The Library will remain closed Tuesday, Feb. 1 due to the winter storm progressing across the area. All Library programs scheduled for Tuesday have been canceled.
Don't forget, our website is available 24/7 with research tools such as World Book, and our free downloadable audio book and eBook service.
Check the local TV stations or our website for updates about our hours.
Monday, January 31, 2011
The Library Will Close at 6 PM Mon., Jan. 31
Due to slick and hazardous road conditions, the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library will close at 6 PM, today, Monday, Jan. 31. All evening programs have been canceled.
Please stay safe and check our website www.zionsville.lib.in.us for updates about tomorrow's hours.
Please stay safe and check our website www.zionsville.lib.in.us for updates about tomorrow's hours.
And the Nominees Are . . .
Nominations were recently announced for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards to be presented February 27 in Hollywood, California. Ten films are vying for Best Picture, 5 of which are based on books. This year’s nominees are: The Social Network (The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich), The Black Swan, The King’s Speech (The King’s Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi), True Grit (True Grit by Charles Portis), 127 Hours (Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston), Winter’s Bone (Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell), The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, and Toy Story 3. For full list of nominees, related stories and more, visit The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
If you like books that have been made into movies, you might want to peruse the Library's “From Book to Movie” reading guide, available in the Teen and Adult Services Department. You’ll probably recognize titles like A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby. But did you also know that the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire was based on Q & A by Vikas Swarup? Or that the current thriller (and Oscar nominee), The Town, is based on Chuck Hogan’s Prince of Thieves?
Teens may want to check out Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Lightening Thief, Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Wendelin Van Draanen's Flipped, Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries, and Neil Gaiman’s Coraline.
In 2011, look for films based on The Help by Kathryn Stockett, The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, One for the Money by Janet Evanovich, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Oprah Winfrey Australia trip winner at the Library
What do Australia, Oprah Winfrey and the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library have in common? Answer: Carrie Smith, former Hussey-Mayfield teen librarian and winner of a trip to Australia while in the audience of an Oprah Winfrey Show taping. Carrie will share her experiences and photos of the trip she won and took with her husband when she visits the Library on Tuesday, February 8th at 6:30pm in the Lora Hussey Room. Watch for episodes of the Oprah Winfrey Show in January highlighting the Australia trip winners, and then come to the Library to meet one in person. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear an unusual and exciting experience firsthand. Registration recommended.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Our First Reviews!
Our first Youth Winter Reading Program Book Reviews are in! We want to hear what you think about the books you are reading, and Julia, aged 9, has told us about three books she's read that you might like, too.
Traveling into the future, Julia has recently read the second and fourth books in the "Books of
Ember" series, The People of Sparks (2005) and Diamond of Darkhold (2010). In the first book of this series written by Jeanne DuPrau, City of Ember, the two main characters, Lina and Doon, are part of an am
azing underground city called Ember where people have lived underground for so long they don't remember anything about the world on top of the earth. Lina and Doon must figure out a way to lead the people of Ember above ground because resources and food are, after 200+ years, running out. Can Lina and Doon solve the mysteries left behind by the Builders of Ember, and if they make it out, can the Emberites survive in a world above ground!? Julia gives both The People of Sparks & Diamond of Darkhold a rating of "fantastic."
Heading back into the past instead of into the future, Julia also recommends an exciting historical fiction book by Avi, The Secret School (2001). Julia
summarizes this book by saying, "Ida is 14 and she is excited to do her exit exam until the school closes. She is only 14 so she can't teach, or can she?" Set in the 1920s, a one room school house is about to be shut down, keeping Ida and Tom from being able to take their 8th grade exams and go on to high school. Without high school Ida can't be a teacher, something she wants desperately, but can she juggle being a student and secretly being the teacher to keep the school open, while still caring for her responsibilities on the farm in order to realize her dream? Come on into the library and find out! Julia says this is now her favorite book!
If you want to share your book thoughts with us like Julia has, click on the following link to fill out a book review online. Or, stop by the Youth Reference Desk for a Book Review Form. (Remember, for every qualifying review you submit, you are eligible to enter a raffle for a free iTunes or Amazon gift card!)
Traveling into the future, Julia has recently read the second and fourth books in the "Books of
Ember" series, The People of Sparks (2005) and Diamond of Darkhold (2010). In the first book of this series written by Jeanne DuPrau, City of Ember, the two main characters, Lina and Doon, are part of an amazing underground city called Ember where people have lived underground for so long they don't remember anything about the world on top of the earth. Lina and Doon must figure out a way to lead the people of Ember above ground because resources and food are, after 200+ years, running out. Can Lina and Doon solve the mysteries left behind by the Builders of Ember, and if they make it out, can the Emberites survive in a world above ground!? Julia gives both The People of Sparks & Diamond of Darkhold a rating of "fantastic."Heading back into the past instead of into the future, Julia also recommends an exciting historical fiction book by Avi, The Secret School (2001). Julia
summarizes this book by saying, "Ida is 14 and she is excited to do her exit exam until the school closes. She is only 14 so she can't teach, or can she?" Set in the 1920s, a one room school house is about to be shut down, keeping Ida and Tom from being able to take their 8th grade exams and go on to high school. Without high school Ida can't be a teacher, something she wants desperately, but can she juggle being a student and secretly being the teacher to keep the school open, while still caring for her responsibilities on the farm in order to realize her dream? Come on into the library and find out! Julia says this is now her favorite book!If you want to share your book thoughts with us like Julia has, click on the following link to fill out a book review online. Or, stop by the Youth Reference Desk for a Book Review Form. (Remember, for every qualifying review you submit, you are eligible to enter a raffle for a free iTunes or Amazon gift card!)
Friday, January 21, 2011
More Duct Tape, Please!
If there is anything I have learned since taking my position as the teen librarian, it is that teens love duct tape. In case you have not been down the aisle at your local hardware or department store, you are majorly missing out. Duct tape is no longer available solely in the dull gray color you are most likely familiar with, now it can be found in every color of the rainbow! Red, purple, hot pink, turquoise, lime green, and it doesn’t stop there. There’s also digital camouflage, real camouflage, peace signs, leopard print, zebra print… so options are endless! Why does duct tape come in so many colors? Because you can make things with it! At the Library teens have made duct tape wallets, bags, flip flops, and on Wednesday, February 9 at 4:00 p.m. we will be making duct tape roses! Why? Ummmm… Did I mention that duct tape is awesome? Besides that, these bad boys never die! Teens in grades six and up are welcome to attend, registration is recommended.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Library will close at 4:30 PM today!
Due to hazardous road conditions, the Library will close at 4:30 PM today. All afternoon programs have been canceled.
We encourage everyone to stay safe and curl-up with a good book at home! If you need a book, try our free downloadable audio book and eBook service http://bit.ly/ec5qrk.
Updates will be posted on our website: www.zionsville.lib.in.us.
We encourage everyone to stay safe and curl-up with a good book at home! If you need a book, try our free downloadable audio book and eBook service http://bit.ly/ec5qrk.
Updates will be posted on our website: www.zionsville.lib.in.us.
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