What's New In The Library :10 January 2011 - 14 January 2011

Hello ladies.

Here's a look at what's new in the library this week:

Books

Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago 

Puerto Rican Women; Brooklyn, NY; Childhood and Youth

The Archaeology of Greece: an introduction by William Biers

Greece; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiques

Art in the Hellenistic Age by J.J. Pollitt

Art; Hellenistic

Early Christian and Byzantine Art by John Lowden  

Art; Early Christian; Christian Symbolism; Byzantine Art

Heaven on Earth: art and the church in Byzantium edited by Linda Safran 

Orthodox Eastern Church; Art; Byzantine

Snyder's Medieval Art by Henry Luttikhuizen and Dorothy Verkerk

Art, Medieval; History

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 

Poor families; Girls-Fiction; Domestic Fiction; Brooklyn, NY

Periodicals 

The Atlantic: January/February, 2011

Dance Teacher: January, 2011

InStyle: February, 2011

National Catholic Reporter: January 7, 2011

Newsweek: December 27 & January 3, 2011

What's New In The Library :3 January 2011 - 7 January 2011

Hello ladies.

Here's a look at what's new in the library this week:

Displays
International Fiction
International Nonfiction
(See more information on these displays by clicking here)


Periodicals
America: the national Catholic weekly, December 20-27, 2010
America: the national Catholic weekly, January 3, 10 & 17, 2010 
Dance Magazine, January 2011
Dance Spirit Magazine, January 2011
The National Catholic Reporter, December 24, 2010 
Newsweek, January 10 & 17, 2011
Principal Leadership, December 2010 
Smithsonian, January 2011
Teen Vogue, February 2011


Happy Reading,
Miss Kenny

What's New In The Library: 4 December 2010 - 17 December 2010

Hello ladies.

We've had a number of new additions to the library collection over the past few weeks. Please stop by and browse or check one out to take home!

Books


Awakening the Energies of Love by Anne Hillman 


Black Elk Speaks: being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux by Black Elk


Call to Love: in the rose garden with Rumi by Jelauddin Rumi 


The Celtic Vision: prayers, blessings, songs and invocations from the Gaelic tradition edited by Esther de Waal 


The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk 


From Pocahontas to Power Suits: everything you need to know about women's history in America by Kay Mills


The Power of Now: a guide to spiritual enlightenment  by Eckhart Tolle


Rainbow Tribe: ordinary people journeying on the red road by Ed McGaa


So Many Kinds of Love by Dean Walley 


Sports and Athletes by Christine Watkins 


Sun Dancing: a medieval vision by Geoffrey Moorhouse 


The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss


There is a Season by Joan Chittister 

Periodicals 

America: the national Catholic weekly (November 29, 2010)


Dance Teacher (December 2010)


InStyle (January 2011)


Newsweek (December 20, 2010)


U.S. Catholic (January 2011)

New in the Library: 29 November - 3 December, 2010

Hello ladies.

Here's a look at what's new in the library this week:

Books


Anime 
by Hal Marcovitz 
Examines the history of anime, explores its popularity in America, looks at the role of women in Japanese animation, and discusses the messages of the art. -TitlePeek 


Ice Hockey (Science Behind Sports) 
by Anne Wallace Sharp

Explores the scientific principles behind ice hockey, discussing the biomechanics and physiology of playing, related health and medical issues, and the causes and treatment of ice hockey injuries, as well as providing information on the sport's origins, history, rules, and development. -TitlePeek 


The Nez Perce 
by Nancy Bonvillian 
Explores the history and culture of the Nez Perce Indians.




Periodicals

Dance Magazine: December 2010


National Catholic Reporter: November 26, 2010


Newsweek : December 6, 2010








Happy Reading, 
Miss Kenny

New Fiction Has Arrived!

Hello ladies.

We have been waiting patiently here in the library for our new fiction to arrive and the wait is finally over! We received a number of new fiction titles by some of your favorite authors. Stop by and check one out!

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

"In a far-future United States, a cruel Capitol keeps order by demanding an annual tribute for its Hunger Games, in which two contestants, a boy and a girl, are chosen by lottery from each of 12 districts to fight to the death in an event televised from an arena. Katniss Everdeen lives in what used to be Appalachia and is now called the Seam-a dirt-poor district without much hope of success in the games. Katniss volunteers in her sister's place and may just have the smarts to win. Then Peeta, the soft baker's son chosen from her same district, does something surprising. He declares his undying affection for Katniss just before they enter the arena. Is there room for friendship, loyalty, or even love when survival is on the line?"
Library Journal Review

Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen 

 "Ruby is used to taking care of herself. But now she's living in a fancy new house with her sister Cora -- a sister she hasn't seen in ten years -- and her husband Jamie -- creator of one of the most popular online networking sites. She's attending private school, wearing new clothes, and for the first time, feels the promise of a future that include college and her family. So why is she so wary? And what is Nate -- the adorable and good-hearted boy next door -- hiding behind his genial nature? As Ruby starts to see, there's a big difference between being given help, and being able to accept it. And sometimes, in order to save yourself, you've got to reach out to someone else."
TitlePeek Summary


 

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

"For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf - her wolf - is a haunting presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human -- until the cold makes him shift back again. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears and the temperature drops, Sam must fight to stay human or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever."
TitlePeek Summary

 The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

"Macy's summer stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her evenings studying for the SATs. Spare time will be used to help her obsessive mother prepare for the big opening of the townhouse section of her luxury development.But Macy's plans don't anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering, a motley crew of new friends, or ...Wes. Tattooed, artistic, anything-but-expected Wes. He doesn't fit Macy's life at all -- so why does she feel so comfortable with him? So...happy? What is it about him that makes her let down her guard and finally talk about how much she misses her father, who died before her eyes the year before?"
TitlePeek Summary

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson


"Tyler Miller was a socially invisible nerd (Your average piece of drywall who spent too much time playing computer games ) before he sprayed some attention-getting graffiti and became a legend. Sentenced to a summer of physical labor, he enters his senior year with new muscles that attract popular Bethany Millbury, whose father is Tyler's dad's boss. On probation for his graffiti stunt, Tyler struggles to balance his consuming crush with pressure that comes from schoolwork and his explosive father..."
Booklist Review



Happy Reading,
Miss Kenny

What's New in the Library: 15 November 2010 - 24 October 2010

Hello ladies.

We have a number of new books and periodicals that have been added to our library this week. Please feel free to browse through them during a free period in the library or check one out and take it home.


New this Week

Books
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Life of Thomas Moore by Peter Ackroyd
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson




Periodicals

America: the national Catholic weekly November 15, 2010
The Atlantic December 2010
Dance Spirit Magazine December 2010
InStyle December 2010
National Catholic Reporter November 12, 2010
Natural Health December/January 2011
Newsweek November 22, 2010
Smithsonian December 2010
Teen Vogue December/January 2010
US Catholic December 2010

DVDs
The Crucible starring Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis

What's New in the Library? : 8 November 2010 - 12 November 2010

Hello ladies.

A lot of new materials arrived in the library this week, including nonfiction titles and periodicals.  We also have a new Sports and Athletes display up in addition to our ongoing Fabulous Fontbonne Fiction display. Keep reading for more information about what's going on this week in the library.

New Books 

Chinua Achebe's Thing's Fall Apart: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations 

Achebe, Chinua - Things Fall Apart; Igbo (African people) in literature; Nigeria - in literature

The Choctaw by John P. Bowes 

Choctaw Indians - history; Choctaw Indians

The Comanche by T. Jensen Lacey 

Comanche Indians - social life and customs; Comanche Indians - history  

Iran by Heather Lehr Wagner 

Iran

The Iroquois by Bruce E. Johansen 

Iroquois Indians

Sports in America: 1900-1919 by James Buckley Jr. & John Walters *

Sports - United States history - 20th century ; Sports history; Sports

Sports in America: 1920-1939 by James Buckley Jr. & John Walters *

Sports - United States history - 20th century ; Sports history; Sports

Sports in America: 1980-1989 by Michael Tietelbaum *

Sports - United States history - 20th century ; Sports history; Sports 

Sports in America: 1990-1999 by Bob Woods *

Sports - United States history - 20th century ; Sports history; Sports

Sports in America: 200-2009 by Jim Gigliotti & John Walters * 

Sports - United States history - 20th century ; Sports history; Sports

Toni Morrison's Beloved: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations

Morrison, Toni, Beloved, Historical fiction - American 

Winning Basketball for Girls by Faye Young Miller * 

Basketball for girls; Basketball for women; Basketball

Winning Soccer for Girls by Deborah W. Crisfield *

Soccer for women; soccer; girls

Winning Softball for Girls by  Mark Gola  * 

Softball for women; softball

Winning Track and Field for Girls by Ed Housewright * 

Track and field for women; girls; track and field

Winning Volleyball for Girls by Deborah Crisfield & John Monteleone *

Volleyball for women; Volleyball

Women in Islam  by Diane Andrews Henningfield 

Muslim women; Women -religious aspects; Muslim women - conduct

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations

Hurston, Zora Neale; African American women in literature

** For titles marked with "*" at the end, you can find more information by clicking here.**

New Periodicals

Dance Teacher, November 2010

-Fall Costume Preview

-Maurice Bejart: Ballet's Rock Star Choreographer 

-Chan Hon Goh

-Stamina Building Exercises




Newsweek, November 15, 2010
-Red State Revival 
-Haiti
-Thriving Industries in the Recession  


New Display: Sports and Athletes

Our two new sports series, Winning for Girls and Sports in America, are now on display in the library. Stop by and browse them all or check one out to bring home.

Attention All Athletes and Sports Fans

Hello ladies.

For those of you who are athletes or sports fans we have two new series of sports titles that have just been added to the library and may be of interest to you. Please feel free to stop by the library and browse through them during your free period or check one out to bring it home. Here is a little bit more information about these great new additions to the Fontbonne Library...

The Sports in America Series

This series presents a year by year account of the major milestones and events in sports history. The Fontbonne Library now owns the following titles in the series:

• 1900-1919
• 1920-1939
• 1980-1989
• 1990-1999
• 2000-2009

The Winning for Girls Series

This series provides wonderfully illustrated guides and descriptions of all of the rules, regulations, and techniques of some of your favorite athletic activities. The Fontbonne Library owns the following titles in the series:

• Winning Basketball for Girls
• Winning Soccer for Girls
• Winning Softball for Girls
• Winning Track and Field for Girls
• Winning Volleyball for Girls

For more information on any of these titles, stop by the library or use the TitlePeek feature (by clicking on the cover image of the book) in our catalog.

Happy Reading,
Miss Kenny

Expanded Fiction Display

Hello ladies.

We have expanded our Fabulous Fontbonne Fiction display to include more great fiction titles. 

• Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
• Change of Heart by Jodi Piccoult
• Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
• Pop Princess by Rachel Cohn
• Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper
• Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
• Until the Real Thing Comes Along by Elizabeth Berg

Coming Soon  

New popular fiction titles by some of your favorite authors including Sarah Dessen, Laurie Halse Anderson and Suzanne Collins.  

New This Week: 18 October - 22 October

Hello ladies.

We have a number of new additions to the library's collection this week. Please stop by and check one out.

Books

Cool Salsa: bilingual poems about growing up Latina in the United States edited by Lori M. Carlson 

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life.(TitlePeek Summary)

Maya Civilization by Charles and Linda George 

Offers an introduction to the Maya civilization, explaining how archaeological finds have helped researchers learn more about the Mayan people, their culture, language, and way of life. (TitlePeek Summary) 

 

Medical Imaging by Harry Levine III

Examines the discovery and development of diagnostic imaging technologies, explaining how they work and exploring issues such as rising costs, ethical and legal concerns, and the controversy regarding the 2009 mammography guidelines.(TitlePeek Summary)

Periodicals

Dance Spirit, November 2010

-Lauren Froderman: So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Champ 

-Dishing with Glee's Dancemaker 

-Inside the Footloose audition 

InStyle November 2010

-Rachel McAdams

-Fall Fashion 

-Best Online Shopping

Teen Vogue, November 2010

-Lauren Conrad on her new reality show

-Cute looks for less 

-Fall Fashion

  

US Catholic November 2010

-Fair Trade 

-How to Care for the Dying

-Gifts that Matter

New In The Library This Week: 11 October - 15 October

Hello ladies!

We have a number of new periodicals in the library this week. Please stop by and check one out. You can borrow periodicals for one week at a time and renewing can be done easily by sending an email or a quick stop by the library.

Periodicals

America: the national Catholic weekly October 11, 2010

-Christians in the Middle East: dialogue, refugees and peace

-Problems Facing the Churches of the Middle East


Black Enterprise October 2010

-Marvelous Money Makeovers: how they did it and you can too

-Troubled Waters: the oil leak was stopped, but the taint remains for the Gulf's struggling black-owned businesses 

Dance Teacher October 2010

-Inspiring Confidence with Mandy Moore and Tyce Diorio
-Interview with Brian Friedman 
-Partnering Protocol

Natural Health November 2010

-Boosting Your Brain Power
-Like a Prayer: how a food writer got in touch with her spiritual side
-Mastering the Art of Gratitude 

Newsweek October 18, 2010
-The New Oil: should water be privatized?  

-An Offer They Wouldn't Refuse:  how one school district lured top principals to save its failing schools 

-The World's Their Oyster: young Chinese see only opportunity 

Principal Leadership October 2010

-Caught in the Middle: disciplining students with disabilities

-Supporting Students in Foster Care

-Data as a Social Justice Tool 

Displays  

We have a new display up in the library featuring books about genocide. The books included in this display relate to the upcoming lecture by a Sudanese survivor which is taking place on October 19th in the Fontbonne auditorium at 2:30pm.

Happy Reading, 

Miss Kenny

New In The Library This Week: 4 October - 8 October, 2010

Hello ladies!

We have a number of new additions to the Fontbonne Library this week including new fiction, nonfiction and periodicals. Stop by and check one out!

Books 

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

"The story of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers, who, along with two companions, sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood." (TitlePeek Summary)

City of Thieves by David Beinoff

"Seventeen-year-old Lev Beniov, having been arrested for looting the corpse of a German paratrooper, is given the opportunity to be released from jail if he, along with a soldier imprisoned for desertion, can secure twelve eggs to be used in the colonel's daughter's wedding cake by traversing the dangerous streets of Leningrad." (TitlePeek Summary) 

Daisy Miller by Henry James  

"Daisy Miller, an innocent yet bold American girl, runs afoul of the European code of conduct at the turn of the twentieth century." (TitlePeek Summary)
 

For One More Day  by Mitch Albom

"After years of drinking, being rejected by his wife and daughter, and a suicide attempt, ex-baseball star Charley Benetto returns to his childhood home where he encounters the ghost of his mother, who tells him family secrets and guides him in making his life better." (TitlePeek Summary)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

"Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics." (TitlePeek Review) 

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 
Rated ****/5 stars by 23 Fontbonne students!  Here are some of their comments: 

"I loved this novel so much. Lily has an amazing and suspenseful journey throughout the entire book. It's hard to put the book down until the very end!!"

"the secret life of bees is an invigorating book about love, worlds trouble, and racism and its all from the point of view of a 13 year old girl!"

"I thought this book was beyond awesome!! I saw the movie and i loved how it stayed really close to the book!! Lets have a sequel!! :)"

Periodicals 

America: The National Catholic Weekly October 4, 2010

-Appalachia's Wounds: the injustice of mountaintop removal 
-Fall Books Review 
-Urban Renewal

Dance Magazine October 2010

-Boston Ballet's Next Chapter 
-Costumes: Glam & Goth 
-The Joffrey Ballet's Victoria Jaiani

Educational Leadership October 2010

-Cell Phones as Teaching Tools 
-Faces of Autism
-Interventions That Work 

Newsweek October 11, 2010

-Attack of the Droids: Google, Apple and the Battle for the Future of Computing 
-From Lockers to Lockup: Should we treat school bullies as criminals? 
-The Remaking of Martha Stewart

New eBooks in the FBA Library

We have finished adding a number of eBooks to our collection. 

The following titles are now available through our catalog:

• The Apache by Michael E. Melody
• Atlas of the North American Indian by Carl Waldman
• The Cherokees by Theda Perdue
• Child Abuse and Stress Disorders by M. Foster Olive
• The Choctaw by Jesse O. McKee
• Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes by Carl Waldman
• Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms by Harold Bloom
• Feeding a Hungry World by Charles F. Gritzner
• Globalization and Development by Eugene D. Jaffe
• Globalization and Human Rights by Alma Kadragic
• Globalization and Poverty by Nadejda Ballard
• Human Rights by Douglas A. Phillips
• Iran by Heather Lehr Wagner
• The Iroquois by Barbara Graymont
• The Navajo by Peter Iverson
• Oscar Wilde by Harold Bloom
• The Pawnee by Theresa Jensen Lacey
• Richard Wright's Black Boy by Harold Bloom
• Richard Wright's Native Son by Harold Bloom
• Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye by Harold Bloom
• Women's Rights by Kathryn Cullen-DuPont

New Fiction in the Library

Hello ladies.

Welcome to Miss Kenny's FBA Library Blog.
We have added a few new books to the fiction collection here in the library. Come by and check them out OR search for them in our FBA Library Catalog.

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

"An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion,Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west."Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving." (TitlePeek)

Subjects : Historical Fiction, Criminals - Fiction, Mexico - Fiction, Indians of North America - West (US) - Fiction

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

"Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as Gone With the Wind does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling portraits of characters so vivid that we remember their words and feel their fear and hunger for the rest of our lives.
In the two main characters, the white-shouldered, irresistible Scarlett and the flashy, contemptuous Rhett, Margaret Mitchell not only conveyed a timeless story of survival under the harshest of circumstances, she also created two of the most famous lovers in the English-speaking world since Romeo and Juliet." (Amazon.com)
Subjects: Historical Fiction, Georgia - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction, War Stories

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

"The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices-but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep." (TitlePeek)

Subjects: Runaway Teenagers - Fiction, Teenage Boys - Fiction, New York (NY) - Fiction



A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
"Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur, and adroit observer of human nature, has much to ponder in colorful, turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. She grows up with a sweet, tragic father, a severely realistic mother, and an aunt who gives her love too freely--to men, and to a brother who will always be the favored child. Francie learns early the meaning of hunger and the value of a penny. She is her father's child--romantic and hungry for beauty. But she is her mother's child, too--deeply practical and in constant need of truth. Like the Tree of Heaven that grows out of cement or through cellar gratings, resourceful Francie struggles against all odds to survive and thrive. Betty Smith's poignant, honest novel created a big stir when it was first published over 50 years ago. Her frank writing about life's squalor was alarming to some of the more genteel society, but the book's humor and pathos ensured its place in the realm of classics--and in the hearts of readers, young and old." (Amazon.com)

Subjects: Poor Families - Fiction, Girls - Fiction, Domestic Fiction, Brooklyn, NY - Fiction

Happy Reading,

-Miss Kenny