Read Around the World!

J FICTION MACCAL, A AKI
Akimbo and the elephants
by Alexander McCall Smith
Imagine living in the heart of Africa, where the sun rises each morning over blue mountains, and great plains stretch as far as the eye can see. Imagine living in a place where wild animals still roam freely-elephants, lions, crocodiles.

J 919.89 BRE
After the last dog died: the true-life, hair-raising adventure of Douglas Mawson and his 1911-1914 Antarctic Expedition
Bredeson, Carmen
After the Last Dog Died reveals the story of this expedition.

J FICTION HOOBL, D DEM
The demon in the teahouse
Hoobler, Dorothy
When a series of fires in Japan's capital points to foul-play, the famous samurai Judge Ooka puts 14-year-old Seikei on the case to discover who's behind them. Determined to prove his worth, Seikei poses as a teahouse attendant to gather information, and winds up entering the mysterious worlds of geishas

J 398.2 SUN
Sun Mother wakes the world : an Australian creation story
Bancroft, Bronwyn
An Aboriginal creation story in which the Sun slowly brings life to the Earth.

J 918.276 LOU
Tierra del Fuego : a journey to the end of the earth
Lourie, Peter


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Author Corner

Have you read... Holly Black ?

Holly Black is the bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children. Born in New Jersey in 1971, Holly grew up in a decrepit Victorian house piled with books and oddments. After graduating from The College of New Jersey in 1995, Holly worked as a production editor on medical journals and attended graduate school at Rutgers University in pursuit of a Masters in Library Science.

Holly collaborated with her long-time friend, Caldecott award winning artist, Tony DiTerlizzi, to create the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles. The first two books were The Field Guide and The Seeing Stone, with the next three, Lucinda's Secret, The Ironwood Tree and The Wrath of Mulgarath, following in rapid succession. . The five-book serial has been called "vintage Victorian fantasy" by the New York Post and Time Magazine reported that "the books wallow in their dusty Olde Worlde charm."

The lavishly illustrated Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to The Fantastical World Around You, The Notebook for Fantastical Observations, and Care and Feeding of Sprites expanded the Spiderwick universe. To date, the books have been translated into 32 languages. Three more Spiderwick chapter books are planned, with the first one expected to be released in Fall of 2007.

The Spiderwick Chronicles are being adapted into a film by Paramount Pictures in conjunction with Nickelodeon Films starring Freddie Highmore and Sarah Bolger with Mark Waters as the director.

Holly is currently working on a graphic novel series, The Good Neighbors, with Eisner nominated artist Ted Naifeh, and a new novel called The White Cat.

Check out the official site:

www.blackholly.com