LPL News for the week of 7/22/07

[Lakewood Public Library]

"Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality."
--Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY


Wednesday, July 25

HARRY POTTER BIRTHDAY BASH: For the whole family
Wizards and muggles of all ages are invited to Madison Park to celebrate Harry's birthday with costume contests, trivia, games and much more.
5:00 - 8:00 P.M. in the Madison Park Pavilion

For information on all events at Lakewood Public Library, check out our EVENTS CALENDAR

NEW BOOKS, MOVIES & MUSIC
-- located on the first floor --

Adult Fiction:
Helen of Troy by Margaret George -- FICTION GEORGE
The bright side of disaster a novel by Katherine Center -- FICTION CENTER
Wolverine by Chris Claremont -- GRAPHIC NOVEL CLAREMONT

Adult Nonfiction:
Creative careers : paths for aspiring actors, artists, dancers, musicians and writers by Elaina C. Loveland -- 791.023 LOVELAND
I, me, mine -- by George Harrison -- BIO HARRISON
Vaccinated: one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases by Paul A. Offit -- 616.079092 OFFIT

Adult Audiovisual:
Alpha dog -- DVD ALPHA DOG
Because I said so -- DVD BECAUSE I SAID SO
Hannibal rising -- DVD HANNIBAL RISING

Juvenile Books:
The Runaway Dinner by Allan Ahlberg--jPICTURE BK Ahlberg 2.
Tally O'Malley by Stuart Murphy--jPICTURE BK Murphy 3.
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata--jFICTION Kadohata

Juvenile Audiovisual:
The Last Mimzy--jDVD Last 2.
Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot--jCD FICTION Cabot 3.
Genie Magic by Bratz--jCD Bratz

BROWSING THE STACKS
The Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on:
Fine Arts
Sit in the Grand Reading room or in your own living room and gaze upon great works of art. These beautiful books are Located on the second floor -- ask for directions at the Reference Desk.

Courbet and the modern landscape by Mary G Morton -- 759.4 MORTON

Old masters, impressionists, and moderns: French masterworks from the State Pushkin Museum, Moscow by Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova --
759.407444731 ANTONOVA

Fabergé: fantasies & treasures by Géza vonHabsburg-Lothringen --
739.2 HABSBURG-LOTHRI

Master photographs: master photographs from PFA exhibitions 1959-67
Photography in the Fine Arts -- 770 MASTER

The American canvas: paintings from the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco -- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
759.13074 FINE

The American canvas: paintings from the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
759.13074 FINE

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS-West Shore Career-Technical District
The West Shore Career-Technical Education District offers programs to students of the Bay Village, Lakewood, Rocky River and Westlake school districts. The offerings include a continuum of career-focused programs providing students with multiple routes to full-time or part-time employment, college, technical school, or military. West Shore, in collaboration with Cuyahoga Community College, offers Tech Prep programs as an educational option for students who wish to link their last two years of high school education with a two-year associate degree technology program at Cuyahoga Community College. Students enrolled in a Tech Prep programs can earn up to six semester hours toward a degree at Cuyahoga Community College. Visit their site and their course catalog here: http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/westshore/

Contact us with any suggestions to this page through email: lpl@lkwdpl.org

E-BOOKS
Through the Ohio eBook Project your Lakewood Public Library card (and PIN) gives you access to browse and search hundreds of titles for downloading to your home computer, portable device, or burning onto CDs for reading and listening anywhere, anytime. The Ohio eBook Project is funded in part using LSTA funds awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the State Library of Ohio.

Don't have a PIN? You will need a PIN to access your account online or to check out materials from the eBook Project. Get your PIN at the Circulation Desk at Main Library or Madison Branch. Get started here: http://ohdbks.lib.overdrive.com/