Braille Book Review, Vol. 72, No. 1, January-February 2003 Braille Book Review January-February 2003 Volume 72, Number 1 _Braille Book Review_ is published bimonthly in large-print, braille, and computer diskette formats and distributed free to blind and physically handicapped individuals who participate in the Library of Congress free reading program. It lists braille magazines and books available through a network of cooperating libraries. The braille edition also lists recorded books, giving abbreviated annotations. News about library services is featured in both editions. The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles recently added to the national collection, which contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including classics, biographies, gothics, mysteries, and how-to and self-help guides. To learn more about the wide range of books in the national collection, readers may order catalogs and subject bibliographies from cooperating libraries. Librarians can check other resources for titles and answer requests for special materials. Readers can receive _Braille Book Review_ and other information through the Internet by accessing the the NLS home page at http://www.loc.gov/nls. To order books or for subscription changes, contact your local cooperating library. Correspondence regarding editorial matters should be sent to Publications and Media Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20542. Library of Congress, Washington 2003 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 53-31800 ISSN 0006-873X Contents: In Brief Books for Adults Nonfiction Fiction Books for Children Nonfiction Fiction Braille Magazines In Brief Collection Development Advisory Group seeks advice The members of the Collection Development Advisory Group wish to thank fellow patrons and librarians for their input concerning the NLS program. Please be assured that ideas and suggestions were thoroughly discussed in the committee's deliberations. Please continue to assist us by contacting committee members or your cooperating braille or talking-book library with your suggestions. Input from readers is the key ingredient in the success of our program. The group will meet again at NLS on May 21-23, 2003. Representatives from consumer organizations: American Council of the Blind Ms. Patricia Shreck 7304 N.E. 14th Court Vancouver, WA 98665 pat.ralph1@juno.com Blinded Veterans Association Mr. George Brummell Blinded Veterans Association 477 H Street NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 371-8881, ext. 3318 gbrummell@bva.org National Federation of the Blind Ms. Ever Lee Hairston 113 Greensward Lane Cherry Hill, NJ 08002-4710 elhairston@mindspring.com Readers-at-large representatives Midlands Region--includes the following: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Mr. Christopher Mulkin 623 South New Street Springfield, IL 62704 Northern Region--includes the following: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. Ms. Diana Brash 919 Walnut Street, Fourth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 dbrash@asb.org Southern Region--includes the following: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Virgin Islands. Ms. Deana Wallace 7 N. Pennington Ave. Rome, GA 30161 wallaced@mail.floyd.public.lib.ga.us Western Region--includes the following: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Mr. Blas Yslas Jr. 5400 Sheridan Blvd #277 Arvada, CO 80002 maryandblas@juno.com Librarians Midlands Ms. Lissa Shanahan Indiana State Library Special Services Division 140 North Senate Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 232-3684 lshanahan@statelib.lib.in.us Northern Ms. Renee Snowten Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Free Library of Philadelphia 919 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 683-3218 snowtenr@library.phila.gov Southern Mr. Oakley Pearson Talking Book Center Staunton Public Library 1 Churchville Avenue Staunton, VA 24401 pearsonjo@ci.staunton.va.us Western Ms. Sue Walker Public Services Librarian Idaho State Library 325 West State Street Boise, ID 83702 swalker@isl.state.id.us Children's/Young Adult: Ms. Nancy Doering Youth Services Librarian Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped P.O. Box 387 600 W. Main Jefferson City, MO 65102-0387 (573) 751-8720; fax: (573) 526-2985 doerin@sosmail.state.mo.us NLS works with BVA to support blinded veterans The federal legislation that enables the Library of Congress to provide free library service to blind and physically handicapped individuals (Public Law 89-522, July 30, 1966) specifies that preference shall at all times be given to blind and physically handicapped persons who have been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States. The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) represents a significant segment of the NLS user community, and BVA representatives often serve on NLS advisory committees. BVA is the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization exclusively dedicated to serving our nation's blinded veterans. BVA supports rehabilitation initiatives and has its own national, full-time field service representative program. Field service offices throughout the country provide advice, information, and aid to blinded veterans and their families. BVA field reps, all of whom are blinded veterans themselves, counsel blind veterans in their respective regions. The reps link veterans with service, rehabilitation, training, and other benefits. In addition, BVA helps veterans who receive counseling to find jobs within the community. The BVA traces its roots back to 1945, when a group of veterans who lost their sight during World War II met at an army hospital in Connecticut and founded the association. BVA has been instrumental in spearheading and helping to sustain programs and services meant to give aid to blinded veterans ever since. BVA supports Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Comprehensive Blind Rehabilitation Services, which helps veterans learn how to live without sight, from the basics--such as crossing the street safely--to the more complex issues of coming to terms with their condition and leading fulfilling and productive lives. There is no charge for any BVA service and all legally blind veterans are eligible for assistance regardless of whether they lost their vision during service or afterward. BVA works closely with the Congress of the United States and the VA to accomplish its vital mission. Some of the above was adapted from the Blinded Veterans Association web site www.bva.org. For more information, visit the web site or call toll free 1-800-699-7079. Newsstand The following announcements may be of interest to readers. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped reserved the right to publish announcements selectively, as space permits. Items mentioned, however, are not part of the NLS program, and their listing does not imply endorsement. 2003 calendars. Listed below are some organizations that produce calendars in braille or print/braille. American Printing House for the Blind (APH) P.O. Box 6085 Louisville, KY 40206-0085 (502) 895-2405 800-223-1839 info@aph.org www.aph.org/products/index.html Accepts orders by mail or telephone. - 8˘ x 11-inch large-print/braille APH InSights Art Calendar. Includes holidays and moon phases. Features selected art from the APH juried competition. English edition, catalog #5-18971-03. Spanish edition, catalog #5- 18973-03, $7.50. - 2 x 3˘-inch (business card size) braille pocket calendar. Allows a braille user to track dates for an entire year. JaJo Braille Pocket Calendar 2003, catalog #1-18990-03, $2. Braille Institute Press 741 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029 (323) 663-1111, ext. 1513 800-272-4553 press@brailleinstitute.org www.brailleinstitute.org/Serv-Press.html Accepts orders by telephone or on web site. - 8-3/4 x 11-inch large-print/braille (18 point) wall monthly calendar. Includes a large-print/braille edition of the Rose Bowl parade schedule. Free. John Milton Society for the Blind 475 Riverside Drive, Room 455 New York, NY 10115 (212) 870-3336 for orders (212) 870-3229 fax order@jmsblind.org www.jmsblind.org/pubs.htm#braille Accepts orders by mail or telephone. - 12˘ x 10˘ -inch braille calendar. Features a motto on each page. Free. Lutheran Mission with Blind and Visually Impaired Persons Library for the Blind Attn: Lynne Borchelt 1333 South Kirkwood Road St. Louis, MO 63122 800-433-3954, ext. 1322 blind.library@lcms.org www.blindmission.org Accepts orders by mail or telephone. - 8˘ x 11-inch braille calendar entitled Words to Live By. Features a monthly verse from the Bible. Also available as a 8˘ x 14 -inch large-print (21 point) edition. Free. National Braille Press 88 St. Stephen Street Boston, MA 02115 (617) 266-6160 800-548-7323 (617) 437-0456 fax orders@nbp.org www.nbp.org/winnie03.html Accepts prepaid orders by mail or telephone. - 8˘ x 11-inch print/braille calendar with Winnie the Pooh motif. $10.99. National Federation of the Blind Materials Center 1800 Johnson Street Baltimore, MD 21230 (410) 659-9314 (410) 685-5653 fax materials@nfb.org Accepts orders by e-mail, fax, mail, or telephone. - 6 x 6˘ -inch braille calendar. Features one page per month, a personal day page, and a listing of major holidays. Free. Society for the Blind, Inc. Products for Independence Store 2750 24th Street Sacramento, CA 95818 (916) 452-8271, ext. 302 (916) 452-2622 fax www.societyfortheblind.org/ssbstore/main.htm Accepts orders by mail or telephone. - 5˘ x 8˘ -inch braille desk calendar with two days per page. At the top of each page is the day of the week, date, and month. Base and refill, catalog #20-06-01, $47.95. Refill only, catalog #20-06-02, $39.95. The following additional information is reprinted from Talking Book Topics, January-February 2003. Magazine of the Month selections for 2003 Two NLS programs offer readers samplings of magazines not otherwise available through network libraries. Subscribers to Magazine of the Month and Young Adult Magazine of the Month receive a different magazine on audio cassette each month. For a free subscription to either program, contact your cooperating talking-book library. Although the selections are subject to change, subscribers will receive some of the following magazines during 2003. Magazine of the Month - American Craft (artists, techniques, history, and trends of American crafts as well as exhibits and galleries) - America's Civil War (battles, personalities, book reviews, and current land preservation issues for Civil War enthusiasts) - Animal Wellness (animals of all sorts and their health issues for general readers) - Black Enterprise (African American entrepreneurs, economic history, businesses, government initiatives, and opportunities) - Cooking Light: The Magazine of Food and Fitness (recipes and tips for healthy eating) - Good Old Days (childhood memories and the American past) - Hispanic (prominent Hispanic business people, politicians, and celebrities and social issues pertaining to Hispanics) - Home Business (success stories, home office suggestions, and monetary advice for home-based entrepreneurs) - Personal Journaling (self-discovery through writing) - Psychology Today (psychology for general readers) - The Strand Magazine (book reviews, author interviews, and short stories for mystery enthusiasts) - Vietnam (veterans' stories about their experiences fighting in Southeast Asia, book reviews, and articles dealing with the war) Alternates: Archaeology, The Blue and the Gray, Budget Living, Country, Dog World, Emerge, Family History, Latin Trade, Military Heritage, Readymade, Speakeasy, Taste of Home Young Adult Magazine of the Month - American Girl (articles of interest to girls with diverse backgrounds; winner of a 2002 Parents' Choice Gold Award) - Blast (popular musicians, fashions, and movie reviews) - Cinefantastique: The Magazine with a Sense of Wonder (horror, sci-fi, and fantasy film genres) - J-14: Just for Teens (music, movie, and television reviews, celebrity news, fashion tips) - Latina ( fashion, lifestyle, and social issues of interest to Hispanic women; bilingual) - Martial Arts (different forms of martial arts) - Mountain Bike (news and developments in mountain biking) - Powder: The Skier's Magazine (skiing information and articles about the sport) - Realms of Fantasy (book and movie reviews and short fantasy stories) - Relix: Music for the Mind (latest musical events, feature article on a band, album reviews) - Teen Celebrity (news about the latest popular actors and musicians, articles on topics of interest) - Vibe (rap, hip-hop, and other music interests, fashion, and urban youth lifestyle) Alternates: Black Belt; Canoe Journal; Elle Girl; GL: Girl's Life; Latin Style; M: Music, Movies & More; Pop Star; SciFi; Skateboarding; Star Trek Communicator; Teen Beat; Zuri ### _Books for Adults_ The following books were recently produced for the NLS program. To order books, contact your braille-lending library. _Note:_ For the infomation of the reader, a notice may appear immediately following the book description to indicate occurrences of strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, or violence. The word "some" before any of these terms indicates an occasional or infrequent occurence, as in "some strong language." _Nonfiction_ W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963. BR 13327. by David Levering Lewis. 11 volumes. Lewis narrates the story of Du Bois's life between 1919 and 1963. Analyzes the competing racial, political, and cultural ideologies of the time and explains the interplay among events, Du Bois's writings, and his fight for equality and justice for African Americans. Sequel to _W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 (BR 9885)_. 2000. BR 13327. ## The Body Clock Guide to Better Health: How to Use Your Body's Natural Clock to Fight Illness and Achieve Maximum Health. BR 13390. by Michael Smolensky and Lynne Lamberg. 6 volumes. Discusses the concept of chronotherapy--adjusting the care of the body to coincide with its natural clock. Explains the concept of chronomedicine in daily routines and in life cycles. Includes an A-Z reference for specific problems, including the use of melatonin by blind people with sleep disorders. 2000. BR 13390. ## The Spark: The Revolutionary Three-Week Fitness Plan That Changes Everything You Know about Exercise, Weight Control, and Health. BR 13654. by Glenn A. Gaesser and Karla Dougherty. 2 volumes. In a study funded by the American Heart Association researchers found that doing three ten-minute exercise sessions per day leads to weight loss and improved health. Describes easy-to-schedule activities and sample eating plans and recipes. 2001. BR 13654. ## Far Appalachia: Following the New River North. BR 13726. by Noah Adams. 2 volumes. National Public Radio host describes a year spent exploring the New River's course along three hundred fifty miles between North Carolina and West Virginia, by canoe, by bicycle, and on foot. Adams introduces the region's inhabitants and natural history as well as his own family roots there. 2001. BR 13726. ## Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own. BR 13737. by Tina Pestalozzi. 2 volumes. Advice for the transition to living single. Covers entering the work world, handling business and financial matters, setting up living space, organizing the basics, choosing between eating at home or dining out, being a "savvy consumer," and staying connected to people and the community. For senior high and older readers. 2001. BR 13737. ## Learn-to-Knit Afghan Book. BR 13739. by Barbara G. Walker. 1 volume (Reissue). Explains the beginner's basics--casting on, knitting, purling, and binding off. Provides instructions for some sixty-three patterns combining the basic stitches in various knit-purl combinations: mosaic, slip-stitch, twist-stitch, cable, increase-decrease, and lace patterns. The completed squares are then stitched together to form an afghan. 1997 introduction. 1974. BR 13739. ## A Common Humanity: Thinking about Love and Truth and Justice. BR 13750. by Raimond Gaita. 3 volumes. A philosopher's inquiry into the foundations of moral responsibility in the face of injustice and evil. Draws on the work of Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil, George Orwell, Primo Levi, and Iris Murdoch to examine such issues as murder, racism, genocide, the Holocaust, and prospects for a universal ethics. 2000. BR 13750. ## Beyond the Grave: The Right Way and the Wrong Way of Leaving Money to Your Children (and Others). BR 13771. by Gerald M. Condon and Jeffrey L. Condon. 4 volumes. Two attorneys, father and son, discuss the emotional and psychological aspects of inheritance and family conflicts that can arise. Includes information on living trusts, wills, avoiding probate, the IRS, grandchildren, disabled children, second spouses, pets, and more. 2001. BR 13771. ## The Changing Faces of Jesus. BR 13772. by Geza Vermes. 3 volumes. Biblical scholar analyzes the Gospel of St. John, Epistles of St. Paul, Acts of the Apostles, and the Synoptic Gospels of the New Testament in order to portray Jesus as a Jewish man of his time. Explains the consequences of translating the spoken Aramaic language of Jesus into Greek by the apostles. 2000. BR 13772. ## All for Love: Continents of Exile. BR 13773. by Ved Mehta. 3 volumes. Blind since the age of four, the _New Yorker_ staff writer continues his autobiographical series. Mehta scrutinizes failed love affairs with four women to determine "the truth of exactly what happened...the effect of love on one's sense of self." 2001. BR 13773. ## Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten Luck. BR 13774. by Paul Collins. 3 volumes. Wry biographical essays about people of fleeting fame, selected from across the centuries and around the world. One such was John Banvard, a famous artist whose paintings made him a millionaire in the 1850s, but who died a pauper, his works destroyed, his name unrecognized in the twenty-first century. 2001. BR 13774. ## Unwinding the Clock: Ten Thoughts on Our Relationship to Time. BR 13788. by Bodil Jönsson. 1 volume. Swedish physicist reflects on our concept and perception of time. Provides a European perspective on how technology and computers have alienated people from themselves and others. Offers suggestions for changing attitudes towards time and developing a deeper appreciation of everyday experience. 2001. BR 13788. ## Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists. BR 13790. by Joel Best. 2 volumes. Sociology professor explains how to examine and critically evaluate statistics encountered in everyday situations, on television, in newspapers, and in advertising. Recommends specific methods for detecting misrepresentations in reports of percentages, averages, rates, and other statistical manipulations. 2001. BR 13790. ## Stet: A Memoir. BR 13794. by Diana Athill. 2 volumes. British editor recounts her half-century career with the publisher André Deutsch Limited in literary London and offers insights and opinions about celebrated authors she knew, among them V.S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, Philip Roth, Mordecai Richler, and Norman Mailer. 2000. BR 13794. ## The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier. BR 13799. by Thad Carhart. 2 volumes. An American expatriate living in Paris recounts his discovery of a neighborhood workshop that refurbishes pianos. His love for the instrument is rekindled as he wins the proprietor's trust, and he learns to play again. Discusses the history of piano design, sounding boards, and tuning, and offers insights into music and Parisian lifestyle. 2001. BR 13799. ## Alandra's Lilacs. BR 13800. by Tressa Bowers. 1 volume. A hearing mother--only a teenager herself when her daughter Alandra was born--recalls the difficulties of confirming her suspicions of Alandra's deafness. Bowers addresses the subsequent communication and education issues of raising a deaf child. Discusses medical misunderstandings and emotional concerns in the family. 1999. BR 13800. ## The Atlantic Sound. BR 13802. by Caryl Phillips. 2 volumes. Acclaimed English novelist explores slavery's legacy in three major centers of the eighteenth- and nineteenth- century transatlantic slave trade: Liverpool, England; Accra, Ghana; and Charleston, South Carolina. Phillips visits these ports to assess conditions among black people, and compares his experiences with those of historical figures who were implicated in the commerce. 2000. BR 13802. ## Bringing the Psalms to Life: How to Understand and Use the Book of Psalms. BR 13804. by Daniel F. Polish. 2 volumes. A guide to reading the Psalms for their beauty, their meaning, and their spiritual comfort. Discusses their history, examines the texts for special features, and offers advice for consulting the Psalms in daily life. 2000. BR 13804. ## Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox. BR 13814. by Jonathan B. Tucker. 3 volumes. A concise history of the devastating disease and its consequences for human society. A biological and chemical weapons expert discusses the virus's obscure beginnings, its eradication in the 1970s, and its potential use in bioterrorism. Includes interview material from leaders in disease control. 2001. BR 13814. ## Dante. BR 13815. by R.W.B. Lewis. 2 volumes. A short biography of the medieval Italian poet, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Explores the connection between Dante's experiences and his writing, from his youthful infatuation with Beatrice and his love poems, to exile from his beloved Florence and his political treatises. Discusses his major work, _The Divine Comedy (BR 12134)_. 2001. BR 13815. ## The Healing Companion: Simple and Effective Ways Your Presence Can Help People Heal. BR 13824. by Jeff Kane. 2 volumes. A physician explains the difference between curing a disease and healing a person, highlighting the interconnections of thought, feeling, and emotions in the healing process. Dr. Kane points out that while medical technology can provide a remedy for illness, holistic restoration requires therapeutic listening, compassion, and care. 2001. BR 13824. ## Letters from the Earth. BR 13826. by Mark Twain. 3 volumes. Letters, sketches, and satirical pieces written throughout Twain's career and published posthumously after approval from his daughter, Clara, was granted in 1962. Includes a letter from Satan describing the new creation called Earth, a children's story titled "A Cat-Tale," and a description of a nightmare in "The Great Dark." Some strong language. 1939. BR 13826. ## Wit: A Play. BR 13833. by Margaret Edson. 1 volume. A fifty-year-old professor, Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., specializing in John Donne's sonnets, is diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer. She undergoes an aggressive treatment for the benefit of research and in the process discovers her repressed need for human kindness. Some strong language. Pulitzer Prize. 1999. BR 13833. ## All Creatures Great and Small. BR 13837. by James Herriot. 4 volumes. An English veterinarian reminisces about his work in Yorkshire that began in 1937 when he was fresh out of school. He recalls tending to the farm and house animals and comforting people whose pets died. Followed by _All Things Bright and Beautiful (BR 13838)_. Bestseller 1972. BR 13837. ## Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture. BR 13856. by Ross King. 2 volumes. Discusses the intermittent construction during the 1300s of a cathedral in Florence that would require the largest dome in the world. Explains how this led to the 1418 competition for solving the architectural puzzle; how it was won by Filippo Brunelleschi, a clockmaker; and how he achieved engineering marvels. 2000. BR 13856. ## One Day, All Children...: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned along the Way. BR 13870. by Wendy Kopp. 2 volumes. Princeton graduate Kopp explains how she originated the idea of forming Teach for America--a national corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teaching in disadvantaged urban and rural public schools. Discusses the difficulties and joys of turning her dream into a practical reality. 2001. BR 13870. ## Tales from Ovid. BR 13929. by Ted Hughes. 2 volumes. A translation from the original Latin into twentieth-century English of twenty-four tales from Ovid's poem _Metamorphoses (BR 7318)_. Hughes, who was England's poet laureate, brought a vigorous contemporary tone to his renditions of such Romanized Greek myths and legends as "Echo and Narcissus," "Venus and Adonis," "Arachne," "Midas," and "Pyramus and Thisbe." 1997. BR 13929. ## Houdini's Box: The Art of Escape. BR 13940. by Adam Phillips. 1 volume. British psychotherapist explores the intentions of escape artists and the meaning of escape in a broader sense. Phillips's discussion of Houdini's compulsion to perform dangerous feats is interwoven with pertinent extracts from therapeutic case studies and examples from literature and literary history, such as the long seclusion of the poet Emily Dickinson. 2001. BR 13940. ## Clicker Training for Horses. BR 13944. by Alexandra Kurland. 1 volume. This companion book to _Clicker Training for Your Horse (BR 13943)_ condenses the operant conditioning steps that are based on dolphin training. Relying on positive reinforcement, this method can eliminate aggression and other common problems a rider encounters. 1999. BR 13944. ## The Cry of the Gull. BR 13989. by Emmanuelle Laborit. 2 volumes. Autobiography of deaf French actress born to hearing parents. She explains the difficulties she encountered as a result of not being exposed to sign language until she was seven. Discusses being bilingual, with sign language as her primary means of communication and French as her second language. 1998. BR 13989. ## ### _Fiction_ Fair Blows the Wind. BR 13653. by Louis L'Amour. 2 volumes. In this colonial adventure, Irish-born Tatton Chantry, shipwrecked on the North Carolina coast, encounters Spanish buccaneers and a lovely Peruvian lady. To win their treasure and her heart, Chantry takes on the pirates and savage Indians. 1978. BR 13653. ## Through a Glass Darkly. BR 13661. by Karleen Koen. 6 volumes (Reissue). England, 1715. Barbara Alderley, the daughter of treacherous parents, is overjoyed when she is betrothed to handsome Roger Montgeoffry. He is an earl and a former aide to her grandfather. But Roger's only motive is to acquire the Alderley family estate through marriage. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1986. BR 13661. ## Paradise Park. BR 13672. by Allegra Goodman. 4 volumes. In 1974, twenty-year-old Sharon follows her folk dance partner and older lover, Gary, from Boston to Hawaii, where he abandons her. Reviewing her options, Sharon cashes in her return plane ticket and begins her own spiritual quest and adventures. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2001. BR 13672. ## The Bonfire of the Vanities. BR 13688. by Tom Wolfe. 7 volumes. In this satire of the yuppie generation, socialite bond broker Sherman McCoy tries to escape responsibility for a freak accident and finds himself in conflict with New York City's justice system, unscrupulous religious and political leaders, and the urban poor. Descriptions of sex and strong language. Bestseller 1987. BR 13688. ## The Return of the Native. BR 13693. by Thomas Hardy. 5 volumes (Reissue). Clym Yeobright returns to barren Egdon Heath and, against his mother's advice, marries the willful Eustacia Vye. Later, disenchanted, Eustacia begins seeing Damon Wildeve, her former lover, who is married to Clym's cousin. Includes a glossary of unfamiliar regional terms as well as the author's later prefaces and postscripts. 1878. BR 13693. ## Lonesome Dove. BR 13696. by Larry McMurtry. 8 volumes (Reissue). A three-thousand-mile cattle drive, from the banks of the Rio Grande to Montana's big sky country, is the centerpiece of this vivid epic of the late-nineteenth-century American West and its adventurous inhabitants. Prequels include _Comanche Moon (BR 12758)_. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Pulitzer Prize. Bestseller 1985. BR 13696. ## Gothic Tales. BR 13701. by Elizabeth Gaskell. 4 volumes. Short stories and the novella _Lois the Witch_ from a nineteenth-century English realist. In "The Old Nurse's Story," a father casts out a daughter and her child to perish in the cold. In "The Crooked Branch," a son returns home to rob his parents. Introduction and notes by Laura Kranzler. 2000. BR 13701. ## Miss Julia Takes Over. BR 13721. by Ann B. Ross. 3 volumes. Elderly Julia Springer hires private detective J.D. Pickens to find her late husband's mistress, Hazel Marie, who hasn't returned from a date. With Little Lloyd, Hazel's son, in tow, the trio end up at the NASCAR races. Sequel to _Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind (BR 12542)_. 2001. BR 13721. ## Gabriel's Story. BR 13724. by David Anthony Durham. 2 volumes. A fifteen-year-old African American comes of age on the 1870s frontier. When his widowed mother remarries and takes him from Baltimore to Kansas, Gabriel broods over lost opportunities and resents the hard farm life. He runs off with a band of cowboys, but the journey turns desperate and dangerous. Violence and strong language. 2001. BR 13724. ## As Long as She Needs Me. BR 13727. by Nicholas Weinstock. 2 volumes. Oscar has been the assistant to the notorious Dawn, of Dawn Books, for ten years. Lauren writes a wedding column. Oscar solicits Lauren's help in planning Dawn's nuptials, but Lauren misunderstands and thinks Oscar's getting married. Some strong language. 2001. BR 13727. ## Destiny Valley. BR 13729. by Fred Grove. 2 volumes. Captain Evan Shelby leaves the Civil War battlefields after contracting tuberculosis. Settling in the New Mexico territories, he regains his health. Though Shelby sides with the locals when Lucinda Holloway's cattle company starts buying up rangeland, he falls for Holloway. Some violence. 2000. BR 13729. ## Cat Spitting Mad: A Joe Grey Mystery. BR 13736. by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. 2 volumes. Felines Joe Grey and Dulcie, along with librarian Wilma and bachelor Clyde, investigate a double murder in their dangerous village of Molena Point, California. In addition to a kitten they've adopted, the two have to contend with a fierce cougar and an escaped murderer. 2001. BR 13736. ## The Jungle. BR 13742. by Upton Sinclair. 4 volumes (Reissue). Grim account of the deplorable conditions in the Chicago meatpacking industry around 1900, as seen through the eyes of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus. When first published, the novel aroused the indignation of the American public and forced government investigations that led to the passage of pure food legislation. 1985 introduction. Some violence. 1906. BR 13742. ## The Gardens of Kyoto. BR 13756. by Kate Walbert. 2 volumes. Forty years after her favorite cousin, Randall, died on Iwo Jima, Ellen recounts their bond. Her story told in parallel lines encompasses her relationship with Lieutenant Henry Rock, who is sent to Korea, and threads of Randall's life. Yet all Ellen remembers may not be true. Some strong language. 2001. BR 13756. ## The Kiss. BR 13760. by Danielle Steel. 3 volumes. Isabelle Forrester, wife of a Paris banker and mother of an extremely ill son, and Bill Robinson, a married Washington power broker, have had a telephone friendship for years. When they finally meet in London, their relationship begins to change. Then they are involved in a deadly crash. Some strong language. Bestseller 2001. BR 13760. ## Midnight Bayou. BR 13763. by Nora Roberts. 3 volumes. Tired of being a Boston lawyer, Declan Fitzgerald buys Manet Hall near New Orleans with plans to restore the old plantation. But he does not expect to find his house haunted by rape, murder, and betrayal. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller 2001. BR 13763. ## The Blue Last: A Richard Jury Mystery. BR 13764. by Martha Grimes. 3 volumes. Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard is asked by a dying colleague to investigate the possibility that babies were switched during the London blitz. Jury and his friend Melrose Plant discover two intertwined, wealthy families; a duplicitous nanny; and a pair of precocious, endangered children. Some strong language. 2001. BR 13764. ## Jackdaws. BR 13766. by Ken Follett. 4 volumes. British intelligence agent Felicity "Flick" Clairet must train a group of English women, within days, to blow up the Nazis' main telephone exchange in France and paralyze communications on D-Day. American spymaster Paul Chancellor falls in love with Flick as they plan the mission. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2001. BR 13766. ## The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe. BR 13777. by Erle Stanley Gardner. 2 volumes. Attorney Perry Mason defends Virginia Trent's eccentric Aunt Sarah--a kleptomaniac who is now accused of murder. 1938. BR 13777. ## The Night Is for Hunting. BR 13778. by John Marsden. 2 volumes. In this sequel to _Burning for Revenge (BR 13344)_, teenagers Ellie, Lee, Homer, Fi, and Kevin are still in Australia fighting the invaders of their homeland. They rescue four feral children and hide out in the desert until they are attacked by enemy forces. For junior and senior high readers. 1998. BR 13778. ## Never Change. BR 13779. by Elizabeth Berg. 2 volumes. Visiting nurse Myra Lipinski, a self-described lonely old maid, discovers that old high-school crush Chip Reardon is her newest patient. Chip and Myra resume their friendship and gradually fall in love before he makes a fatal decision. Some strong language. 2001. BR 13779. ## Ella in Bloom. BR 13786. by Shelby Hearon. 2 volumes. Fortyish Ella returns for a family visit to Austin, Texas, and reestablishes a relationship with her former brother-in- law after her sister's death. Ella has spent her life playing second fiddle, trying to please her demanding mother, until she discovers some family secrets. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000. BR 13786. ## Bad Girl Creek. BR 13787. by Jo-Ann Mapson. 3 volumes. After wheelchair-user Phoebe inherits a California flower farm from her aunt, she needs help running it. So she takes in three women housemates--Ness, Nance, and Beryl--who have each made bad decisions in the past and welcome a new start. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2001. BR 13787. ## The Seduction of Ellen. BR 13789. by Nan Ryan. 2 volumes. 1899. Alexandra Landseer, a wealthy American, wants to stay young forever. A London advertisement catches her eye and entices her and her skeptical niece, Ellen, to travel across America with the alluring Mister Corey. They are searching for the Magic Waters in the Lost City of the Anasazi. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2001. BR 13789. ## Wurst Case Scenario. BR 13792. by Catherine Clark. 2 volumes. In this sequel to _Truth or Dairy (BR 13249)_ Courtney accepts a scholarship to her grandparents' alma mater, a small rural college in Wisconsin. But being a vegetarian in meat-and-dairy country turns out to be a comic challenge. She also misses her boyfriend, Grant, back home in Colorado. For senior high readers. 2001. BR 13792. ## Close Ups: Best Stories for Teens. BR 13795. edited by Peter Carver. 2 volumes. Seventeen short stories from Canadian writers dealing with growing up and making choices. In "The Rink," neighborhood kids compensate an elderly neighbor's need for his own estranged family. In "Leaving the Iron Lung," a girl with polio learns to accept her new sister. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2000. BR 13795. ## The Case of the Fabulous Fake. BR 13798. by Erle Stanley Gardner. 2 volumes. A nameless young woman appears in attorney Perry Mason's office and gives him a retainer for future services. The case later involves embezzlement and murder. 1969. BR 13798. ## The Bay of Angels. BR 13806. by Anita Brookner. 2 volumes. Introspective Zoë Cunningham leads a sheltered life in London until her widowed mother rather abruptly marries an older man and moves to Nice. Later, when her stepfather dies and her mother collapses, Zoë divides her time between England and France, trying to hold her life together. 2001. BR 13806. ## Big as Life: Three Tales for Spring. BR 13808. by Maureen Howard. 2 volumes. Three stories concerning family life. In "Children with Matches," a woman inherits a crumbling mansion. In "The Magdalene," a young woman banished from Ireland is sent to her uncle's wealthy family in New York. In "Big as Life," the neglected wife of John James Audubon contemplates her fate. Some strong language. 2001. BR 13808. ## North to the Rails. BR 13809. by Louis L'Amour. 2 volumes. Tom Chantry is unarmed when he heads west to buy cattle. The man he hires to drive back the livestock considers Chantry to be an easy victim, just as the other gunslingers did in New Mexico. But the gunman soon discovers that Chantry is a man to be reckoned with. Some strong language. 1971. BR 13809. ## The Lobster War. BR 13811. by Ethan Howland. 1 volume. Maine teenager Dain wants to be a lobsterman like his late father. However his mom and older brother, Eddie, want him to go to college. Dain continues setting up his traps after school but someone keeps sabotaging them. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2001. BR 13811. ## Lonely on the Mountain. BR 13812. by Louis L'Amour. 2 volumes. The saga of the Sacketts continues as Tyrel and Tell help cousin Logan herd eleven hundred steers across the desolate Dakota plains to the gold-mining country of British Columbia. Sequel to _Treasure Mountain (BR 2412)_. Bestseller 1980. BR 13812. ## All That Remains. BR 13817. by Bruce Brooks. 1 volume. Teens deal effectively with the loss of a loved one in three novellas. In the title piece, two cousins help bury their eccentric aunt, who died of AIDS. In "Playing the Creeps," a jock discovers that he likes his recently orphaned, introverted cousin. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2001. BR 13817. ## The Unknown Errors of Our Lives: Stories. BR 13819. by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. 2 volumes. Author draws on her Indian heritage to relate nine tales of immigrant life in America. She writes about cultural and generational differences, and how people adjust to transition. In "Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter," a widow finds living with her son's family in California disappointing. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2001. BR 13819. ## Easy Silence. BR 13821. by Angela Huth. 3 volumes. Darkly comic tale of William, a violinist, and Grace, a painter, whose comfortable long-term marriage in a London suburb is destabilized when a young woman joins William's string quartet. Infatuated, William decides to do away with Grace. She in the meantime has befriended a strange young neighbor. Some strong language. 1999. BR 13821. ## Borden Chantry. BR 13829. by Louis L'Amour. 2 volumes. A mysterious gunman goes on a rampage, killing men in cold blood. Borden Chantry, who has reluctantly taken on the job of town marshal, is hard pressed to find the murderer. Sequel to _Over on the Dry Side (BR 3604)_. Some strong language. 1977. BR 13829. ## Kydd. BR 13841. by Julian Stockwin. 3 volumes. Twenty-year-old wigmaker Thomas Paine Kydd is impressed into the Royal Navy to join the fight against the postrevolutionary French. Gradually he learns the ways of the sea and is guided by a seasoned sailor and an adventurer. He endures battles, shipwrecks, and desertion. Some violence. 2001. BR 13841. ## The Secret of Shambhala: In Search of the Eleventh Insight. BR 13844. by James Redfield. 2 volumes. Author of _The Celestine Prophecy (BR 9732)_ continues his quest for spiritual enlightenment. As he travels from Kathmandu, Nepal, to Lhasa, Tibet, in search of Shambhala (a.k.a. Shangri-La), he encounters many perils in the Himalayas. Sequel to _The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision (BR 10416)_. 1999. BR 13844. ## Fleeced: A Regan Reilly Mystery. BR 13855. by Carol Higgins Clark. 2 volumes. Los Angeles private investigator Regan Reilly is visiting her parents and her lover in New York City. While there, she is hired to solve the mysterious murders of two retired jewelers. When the men were about to donate diamonds to their run-down residential club, they were killed and robbed. 2001. BR 13855. ## Embers. BR 13857. by Sándor Márai. 1 volume. Hungary, 1940. The old general, Henrik, entertains his closest childhood friend, whom he has not seen in forty-one years. As he talks and questions Konrad, a complex history of friendship, passion, and betrayal is untangled. First published in Budapest in 1942. Translated by Carol Brown Janeway. Bestseller 2001. BR 13857. ## A Dish Taken Cold. BR 13859. by Anne Perry. 1 volume. In the midst of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, Celie's baby dies in the care of a friend. When she later learns that the infant was left alone while her friend was with her lover, Celie vows revenge and denounces the couple. 2000. BR 13859. ## _An_ _Officer and a Lady_ and Other Stories. BR 13861. by Rex Stout. 2 volumes. Short stories dealing with the relationships between men and women by the creator of the Nero Wolfe mystery series. In the title piece, a veteran burglar is surprised by the occupant of the house he robs. In "Excess Baggage," a traveling salesman finally marries but ends up in trouble. 2000. BR 13861. ## Memory Boy. BR 13868. by Will Weaver. 1 volume. In 2008, two years after globally catastrophic volcano eruptions, ash still falls and society is a shambles. Sixteen-year-old Miles Newell, his sister, and his parents flee the violence-torn suburbs for their lakeside cabin. But there they discover dangerous squatters who refuse to leave. For junior and senior high readers. 2001. BR 13868. ## Tishomingo Blues. BR 13877. by Elmore Leonard. 2 volumes. Professional high diver Dennis Lenahan arranges a gig at a new casino hotel in Tunica, Mississippi. He witnesses a murder by the "Dixie Mafia," befriends Detroit gangster Robert Taylor, participates in a Civil War reenactment with live ammunition, and falls in love. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2002. BR 13877. ## Daddy's Little Girl. BR 13928. by Mary Higgins Clark. 2 volumes. Reporter Ellie Cavanaugh of Atlanta returns to Westchester County, New York, to protest the parole of wealthy heir Rob Westerfield, convicted of murdering her teenaged sister twenty-two years ago. Even as Ellie reopens the case and starts a web site, she experiences some doubts. Then someone threatens her life. Bestseller 2002. BR 13928. ## Out of the Shadows. BR 13933. by Sigmund Brouwer. 2 volumes. Professor Nick Barrett returns to Charleston, South Carolina, to discover the truth behind his mother's disappearance decades ago. His own past includes losing a leg in a car accident and abandoning his bride. Before he leaves town Nick will rediscover his faith in God and escape attempts on his life. Some violence. 2001. BR 13933. ## Razzle. BR 13995. by Ellen Wittlinger. 2 volumes. Fifteen-year-old Ken, an aspiring photographer, moves to Cape Cod with his semiretired parents. There he meets Razzle--an unusual girl working at the local dump--and her nemesis, the flirtatious Harley. He ends up in the middle of their feud. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2001. BR 13995. ## ### _Books for Children_ The following books were recently produced for the NLS program. To order books, contact your braille-lending library. _Nonfiction_ George Washington and the Founding of a Nation. BR 13755. by Albert Marrin. 3 volumes. Candid portrait of America's first president in the context of his times. Describes Washington's family and military career as well as his attitude towards slavery. Investigates the social, economic, and political forces that led to the colonists' rebellion against their king and Washington's role in the new nation. For grades 6-9. 2001. BR 13755. ## Lunch at the Zoo: What Zoo Animals Eat and Why. BR 13818. by Joyce Altman. 1 volume. Observes that zoo animals, unlike those in the wild, must rely on their caretakers to provide their food. Describes the nutritional needs of a variety of species, including poisonous snakes and orphaned cubs, pups, kittens, and calves. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2001. BR 13818. ## Southern and Eastern Asia. BR 13822. by Martyn Bramwell. 1 volume. Basic information on the geography, population, and industry of countries located in southern and eastern Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. For grades 5-8. 2000. BR 13822. ## Elizabeth Blackwell: The First Woman Doctor. BR 13867. by Ira Peck. 1 volume. Biography of the first woman to graduate from a medical college, finishing first in her 1849 class at a time when women had not been accepted into the American medical profession. For grades 4-7. 2000. BR 13867. ## Finding Out about Dinosaurs. BR 13899. by Elin Kelsey. 1 volume. Uses a question and answer format to discuss dinosaur topics such as fossilized bones, birth from eggs, "poop," growth, and travel. Provides profiles of dinosaurs in general, and of species (family groups): hadrosaur (duckbill), tyrannosaur (tyrant lizard), ceratopsian (horned), and coelurosaur (hollow-tailed). For grades 4-7. 2000. BR 13899. ## Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses: The Story of the Valentine Symbols. BR 13938. by Edna Barth. 1 volume (Reissue). Traces the history of Valentine's Day, celebrated on February 14, and the little-known stories behind its symbols. For grades 4-7. 2001. BR 13938. ## Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers. BR 14015. edited by Pat Mora. 1 volume. Thirteen Hispanic heritage poets express love and respect for their mothers and grandmothers in this collection of poetry. A glossary of Spanish words used in the poems is included. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2001. BR 14015. ## The Year at Maple Hill Farm. BR 14016. by Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen. 1 volume. This story about the animals at Maple Hill farm tells what happens to them month by month throughout one year, beginning in January. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1978. BR 14016. ## Some from the Moon, Some from the Sun: Poems and Songs for Everyone. BR 14017. by Margot Zemach. 1 volume. Collection of traditional nursery rhymes and songs. Includes "This Little Pig Went to Market," "Star Light, Star Bright," and "Bingo." Contains a biographical sketch of Margot Zemach (1931-1989) in tribute to her. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K- 3. 2001. BR 14017. ## Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. BR 14023. by Doreen Rappaport. 1 volume. An introductory biography of the American civil rights leader using his own words to portray his ideals and message to United States citizens and people all over the world. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. Coretta Scott King Honor Book. 2001. BR 14023. ## The Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes. BR 14024. compiled by Debi Gliori. 1 volume. Collection of fifty traditional nursery rhymes accompanied by snippets of background facts. For example, readers of "Little Miss Muffet" learn what curds and whey are. PRINT/BRAILLE. For preschool-grade 2. 2000. BR 14024. ## ### _Fiction_ Redwall. BR 13472. by Brian Jacques. 3 volumes. The peaceful life at ancient Redwall Abbey is threatened by the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes. So young mouse Matthias resolves to find the legendary sword of Martin the warrior, convinced it will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy. Sequel to _Mossflower (BR 13471)_. For grades 5-8. 1986. BR 13472. ## Mattimeo. BR 13473. by Brian Jacques. 3 volumes. In this sequel to _Redwall (BR 13472)_, the evil fox Slagar abducts several young animals including Mattimeo, son of the warrior mouse Matthias, from Redwall Abbey. Matthias and other fathers launch a daring rescue mission, leaving the Abbey vulnerable to the marauding crows. Violence. For grades 4-7. 1990. BR 13473. ## The Luckiest Girl. BR 13728. by Beverly Cleary. 2 volumes. Shelley Latham is eager for new experiences when her parents let her spend her junior year of high school with family friends in sunny California. She enjoys dating a popular basketball player until he fails biology and loses his place on the team. For grades 6-9. 1958. BR 13728. ## Edgar Allan. BR 13768. by John Neufeld. 1 volume. Twelve-year-old Michael, one of the four Fickett children, tells how a family decision becomes a problem in a prejudiced community when, in 1968, the Ficketts want to adopt three-year-old Edgar Allan--an African American. For grades 5-8. 1968. BR 13768. ## Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth. BR 13803. by Patricia Clapp. 2 volumes. Constance Hopkins, a young English girl aboard the _Mayflower_, begins a journal in November 1620 that concludes after her marriage in February 1626, when life in Plymouth at last brings signs of happiness and an end to extreme hardship. For grades 6-9. 1968. BR 13803. ## Moccasin Trail. BR 13807. by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. 2 volumes. 1844, Oregon territory. Missouri farmboy Jim Keath ran away nine years earlier and lived for six of those years as a Crow Indian. Now, learning that his siblings are journeying west to take up land, Jim joins them on the dangerous trek. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Newbery Honor. 1952. BR 13807. ## The Other Wind. BR 13813. by Ursula K. Le Guin. 2 volumes. Sequel to _Tehanu (BR 8632)_. Alder, a sorcerer, has been having terrible dreams since the death of his wife, Lily--he sees her and others reaching out to him. His dreams will lead to the transformation of Earthsea. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001. BR 13813. ## Jean and Johnny. BR 13820. by Beverly Cleary. 2 volumes. Jean Jarrett invites popular Johnny Chessler to the Girls' Association dance despite her family's warning about not chasing him. She learns from bittersweet experience that having a crush on a boy doesn't ensure that he has one on her too. For grades 6-9. 1959. BR 13820. ## Tuck Everlasting. BR 13834. by Natalie Babbitt. 1 volume (Reissue). Winnie Foster is ten when she meets seventeen-year-old Jesse Tuck in the woods and learns that his family hasn't aged in eighty-seven years since drinking from a secret spring. She is mighty tempted to drink that water too. For grades 4-7. 1975. BR 13834. ## Harley. BR 13858. by Star Livingstone. 1 volume. Harley does not get along with other llamas and does not want to be a pack animal. But Harley is happy when he becomes a guard llama, protecting a herd of sheep from hungry coyotes. He even befriends the cantankerous ram. For grades K-3. 2001. BR 13858. ## Night Flying. BR 13860. by Rita Murphy. 1 volume. Like all the females in her Vermont family, Georgia can fly. She is preparing for her first solo flight as her sixteenth birthday approaches. But grandmother's rules are stringent, kindling Georgia's curiosity about her strange family. Her digging exposes secrets. For grades 6-9. 2000. BR 13860. ## The Three Billy Goats Gruff. BR 13863. by Paul Galdone. 1 volume. Three clever billy goats outwit a mean, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain. For grades K-3. 1973. BR 13863. ## The Little Red Hen. BR 13864. by Paul Galdone. 1 volume. None of the little red hen's lazy friends will help her plant, harvest, or grind the wheat to bake a cake, but all of them want to eat it. Then the little red hen teaches them a lesson. For grades K-3. 1973. BR 13864. ## The Three Little Pigs. BR 13866. by Paul Galdone. 1 volume. A retelling of the traditional tale about two foolish pigs and their clever brother, the houses the three build, and the wolf who wants to eat them. For grades K-3. 1970. BR 13866. ## Sealed with a Kiss: Two of a Kind, Book 20. BR 13874. by Judy Katschke. 1 volume. When Mary-Kate and Ashley's father cannot take them home from boarding school for winter break, the twins and some other girls spend two weeks stuck in a boys dormitory. It's more fun after Mary-Kate meets fellow basketball enthusiast Colton. For grades 4-7. 2001. BR 13874. ## You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together. BR 13875. by Mary Ann Hoberman. 1 volume. Thirteen short, humorous, rhyming stories in two voices, for beginning readers or for a child and an adult. Intended to celebrate the joys of reading together, the stories are about "cats and puppies, bears and mice, snakes, telephones, snowmen, birthdays, friendships and more." For grades K-3. 2001. BR 13875. ## Oliver and Amanda and the Big Snow. BR 13931. by Jean Van Leeuwen. 1 volume. Four stories about little pig Oliver, his younger sister Amanda, and their parents enjoying the outdoors after a big snowstorm. They have fun sledding, making snowballs, playing with icicles, and building a snow pig. A beginning-to-read chapter book. For grades K-3. 1995. BR 13931. ## The Minstrel's Melody. BR 13939. by Eleanora E. Tate. 1 volume. Musically talented Orphelia, twelve, runs away from her home in Calico Creek, Missouri, to join Madame Meritta and Her Marvelous Traveling Troubadours Talent Show headed for the 1904 World's Fair in Saint Louis. In the process, the African American child learns that lynching has affected her family. For grades 5-8. 2001. BR 13939. ## The Case of the Jingle Bell Jinx: The New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley. BR 13988. by Alice Leonhardt. 1 volume. When the "Jingle Bells on Ice" skating show rehearsals are under way strange things happen. Items are missing from a locked dressing room, stage lights go out causing falls, and ice turns to slush. The Trenchcoat Twins are on the spot to solve these mysteries. For grades 4-7. 2001. BR 13988. ## Toot and Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas. BR 14019. by Holly Hobbie. 1 volume. Delayed by a snowstorm, piggy Toot wants to be home in Woodcock Pocket in time to celebrate Christmas with his best friend, Puddle. A lucky charm and unexpected help from another holiday traveler help him on his way. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2001. BR 14019. ## Goin' Someplace Special. BR 14020. by Patricia C. McKissack. 1 volume. Nashville, 1950s. An African American schoolgirl takes her first trip alone in a segregated city. Her grandmother's wisdom helps 'Tricia Ann cope with the prejudice she encounters on her journey to one place where all are welcome. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. Coretta Scott King Award. 2001. BR 14020. ## A Fine, Fine School. BR 14025. by Sharon Creech. 1 volume. When a principal loves his school so much that he wants the children to attend classes every day of the year, his students decide to show him that free time is a good thing too. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2001. BR 14025. ## Pirates past Noon: Magic Tree House, Book 4. BR 14107. by Mary Pope Osborne. 1 volume. On a cold, rainy day in the magic tree house, Annie spies a book open to a picture of a sunny beach scene. Annie and her older brother, Jack, are transported to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden treasure, and nasty pirates. For grades 2-4. 1994. BR 14107. ## ### Braille Magazines The following is a list of braille magazines in the Library of Congress program. Readers may obtain free personal subscriptions to these magazines. For information on the availability of specific magazines, consult the library that send you braille materials. Boys' Life (for children and teens, monthly) Braille Book Review (bimonthly) Braille Chess Magazine (British quarterly) Braille Music Magazine (British monthly) Conundrum (British monthly) Cooking Light (10 issues) ESPN: The Magazine (biweekly) Harper's (literary; monthly) Health Newsletters (includes Harvard Health Letter, Mayo Clinic Health Letter, and University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter, monthly) Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine (monthly) Ladies' Home Journal (monthly) Martha Stewart Living (home and entertaining; 10 issues) Muse (for children; 10 issues) The Musical Mainstream (quarterly) National Geographic (monthly) The New York Times Large Type Weekly (weekly) News (NLS quarterly) Parenting (monthly except January and July) PC World (personal computing; monthly) Playboy (monthly) Poetry (11 issues) Popular Communications (monthly) Popular Mechanics (monthly) Popular Music Lead Sheets (irregular) Rolling Stone (popular culture; 24 issues) Science News (weekly) Seventeen (for teens; monthly) Short Stories (British monthly) Spider: The Magazine for Children (monthly) Stone Soup (children's writings; 5 issues) Update (NLS quarterly) The Washington Post Book World (weekly) The following sports schedules are also available: American Baseball League Schedule National Baseball League Schedule National Basketball Association Schedule National Football League Schedule National Hockey League Schedule Women's National Basketball Association Schedule