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Events for Kids, 10/24-10/28

Published on October 20, 2011 by in Children's, Programs

Teens playing games at the libraryAccording to the Cobb County School District’s calendar, elementary and middle school students will be released two hours early next week for conferences. Wondering what you’re going to do to keep the kids busy?

Why not check out some great programs at the library? Here’s a list of some programs for kids next week that we think they’ll enjoy. (Find a full schedule of all of our programs, for people of all ages, on our Events Page.)

Please call the branch for more information about the program and to confirm dates and times. (You can find their phone number by clicking on the branch name.)

Have a great week!

 

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Thursday:

Friday:

 
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Pediatricans say go “screen free”

Published on October 19, 2011 by in In the News

Here’s a compelling reason to bring young children to the library: TV and video viewing by children under two years old appears to provide no benefits, and may harm their development, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently said.

In calling for all babies and toddlers to live “screen free,” the AAP said in a new policy statement that play and interactions with others – such as sharing reading time with adults – is best for sound development.

The AAP said its new policy statement is based on a decade of studies showing a correlation between developmental troubles and TV watching and other types of passive screen viewing. Even TV watching by parents poses a problem for children developing in their midst, as parents and their children become distracted by the screen instead of talking with children, according to the report by the nation’s largest association of pediatricians released on October 18.

The new guidelines released by the AAP are an update of a 1999 report by the organization which called for limiting TV viewing by the young ones. One major addition to the guidelines is the group’s warning that “screen-watching” may delay children’s speaking ability.

A link to a news article on the study on the New York Times Web site is http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/health/19babies.html?hp.

Information on children’s health is posted on the AAC’s Web site, www.aap.org.

Post by Tom Brooks, CCPLS Staff Writer

 
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Teen Read Week: Teens’ Top Ten

Published on October 17, 2011 by in Popular Books, Teens

The Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association holds a contest each year in conjunction with Teen Read Week to find out teens’ top ten favorite books. This year’s books were announced today at noon. You can find information about the contest, the full list of nominees, videos from the winning authors, and more, at http://bit.ly/o7Ta6u.

Here’s the top five. Have you read any of these? Do your teens read them? What do you think - did they deserve to win?

The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Simon & Schuster)
In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to The Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series. The year is 1878. Searching for her missing brother, sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld and finds herself up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork demons, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her Shadowhunter allies can stop them.…

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (Simon & Schuster)
Despite starting a relationship with Patch, her guardian angel (whose title is the only angelic thing about him), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking good for Nora Grey. Aside from fearing her boyfriend is interested in her nemesis, Nora is haunted by images of her father and becomes obsessed with understanding his disappearance. As Nora delves into the mystery of her father’s death, she begins to wonder whether her Nephilim blood line has something to do with it. And since Patch isn’t answering her questions, Nora has to start finding the answers on her own. But does she really want to know the truth—or will her desire for Patch outweigh any possible peace she could find?

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (HarperCollins)
Nine alien teenagers are hiding on Earth. Three are dead. Number Four is next.

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin)
Meghan Chase has never fit in at her small-town high school, and now, on the eve of her 16th birthday, she finally discovers why. For when her half-brother is kidnapped, Meghan is drawn into a fantastical world she had never imagined–the world of Faery.

Click on the title of the one you’re interested in reading to be taken to our catalog. All cover images and annotations courtesy of the publishers.

 
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National Book Award Finalists

Published on October 13, 2011 by in In the News

The Tiger's WifeThis year’s finalists for the National Book Awards have been announced. (Get all of the details here: http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2011.html)

What do you think about this year’s finalists? Have you read any? Did you like them? Did they deserve to be nominated (or do they deserve to win)? We’d love to hear what you think!

Click on the author’s name to be taken to their bio on the National Book Award site. Click on the book title to be taken to our catalog, where you can place your hold. Questions? Just give us a call at (770) 528-2320 during regular library hours.

Andrew Krivak, The Sojourn.* (Bellevue Literary Press)

Téa Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife
(Random House). Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for “the deathless man,” a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger’s wife.

 

Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
(Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House). Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.

 

Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision*
(Lookout Books, an imprint of the Department of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington)

 

Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones*
(Bloomsbury USA)

*These books have yet to be added to our collection. You can place a request for us to purchase it or, if you have a copy you’d like to give us, you can donate it to our collection.

 
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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Published on October 7, 2011 by in Resources

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.

If you need information about cancer or any other health topic, look no further – the library is a great place to start. Help raise awareness about breast cancer in your community by sharing these books with your loved ones.

Here are just a few books in the Cobb County Public Library System about breast cancer. There are more; we have survivor’s stories, books for children about cancer, and treatment guides. Talk to a staff member at your favorite branch for help finding other books.

Breast cancer: what you need to know now / American Cancer Society.

Covering everything from breast cancer risk factors to living well after treatment, this pocket-sized reference provides critical questions to ask a health-care team; presents the latest guidelines for diagnosis, staging, and treatment; and details what to expect after treatment. This comprehensive yet concise guide is the fastest way to get evidence based content on the disease and includes an advanced dictionary of breast cancer-related terms. It educates and empowers both patients and their caregivers to combat breast cancer from the start.

Living well beyond breast cancer : a survivor’s guide for when treatment ends and the rest of your life begins / Weiss, Marisa C.

Contains crucial information about the revolutionary medical advances in follow-up testing, ongoing treatments, and recovery from breast cancer.

Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book / Love, Susan M.

A standard reference first published in 1990, newly revised to reflect the latest developments in breast care, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and research. In a warm, straightforward style, Dr. Love covers the healthy breast; common problems of the breast; diagnosis of breast problems; the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer; and living with breast cancer. Helpful diagrams and drawings clearly illustrate the text.

 
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