Download Audiobooks from the Library

Did you know that we have thousands of books you can listen to on your MP3 player?

To be able to download e-Audiobooks from the Library's catalog, all you have to do is come by the Library and set up an account with NetLibrary.

The e-audios we have available include fantastic authors including Joan Lowery Nixon, Meg Cabot, Diane Duane, Anne McCaffrey, Will Hobbs, Annette Curtis Klause, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez and many more.

Ask any Librarian next time you're here and we'll show you how to get your account set up - it only takes 5 minutes.

Summer Activities are all Planned Now!

Hey, we now have a whole list of summer activities!

FREE Teen Activities will include

Teen Super Summer Party & Volunteen Fair
Saturday, May 31 2-4 pm
Tastydactyls Band and Live DJ
Food, Games, and more
Sign up for the ReadOn! Summer Reading Club
Volunteer to Work at the Library – at Childrens’ and Teen programs

GameOn! Thursday Night Gaming Tournament
Thursdays, 7 – 8:30 pm in June and July
SuperSmash Brothers tournament – grand prize competition on July 31
Free to all teens ages 12-17

Teen Movies
Every Wednesday at 2 pm
Popular new movies
Free Snacks

Saturday Crafts and Activities
Every Saturday at 2 – 4:00 pm
Saturday, June 7: Game Visors – personalize your own Visor
Saturday, June 14: Marley the Dog Day – Petsmart trainer Tim Molina and Daisy
Saturday, June 21: Origami Modulars – fold simple forms, build complex things
Saturday, June 28: Yarn Bugs! – make yourself a cute companion

Open Game Days
Saturdays in July 2-5 pm
Open to all teens ages 12-17
Mario Kart, Supersmash Brothers, Wii games, DDR and more

“Breaking Dawn” Party for Book 4 of Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga”
Saturday, August 2 at 2-4 pm

Collect your Reward for the ReadOn! Club between July 14 and August 10

Summer Reading Club

I just came back from two days at Texas Library Association Annual Convention. You may ask "why do I care?" Well, I managed to snag some very fine loot from various vendors, which will be going out to YOU this summer in the form of Summer Reading Club prizes. The cutest plushy lizards, in red and green, advanced reader copies of new books by several popular authors, and more...

The World Without Us

Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if there were no people on it? What would happen if we disappeared tomorrow? How long would it be before every trace of our presence faded, or would it?

If you've ever wondered about questions like these, or similar ones, try "The World Without Us" by Alan Weissman, in print or audio.

Or, try "The Fragile Earth: Views of a Changing World" for a pictorial look at the Earth and Man's effect on it. Beautiful but very sad!

New Feature

I love quotations. Little snippets of knowledge, trivia, emotion and meaning. So I'm going to share a favorite quote every week or so, over there on the left side. I hope you'll enjoy them - if you have a favorite quote of your own, I'd love to hear it and share with everyone else...

We're having a BAND

The TASTYDACTYLS will be the band for our Summer Kickoff party!

They're so great. I'm really looking forward to an entertaining and busy afternoon, with the band, games (including DDR), food, volunteer and reading club sign up, and more...

So put Saturday, May 31 from 2-4 at the Central Library on your Places To Be list.

Couple of New Manga and a book review

Not much new here - but "Fairy Tale" volumes 1 and 2 should be out in the next day or two.

I also just finished reading a really good book - "Deadline" by Chris Crutcher. It is sort of a sports story - the main character Ben and his brother Cody are both on the football team in their Senior Year; but it's also about a giant secret Ben is keeping from everyone - and how he deals with it.

The book is action-packed, happy, sad, thoughtful and funny in equal proportions. I think its one that just about anyone would enjoy!