Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Reviewed by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian
Disclaimer: This is NOT a diary because diaries are for sissies. It’s a journal, and Greg’s mom is making him do it.
Greg Heffley was created on a web comic in May 2004, and in April 2007 Jeff Kinney brought Greg’s middle school trials [...]
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Congratulations to Gregory Avila-Shah and Caitlyn Kratts for their spectacular Hardy Boys stories! The writing contest was sponsored by the Children’s Room at the Lewiston Public Library and required the participants to create a brand new Hardy Boys story in the tradition of the original works. They were given an outline and had to use [...]
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The 3oth Anniversary Edition Roots The Saga of an American Family Every family historian should read Roots—yes, all 899 pages are worth your while! In 1977, Alex Haley single-handedly changed the course of genealogy with this one epic novel. This grandson of an African slave called Kunta Kinte taught us that our very own stories are [...]
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A Review of the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation by Stephen Mitchell
Review by Ronald W. Shaw, Executive Director
The Bhagavad-Gita, “Song of the Blessed One” can be considered one of the most important of Hindu scriptures. It is not an historical work of fact, although it is based around many historical figures and events. Gandhi described [...]
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Do you have any old local yearbooks or phone books collecting dust in your attic? Does grandma? Put them to good use by donating them to the Lewiston Public Library. Please help us build up our resources for our Genealogy and Local History Collections! Many researchers find these items to be of extreme value to [...]
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The Friends of the Lewiston Public Library are are hosting their 3rd Annual Drive-Thru Chiavetta’s Famous Chicken BBQ & Bake Sale. Presale tickets are now on sale at the Library for $7 and at the door $8. The dinner includes 1/2 chicken, potato salad, coleslaw and a roll with butter.
As always thank you for supporting [...]
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The Friends of the Lewiston Public Library are sponsoring a Laptop Computer Raffle. Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25 and are on sale at the Library Circulation Desk. Drawing will be held on Monday, September 10.
The Laptop Computer Raffle inclues:
ACER Aspire Notebook w/15.4″ widescreen
Wireless LAN
Wireless Router
1024 MB DDR2 Memory
120 GB Hard Drive
Lexmark All-in-one printer
Internet [...]
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Just in are some new books that you may request from NIOGA.
“Beyond Reach” by Karin Slaughter
“Burnt House” by Faye Kellerman
“Careful Use of Compliments” by Alexander McCall Smith
“Critical” by Robin Cook
“Dockside” by Susan Wiggs
“Jinx” by Meg Cabot (Young Adult)
“Judas Strain” by James Rollins
“Malice” by Robert K. Tanenbaum
“Someone to Love” by Jude Deveraux
“Third Watch” by Anne McCaffrey
“What [...]
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by Sarah J. Watson, Technical Services Librarian
Have you ever found an author you really liked yet come to find out that you’ve read everything they’ve written and they’re not due out with another title for another year? What do you do? Well, through the NIOGA System we subscribe to NoveList Database, which provides complete author [...]
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Reference tip from Sarah J. Watson, Technical Services Librarian
Often, while working the reference desk at the library, I get lots of inquiries about the Consumer Reports magazines and its articles. Sometimes the magazine in question has been checked out or we no longer have it. (Lewiston Public Library only keeps magazine back issues for the [...]
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