"SPOOKTACULAR" Books

October is the month for ghosts and goblins! The cooler weather and all the rain we've had make me want to curl up with a good book. There are brand new copies of the Cirque de' Freak series by Darin Shan and tons of other scary stories to keep you up at night.

Some of the scariest books aren't about supernatural beings....they're about events that could really happen. The Dead & Gone and Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer are both about what happens to earth when a giant meteor hits the moon and knocks it out of orbit. NASA's experiment, crashing a probe into the moon, this week gave me pause to think.... What if that really happened?????

What kind of books are scariest to you? Stop on by the Library and nominate your favorite scary book.

Kate DiCamillo - Coming to Houston

What?! You say you don't know who Kate DiCamillio is? Well, granted she's not a famous hip-hop artist or a sports star. She is the award winning author of Because of Winn Dixie, The Tale of Despersaux and The Tiger Rising.

Ms. DiCamillio will be in Houston, on Sunday, October 18 at 3 p.m. at the Pershing Middle School Auditorium, 3838 Blue Bonnet at Stella Link and it's FREE....that's right, you get to see a really great author, listen to her talk about her newest book, The Magician's Elephant, and it doesn't cost you a penny! If you want to buy a copy of her new book, you can even get Ms. DiCamillio to autograph it for you.

October declared National Information Literacy Awareness Month

Sometimes I run across items in the news that catch my interest because they're library related....and today was one of those days!

President Obama has declared October as "National Information Literacy Awareness" month. What does that mean for you?

Well, the proclamation "highlights the need for all Americans to be adept in the skills necessary to effectively navigate the Information Age." This means we need to know how to find information, figure out if it is accurate and suitable for our purposes and how to use the information in a way that is appropriate. Part of being information literate is knowing how to give credit to the sources of information you use in your school work - whether it is a report or a project.

I'm excited that President Obama recognizes the importance of information literacy and I'll be happy to help you with any of your information literacy questions, whether it's how to find a picture to include with a project or how to create a works cited sheet. Stop on in the library and ask your questions.......