Helmed by The Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick, the 3-D movie brings a perfect peculiarity to the award-winning novella. Writer Neil Gaiman talks about the film adaptation in an exclusive interview with Wired.com.
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Gaiman Calls ‘Coraline’ the Strangest Stop-Motion Film Ever
December 8, 2008Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
August 22, 2008Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, originally a book by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, is now a movie.
Coming to Theaters October 3, 2008.
Maine South Summer Reading
May 12, 2008Looking for a copy of a Maine South Summer Reading book? The Park Ridge Public Library buys multiple copies of ALL of the books… check here first!
Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn will be released
April 23, 2008
Summer Reading Sign-Up
May 16, 2007YA Summer Reading 2007:
Read Among the “Hollywood” Stars
Sign up at Opening Day, Friday, June 8 ALL DAY, First Floor Meeting Room
This year you can get a free paperback and enter to win one of five $50.00 gift cards to Best Buy, GameSpot, Barnes & Noble, or Starbucks– Your choice!
Sign up on opening day to reserve your slot in our great programs: YA Babysitting, Chocolate Making, Improv, Video Game Design, Henna Tattoo and more!
When you sign up on June 8, you’ll also get:
- A surprise gift
- First choice of brand-new hot summer books
- And more…
For more information check our website, look for the summer newsletter, and keep an eye out for the Young Adult Librarian at your school.
If You Liked the Clique Series, Try These Reads:
February 5, 2007
Allie, Debora. The Meanest Girl
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Prom.
Block, Francesca Lia. Violet and Claire
Brian, Kate. Princess and the Pauper
Brugman, Alyssa. Being Bindy
Cabot, Meg. Teen Idol
Cabot, Meg. Princess Diaries (or anything by Meg Cabot)
Cohn, Rachel. Gingerbread (and Shrimp)
Printz Award: Best Books for Young Adults
January 23, 2007The Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults was announced on Monday:
See the complete list of winners at www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
“American Born Chinese” by Gene Luen Yang is the 2007 Printz Award winner. [A graphic novel!]
Four Printz Honor Books were named:
“The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Pox Party” by M. T. Anderson
“An Abundance of Katherines” by John Green
“Surrender” by Sonya Hartnett
“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak
Lois Lowry won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
Starbucks Book Discussion
January 8, 2007
Starbucks Book Discusssion
Middle School & High School Students
Thursday, January 25 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Come to Starbucks on NW Hwy for a discussion about Sarah Dessen’s The Truth About Forever. Drinks are on us!
Register online or at the library, and pick up a copy of the book at the Reader Services Desk.
Teens Top Ten Books
December 4, 2006It’s official! Teens all over the nation have voted for their favorite books during Teen Read Week, and the winners are:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic Press, 2005).
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2005).
Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2005).
Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (Delacorte Press, 2005).
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (Razorbill, 2005).
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2005).
Poison by Chris Wooding (Orchard Books, 2005).
Captain Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J.V. Hart (Laura Geringer Books, 2005).
If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? by Melissa Kantor (Hyperion Books for Children, 2005).
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2005)
MT Anderson wins the National Book Award
November 15, 2006And the winner is…. MT Anderson, author of books like Feed, Thirsty, and Burger Wuss has won the National Book Award (a big deal for literary types) for his book The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. I
You can get this book from the High School Collection at the Park Ridge Public Library… just ask at the Reader Services or YA Loft desk.
