Library Hours This Holiday Weekend

The Library will be closed Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. See you Monday!

A Vampire Video That Will Make You Giggle

This is related to the Library only in the most negligible way but it is too funny not too share. We do carry Buffy the Vampire Slayer books and the Twilight series so there is a link. Rebellious Pixels mashed up clips from the Twilight movie and Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series that casts a whole new light on Edward Cullen's character. Watch and Enjoy.

Do You Like Nutritious Reading or Brain Candy?

I enjoyed this pithy comparison of authors by a Library patron.
"Robert Ludlum is candy, Gary Disher has nutritional value."

System Upgrade Update

The replacement of the Library server and upgrades to the circulation system are going well. Thank you to everyone who has made sure to bring their Library card, and for being so understanding about the usual services we cannot provide these two days, such as placing holds and searching the catalog for you. No one has complained that we cannot take fine money either. We hope to be back to normal on Thursday.

Beat the Doldrums @ Your Library

School is over, the nice weather is finally here, and the kids are already complaining about being bored! There have been teens wandering through the Teen Loft book stacks, but they don't know what to read. Well we have taken the guess work out of finding a good book to read. There are 38 (yes 38!) suggested reading bookmarks available, in the Teen Loft, with suggestions for:

**Humor
**Eco-fiction
**If you liked Twilight, Gossip Girls, or Cirque du Freak.
**Supense/Thrillers
**Vampires
**Sports, etc.

There also suggested reading bookmarks available for younger kids and adults. If all those fail just ask a staff member for help.

The Time Traveler's Wife Comes to the Silver Screen

Many readers were captivated by the story of "Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap". The movie trailer has just been released and it looks as involving as the novel it was developed from.

The Best 100 Picture Books Poll

School Library Journal conducted a poll of its readers to determine what the best 100 picture books are, by popular vote. The number one book is one that has been mentioned on this blog several times, it is one of my favorites. You will remember reading some of these books as a kid, others you have probably read to your kids. If not, it's is a good list of what to read to your kids!

There are links at the bottom of the page to lead you to the number 2 book, number 3 etc.

What do you think of the choices? Did they miss your favorite picture book, or put it too low on the list?

New Cochecho Readers' Award Nominees

The new list of nominees for the Cochecho Readers' Award is ready-- just in time for summer reading!

The Cochecho Readers' Award is sponsored by the Children's Librarians of Dover, New Hampshire. The award is named after the Cochecho River which runs through the heart of Dover. This award is given each year to an author whose book receives the most votes from third and fourth graders in Dover. We have chosen 20 titles published within the last three years. The criteria for selection are quality of writing and child appeal. Children are required to read or listen to at least three of the titles on the list in order to vote. The voting will take place in the school libraries in the Spring.

Click here for the new 2009-10 nominees list and start reading!

Your Library Card is Essential Next Week

The Library’s CIRCULATION SYSTEM & ONLINE CATALOG will be DOWN Tuesday & Wednesday June 30 & July 1 for server replacement and program upgrades. You MUST SHOW A DOVER LIBRARY CARD to have any materials checked out during this time.
We will be unable to:
**Look up your barcode
**Check in returned items (no fines for these 2 days)
**Place holds
**Search the Library Catalog
**Register new patrons
**Collect fine payments
The LIBRARY CATALOG will also be unavailable on our website.