Aesop's Fables translated by Joseph Jacobs

A collection of 234 very short animal fables written by Aesopus of ancient Greece.

Call number: 398.24 AES (electronic book)

Aesop's Fables. McHenry, Ill.: Follett Digital Press, 2005.

505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages by Dan Crowley

A hall of fame of the weirdest, funniest and overall dumbest websites.

Call number: 025.04 UNB (SS IMC)

Crowley, Dan. 505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Hysteria, 2007.

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

In the city of Ember, Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

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Call number: F DUP (LA IMC)

DuPrau, Jeanne. City of Ember. New York: Random House, 2004.

Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats

Izzie, always a bit curvy, picks up some pounds over the holidays and becomes so obsessed with losing weight that she forgets all the good things going on in her life.

Call number: F HOP (LA IMC)

Hopkins, Cathy. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats. New York: Simon Pulse, 2006.

My Brother's Keeper by Patricia McCormick

Thirteen-year-old Toby Malone struggles to keep his family together after his father leaves; however, hiding his older brother Jake's drug habit from their mother is getting harder and harder.

Call number: F MCC (LA IMC)

McCormick, Patricia. My Brother's Keeper. New York: Hyperion Paperbacks, 2006.

Kendra by Coe Booth

The author of Tyrell has a new book. It is about a high schooler, Kendra who longs to live with her mother who. She is unprepared for motherhood at age fourteen and Kendra is left in the care of her grandmother.

Call number: F BOO (LA IMC)

Booth, Coe. Kendra. New York: Push, 2008.

Digital Art by Ron Miller

An introduction to digital art that discusses how the art form was developed, how it influences everyday life, why it has become so popular, what the latest techniques are, and other related topics.

Call number: 776 MIL (LA IMC)

Miller, Ron. Digital Art. Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century Books, 2008.

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Contains the title work about Holly Golightly, a Manhattan playgirl whose antics mask a pain-filled past; and includes three additional stories, "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory."

Call number: F CAP (LA IMC)

Capote, Truman, Breakfast at Tiffany's. New York: Modern Library, 1994.

Far North by Will Hobbs

After the destruction of their float plane, sixteen-year-old Gabe and his Dene friend, Raymond, struggleto survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Call number: F HOB (LA IMC)

Hobbs, Will. Far North. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1996.

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

Luther and Nora Krank decide to opt out of Christmas, choosing instead to set sail on a Caribbean cruise on December 25, but they learn there are consequences to pay for trying to ignore the holiday frenzy.

Call number: F GRI (LA IMC)

Grisham, John. Skipping Christmas. New York: Doubleday, 2001.

Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah

Recently divorced high school librarian Joy Faith Candellaro, facing Christmas alone after being betrayed by her husband and sister, decides to flee California in search of a holiday adventure, but a plane crash and fate place her in the path of widower Daniel O'Shea and his young son, and set the stage for a bit of Christmas magic.

Call number: F HAN (LA IMC)

Hannah, Kristin. Comfort and Joy. New York: Ballantine Books, 2005.