Access to World Book Online

The library is now offering free access to World Book Online. You can access World Book Online from our website's search page - http://middletownpubliclibrary.org/srch.htm If accessing from home, you will need to enter your library card barcode (that really long number on the back of your card) - if accessing from one of the internet computers in the library, you do not need o enter a card number.

In addition to World Book Online, we offer remote (from a home internet-connected computer with your library card number) to Gale Research and the Providence Journal. All resources can be reached via the library website search page.

TEEN SPOT - The Library's NEW Teen Blog

The library has put togther a new blog just for teens - TEEN SPOT!

You will now be able to find the New YA Titles lists at Teen Spot, as well as interesting YA book news, homework tips, teen program/event listings, book lists, the Summer Reading Lists, and more. Teen Spot's "second page," Teen Spot Reviews, will feature book reviews by area teenagers as well as professionals.

If you are a teen and would like to become a book reviewer, please contact Jessica at the library - 401-846-1573.

Parents, this is a great way for you to see what's popular in teen fiction - check it out!

February's YA Fiction List

Here's some new YA fiction for February.

You can also check out this list on the library's NEW YA BLOG, TEEN SPOT!

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone

Breaking Up Is Really, Really Hard to Do (Dating Game #2) by Natalie Standiford

Can True Love Survive High School? (Dating Game #3) by Natalie Standiford

Ex-Rating (Dating Game #4) by Natalie Standiford

Dead on Town Line by Leslie Connor

Heavy Metal And You by Chris Krovatin

I Am the Wallpaper by Mark Peter Hughes

Now Starring Vivien Leigh Reid : Diva in Training by Yvonne Collins

Pardon My French (Sass Students Across the Seven Seas #4) by Cathy Hapka

Raisin Rodriguez and the Big-Time Smooch by Judy Goldschmidt

Seeing Emily by Joyce Lee Wong

Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude and Other Commandments I Have Broken
by Rosemary Graham

Where the Great Hawk Flies by Liza Ketchum

New Audio Books for February

Check out some of the new Audio Books for February. Click on the links to see reviews.

Books on CD:
Cannell, Stephen – Cold Hit
Card, Orson Scott – Speaker for the Dead
Cornwell, Patricia - Predator
Cunningham, Michael – Specimen Days
Erdrich, Louise – The Painted Drum
Evanovich, Janet – Eleven on Top
Ludlum, Robert -The Ambler Warning
Oates, Joyce Carol – Missing Mom
Rendell, Ruth – 13 Steps Down
Siddons, Anne River – Sweetwater Creek
Smith, Zadie – On Beauty
Weldon, Faye - Mantrapped

Books on Tape:
Baldacci, David – The Camel Club
Berendt, John – The City of Falling Angels
Brown, Sandra – Chill Factor
Clark, Mary Higgins – No Place Like Home
Connelly, Michael – The Lincoln Lawyer
Doctorow, E L – The March
Frey, James – A Million Little Pieces
Grafton, Sue – S is for Silence
Karon, Jan – Light from Heaven
Parker, Robert – School Days
Patterson, James – Mary, Mary
Sparks, Nicholas – At First Sight

Children's Program - DR. SEUSS!!

Storytellers-in-Concert Cindy Killavey, Christopher Carbone, and Nancy Abbott will be reading and acting out favorite Dr. Seuss stories as part of this year's Read Across America celebration.

Where: Middletown Public Library
When: Thursday. March 2, at 4 pm.
Who: Children in grades K - 4

Bookmarks and puzzle sheets will be available to take home.

For more info and to register for this FREE program, call the library at 846-1573.

February Children's Programs

DINOSAURS!

Learn about fossils and dinosaurs with POW! Scientist Eric Bulmer.

When: Tuesday, February 21, 1 pm
Where: Middletown Public Library
Who: Kids in grades K - 4
Call: 846-1573 to researve your seat!




CALLING ALL ARTISTS!
ENTER OUR ART CONTEST!

Two lucky winners will get their artwork printed on notecards to be used by the Friends of Middletown Public Library.

Winning pictures will be displayed at the Newport Chamber of Commerce Expo 2006 in March.

First and second place winners will also receive gift certificates for new books.

To enter, draw a picture of the library, or children reading books. All entries must be done free-hand on 8.5 X 11 inch paper (standard size). There are two age categories: 5-7 years old, and 8-10 years old, with a first and second place winner in each category. Please write the child's full name, age, and phone number on the back of the picture.

ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE LIBRARY BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17!

For more info, please call the library at 846-1573.

NEW MOVIE (DVD) Titles for February!

Here's a selection of new movie (DVD) titles we have in. Click on the link to see reviews.

Batman Begins
Bewitched
Cinderella Man
Flight of the Phoenix
Hotel Rwanda
March of the Penquins
Million Dollar Baby
Miss Congeniality 2
Monster-in-Law
Mr & Mrs Smith
Must Love Dogs
Sahara
Space Station-IMAX
Super Size Me
War of the Worlds

Winter Adult Programs at the Library

Programs begin at 7 pm on Mondays and 1 pm on Saturdays.
Seating is limited to 70.
FREE tickets will be available at the library two weeks before each program.

Ethics of War
with Porter Halyburton – Monday, December 19

Community Anti-Terrorism Training
with Chief Pesare – Saturday, January 14

Photography and the Humanities
with Sal Mancini Monday, January 23

This Thing Called Opera; the Art of Mozart
with Thomas Lawlor Saturday, January 27

Azoreans in America
with Onésimo Almeida Monday, January 30

Bishop Berkeley in America
with Maureen Lapan Monday, February 6

This Thing Called Opera; Puccini and His Heroines
with Thomas Lawlor Saturday, February 18

Portuguese Discoveries
with Onésimo Almeida Monday, February 27

Experiencing Architecture
with Jim Barnes Monday, March 6

Avoiding Sprawl
with Marc Joel Levitt Saturday, March 25

Programs are sponsored by the Friends of Middletown Public Library and
The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.

For more information, please contact the library at 846-1573.