CHMS Seeks Bookmobile!!

Last summer's bookmobile was a great starting place, and we'd like to build on that successful beginning. The bookmobile (generously donated by Ehler's RV in Essex) cruised through Huntington and/or Bolton once a week, doling out books to eager readers. We would like to increase our route to twice a week, and we are seeking a bookmobile of our own to take on this grand endeavor.

If anyone has or knows of someone who has a small bus, cube van, or RV that they would be willing to donate (it's tax-deductible!) or sell for a pittance, please contact Steve Madden at the CHMS Library at 802-434-2188 or steven.madden@cesu.k12.vt.us. If it's a diesel vehicle, we'd also look into converting it to biodiesel. Think of the smiles you would bring to readers' faces (not to mention librarians' faces). Thanks very much.

New This Week!

Take a look at our latest offerings in the CHMS Library.  Quest NW students are scooping up the historical fiction, so act quickly!

AUTHOR                TITLE                         CALL #
Patron, Susan.       The Higher Power of Lucky      CD FIC PAT
Collier, James L.    My Brother Sam is Dead         CD FIC COL
                     Beaver Steals Fire             398.24 BEA
Hennessy, B. G.      The Boy Who Cried Wolf         398.2 HEN
Paterson, Katherine  Bread and Roses, Too           FIC PAT
Pilkey, Dav          Captain Underpants #8          PB FIC PIL
Fowles, Shelley      Climbing Rosa                  398.209 FOW
Tingle, Tim          Crossing Bok Chitto            FIC TIN
Joosse, Barbara      Dead Guys Talk                 FIC JOO
Joosse, Barbara      The Losers Fight Back          FIC JOO
Sundem, Garth        The Doggy Dung Disaster        302 SUN
Shinn, Sharon        The Dream-Maker’s Magic        FIC SHI
Allen, Judy          The Fantasy Encyclopedia       398.4 ALL
Wiesner, David       Flotsam                        FIC WIE
Wiesner, David       Tuesday                        FIC WIE
Wiesner, David       The Loathsome Dragon           398.2 WIE
Cooney, Caroline     A Friend at Midnight           FIC COO
Kimmel, Eric         The Frog Princess              398.208 KIM
Johnson-Davies, D.   Goha, the Wise Fool            398.209 JOH
Klages, Ellen        The Great Glass Sea            FIC KLA
Goldsmith, Connie    Influenza: the Next Epidemic?  614.5 GOL
Ludwig, Trudy        Just Kidding                   FIC LUD
Ludwig, Trudy        My Secret Bully                FIC LUD
Marzollo, Jean       Let’s Go, Pegasus!             398.2 MAR
Tolan, Stephanie S.  Listen!                        FIC TOL
Bloor, Edward        London Calling                 FIC BLO
Auch, Mary Jane      One-Handed Catch               FIC AUC
Faller, Regis        Polo: the Runaway Book         FIC FAL
Van Allsburg, Chris  Probuditi!                     FIC VAN
Van Draanen, W.      Runaway                        FIC VAN
Nuzum, K. A.         A Small White Scar             FIC NUZ
Hautman, Pete        Snatched                       FIC HAU
Scieszka, Jon        You Can’t, But Genghis Khan    FIC SCI

History or How-to?

Just when you think you have a handle on what kinds of books will spark kids' enthusiasm, you discover how far off the mark you really are. Case in point: Scams, by Andreas Schroeder (177 SCH), is a great book about 10 different swindlers and tricksters throughout history. After talking about the book with a class a couple weeks ago, several students expressed interest. The one who took the book out brought it back this morning, saying he didn't like it at all. When I asked him why he didn't like it, he said he started reading it and right away couldn't see himself finishing it. When I asked him why not, he replied, "I wanted it to be about different ways you could trick people and make some easy money. It wasn't about that at all!" No, that's not exactly what the book is about; I'm just glad he figured that out so early into it.

New DVDs in the Library

Founding Brothers

Explores the problems and promises of the young American republic.

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

From Shays' Rebellion to Freedom Summer, this DVD identifies ten days with far-reaching impacts.

The Crossing

Based on the novel by Howard Fast, stars Jeff Daniels as the bitterly cold (yet determined) George Washington as he crosses the Delaware.

Kidnapped

Masterpiece Theater 2005 version of Stevenson's classic tale.

Using Light Energy

Reflections, cobra eyes, the center of the sun -- what could be more enlightening?

Forces Small and Large

Electricity, radioactivity, chemical bonding, and, to my mind one of the coolest words in the English language, torque.

To Form a More Perfect Union: Milestones in the Civil Rights Movement

Footage from some of the most significant events in the Civil Rights era.

Exploring Space: The Quest for Life

How did life begin? Is there intelligent life out there? And we're not talking about cereal here...

Becoming the Author of Your Life

Author Ben Mikaelsen presents a case that anyone can effect change in themselves.

Families of Canada

A glimpse at a day in the lives of Canadian families.

Hanging With the Sloth

Explores the lives of these amazingly adaptive and serene Latin American creatures.

Laundry Blues

Addresses an often overlooked but essential life skill.

The Hobart Shakespeareans

Chronicles the achievements of an L.A. teacher who works with students to understand and perform Shakespeare's plays.

Voices From the Louvre

27 paintings from the Louvre tell their own tales, mingling art with history.

Lightning and Other Forces

From the Popular Mechanics for Kids TV show.

Brazil

Not the Terry Gilliam movie, but rather a look at the actual country and its people.

Wild South America

A 2-disc set with great cinematography of the physical and natural beauty of the continent.