_Have you seen the latest gadgets for reading books, surfing the internet, and connecting with loved ones and friends? Attend this informative FREE workshop, try these neat new techno gadgets, and discover the wonders of the newest technology.
DuBois Public Library
Thursday, December 1st
12 PM - 1 PM
OR
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Call to Register! 814-371-5930

Though our in-house book fair is over, you can still support the library by shopping online!

Click here for the DuBois Public Library Book Fair Website!

Thank you for your support!

_DuBois Public Library News Column:   
    There are two new sets of books in the Children’s Library at the DuBois Public Library. The first is a series of four books called All About America.  The titles in the set include: Wagon Trains and Settlers; Gold Rush and Riches; Colonists and Independence; and Cowboys and the Wild West.  These books have many historical facts that helped shape the United States of America, plus detailed reconstructions and original artwork from the period.
    Great Expeditions is a set of five books written by Valerie Bodden.  The titles are: Through the American West; To the Moon; To the Ocean Deep; To the Top of Mount Everest; and To the South Pole.  These books include many photos depicting the events, a Timeline, Endnotes, a Bibliography, and information for further reading.

Holiday Gift Idea:
When holiday shopping consider honoring a loved one with a donation in their name of a book or magazine subscription that will be placed in the Library.

New Non-Fic: Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris; Peace from Broken Pieces: how to get through what you are going through by Iyanla Vanzant; Inside of a Dog: what dogs see, smell, and know by Alexandra Horowitz; That Used to Be Us: how America fell behind in the world by Thomas Friedman; Forks Over Knives: the plant-based way to health by Colin Campbell Ph.D.; The Rogue: searching for the real Sara Palin by Joe McGinniss; In My Time: a personal and political memoir by Dick Cheney; The Railroad that Never Was by Herbert Harwood, Jr.; Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible by Paula Deen; The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: a true story by Kevin Malarkey

New Fiction: Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke; A Lawman’s Christmas: a McKettricks of Texas novel by Linda Lael Miller; Murder Unleashed by Rita Mae Brown; Skeleton Letters: a scrapbooking mystery by Laura Childs; As the Pig Turns: an Agatha Raisin mystery by M.C. Beaton; The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson; The Tehran Initiative by Joel Rosenberg; Bonnie by Iris Johansen; Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer; Keys to the Kingdom by Senator Bob Graham

New Children’s Books: J-E Fiction: Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole by Wong Herbert Yee; Tallulah’s Tutu by Marilyn Singer; Tony Baloney by Pam Munoz Ryan; Aggie Gets Lost by Lori Ries; Blackout by John Rocco; J Fiction: The Crow-Girl by Bodil Bredsdorff; The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen by Geraldine McCaughrean; Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling; The Books of Elsewhere: Spellbound by Jacqueline West; American Girl: Meet Cecile by Denise Patrick; J Non Fiction: What’s in My Food? Fiber by George Ivanoff; The Greatest Players: Soccer by Steve Goldworthy; Science Crackers: Crackling Chemistry by Steve Parker; Riddle Me This! by Hugh Lupton; Fireside Stories: Tales for a Winter’s Eve by Caitlin Matthews

New Audios: Robert B. Parker’s Killing the Blues by Michael Brandman; Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson; The Cut by George Pelecanos

Start your holiday shopping with the DuBois Public Library and the Scholastic Book Fair.  Books for all ages!  Cash, check or credit card all accepted!  Check out our Scholastic Online Book Fair and our book fair website!  http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/duboispubliclibrary

__The DuBois Public Library will be hosting a book fair at the library and online.  Books for all ages from infant through adults!

See our book fair website for more details.   Online you may pay with a credit card, and in-house we accept cash or check.

The online book fair runs from November 7 - 26 and our in-house book fair will follow these dates and times. 
Monday, Nov. 14         11AM - 7PM
Tuesday, Nov. 15        11AM - 7PM
Wednesday, Nov. 16   11AM - 5PM
Thursday, Nov. 17      11AM - 7PM
Friday, Nov. 18           11AM - 5PM
Saturday, Nov. 19       11AM - 4PM

So, get ready, get set, go and start your holiday shopping with us!  Proceeds will benefit the DuBois Public Library!

The DuBois Public Library is closed today, November 8, 2011, for Staff Education Day.  We will reopen tomorrow, November 9, 2011 at 9AM.  Thank you!

DuBois Public Library News Column:   
    The Children’s Department at the DuBois Public Library has recently purchased a number of books from Barefoot Books.  These books are beautifully illustrated and contain stories from around the world that children are sure to enjoy.  Many of these books are in written form with an accompanying audio CD.
    Some of these books include: Lola’s Fandango by Anna Witte; Octopus Opposites by Stella Blackstone; Fireside Stories: Tales for a Winter’s Eve by Caitlin Matthews; The Barefoot Book of Fairies by Tanya Batt; Tales from Old Ireland by Malachy Doyle; The Barefoot Book of Knights by John Matthews; and Grandmother Stories by Burleigh Muten.

Fall Story Hours:
    The second session of Fall Story Hours has begun and will continue until December 15th.  There are three age groups: two-year olds meet from 10:00-10:30; My Three and Me 11:00-11:45; and the four-and-five year olds meet from 2:00-3:00. Story hours are free and include stories, songs, finger plays, and music, plus much more.  For further information call the Children’s Library at 371-5930 ext. 4.

New Non-Fic: From This Moment On by Shania Twain; The Twelve Sacred Traditions of Magnificent Mothers-in-law by Haywood Smith; Robert Redford: the biography by Michael Callan;
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough; Sabula Lake Timeless…by Anju Jolly; Walt Disney World 2012 by Bob Sehlinger; How to Love an American Man by Kristine Gasbarre; A Stolen Life: a memoir by Jaycee Dugard; Known and Unknown: a memoir by Donald Rumsfeld; EntreLeadership: 20 years of practical business wisdom by Dave Ramsey

New Fiction: Shock Wave by John Sandford; Robert Ludlum’s The Ares Decision by Kyle Mills; 1225 Christmas Tree Lane: a Cedar Cove novel by Debbie Macomber; An Angel for Christmas by Heather Graham; The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks; Zero Day by David Baldacci; The Litigators  by John Grisham; Lost December by Richard Paul Evans; The Christmas Note by Donna VanLiere; A Christmas Homecoming by Anne Perry
 
New Children’s Books:J-E Fiction: I Can Read! Dixie by Grace Gilman; I Can Read! Splat the Cat: Good Night, Sleep Tight by Natalie Engel; Bear with Me by Max Kornell; Tia Isa Wants a Car    by Meg Medina; Sasha the Stubborn Sleeper by Rashmi Jolly Dalai; J Fiction: The Children of Crow Cove: Tink by Bodil Bredsdorff; The Sherlock Files: The Missing Heir by Tracy Barrett; The Magical Ms. Plum by Bonny Becker; The Boy Who Howled by Timothy Power; The True Gift, A Christmas Story by Patricia MacLachlan; J Non Fiction: Celebritrees: Historic & Famous Trees of the World by Margi Preus; The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species by Peter Lourie; Far From Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage by Sophie Webb; Earthquakes by Jennifer Nault; Real Life Heroes: Surviving Gangs and Bullying by Michaela Miller
 
New DVDs: Rango; Arthur; Limitless; The Conspirator; Something Borrowed

  The Friends of the DuBois Public Library will hold a basket raffle during the  month  of  November. Gift baskets will be on display at the library beginning November 7. Tickets will be available for $1.00 each beginning November 9, and winners will be announced at 2:00 P.M. on   Friday, November 18. Proceeds of this event will benefit the DuBois Public Library.
  
   Anyone who would like to participate in the event is asked to create a gift basket which includes a book and various items related to the subject of the book. It is also helpful to include a list of those items. For ideas, see an  example  on display at the library.

   Gift basket donations may be dropped off at the library on Saturday, November 5 or Monday morning, November 7.