DuBois Public Library News Column:   
    A new set of art books has been added to the Young Adult section of the DuBois Public Library.  If you have a budding artist in your family, they should come and see these new books.  There are four books in the Collector’s series: The Art of Drawing Fantasy Figures by Jacob Glaser; The Art of Drawing People by Ken Goldman; The Art of Basic Drawing by William Powell; and The Art of Pencil Drawing by Gene Franks.
    These books show how to choose and set up your subject, what tools and materials you will need and are beautifully illustrated with step-by-step demonstrations that are very easy to follow and that will appeal to people of all skill levels.    

New Large Print: Doc by Mary Russell; The Illusion of Murder by Carol McCleary; Happy Birthday by Danielle Steele; Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson; Sister by Rosamund Lupton; Buried Secrets: a Nick Heller novel by Joseph Finder; Born to Die (Montana To Die series) by Lisa Jackson; Beach Lane: a Chesapeake Shores novel by Sherryl Woods; Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner; Northwest Corner by John Schwartz

New Fiction: Heartwishes: an Edilean novel by Jude Deveraux; Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs; Naughty in Nice: a Royal Spyness mystery by Rhys Bowen; New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb; Forbidden by Ted Dekker; The Burning Soul: a Charlie Parker thriller by John Connolly; Rag and Bone: a Billy Boyle World War II mystery by James Benn; Son of Stone: a Stone Barrington novel by Stuart Woods; Petrified by Graham Masterton; The Affair: a Reacher novel by Lee Child

New Children’s Books: J-E Fiction: Spider-Man Versus Hydro-Man by Susan Hill; A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka; Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider; Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton; Dixie by Grace Gilman; J Fiction: I Survived: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by Lauren Tarshis; Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Rescue by Kathryn Lasky; Saxby Smart in the Pirate’s Blood and Other Case Files by Simon Cheshire; Capital Mysteries: Trapped on the D.C. Train! by Ron Roy; 43 Old Cemetery Road: Till Death Do Us Bark by Kate Klise; J Non Fiction: A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Emily Sohn; Triceratops/Triceratops by Helen Frost; How to Speak Dog! by Sarah Whitehead; Families by Ann Morris; Tools by Ann Morris

New Audios: Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson; Burnt Mountain by Anne Rivers Siddons; Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston; Robert Ludlum’s the Bourne Dominion by Eric Van Lustbader

Summer Reading is over, but there is still lots of fun at the library.  We’ll be watching the movie “Giggle, Giggle, Quack” based on the book by Doree Cronin!  Stop on Saturday as you go about town, for a break, a movie, a snack and a craft!

DuBois Public Library News Column:   
    If you have decided to do some canning or freezing of your fruits and vegetables this year, the DuBois Public Library has several books to help you get started.  These books will show you how to get your food prepared, what equipment you will need, tips on techniques for making the job easier, plus there are many recipes.
    Some of the books available are: The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving by Ellie Topp; The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest by Carol Costenbader; Pickles & Relishes: 150 Recipes by Andrea Chesman; The Beginner’s Guide to Preserving Food at Home by Janet Chadwick; and Preserving Today by Jeanne Lesem.

Fall Story Hours:
    The first session of the Fall Story Hours began on Thursday, September 8th and will continue for 6 weeks.  There are 3 age groups: two-year olds meet from 10:00-10:30; My Three and Me 11:00 to 11:45; and the four-and-five year olds 2:00 to 3:00.
    Story Hours are free and include stories, songs, finger plays, music, plus much more. For further
information call the Children’s Library at 371-5930 ext. 4.

New YA Fiction: Reaching Through Time by Lurlene McDaniel; Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix; Forever by Maggie Stiefvater; Cleopatra Confesses by Carolyn Meyer; White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick; Clean by Amy Reed; Freshman: tales of 9th grade obsessions, revelations and other nonsense by Corinne Mucha; The Margrave (Relic Master) by Catherine Fisher; This Dark Endeavor: the apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel; Rip Tide by Kat Falls

New Fiction: The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood; The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss; All the Pretty Hearses: a bed-and-breakfast mystery by Mary Daheim; The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman; The Omen Machine (Sword of Truth) by Terry Goodkind; A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd; Kill Me if You Can by James Patterson; Saint’s Gate by Carla Neggers; The Towers: a Dan Lenson novel of 9/11 by David Poyer; The Race by Clive Cussler

New Children’s Books: J-E Fiction: Fancy Nancy and the Mean Girl by Jane O’Connor; Superman: Escape From the Phantom Zone by John Sazaklis; Marley: Messy Dog by Susan Hill; Pony Scouts: At the Show! by Catherine Hapka; Tell Me the Day Backwards by Albert Lamb; J Fiction: A Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert Soup; I Survived: The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis; Underland Chronicles: Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins; Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Journey by Kathryn Lasky; Ellray Jakes is Not a Chicken! by Sally Warner; J Non Fiction: Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story by Thomas Yezerski; Mathemagic!: Number Tricks by Lynda Colgan; The Proboscis Monkey by Jody Sullivan Rake; The Kids’ Multicultural Art Book by Alexandra Michaels; A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World