Mayer - F CRU
The winter thief - Jenny White - F WHI

February 2010 New Materials - Audiovisual

Amelia - DVD FAMILY
The boys are back - DVD FAMILY
Casper - DVD FAMILY
Couples retreat - DVD FAMILY
Everybody's fine - DVD FAMILY
The informant! - DVD ADULT
Iron Range - DVD 977.6 IRO
Law abiding citizen - DVD ADULT
Love happens - DVD FAMILY
A serious man - DVD ADULT
The stepfather - DVD ADULT
The time traveler's wife - DVD FAMILY
Zombieland - DVD ADULT

February 2010 New Materials - Non-Fiction

Animals make us human - Temple Grandin - 636.08 GRA
Cool sets & props - Karen Kenney - J 792.02
Game change - John Heilemann - 324.973
How to sew a button - Erin Bried - 640 BRI
Making rounds with - Oscar David Dosa - 362.17 DOS
Survival at 40 below - Debbie S. Miller - J 591.75
Talking about detective fiction - P.D. James - 823.8 JAM

February 2010 New Materials - Children's Fiction

Picture Books
Bag in the wind - Ted Kooser - E KOO
Boom boom go away! - Laura Geringer - E GER
Cat the cat, who is that? - Mo Willems - E WIL
Dogs - Emily Gravett - E GRA
The Easter egg - Jan Brett - E EAS
Eats - Marthe Jocelyn - B JOC
The goose man - Elaine Greenstein - E GRE
Gracias - Pat Mora - E MOR
Groundhog weather school - Joan Holub - E HOL
Too purpley! - Jean Reidy - E REI
Race you to bed - Bob Shea - E SHE
Same same - Marthe Jocelyn - B JOC
A very big bunny - Marisabina Russo - E RUS
What will you be, Sara Mee? - Kate Aver - E AVR
When Jack goes out - Pat Schories - E SCH

Elementary Age
Barbie : The class act - J BAR
Barbie : Clawman's warning - J BAR
Barbie : The clue in the haunted library - J BAR
Barbie : Girl's best friend - J BAR
Barbie : High sea adventure - J BAR
Barbie : Little sisters keep out - J BAR
Barbie : The lucky skates - J BAR
Barbie : A place called home - J BAR
Barbie : A ride for freedom - J BAR
Barbie : shooting for the stars - J BAR
Barbie : A special ballerina - J BAR
Barbie : Three cheers for Becky - J BAR
Boys without names - Kashmira Sheth - J SHE
Calvin Coconut : dog heaven - Graham Salisbury - J SAL
Cosmic - Frank Cottrell Boyce - J BOY
Dragonbreath:attack of the ninja frogs - Ursula Vernon - J VER
Hit or miss - Laurie McElroy - J MCE
Into the fire - Tracey West - J WES
The Karate mouse - Geronimo Stilton - J STI
Knights of the ruby wand - Tony Abbott - J ABB
The last wilderness - Erin Hunter - J HUN
My unwilling witch gets a makeover - Hiawyn Oram - J ORA
The night fairy - Laura Amy Schlitz - J SCH
Wishing for tomorrow - Hilary McKay - J MCK

Young Adult
The demigod files - Rick Riordan - YA RIO
Erak's ransom - John Flanagan - YA FLA
Heartless - Sara Shepard - YA SHE
Incarceron - Catherine Fisher - YA FIS
The long way home - Andrew Klavan - YA KLA
My boyfriends' dogs - Dandi MacKall - YA MAC
They never came back - Caroline B. Cooney - YA COO
Woods runner - Gary Paulsen - YA PAU

February 2010 New Materials - Adult Fiction

Apple turnover murder - Joanne Fluke - M FLU
Baja Florida - Bob Morris - F MOR
Bellfield Hall - Anna Dean - F DEA
The betrayal of the blood lily - Lauren Willig - F WIL
Big girl - Danielle Steel - F STE
Blood ties - Kay Hooper - F HOO
Brava, Valentine - Adriana Trigiani - F TRI
City of dragons - Kelli Stanley - F STA
A dark matter - Peter Straub - F STR
Deep Creek - Dana Hand - F HAN
Fantasy in death - J.D. Robb - F ROB
Flirt - Laurell K. Hamilton - F HAM
The golden season - Connie Brockway - F BRO
Hard rain : a thriller - David Rollins - F ROL
Horns - Joe Hill - F HIL
The man with two arms - Billy Lombardo - F LOM
Money to burn - James Grippando - F GRI
Morning's refrain - Tracie Peterson - F PET
Never say never - Lisa Wingate - F WIN
A night too dark - Dana Stabanow - F STA
Poor little bitch girl - Jackie Collins - F COL
The postmistress - Sarah Blake - F BLA
Ravishing in red - Madeline Hunter - F HUN
Rebels and traitors - Lindsey Davis - F DAV
Screen play - Chris Coppernoll - F COP
Seduced by a rogue - Amanda Scott - F SCO
Shadow tag - Louise Erdrich - F ERD
Split image - Robert B. Parker - F PAR
Union Atlantic - Adam Haslett - F HAS
Wake up dead - Roger Smith - F SMI
The wild zone - Joy Fielding - F FIE
Winter garden - Kristin Hannah - F HAN
Winterland - Alan Glynn - F GLY
Worst case - James Patterson - F PAT

Shadow Puppetry Workshop and Performance at Gilbert Library

Artists and performers, here’s something just for you. Professional puppeteer Jim Ouray will teach a shadow puppetry workshop at the Gilbert Library on Saturday, March 27th from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Participants of all ages are invited to learn the ancient art of creating puppets. You will also perform your own shadow puppet program for the public at 7:30 p.m. The workshop is limited to ten (10) people. To sign up, please call the Gilbert Library at 748-2230.

Free Wii Tournament for Teens in Gilbert

On Saturday, March 13th at 2:00 p.m. the Gilbert Library will turn into Wii Headquarters. We’ll set up the Wii and play Winter Olympics and Sports (boxing, golf, bowling and baseball) tournament style. Prizes will be awarded, and pizza will be served. For more information, call 748-2230.

Spring 2010 Readdog Dates

The Gilbert Library is gearing up for the Spring 2010 session of Reading toJordy. Jordy, a Certified Therapy dog, is the Library's Readdog. "Jordyand I both have so much fun doing this," says Barb Buresh, Jordy'sMom/Owner. Children learning to read also have fun reading out loud asJordy quietly listens. Reading skills and social skills both improve as achild participates in a Readdog program. The Spring 2010 session will run for eight weeks: March 11 to April 29th. Participants come once a week,every Thursday evening. Four slots are available: 5:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m.,6:00 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. It's first come, first served, so the first tosign up will get the Spring 2010 slots. This program is free, and isespecially for children in first through fourth grades. To sign up or formore information call Amy at the library: 748-2230.

Movie Night is March 6th

Gilbert Library will show the 2009 children's movie "Where the Wild Things Are" on Saturday, March 6th at 7:00 p.m. This movie is based on thefamous children's book by Maurice Sendak, and is rated PG. This event isfree and open to all. Children under 12 should be accompanied by an adult.Feel free to bring comfortable chairs and blankets. For more informationplease call 748-2230.

March 2010 Storytime Dates

Storytime for children five and younger at the Gilbert Public Library.
Fridays from 11:00 am to 11:30 am.
Dates in March: 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.

Free Tickets to local Museums and Events

Want to go to an upcoming concert or play but just didn't think you could afford it? Need to get the kids out of the house to something fun and free? Visit the Eveleth and Gilbert libraries and check out a FREE Museum Pass to get free tickets to a variety of local events and attractions. Yes, you check them out just like you check out books! You can have as many tickets as you want, but first come first served. Free tickets to the following events are currently available at the libraries:

Friday February 19 7:00 p.m. The children's play "Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing" at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids.

Sunday, March 7 the Duluth Symphany's "Lollipop Concert" at the DECC. Catch the FREE bus at the Eveleth Library @ 12:30 p.m., catch the bus at the Gilbert library @ 12:50 p.m. The Concert starts at 3:00 p.m. Return home to Gilbert on the bus by 6:45 p.m. and to Eveleth by 7:00 p.m. If you don't want to take the bus and want to drive down yourselves you can get tickets for the 3:00 concert only.

Friday March 12 7:30 p.m. The concert "Chatterton Duo" at the Virginia High School Auditorium.

Free tickets are also available to visit the following attractions any time you want: The Carlton County Historical Society, the Cook County Historical Society, the Duluth Depot, the Ely-Winton Historical Society, the Great Lakes Aquarium, the Judy Garland and Children's Museum, the North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum, Palkie Grist Mill in Esko, and Split Rock Lighthouse.

Take advantage of this great deal when you visit your hometown Eveleth or Gilbert libraries.

This project was funded in part or in whole with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 which dedicated funding to proserve Minnota's arts and cultural heritage.

Pajama Story & Game Night @ the Gilbert Library Feb 20th

Want to get the kids out of the house on a Saturday night for someexercise, fun and food? Bring them to the Gilbert Library on SaturdayFebruary 20th @ 7:00 p.m. for some loud rowdy running games and quietsleepytime stories. Jordy the Readdog will be there, and refreshmentswill be served. Kids can wear pajamas if they want! This event is FREEand is especially for kids under 12 and their families. For moreinformation call 748-2230.

Gilbert Public Library has gone Wireless

Visitors to the Gilbert Public Library will find something new in 2010. The Library now has wireless internet available! Anyone can now bring in their own laptop computer and access the internet through the Library's wireless internet network. This will be especially useful during those busy after-school hours and in the summers when tourists from around the world pass through Gilbert. Access Broadband is providing the wireless service at no cost to the Library.

January 2010 New Materials - Audiovisual

9 - DVD
50 cartoons - DVD
2010 - DVD
All About: the ultimate collection Vol. 3 - DVD
Bright star - DVD
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs - DVD
A face in the crowd - DVD
The final destination - DVD
The friends of Eddie Coyle - DVD
G-Force - DVD
Ghost world - DVD
Guys and dolls - DVD
The hangover - DVD
Hollywood classics. Golden age of the - DVD
The hurt locker - DVD
Icons of screwball comedy. Volume two - DVD
The invention of lying - DVD
Paranormal activity - DVD
Strawberry Shortcake. Let's dance - DVD
Surrogates - DVD

January 2010 New Materials - Non-Fiction

All cakes considered - Melissa Gray - 641.8 GRA
The boy who harnessed the wind - William Kamkwamba - 621.31 KAM
Cold : adventures - Bill Streever - 910.911 STR
Columbine - Dave Cullen - 373.788 CUL
Committed - Elizabeth Gilbert - 306.81 GIL
Down, down, down - Steve Jenkins - J 591.779 JEN
Empire of liberty - Gordon S. Wood - 973.4 WOO
The good soldiers - David Finkel - 956.7044 FIN
The Great Depression - Benjamin Roth - 973.917 ROT
The lineup - Otto Penzler - 813 LIN
Making the most of your money now - Jane Bryant Quinn - 332.02 QUI
The Mayo Clinic diet - Mayo Clinic - 613.25 MAY
Mennonite in a little black dress - Rhoda Janzen - 811.6 JAN
Mission control, this is Apollo - Andrew Chaiken - J 629.45 CHA
The rock garden plant primer - C. Grey-Wilson - 635.96 GRE
True description of the Lake Superior - John R. St. John - MN 917.74 ST.J

January 2010 New Materials - Juvenile Fiction

Picture Books
Ah-choo! - Margery Cuyler - E CUY
All the world - Liz Garton Scanlon - E SCA
Brownie & Pearl step out - Cynthia Rylant - E RYL
Comin' down to storytime - Rob Reid - E REI
Crafty Chameleon - Mwenye Hadithi - E HAD
Eight animals on the town - Susan Middleton - E ELY
Elephants cannot dance! - Mo Willems - E WIL
Here comes the big, mean dust bunny! - Jan Thomas - E THO
I am a backhoe - Anna Grossnickle Hines - E HIN
Let's do nothing! - Tony Fucile - E FUC
Moon man - Tomi Ungerer - E UNG
Pet shop lullaby - Mary Ann Fraser - E FRA
Sleepy little alphabet - Judy Sierra - E ABC
Supersister - Beth Cadena - E CAD
What's wrong with my hair? - Satoshi - B KIT

Elementary Age
Dodsworth in London - Tim Egan - J EGA
Eidi - Bodil Bredsdorff - J BRE
The Georges and the Jewels - Jane Smiley - J SMI
How to build your own country - Valerie Wyatt - J WYA

Young Adult
The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness - YA NES
Dani noir - Nova Ren Suma - YA SUM
Raven summer - David Almond - YA ALM
The sorcerer of the north - John Flanagan - YA FLA
The sorceress - Michael Scott - YA SCO

January 2010 New Materials - Adult Fiction

31 hours - Masha Hamilton - F HAM
Alice I have been - Melanie Benjamin - F BEN
Altar of Eden - James Rollins - F ROL
Bad things happen - Harry Dolan - M DOL
The bride blunder - Kelly Eileen Hake - F HAK
The brightest star in the sky - Marian Keyes - F KEY
The burning land - Bernard Cornwell - F COR
Catalyst - Anne McCaffrey - F MCC
The chocolate cupid killings - JoAnna Carl - M CAR
The cloud pavilion - Laura Joh Rowland - M ROW
Dark horse - Craig Johnson - M JOH
A dark love - Margaret Carroll - F CAR
Day out of days - Sam Shepard - F SHE
Days of gold - Jude Deveraux - F DEV
Death of a valentine - M.C. Beaton - M BEA
Deeper than the dead - Tami Hoag - F HOA
The domino pattern - Timothy Zahn - SF ZAH
The endless forest - Sara Donati - F DON
Fired up - Jayne Ann Krentz - F KRE
First annual Grand Prairie Rabbit - Ken Wheaton - F WHE
The first rule - Robert Crais - F CRA
Gutshot straight - Lou Berney - F BER
The honor of spies - W.E.B. Griffin - F GRI
Impact - Douglas Preston - F PRE
An Irish country girl - Patrick Taylor - F TAY
Iron river - T. Jefferson Parker - F PAR
Kisser - Stuart Woods - F WOO
The lock artist - Steve Hamilton - F HAM
The lord of death - Eliot Pattison - M PAT
The man in the wooden hat - Jane Gardam - F GAR
A matter of class - Mary Balogh - F BAL
Nemesis - Jo Nesbo - F NES
Not my daughter - Barbara Delinsky F DEL
Pieces of sky - Kaki Warner - F WAR
The queen's governess - Karen Harper - F HAR
Remarkable creatures - Tracy Chevalier - F CHE
Silencer - James W. Hall - F HAL
Sizzle - Julie Garwood - F GAR
Snow angels - James Thompson - M THO
Soulless - Gail Carriger - F CAR
Starvation Lake - Bryan Gruley - M GRU
True confections - Katharine Weber - F WEB
Unfinished desires - Gail Godwin - F GOD
The wolf at the door - Jack Higgins - F HIG
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel - F MAN
Worth the risk - Nora Roberts - F ROB

Pajama Storytime

Pajama Storytime for children at the Gilbert Public Library.
February 20th, @ 7pm.

February 2010 Storytime

Storytime for children five and younger at the Gilbert Public Library.
Fridays from 11:00 am to 11:30 am.
Dates in February: 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.

December 2009 New Materials - AudioVisual

Angels & demons - DVD Family
500 Days of Summer - DVD Family
Four Christmases - DVD Family
District 9 - DVD Adult
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - DVD Family
Inglourious Basterds - DVD Adult
Julie & Julia - DVD Family
Madison - DVD Adult
Night at the Museum Battle at the Smithsonian - DVD Family
Paper heart - DVD Family
Public enemies - DVD Adult
Santa Buddies - DVD Family
Time to dance - cd
The Wizard of Oz - DVD Children

December 2009 New Materials - Non-Fiction

The American meadow garden - John Greenlee - 635.9
Art of Happiness in a Troubled World - Dalai Lama - 294.3
The book of basketball - Bill Simmons - 796.8
Every day is game day - Fran Tarkenton - 921
Evidence of angels - Suza Scalora - 235
The faith instinct - Nicholas Wade - 201
Fire - Sebastian Junger - 363.3
I can make you sleep - Paul McKenna - 616.8
Stones into schools - Greg Mortenson - 371.8
Super freakonomics - Steven Levitt - 330

December 2009 New Materials - Juvenile Fiction

Picture Books
Bears on chairs - Shirley Parenteau - E PAR
Big Wolf & Little Wolf - Brun-Cosme Nadine - E BRU
Bugs in a blanket - Beatrice Alemagna - E ALE
Creature abc - Andrew Zuckerman - E ABC
Chicos y altos : un libro de animales - Nathan Olson - E OLS
Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas - Jane O’Conner - E OCO
Life in the boreal forest - Brenda Z. Guiberson - E GUI
The more we are together - Tanya Roitmann - B ROI
My elephant - Petr Horácek - E HOR
Never smile at a monkey - Steve Jenkins - E JEN
Red Ted and the Lost Things - Michael Rosen - E ROS
Sleep, Big Bear, sleep! - Maureen Wright - E WRI
Woof : a love story - Sarah Weeks - E WEE
Woolly mammoth - Mick Manning - E MAN

Elementary Age
Clash of the demons - Joseph Delaney - J DEL
Eve of the Emperor penguin - Mary Pope Osborne - J OSB
The fourth apprentice - Erin Hunter - J HUN
Lunch Lady and the author visit - John Krosoczka - J KRO
Over My Dead Body - Kate Klise - J KLI
A season of gifts - Richard Peck - J PEC
Signal - Cynthia DeFelice - J DEF

Young Adult
A brief history of Montmaray - Michelle Cooper - YA COO
Forest born - Shannon Hale - YA HAL
I'm so sure - Jenny B. Jones - YA JON
Once was lost - Sara Zarr - YA ZAR

December 2009 New Materials - Adult Fiction

The bargain bride - Barbara Metzger - F MET
Breathless - Dean Koontz - F KOO
By the mountain bound - Elizabeth Bear - SF BEA
Cobra alliance - Timothy Zahn - SF ZAH
Darth Bane: dynasty of evil - Drew Karpyshyn - SF KAR
Dead soul - James D. Doss - F DOS
Deadly deals - Fern Michaels - F MIC
Desert lost - Betty Webb - M WEB
The disciple - Stephen Coonts - F COO
Divine misdemeanors - Laurell K. Hamilton - F HAM
Faces of the gone - Brad Parks - M PAR
Goddess of the hunt - Tessa Dare - F DAR
The hidden flame - Bunn & Oke - F OKE
Hollywood moon - Joseph Wambaugh - F WAM
Liberating Atlantis - Harry Turtledove - F TUR
Line of sight - Jack Kelly - F KEL
London Boulevard - Ken Bruen - F BRU
The longest night - Gregg Keizer - F KEI
The marching season - Daniel Silva - F SIL
Minnesota Cold - Cynthia Kraack - F KRA
The Paris vendetta - Steve Berry - F BER
Past due - William Lashner - F LAS
Pirate latitudes - Michael Crichton - F CRI
Shades of blue - Karen Kingsbury - F KIN
The silver skull - Mark Chadbourn - F CHA
Too much happiness - Alice Munro - F MUN
Trial by fire - J.A. Jance - M JAN
U is for undertow - Sue Grafton - M GRA
Village of the ghost bears - Stan Jones - M JON
What remains of heaven - C.S. Harris - M HAR
The white raven - Robert Low - F LOW

Closure January 6th

The Gilbert Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010, in order for the Arrowhead Library System to perform computer maintenance. We will be open normal hours on Thursday, January 7th. Thank you for your understanding.

Hot Reads for Cold Nights

Hot Reads for Cold Nights is a reading program for Adults which will be held from January through March, 2010 at the Gilbert Public Library. Sign up at the Library to be eligible for weekly drawings! Any fiction or non-fiction library book read during the course of the program is eligible for submission in a weekly prize drawing. Celebrate Hot Reads for Cold Nights with special monthly Book Club meetings at 2:00 p.m. on January 30, February 27 and March, 27. Call 748-2230 for more information.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs at Gilbert Library

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs at Gilbert Library
Saturday, January 16th is Movie Night at the Gilbert Public Library. The PG animated movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will be shown at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. The movie is FREE and open to everyone. Children under 12 should be accompanied by an adult. Feel free to bring comfortable chairs and blankets. The Gilbert Library has a public performance license to show this movie. For more information call 748-2230.

Digital Camera Basics

Digital Camera Basics Jan 16th at Gilbert Library
Got a new camera for the holidays? Have one you don't know how to use? The Gilbert Public Library will be offering a workshop for those interested in learning about their camera on Saturday, January 16th @ 2:00 p.m. We'll show you the basics: how to take pictures, load them into your computer, and print them. All of your other questions will be answered, too. Bring your camera, fresh or fully charged batteries, memory card or computer cable, and the owner's manual. Please call 748-2230 to reserve a spot for this program, as seating is limited. This event is FREE and open to the public.

January 2010 Storytime

Storytime for children five and younger at the Gilbert Public Library.
Fridays from 11:00 am to 11:30 am.
Dates in January: 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th.