Christmas Greetings

All of us here at Leeton Library would like to wish everybody a happy and peace-filled Christmas.
We will be closing early on Christmas Eve - at 4 pm, and will reopen at 10 am on Monday January 4.
So come in and stock up on reading material or DVDs for the Christmas/New Year break.

New books for teens

Good news for our younger readers...
we have lots of new books for you. We have been building up our Junior Fiction and Young adult collections lately so come in and have a browse. You're sure to find something you'll like.
Here are a few of the new books we have for the teens :

Vampires, fantasy and science fiction

Melissa de la Cruz Revelations : a Blue Bloods novel
When one of the Gates of Hell is breached by Silver Bloods in Rio de Janeiro, the Blue Bloods need Schuyler Van Alen on their side, even though they question her blood legacy.

Christine Hinwood Bloodflower
Caught between duty and desire, between farm and castle, between the comradeship of men and the love of women, Cam struggles to find where he belongs while others strive to win his restless heart. A timeless story of conflict, identity and love in all its guises.

Kirsty Murray Vulture's gate
One girl - could she be the last girl alive? One boy, pursued by reckless men who have kidnapped him from his fathers. Bo and Callum go in search of a safe haven, a place to call home. But where can they turn and who can they trust? When every stranger is a threat, does their only hope lie in reaching Vulture's Gate? They must discover how to survive alongside runaway boys and crazed religious terrorists, in a world with an uncertain future.

…and these series:

Vampire academy by Richelle Mead
Blood promise
Just days before graduating from St. Vladimir's Academy, guardian-in-training Rose travels to Siberia to drive a stake into the heart of the boy she loves, the monstrous vampire Dimitri.
FrostbiteWhile on a school skiing trip, guardian-in-training Rose faces everything from misunderstandings between friends to fights among factions of Moroi as reports of horrific Strigoi attacks raise tensions, ultimately leading Rose and some of those closest to her into a battle that teaches her much about life, death, and love.
Shadow kissWhile Rose is coping with the darker effects of being shadow-kissed, her relationship with Dimitri is finally taking off, and when he disappears during a Strigoi attack on St. Vladimir's Academy, she must make a terrible choice.

The mysteries of the Septagram by Paul Bryers
Avatar Jade is the Avatar. Snatched from her home and plunged into a world of snow, mystery and virtual reality. But what is real and what is imagined? And what if she no longer knows who she really is?

Mirrorscape trilogy by Mike Wilks.
Mirrorscape - Book 1
MirrorStorm - Book 2

Horror High by Caroline B. Cooney.
Toxic beauty book 1
Killer instinct - book 2

Girl Stuff

Meg Cabot Airhead
Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds herself transformed into one of the world's most famous teen supermodels.

Isabelle Merlin Cupid's arrow
It's been a while since 16-year-old Fleur Griffon has had one of the weird and scary dreams that used to plague her childhood. So when she and her bookseller mother travel to Bellerive Manor, near the ancient French town of Avallon where she meets a handsome, mysterious boy called Remy Gomert it seems to be love at first sight, beautiful as a dream. But Fleur's nightmare is just about to begin...

Liz Rettig My dating disasters diary by Kelly Ann
Kelly Ann is a total tomboy. She loves football and computer games and has no idea why anyone would want to bother with soppy romantic stuff and stupid crushes on boys. Her best mate is Chris, the boy next door, and he's not into that stuff either, is he?

…and these series:

A year in girl hell by Meredith Costain.
Dumped
Burned
Crushed

Girlfriend fiction
Mo Johnson Something more Penni Russon Little bird
Thalia Kalkipsakis What supergirl did next
Melaina Faranda Big sky
Kate Constable Winter of grace

A message from our Road Safety Officer

Some of you may be planning a trip over the long weekend.

Unfortunately, the state crash statistics are already well up this year and about a third of crashes on state roads are being attributed to fatigue.

Therefore please plan your trips and take regular breaks.

Driver reviver sites operating in the state over the long weekend can be found at the link below so please plan ahead, take a break, and travel safely.

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/fatigue/driverreviverstops/october09.html

School holidays are almost here

Not long now till the kids are on their October break and we have managed to get organised well in advance for a change.
Leeton Show will be on over the middle weekend so our first session will be especially for that.
So make sure you book your kids in early for our holiday activities. Each session only costs $5, starts at 2 pm and will last around an hour.
We are having:

• Decorated Boots on Wednesday October 7 - bring along an old boot or shoe to decorate and we will enter them in the children's section of the show.
• Lawn Bowls on Tuesday October 13 - have a go at this popular game. We'll have experienced bowlers on hand to show the kids the basics. Kids must wear rubber thongs.

Aarrghh!!!

There were young pirates everywhere in the library last Thursday evening - 23 of them in fact. They had all come along to sign up for our new Kids Klub which will be a monthly activity in the library for primary school kids. Lots of them came in costume and signed up with their new pirate name. Then off they went to listen to pirate stories, go on a treasure hunt around the library and play some pirate games. Of course there were jugs of 'blood' to drink and lots of pirate goodies to eat. What pirate doesn't love a chocolate chip cookie??
Every little pirate went home with a handful of gold coins from the treasure hunt and a library bag of goodies. Lets hope they all turn up again in October for our first official 'meeting'.

That's it for another year!

It's all over for another year - that week of madness that comes around very quickly sending us all into a frenzy of preparation for a couple of weeks beforehand.
More than 1 000 children, teachers, parents and carers completed the journey with us to the deep, dark cave where a bear was lurking. There were lots of screams but it was all in fun before we concluded with stories and jokes and a hunt around the library to find the shortlisted books which had been taken by the teddy bears.
Many thanks to the boys from the depot and our engineering department for helping with the courtyard. There wouldn't have been a river of stones to cross without their help. And a very big thank you to all the schools and parents who came along to ensure that this year's Book Week celebration was yet another big success for the library.
Now we need to get our thinking caps on for next year.....

There are some more photos from the week here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24515188@N08/

Children's Book week 2009

The library is now well into Book week for another year. This year's theme "Book Safari" has led us on a bear hunt - and we're not scared!
We have had to crunch our way through a river of stones, push through the long grass, squelch through soft mud, make our way through a swirling snowstorm and a dense forest to the deep, dark cave where the bear is hiding. He has stories to read and jokes to tell before we set off again on another bear hunt to find the shortlisted books which have been taken by other bears to read in the library.
Nearly all children in the shire will be visiting us this week for half an hour of fun. Others have produced fabulous posters to decorate the library for this special week.
We would especially like to thank the council engineering department for the stones which have been a big hit. They were a bit tricky to organise and we were very grateful to the boys and their shovels when that truck arrived.