Archive for January, 2008

2008 Newbery and Caldecott Winners Announced

January 22, 2008 at 6:38 pm · Filed under News, Reading Suggestions

The American Library Association has announced the winners of the Newbery Medal and the Caldecott Medal for 2008. The Newbery Medal honors the “the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.” The Caldecott Medal is awarded to “to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.”

All of these items can be reserved by calling either library (McGraw: 336-6060 & Evans: 336-6062) or by using the online catalog.

2008 Newbery Medal Winner (Official Newbery Medal Site)
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz

2008 Newbery Honor Books
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

2008 Caldecott Medal Winner
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

2008 Caldecott Honor Books (Official Caldecott Medal Site)
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine

First the Egg written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain written and illustrated by Peter Sís

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity written and illustrated Mo Willems

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McGraw Branch in the News!

January 4, 2008 at 6:23 pm · Filed under News

The McGraw Branch has teamed up with Warm Up America along with knitting instructor Nancy Vandivert to knit blankets for local charities. The program, and librarian Nora Pelish, were featured on WHAM 13’s “Bright Spot” on January 3. If you missed it, you can watch the segment here:

13 WHAM Bright Spot: Volunteers like you, and Irondequoit Public LIbrary

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2007 WBER Listener Countdown

January 2, 2008 at 9:14 pm · Filed under Reading Suggestions

Every year, 90.5 FM WBER counts down the favorite songs of their listeners and every year they post that list on their website. The list includes a lot of great music and weighs in at 129 songs. Trying to hear them all on WBER might take a while, so why not check out a few of the winning CDs from the library’s music collection?

All of these items can be reserved by calling either library (McGraw: 336-6060 & Evans: 336-6062) or by using the online catalog.

  • Mika – Life in Cartoon Motion which includes “Grace Kelly” (#1)
  • Damien Rice – 9 which includes “9 Crimes” (#2) and “Rootless Tree” (#38)
  • The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible which includes “No Cars Go” (#7)
  • The White Stripes – Icky Thump which includes “Icky Thump” (#13) and “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)” (#34)
  • Colbie Caillat – CoCo which includes “Bubbly” (#16) and “Realize” (#70)
  • Guster – Ganging Up on the Sun which includes C’Mon (#69)
  • Amy Winehouse – Back to Black which includes “You Know I’m No Good” (#9) and “Tears Dry On Their Own” (#80)
  • The Decemberists – The Crane Wife which includes “O Valencia!” (#12)
  • Incubus – Light Grenades which includes “Dig” (#16) and “Oil and Water” (#76)

    The full list can be found at WBER’s website

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