Indiana Free Library Blog: March 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Roll the Dice on Game Day!

Grab some friends and prepare to roll the dice at Indiana Free Library Game Day on Wednesday, April 11, as part of National Library Week. Players may help themselves to a variety of card, board and video games throughout the day, with special featured games hosted by library staff from 6 to 8 p.m. Game Day is free and open to the public.

During Open Play from 2 to 4:30 p.m. players may challenge friends to a musical showdown with Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero on the Nintendo Wii or sit down to a classic board game in the second floor community room.

Parents and children are encouraged to play together during Family Play from 6 to 8 p.m. in the children's department. Family Play will feature the entertaining and educational party game Apples to Apples Junior, as well as Nintendo Wii games and assorted board games.

Also from 6 to 8 p.m. gamers 14 and older are invited to the second floor community room for Advanced Play, which will feature The Legend of Drizzt Board Game based on the popular fantasy character appearing in the best-selling novels by R. A. Salvatore. Perennial favorite The Settlers of Catan will also be on hand, along with the Apples to Apples party game and great traditional board games.

Learn more about the featured games below.

Spring into Reading Used Book Sale

The Indiana Free Library will hold its Big Annual 2-Day Spring into Reading Used Book Sale on Saturday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds will go to support the library. Donations for the sale are welcome; please call the front desk for donation details. Nothing grows on you like a good book!

Thursday, March 08, 2012

New Audio/DVD in March

Audio
Agus, David B.	End of Illness, The
Cain ,Susan	Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Ferguson, Niall	Civilization: The West and the Rest
Fisher, Carrie	Shockaholic
Fuchida, Mitsuo	From Pearl Harbor to Calvary
Gardner, Lisa	Catch Me
Horowitz, Anthony	House of Silk, The
Kinsella, Sophie	I've Got Your Number
Lu, Marie	Legend
Woods, Stuart	Hothouse Orchid
Woods, Stuart	Kisser
DVD
(Film)	Alice in Wonderland
(Film)	Avatar
(Film)	Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The
(Film)	Carlos
(Film)	Casino Royale
(Film)	Drive
(Film)	Fast Five
(Film)	Good Night, and Good Luck
(Film)	In a Better World
(Film)	Last Temptation of Christ, The
(Film)	Man Who Wasn't There, The
(Film)	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief
(Film)	Sarah's Key
(Film)	Take Shelter
(Film)	Them!
(Film)	Transformers: Dark of the Moon
(Nonfiction)	Project Nim

Saturday, March 03, 2012

Film Club April 4

Join us for a free screening and discussion of an eye-popping 2010 comedy based on the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series on Wednesday, April 4 at 6 pm.

"Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart in this eye-popping comedy from the director of Shaun of the Dead."

Featuring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Brandon Routh, and Chris Evans.

Directed by Edgar Wright, 2010.

Rated PG-13 for stylized violence, sexual content, language and drug references.

Materials in the IFL Collection:

GN OMA. The Scott Pilgrom series of graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
Browse the graphic novels collection (call number GN) for other Japanese manga-style works.
j741.5 HAR. Kids Draw Manga by Christopher Hart.
Perform a subject search in the catalog for "Man-woman relationships" for more works about dating.
Perform a subject search in the catalog for "Rock musicians" for more works on that topic.
SF STE or CD SF STE. Reamde by Neal Stephenson.
CD SF CLI. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Staff Picks for March

The Indiana Free Library staff recommends the following works, all of which are available in the library's collection.

Connie

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. Fiction. F ALL.
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen. Fiction. F ALL.
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen Fiction. F ALL.

Helen

11/22/63 by Stephen King. Fiction. F KIN.
The Odds by Stewart O'Nan. Fiction. F ONA.
The Fault in our Stars by John Green. Young Adult Fiction. YAF GRE.

John

The City & the City by China Miéville. Speculative Fiction. F MIE.
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men by Michael S. Kimmel. Nonfiction. 305.2421 KIM.
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. dir. Eli Craig, 2010. Film. DVD CIN TUC.

Lauri

12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn by James Proimos. Young Adult Fiction. YAF PRO.
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman. Young Adult Fiction. YAF SHU.
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa. Young Adult Fiction. YAF KAG.

Susan

An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-year-old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff. Nonfiction. 974.71 SCH.
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. Young Adult Fiction. YAF MOR.
Midnight in Paris. dir. Woody Allen, 2011. Film. DVD CIN MID.

Children's Materials

Connie

Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Juvenile Fiction. jF HAD.
If You Were a Penguin by Wendell and Florence Minor. Picture Book. E MIN.

Joanne

Ladybug Girl by David Soman and Jacky Davis. Picture Book. E SOM.
Ace Your Internet Research by Anne Gaines. Juvenile Nonfiction. j004.67 GAI.