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613 Wei	Weil, Andrew. Spontaneous happiness. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2011. Presents integrative treatment strategies for low mood and depression; offers advice on lifestyle, behavior, and dietary changes; and helps readers assess their own emotional wellness and build personalized plans to manage their moods.
616.9 Eps	Epstein, Paul R. Changing Planet, Changing Health : How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do About It. Univ of California Press, 2011.
641.5 Rid	Ridge, Brent. The Beekman 1802 heirloom cookbook. New York : Sterling Epicure, c2011. Collects recipes that showcase heirloom fruits and vegetables, including a section in each chapter to personalize the book with family recipes–and create a unique keepsake to hand down.
92 Bro	Brown, Ian, 1954-. The boy in the moon : a father’s journey to understand his extraordinary son. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2011, c2009. A Canadian journalist traces his efforts to understand the extremely rare genetic mutation that causes his son to possess an unusual facial appearance, an inability to speak and a compulsion to hit himself, a disorder for which the author has traveled the world to speak with medical specialists and connect with other affected families.
92 Gbo	Gbowee, Leymah. Mighty be our powers : how sisterhood, prayer, and sex changed a nation at war : a memoir. New York : Beast Books, c2011. Recounts the experiences of a Liberian activist as she discusses how she united Christian and Muslim women to campaign for an end to war in her nation.
92 Gif	Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970-. Gabby : a story of courage and hope. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2011. Congresswoman Giffords and her astronaut husband recount her early years, their marriage, the assassination attempt that left her gravely wounded and took the lives of six others, and her rehabilitation.
BLUE J 811 Diz	Dizzy dinosaurs : silly dino poems. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2011. Collects humorous poems about dinosaurs, both real and fictional, including the muddy Triceratops, the pilot Pterodactyl, and the dancing Sauropods.
CD Bal	Baldacci, David. Zero day. New York, NY : Hachette Book Group, USA, 2011. Read by Orlagh Cassidy and Ron McLarty. Former combat veteran John Puller is now an investigator in the Army’s Criminal Investigative Division. He checks out the murder of an army man and his wife, a Pentagon contractor, in their rural home. Digging through deception after deception, he soon realizes that nothing in this small town is as it seems. First in a new series.
CD Chi	Child, Lee. The affair. Dallas, TX : Random House, Inc., 2011. Read by Dick Hill. Before Jack Reacher packed his toothbrush and started walking, before he became America’s most revered vigilante hero, there was a last military case with a twist in his own life that he never saw coming. Was there a reason the beautiful local sheriff didn’t want the killer identified? Why was there pressure from the Pentagon? And why was his prime suspect not the same as the army’s? 16th in the series. “Taut, twisty fun.” — Entertainment Weekly.
CD Cla	Clark, Edie. Night Sky. North Sutton, NH : Cedar House Sound.
CD Con	Connelly, Michael. The drop. New York, NY : Hachette Book Group, USA, 2011. Read by Len Cariou. LAPD detective Harry Bosch relentlessly pursues two cases. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? Meanwhile, a city councilman’s son jumped or was pushed from a hotel window. The councilman, Bosch’s longtime nemesis, insists that he handle the investigation. 17th in the series.
CD Cor	Cornwell, Patricia. Red mist. Chicago, IL : Penguin Putnam, Inc., 2011. Read by Kate Burton. Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not just on the murder of her former deputy chief, but also on a string of grisly killings. She discovers that her deputy’s death and an attempt on her own life are only the beginning of something far more destructive. 19th in the series.
CD Har	Harbach, Chad. The art of fielding. New York, NY : Hachette Book Group, USA, 2011. Read by Holter Graham. College baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big-league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended, and Henry’s fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. “Engrossing…. Smart, addictive, and full of heart.” — Entertainment Weekly.
CD Isa	Isaacson, Walter. Steve jobs. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2011. Read by Dylan Baker. From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. He provides an extraordinary account of Jobs’ professional and personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with Jobs’ family members, key colleagues from Apple and its competitors, here is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation.
CD Mor	Morgenstern, Erin. The night circus. Dallas, TX : Random House, Inc., 2011. Read by Jim Dale. Celia, daughter of a magician, is training for a competition against Marco, the protege of her father’s longtime adversary. Eventually the two meet under the tents of the Cirque des Reves – the Circus of Dreams – where, despite themselves, they fall in love. But the game must play out, and the fates of many hang in the balance. “Smashing tale of greed, fate, and love… a giant, magical story.” — Publishers Weekly.
CD Orl	Orlean, Susan. Rin tin tin : the life and the legend. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2011. Read by Susan Orlean. The life and enduring legacy of canine hero Rin Tin Tin. The German shepherd pup was rescued from WWI and brought back to the U.S. He soon became a major movie star and began a family of dogs that captured the imagination of the American public through film, radio, and TV for 11 generations. “A terrific dog’s tale that will make [listeners] sit up and beg for more.” — Kirkus Reviews.
CD Pat	Patterson, James. Kill alex cross. New York, NY : Hachette Book Group, USA, 2011. Read by Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier. The President’s son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is on the case. But someone very high up is trying to keep him in the dark. Meanwhile, deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital. As his window for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes a desperate decision that may alter the fate of the entire country. 18th in the series.
CH-CD DiC	DiCamillo, Kate. Because of winn-dixie. Dallas, TX : Random House, Inc., 2004. Read by Cherry Jones. Lonely Opal has moved to Naomi, Florida, with her father, and doesn’t know what to expect. But when she adopts Winn-Dixie, a dog at the grocery store, she makes some unusual friends and lets go of her sadness. Newbery Honor Book, 2001, and an Audie Award finalist for 2002. The movie stars Dave Matthews, Jeff Daniels, and Cicely Tyson. “Percolates with heartfelt emotion and eccentric Southern color.” — AudioFile.
CH-DVD 160	The Gruffalo. [United States] : Orange Eyes Limited :, c2011. Voices: Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Robbie Coltrane, James Gorden, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson. When a courageous mouse goes for a stroll in the woods, he must outwit a series of predatory animals, including a fox, snake, owl, and the mighty Gruffalo.
CH-DVD 175	Mr. Popper’s penguins. Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2011. Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Ophelia Lovibond, Madeleine Carroll, Clark Gregg, Jeffrey Tambor, David Krumholtz, Phillip Baker Hall, Angela Lansbury. Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life, until he inherits six ‘adorable’ penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland, and the rest of his world upside-down. Adapted from the award-winning classic children’s book, Mr. Popper’s Penguins is a cool blast of fun for all ages.
CH-DVD 9	Mary Poppins. 45th anniversary ed.; widescreen presentation. Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Entertainment :, [2009]. Disc. 1. Feature — disc 2. Bonus material. Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Ed Wynn, Reginald Owen, Hermione Baddeley, Reta Shaw, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher. After a banker’s children lose their nanny due to her frustration with them, a change in the wind blows in a magical nanny who matches the children’s qualifications, but not those of their very proper father. As Mary Poppins helps the children magically explore the world around them, their father grows increasingly disapproving of her methods, and he must eventually deal with his own distance from his children.
CH-PLAY Car	Carris, Joan Davenport. Wild times at the Bed & Biscuit. Unabridged. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, [2011], p2011. Performed by David de Vries. Dr. Adam Bender, the veterinarian at the Bed and Biscuit, accepts four sick animals from the wildlife shelter for treatment and tries to make them feel at home, with the help of the domestic animals already there.
CH-PLAY Low	Lowry, Lois. The Gooney Bird collection. Unabridged. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, [2010], p2009. Gooney Bird Greene — Gooney Bird and the room mother — Gooney the fabulous — Gooney Bird is so absurd. Read by Lee Adams. Gooney Bird Greene: There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. She is the star of story time with her “absolutely true” stories. But do her classmates have stories good enough to share?. Gooney Bird and the room mother: Gooney Bird wants to have the lead role in her class Thanksgiving pageant. But that role will go to whoever finds someone to be the room mother. Gooney Bird finds a room mother, but promises not to tell who it is until the day of the play. But will the mystery room mother really show up?. Gooney the fabulous: Gooney Bird has a fabulous idea that each student create their own fable and tell it to the class! Everyone but Nicholas is excited about their stories and costumes. Can Gooney Bird find out why Nicholas is unhappy and get him to join in the fun?. Gooney Bird is so absurd: On the day that Gooney Bird wears her special brain-warming hat to school, Mrs. Pidgeon is teaching her class about poetry. But just when things are going well, the kids get some terrible news. And Gooney Bird will need all the inspiration her brain can muster to organize the most important poem the class has ever written.
CH-PLAY MacD	MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-. Fat cat and friends. Unabridged. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, [2007], p2002. The little old woman who hated housework : a folktale from the British Isles — Conejito (the little rabbit) : a folktale from Panama — Fat cat : a folktale from Denmark — Little boy frog and little boy snake : a folktale from Nigeria — Mabela the Clever : a folktale from Sierra Leone — Miera miera meow! : a folktale from the south of France — Telsik : a folktale from Ukraine. Performed by Margaret Read MacDonald (voice) and Richard Scholtz (autoharp and dulcimer). A collection of stories adapted from Macdonald’s picture books and folk tale collection.
DVD 282	The Help. Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Entertainment :, 2011. Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek. In 1960s Mississippi, Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
E B	Baker, Keith, 1953-. No two alike. 1st ed. New York : Beach Lane Books, c2011. Follows a pair of birds on a snowflake-filled journey through a winter landscape, where everything everywhere, from branches and leaves to forests full of trees, is unique.
E B	Barton, Chris. Shark vs. train. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2010. A shark and a train compete in a series of contests on a seesaw, in hot air balloons, bowling, shooting baskets, playing hide-and-seek, and more.
E F	Fleming, Candace. Clever Jack takes the cake. 1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2010. A poor boy named Jack struggles to deliver a birthday present worthy of the princess.
E G	Gall, Chris. Substitute Creacher. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2011. Mr. Creacher, a multi-tentacled substitute teacher, warns his prankish students not to misbehave, recounting rhyming cautionary tales of the weird, spooky, and unexpected.
E H	Hacohen, Dean. Tuck me in! 1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010. The reader helps tuck in baby animals at bedtime using pages with flaps to serve as blankets.
E J	Joyce, William, 1957-. The Man in the Moon. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2011. When a newly orphaned baby in the moon makes friends with the children of Earth, he begins to shine as brightly as possible to ward off their fears.
E K	Kimmel, Eric A. Rip Van Winkle’s return. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2007. A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
E K	Klassen, J. I want my hat back. 1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011. A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.
E M	McCully, Emily Arnold. Wonder horse. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2010. A fictionalized account of Bill “Doc” Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author’s note.
E M	Meltzer, Lynn. The construction crew. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2011. A construction crew tears down an old building and builds a new house in its place.
E O	O’Connor, Jane. Fancy Nancy : ooh la la! it’s beauty day. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2010. Nancy, who likes to be fancy, sets up a spa in the backyard to treat her mother to a birthday makeover.
E P	Paterson, Katherine. Brother Sun, Sister Moon : Saint Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the creatures. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2011. Reimagines Francis of Assisi’s 1224 prayer of praise in celebration of God’s gifts throughout the universe.
E S	Savage, Stephen, 1965-. Where’s Walrus? 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c2011. Follows Walrus on a journey through the city, as he tries on different hats to disguise himself from the chasing zookeeper.
E S	Sidman, Joyce. Swirl by swirl : spirals in nature. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011. An illustrated exploration of various examples of spirals appearing in nature, looking at snail shells, flower petals, elephant tusks, crashing waves, and more.
E S	Steig, William, 1907-2003. Pete’s a pizza. 1st ed. [New York] : HarperCollins, 1998. Pete is cheered up on a rainy day when his father pretends to turn him into a pizza.
E T	Tullet, Hervé. Press here. San Francisco : Handprint Books, 2011, c2010. Instructs the reader on how to interact with the illustrations to manipulate yellow, blue, and red dots.
E V	Viva, Frank. Along a long road. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2011. Illustrations and brief text evoke a bicycle ride, with its ups and downs, sweeping turns, and vivid views.
E W	Winter, Jonah, 1962-. Here comes the garbage barge! 1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2010. In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the east coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.
F Abu	Abu-Jaber, Diana. Birds of paradise : a novel. 1st ed. New York : W. W. Norton, c2011. After a five year absence, an eighteen-year-old runaway returns to her family in Miami to deal with the guilty secret that caused her to flee.
F Bro	Brown, Carolyn. The Ladies’ Room. Avalon Books, 2011.
F Can	Cannell, Stephen J. Vigilante. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2011. LAPD detective Shane Scully and his partner Sumner Hitchens investigate a possible killer in their precinct when a trouble-making activist is found dead in her home.
F Cla	Clancy, Tom, 1947-. Locked on. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2011. Coming out of retirement to run for president, Jack Ryan finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes attack from his opponent as his close comrade, John Clark, is the subject of treacherous charges, at the same time Jack Ryan, Jr. and other members of Campus struggle to stop terrorists.
F Cor	Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. Red mist. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2011. As she investigates the murder of her former deputy chief, Kay Scarpetta discovers links to a series of otherwise unrelated killings, and soon finds herself unraveling a global terror conspiracy.
F Dew	deWitt, Patrick, 1975-. The Sisters brothers. 1st ed. New York : Ecco, c2011. Set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, this darkly comic novel follows the misadventures of the fabled Sisters brothers, two hired guns who, under the order of the mysterious Commodore, try to kill Hermann Kermit Warm, a man who gives them a run for their money.
F Dob	Dobbyn, John F. Black diamond : a novel. 1st ed. Longboat Key, Fla. : Oceanview Pub., c2011. Michael Knight and Lex Devlin agree to represent a jockey who is accused of killing a fellow jockey during a race, but as the case unfolds they find themselves in the middle of a conflict between Boston’s Irish Mafia and the terrorist branch of the IRA.
F Enr	Enright, Anne, 1962-. The forgotten waltz. 1st American ed. New York : W. W. Norton, 2011. During a snowstorm, Gina Moynihan reminisces the string of events that brought her the love of her life, Sean Vallely, and recalls their affair.
F Fra	Frank, Dorothea Benton. Folly Beach. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow , c2011. Returning to Folly Beach, her childhood home, newly widowed Cate Cooper, whose late husband’s financial exploits have left her homeless and broke, discovers that it is possible to go home again and discover the person she was meant to become.
F Gab	Gabaldon, Diana. The Scottish prisoner : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2011. In the eighteenth century, paroled prisoner-of-war Jamie Fraser and his old friend Tobias Quinn must travel from London to Ireland on a mission of intrigue surrounding a packet of documents and an ancient relic.
F Hol	Holt, Anne, 1958-. 1222 : a Hanne Wilhelmsen novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, c2011. Follows the experiences of travelers who are stranded by a blizzard in a decrepit hotel where one of their number begins killing off the rest.
F Hun	Hunter, Stephen, 1946-. Soft target. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011. A follow-up to “Dead Zero” finds retired marine sergeant Ray Cruz confronting a band of terrorists who have taken over the Mall of America, where they begin to systematically execute more than one thousand hostages.
F Jam	James, P. D. Death comes to Pemberley. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Pemberley is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth Bennett’s disgraced sister Lydia arrives and announces that her husband Wickham has been murdered.
F LaP	LaPlante, Alice, 1958-. Turn of mind. 1st ed. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2011. Implicated in the murder of her best friend, Jennifer White, a brilliant retired surgeon with dementia, struggles with fractured memories of their complex relationship and wonders if she actually committed the crime.
F Lim	Limon, Martin. Mr. Kill. Soho Crime, 2011.
F McC	McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-. The forgotten affairs of youth. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2011. Isabel reluctantly agrees to help a visiting Australian philosopher find her biological father, but the case is complicated by her housekeeper’s questionable financial advisor and ongoing doubts about her engagement to Jamie.
F Nes	Nesbø, Jo, 1960-. The leopard. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. After two young women are found dead, both drowned in their own blood, Inspector Harry Hole is compelled to return to Norway to see his dying father and to investigate the brutal crime, which may be the work of a serial killer.
F Urr	Urrea, Luis Alberto. Queen of America : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2011. Teresita Urrea flees to Arizona with her father after the Tomochic Rebellion but is inundated with visits from pilgrims seeking her skills as a healer until she is chased to New York by assassins.
J 031 Gui	Guinness world records. [London] : Guinness World Records, 2000-. Lists records, superlatives, and unusual facts in the areas of fame, business, crime, the natural world, technology, war, the arts, music, fashion, and sports.
J 796.83 Pen	Peña, Matt de la. A nation’s hope : the story of boxing legend Joe Louis. New York : Dial Books for young readers, c2011. An evocative portrait of the boxing icon centers around his historic match against Germany’s Max Schmeling on the eve of World War II, a fight that reflected international tensions and a triumph against racial barriers.
J 910.9 Ros	Ross, Stewart. Into the unknown : how great explorers found their way by land, sea, and air. 1st U.S. ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011. Examines fourteen of the greatest explorers and expeditions in history and explains the impact they had on people’s perception of the world, in a book with unfolding cross sections.
J 917.47 Rub	Rubbino, Salvatore, 1970-. A walk in New York. 1st U.S. ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009. Follow a wide-eyed boy and his dad on their walk around Manhattan, from Grand Central Terminal to the top of the Empire State Building, from Greenwich Village to the Statute of Liberty.
J 92 And	Stauffacher, Sue, 1961-. Tillie the terrible Swede : how one woman, a sewing needle, and a bicycle changed history. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011. Traces the story of the nineteenth-century women’s bicycle riding champion, describing how the pioneering Swedish immigrant scandalized period society by acquiring a bicycle and unconventional new clothes that enabled her to train as a speed racer.
JF Are	Arenstam, Peter. Nicholas : a Maine tale. Ann Arbor, MI : Mitten Press, c2008. As he continues his search for cousin Francis, who has the family journal, Nicholas the mouse travels to Maine, making new friends along the way and having many adventures while learning about the state’s history.
JF Are	Arenstam, Peter. Nicholas : a Massachusetts tale. Ann Arbor, MI : Mitten Press, 2007. Nicholas, a young mouse, sets off on a perilous journey east across Massachusetts to retrieve a copy of his family history to replace one lost in a flood, and makes new friends, has many adventures, and learns about his state’s history along the way.
JF Are	Arenstam, Peter. Nicholas : a Vermont tale. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Mitten Press, c2010. Having found the family journal he was seeking, Nicholas continues on to Vermont in hopes of reuniting with his parents.
JF Hun	Hunter, Erin. The forgotten warrior. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2011. When an ousider appears in the ThunderClan’s midst, it drives the Clans further apart and as tension mounts they must decide who they can trust before it is too late.
JF Hun	Hunter, Erin. Night Whispers. Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2011.
JF Kor	Korman, Gordon. The Medusa plot. New York : Scholastic, 2011. Unable to return to their normal lives despite the end of the Clue hunt, new Madrigal leaders Amy and Dan anxiously prepare for a retaliatory strike by the Vespers, who kidnap a number of Cahill family members and demand that Amy and Dan steal a famous painting.
JF Lof	Lofting, Hugh, 1886-1947. The voyages of Doctor Dolittle. New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1998. When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.
JF Wat	Watson, Jude. A king’s ransom. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic, c2011. After seven members of their family are kidnapped by an organization called the Vespers, Dan and Amy Cahill must race against time to track down an ancient map to pay as ransom to bring the hostages home.
LPB F Bow	Bowen, Rhys. Her Royal Spyness : solves her first case. NY : Berkley Prime Crime (Doubleday Large Print Home Edition), 2007.
PLAY Her	Herron, Rachael. How to knit a heart back home. Unabridged. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, [2011], p2011. Read by Carrington MacDuffie. Lucy Harrison sells books by day and volunteers with the Cypress Hollow fire department by night. Her life is just the way she likes it — full, even-keeled, and smooth — until bad-boy ex-cop Owen Bancroft comes back to town. Lucy has always been fearless, never scared about diving in to help others. When it comes to risking her heart, however, she realizes she’s absolutely terrified.
PLAY Jam	James Earl Jones reads the Bible : King James version. Unabridged. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, [2007], p2007. James Earl Jones, narrator. Actor/narrator James Earl Jones reads the New Testament of the King James Version of the Bible.
PLAY Sev	Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992. Canoeing with the Cree : the adventure classic… 2,250 miles by canoe from Minnesota to Hudson Bay! Unabridged. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, [2011], p2008. Read by John Farrell. In 1930, future CBS journalist Sevareid and friend Walter Port took an unprecedented three-month, 2250-mile journey starting at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and ending at Hudson Bay, Canada, by way of the Minnesota River, the Red River, and Lake Winnipeg. It’s a fascinating story of canoeing in the wilderness in the days when it truly was wild.
Rali-CD	Alphabet. Rhythm & Rhyme Collection.
Rali-CH-CD	Charlie Bird Counts to the Beat. Price Stern Sloan.
Rali-CH-CD	Colors, Shapes & Counting : Rock n’ Learn. Conroe, TX : Rock n’ Learn, Inc, 1994.
Rali-CH-CD	Dr. Seuss’ ABC.
Rali-CH-CD	Let’s Move : Nursery Rhymes for Moving and Learning. Studio Mouse, LLC, 2005.
Rali-CH-CD	The Cat in the Hat. Random House.
Rali-CH-CD	Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875. Fairy tales. New York : Penguin Audio, p2005. The tinder box — The traveling companion — The little mermaid –The wild swans — The flying trunk — The fir tree — The Snow Queen — The shadow — The old house — The Marsh King’s daughter — The wind tells of Valdemar Daae — The ice maiden — The wood nymph — Auntie toothache. Read by Kate Reading and Richard Matthews. New translation of thirty Hans Christian Andersen tales, including early stories through poignant masterpieces to later tales for adults.
Rali-CH-CD	Balliett, Blue, 1955-. The Wright 3. Unabridged. New York : Listening Library, p2006. Read by Ellen Reilly. In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Robie House from being demolished.
Rali-CH-CD	Beall, Pamela Conn. Wee sing and play : musical games and rhymes for children. Los Angeles : Price/Stern/Sloan, 1981.
Rali-CH-CD	Hurwitz, Andy Blackman. Duck Ellington swings through the zoo. New York : Price Stern Sloan, c2006. CD: Meet Duck Ellington — Duck jam — Kangaroo bop — Penguin stomp — Polar Bear Monk — Jazz for snakes — Coltraine for monkeys — Sun shines in. CD features the Baby Loves Jazz Band (John Ellis, arranger, saxophones ; Aaron Goldberg, arranger, piano ; Omer Avital, bass ; Ali Jackson, drums & rap ; Daniel Sadownick, percussion). Duck goes through the zoo playing his jazz music for the animals.
Rali-CH-CD	This little piggy : and other favorites. Norwalk, Conn. : Studio Mouse, c2002. Presents a selection of seven simple nursery rhymes geared toward young children and infants. Includes CD.
Rali-CH-CD	Levine, Gail Carson. Ella enchanted. New York : Random House/Listening Library, p1998, c1997. Read by Eden Riegel. In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
Rali-CH-CD	Lois Lowry. Gossamer. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Rali-CH-CD	London, Jonathan, 1947-. Let’s go, Froggy! Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p1999. Narrated by John McDonough. Froggy and his father search the house for the mislaid items they will need on their bike trip.
Rali-CH-CD	McCloskey, Robert, 1914-2003. Make way for ducklings. Weston Woods, Conn. : Weston Woods, p2004. Narrated by Rod Ross; music composed by Arthur Kleiner.
Rali-CH-CD	Mitchard, Jacquelyn. Starring Prima! : the mouse of the Ballet Jolie. New York : HarperCollins, p2004. In the old grand piano at the Ballet Jolie in New York City lives a ballet dancer who just happens to be a mouse, and who intends to become principal dancer in ballets for mice and humans, and the occasional dog, as well.
Rali-CH-CD	Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. New York : Listening Library, p2000. Read by Jim Dale. Harry Potter, a fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, longs to escape his hateful relatives, the Dursleys, and live as a normal fourteen-year-old wizard, but what Harry does not yet realize is that he is not a normal wizard, and in his case, different can be deadly.
Rali-CH-CD	Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. New York : Random House, p2000. Read by Jim Dale. “For twelve years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter’s defeat of You-Know-Who was Black’s downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, “He’s at Hogwarts.” Harry Potter isn’t safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst”–Container.
Rali-CH-CD	Un, deux, trois : first French rhymes. London : Frances Lincoln Children’s Books ;, 2006, c1995. Contains twenty-five, illustrated rhymes designed to help children learn French. Includes audio CD.
Rali-CH-DVD	Danny. [United States] : Janson Media, 2005. Janet Zarish, Barbara Jean Ehrhardt, George Luce, Gloria Maddox, Michael Coerver, Zachary Danziger, Jo Anne Palmer, Rebecca Page.. Danny, a handsome gray pony, is owned by the spoiled daughter of the wealthy owner of the stable where Janie Neely works. When Danny is injured, Janie nurses him back to health and learns that if you hold fast to your dreams, they can be made to happen.
Rali-CH-DVD	The James Marshall fairytale collection. [Weston, Conn.] : Weston Woods ;, c2009. Red Riding Hood: Narrated by Donal Donnelly. James Marshall’s Cinderella: Narrated by Stephanie J. Block. Goldilocks and the three bears: Narrated by Joyce Ebert. The three little pigs: Narrated by Fritz Weaver. Hansel and Gretel: Narrated by Kathy Bates. Space case: Narrated by Christopher Lloyd. The ugly duckling: Narrated by Lynn Whitfield. Nightingale: Starring Mako, June Angela, Doug Yasuda. The red shoes: Narrated by Ossie Davis. The little match girl: Narrated by F. Murray Abraham. Rapunzel: Narrated by Maureen Anderman. The elves and the shoemaker: Narrated by Patrick Stewart. The talking eggs: Starring the voices of Danny Glover … [et al.]. The three billy goats gruff: Narrated by Rex Robbins. Lon Po Po: Narrated by B.D. Wong. Princess Furball: Narrated by Alice Krige. Sylvester and the magic pebble: Narrated by John Lithgow. The stonecutter: Narration, George Ross. The amazing bone: Narrated by John Lithgow. Five classic fairytales with a twist: Red Riding Hood, James Marshall’s Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Hansel and Gretel, and The Three Little Pigs, plus the bonus story Space Case.
RED JF DiC	DiCamillo, Kate. Bink & Gollie. 1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010. Two roller-skating best friends–one tiny, one tall–share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
RED JF Low	Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird is so absurd. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009. Mrs. Pidgeon’s second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon’s mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.
RED JF Osb	Osborne, Mary Pope. Abe Lincoln at last! New York : Random House, c2011. The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Washington D.C. in the 1860s where they meet Abraham Lincoln and collect a feather that will help break a magic spell.
RED JF Osb	Osborne, Mary Pope. Stage fright on a summer night. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2002. Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to Elizabethan London, where they become actors in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and try to rescue a tame bear.
RED JF Osb	Osborne, Mary Pope. Tonight on the Titanic. New York : Random House, c1999. The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie to the deck of the Titanic to find a mysterious gift that will free a small dog from a magic spell.
YA 688.7 Sto	Stone, Tanya Lee. The good, the bad, and the Barbie : a doll’s history and her impact on us. New York : Viking, 2010. Explores how Barbie has influenced generations of girls, discussing criticisms of the doll, her role in fashion, and her surprising popularity during her first fifty years.
YA Cla	Clare, Cassandra. Clockwork prince. 1st ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2011. As the Council attempts to strip Charlotte of her power, shapechanger Tessa Gray works with the London Shadowhunters to find the Magister and destroy his clockwork army, learning the secret of her own identity while investigating his past.
YA Dow	Dowell, Frances O’Roark. Ten miles past normal. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2011. Because living with “modern-hippy” parents on a goat farm means Janie Gorman cannot have a normal high school life, she tries joining Jam Band, making friends, and spending time with elderly former civil rights workers.
YA Eva	Evans, Richard Paul. Michael Vey : the prisoner of cell 25. 1st Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink hardcover ed. New York : Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse, 2011. Michael Vey, a fourteen-year old who has Tourette’s syndrome and special electric powers, finds there are others like him, and must rely on his powers to save himself and the others from a diabolical group seeking to control them.
YA Kin	King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-. Please ignore Vera Dietz. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010. When her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name.
YA Nor	Northrop, Michael. Trapped. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011. Seven high school students are stranded at their New England high school during a week-long blizzard that shuts down the power and heat, freezes the pipes, and leaves them wondering if they will survive.
YA OBr	O’Brien, Caragh M. Birthmarked. 1st Square Fish ed. New York : Square Fish, 2011, c2010. When her midwife mother is forcibly taken away by the very people she serves, sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone starts to question the role of the Enclave and whether it deserves the loyalty her family has so faithfully given.
YA OBr	O’Brien, Caragh M. Prized. 1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2011. Gaia Stone, a midwife, is in the wasteland with nothing but her sister, a few supplies, and a rumor to guide her when she is captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where she must follow a strict code or never see her sister again.
YA Pat	Patterson, James. The fire. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2011. Whit and Wisty Allgood have led the resistance against the regime that executed their parents, but even the growing strength of the siblings’ magic has not been able to stop the dictator, and they must somehow prepare for a showdown.
YA Tay	Taylor, Laini. Daughter of smoke & bone. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2011. Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters–the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known.
YA-CD Gru	Gruber, Michael. The witch’s boy. New York, NY : Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. Read by Denis O’Hara. Lump, raised by a witch, turns against her when he becomes consumed by the desire for money. Struggling with his humanity in this world of cruelty, beauty, legend, and wonder, he finally finds his heart’s desire. An American Library Association Notable. “Astonishing… full of mystery and magic… plumbs the depths of the human heart and lays bare its emotions.” — Booklist.
YA-PLAY Col	Collins, Suzanne. Catching fire. Unabridged. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, [2009], p2009. Read by Carolyn McCormick. By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
YA-PLAY Col	Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Unabridged. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, [released 2008], c2008. Read by Carolyn McCormick. In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss’s skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place.
YA-PLAY Col	Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay. Unabridged. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, [2010], p2010. Read by Carolyn McCormick. The Capitol is angry that Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice, stirring unrest by having defied the rules, and President Snow has made it clear that she, her family and friends, and the people of District 12 may all be held accountable.