New Items March 1 - 16

DVD:
Tower heist
Desperate housewives Season 1
The new world
BOOKS:
Robert Ludlum’s the Janson command by Paul Garrison
The fear index by Robert Harris
Celebrity in death by J. D. Robb
The other family by Joanna Trollope
Kardashian Konfidential by Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
YOUNG ADULT:
The truth of the matter by Andrew Klavan
JUNIOR AUDIO BOOKS ON CD:
The hidden staircase and The secret of the old clock by Carolyn Keene
The bad beginning by Lemony Snicket
AUDIO BOOKS ON CD:
Riding lessons by Sara Gruen

The above items were either donated by generous library patrons or purchased with funds donated by the Madison Valley Woman's Club.

New Items Feb. 21 - 29

EASY BOOK AND CD:
How do dinosaurs get well soon? How do dinosaurs eat their food? How do dinosaurs go to school? by Jane Yolen
Waking up is hard to do by Neil Sedaka
Great white shark ruler of the sea by Kathleen Zoehfeld

JUNIOR AUDIO BOOKS ON CD:
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Radio Theatre)
Little house in the big woods, On the banks of Plum Creek, and The long winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

DVD:
Conspiracy Theory
Cars 2
The double
Breaking dawn (Part 1)

BOOKS:
Montana before history by Douglas MacDonald
Oath of office by Michael Palmer
Bleed for me by Michael Robotham
Doc by Mary Russell
The case of Sheriff Pete Benson by John Fitzpatrick

YOUNG ADULT:
The book of potentially catastrophic science and The book of totally irresponsible science by Sean Connolly

EASY:
Listen to my trumpet by Mo Willems

JUNIOR:
Face to face with wolves: Jim Brandenburg

The above items were either donated by generous library patrons, or were purchased with funds donated by the Madison Valley Woman's Club.

New Items Feb. 6 - 17

BOOKS:
Merriam-Webster’s Spanish-English dictionary
Basic Spanish by Dorothy Richmond
The richest hill on earth by Richard S. Wheeler
The backyard astronomer’s guide by Terence Dickinson
Home front by Kristin Hannah
Catch me by Lisa Gardner
Kill shot by Vince Flynn
Left for dead by J.A. Jance

JUNIOR BOOKS:
Judy Moody was in a mood, Judy Moody gets famous, Judy Moody saves the world,
Judy Moody predicts the future by Megan McDonald
Cloudy with a chance of boys by Megan McDonald
The sixty-eight rooms and Stealing magic by Marianne Malone
A year without autumn by Liz Kessler
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner(graphic novel)
Double feature by Julia DeVillers
Rapunzel’s revenge by Shannon Hale
Nancy Drew(graphic novel)

DVD:
Rocky 1-4
The ides of March
The Civil War (History Channel)
Far from home: the adventures of Yellow Dog
The big year

EASY BOOKS:
Froggy eats out by Jonathan London
Bandit’s surprise by Karen Rostoker-Gruber
Groundhog Day by Gail Gibbons
Go to sleep groundhog by Judy Cox
The Groundhog Day book of facts and fun by Wendie Old
Double trouble Groundhog Day by Bethany Roberts
Mr. Groundhog wants the day off by Pat Vojta
Froggy builds a tree house by Jonathan London
BOOKS ON CD:
Red mist by Patricia Cornwell
The fire(Witch & Wizard) by James Patterson
The above items were either donated by generous library patrons, or were purchased with funds donated by the Madison Valley Woman's Club.

New items Jan.23 to Feb. 4

BOOKS:
Death comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
East of the sun by Julia Gregson
The bells by Richard Harvell
The personal history of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber
Navigation the Missouri by William E. Lass
The rope by Nevada Barr
A devil is waiting by Jack Higgins
American sniper by Chris Kyle
Clark Howard’s living large in lean times
Taken by Robert Crais

EASY BOOKS:
From head to toe by Eric Carle
Rumble in the jungle by Giles Andreae
Giraffes can’t dance by Giles Andreae
Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod
Froggy rides a bike & Let’s go, froggy by Jonathan London
The jazz fly (book with CD) by Matthew Gollub
Doing the animal bop (book with CD) by Jan Ormerod

JUNIOR BOOKS:
The Boxcar Children: Blue Bay mystery (graphic novel)
Ordinary Boy: Book 1: The hero revealed Book 2: The return of meteor boy by William Boniface
Winterling by Sarah Prineas
Don’t judge a girl by her cover and Only the good spy young by Ally Carter
War horse by Michael Morpurgo
Alex Rider: Scorpia rising by Anthony Horowitz
Alibi junior high by Greg Logsted

DVD:
Last night

The above items were either donated by generous library patrons, or were purchased with funds donated by the Madison Valley Woman's Club. 

Adult Reading Program at Madison Valley Public Library

Check out what’s “Between the Covers” at Madison Valley Public Library’s first ever Adult Reading Program! The program will run January 23 thru March 22, and is open to any adult with a Madison Valley Public Library card. Library patrons may enter a drawing for a Kindle Touch e-book reader, Sansa Fuze MP3 players, and other fun prizes each time they read a book or listen to an audiobook checked out from the library. In addition, patrons may also enter the drawing each time they read or listen to an e-book or e-audiobook checked out from MontanaLibrary2Go.org. The drawings will take place March 22 at 3:00.

The library will host special programs Thursdays from 3-4 p.m. Feb. 2 – March 15. Program attendance is not required to enter the main prize drawing; however, there will be a door prize drawing and refreshments after each of the special programs.
The program schedule is as follows:
Feb. 2: Tracy Cook and Susanne Reymer from the Montana State Library will bring various “gadgets” to demonstrate (such as ipad, e-book readers, smart phones.
Feb. 9: Michelle Goggins will explain how to use the library’s laptop computer, Elmo, projector and screen for presentations.
Feb. 16: Using the Library’s website – all the information available on the website, such as the EBSCO Periodical Database, Heritage Quest and other links.
Feb. 23: Using the Card Catalog – how to search for items and place holds.
March 1: Using MontanaLibrary2Go.org for e-audiobooks
March 8: Using MontanaLibrary2Go.org for e-books.
March 15: Book discussion – what books have participants read during the Adult Reading Program – what do they recommend/not recommend.
March 22: Party and Prize drawings.

All programs are free of charge. Please join us for winter reading fun! If you don’t have a library card, please stop by the library at 210 E Main Street, Ennis, to register. It’s free, and all that’s required is proof of residency in Madison County.

Our most requested Interlibrary Loan Item

INTERLIBRARY LOAN (abbreviated ILL, is the sharing of materials between participating libraries.) A patron of one library can borrow items such as BOOKS, DVDS and AUDIO CDS that are owned by another library. The patron makes a request with his/her local library, which locates and requests the desired item. Upon receiving the item, the library makes it available to the patron and arranges for its return. The lending library sets the due date and overdue/replacement fees of the material borrowed. Interlibrary Loan items are non renewable. In many cases, nominal fees accompany interlibrary loan services. At Madison Valley Public Library, the most requested Interlibrary Loan item is the DVD: DROP DEAD FRED.

"Fred" has traveled to 72 libraries across the U.S.  Currently, there is a bulletin board in the Thexton Community Room displaying "Fred's" visits.  Stop in for a look and a laugh! 

Chippy the Dragon visits Madison Valley Public Library

On December 12, Diane Bunitski (who writes under the pen name of Diana Stauder) came to the library to talk about her series of books about dragons and show the game that she and her children created that inspired the series.  After Lucy Ennis, the program hostess, read part of the first book Dragon's Journey: the beginning, Diane explained how the game was played.  The children gathered round the board and were deeply involved in the game, but who should arrive but Chippy, one of the baby dragons from the book and from the game!  He talked with us and truly charmed us with his tales (and tail).  We could not believe that Chippy was tall as the lights and seemed so big that we were certainly glad he did not bring any of his brothers or sisters because they would not have fit in the room!  After Chippy left, we kept on talking about him and looked at the books, game, and stuffed animals of him and his brothers and sisters.  Before we left, Diane autographed any books we bought and told us that any time we need any dragon merchandise it is always for sale at Rank's Mercantile in Virginia City.  Diane told us that Chippy has been very busy.  He was in Dillon the night before and even had to dance there.  He was planning to go to Rank's Mercantile later that same afternoon.  We were so lucky that he managed to squeeze in a visit to our library!

The library has books 1 and 2 in the Dragon's Journey series, The Beginning and Adventures in the Sleepy Forest if you'd like to check them out.