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Check It Out
Find a listing of the latest arrivals of books, audio and video items at the Wauwatosa Library, as well as information on upcoming events and staff suggestions for timely information you can use every day on the library’s blog.
By Wauwatosa Public Library
Wednesday, Jul 9 2008, 09:31 AM
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To all of you who linked to the Wauwatosa Public Library’s recent online survey through WauwatosaNOW.com and offered your comments and suggestions, thank you. Within 24 hours of posting it, more than 1,000 people had completed the survey. Once again, I found myself humbled by the generosity of this community. I’m very grateful for the time and thought you gave to completing the survey. We are in the process now of compiling the data and comments/suggestions for our planning committee and Board of Trustees. Your help was so important. Thank you.
Mary Murphy, Director
Wauwatosa Public Library
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Tuesday, Jul 1 2008, 09:25 AM
 A popular choice for summer gardens is the sunflower (Helianthus Annuus). It’s easy to grow and the large flower with its distinctive rows of seeds is both beautiful and useful. Did you know that people have been growing sunflowers for over 5,000 years? Some archaeologists believe that the sunflower may have been domesticated even before corn.
Sunflowers were grown by Central American cultures in Mexico and Native Americans around the Mississippi valley. Spanish explorers took the exotic plant back to Europe sometime around 1500, where it became popular as an ornamental plant. Developing sunflowers as a commercial crop for oil and seeds began in Russia in the 1800s. By the 1900s, sunflowers had come back home to the United States and they were a lot bigger than they were when they left!
Native sunflowers have many small flowers and are considered a weed in some states. What most people think of as a sunflower today is mostly the result of breeding for seeds and oil. The cheerful face of a blooming sunflower has an undeniable appeal, as you can see on calendars, coffee mugs and in summer gardens everywhere. If you’d like to learn more, a great book on the history of sunflowers is Sunflowers: the unauthorized biography of the world’s most beloved weed by Joe Pappalardo.
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Tuesday, Jul 1 2008, 09:23 AM
Books
America America by Ethan Canin
Cheeses of Wisconsin: a Culinary Travel Guide by Jeanette Hurt
 Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
Freewheelin’ Time: a Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties by Suze Rotolo
My Mistress’s Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories from Chekov to Munro
 O, the Oprah Magazine Cookbook: 175 Delicious Recipes to Savor with
Friends & Family
Physics of NASCAR: How to Make Steel + Gas + Rubber = Speed by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Uniquely Felt: Dozens of Techniques from Fulling and Shaping to Nuno and Cobweb by Christine White
We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk
About the Game They Loved by Fay Vincent
Audiobooks on CD
 Death and Honor by W.E.B. Griffin
Not in the Flesh by Ruth Rendell
One Minute to Midnight by Michael Dobbs
Other by David Guterson
Rogue by Danielle Steel
Music on CD
Bring Back the Funk/Brian Culbertson
Grammy Nominees 2008
South Pacific: the New Broadway Cast Recording
Violin Concertos/Schoenberg, Sibelius/performed by Hilary Hahn
 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends/Coldplay
DVDs
Jumper
Persepolis
Puccini Gold
Semi-pro
Walk Slim. Fast & Firm: 4 Really Big Miles
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Tuesday, Jul 1 2008, 09:13 AM
 Children’s literature throughout the ages and across cultures has depicted complex relationships between humans and animals. Dogs are typically portrayed as helpful and protective whereas wolves are shown as dangerous, even deadly. Lassie and Old Yeller gave their lives for their human friends. The wolves in Little Red Riding Hood and White Fang, on the other hand, viewed humans as food.
Two books by Jennie Bidner, Is Your Dog a Wolf? How Your Pet Compares to its Wild Cousins and Is My Cat a Tiger?: How Your Pet Compares to its Wild Cousins explore the differences between dogs or cats and their relatives in the wild. Bidner writes that the way to understand our pets is to study their wild counterparts in nature.
Cats, lions and tigers have more mixed representation in children’s books. It is not unusual for children’s books to have cat characters that are naughty or even downright dangerous, such as the menacing feline in The Improbable Cat by Allen Ahlberg. Interestingly, lions are sometimes portrayed as sympathetic towards humans. Consider Androcles and the Lion, for example. In her novel for children, Tiger, Tiger, Lynne Reid Banks depicts the friendship between a Roman slave and a tiger.
Bidner writes that it is much easier to train a dog than a cat, although it is possible to train a cat to do tricks as long as the cat is rewarded with food. Dogs are easier to train because they are pack animals. Dogs need training to become well-behaved members of a household.
The Milwaukee Dog Training Club will present two programs with real dogs in the Firefly Room of the Wauwatosa Public Library on Thursday, July 31 at 10:00 am and 1:30 pm. This program is appropriate for students in Kindergarten through 8th grades. No registration is required. For more information, call the children’s library: 414-471-8486.
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Monday, Jun 2 2008, 10:49 AM
Books
 Change Up: An Oral History of 8 Key Events that Shaped Modern Baseball/Larry Burke
Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner Batches, Grow Heaps, Comforter Compost, and Other Amazing Techniques for Saving Time and Money, and Producing the Most Flavorful, Nutritious Vegetables Ever/Barbara Pleasant
David Mamet: A Life in the Theatre/Ira Nadel
Enchantress of Florence/Salman Rushdie
 Front/Patricia Cornwell
Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What it Means to Be an Educated Human Being/Richard M. Gamble, ed.
Medical Myths That Can Kill You: And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and Improve Your Life/Nancy Snyderman
Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube & the Future of American Politics/Morley Winograd
Nonverbal Advantage: Secrets and Science of Body Language at Work/Carol Kinsey Goman
 When You Are Engulfed in Flames/David Sedaris
Yum-O!: The Family Cookbook/Rachael Ray
Books on CD
Deportees and Other Stories/Roddy Doyle
Dreamers of the Day/Mary Doria Russell
Fighting 69th: One Remarkable National Guard Unit's Journey From Ground Zero to Baghdad/Sean Michael Flynn
 Lady Killer/Lisa Scottoline
Wild Nights: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway/Joyce Carol Oates
Music on CD
 Day Trip/Pat Matheny
Rain/Joe Jackson
Still/BoDeans
Twilight World/Marian McPartland
What Doesn't Kill Us/What Made Milwaukee Famous
DVDs
 Country Matters
Curb Your Enthusiasm. The Complete Sixth Season
Jane Austin Book Club
Shoot 'Em Up
1968 With Tom Brokaw
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Monday, Jun 2 2008, 10:49 AM
 Most people associate the name, “Wauwatosa” with firefly, perhaps due to the line, “Saw the fire-fly, Wah-wah-taysee, Flitting through the dusk of evening,” from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, Song of Hiawatha. The name fits our city, for twinkling fireflies are a common sight near the Menomonee River or the Honey Creek on warm summer nights.
Fireflies are one of the few land creatures that can make their own light, produced by a chemical reaction called bioluminescence. This cool light elevates the firefly from a rather ugly beetle to an insect of legend and lore. They are found throughout the world where the climate is wet with warm, humid summers.The early Spanish explorers reported that the Native Americans used caged fireflies to light their homes or tied the large, flashing bugs to their heads as guide lights. Japanese school children liberate thousands of the caged insects on the Emperor’s birthday, perhaps because one legend explains that fireflies are the ghosts of brave warriors who died protecting Japan. Some Italians believe that these glowing insects are the spirits of departed ancestors. A Persian botanist from the 14th Century wrote a cure for earache that includes ground fireflies.
This summer, fireflies and a great number of other insects will be visible in the Children’s Library. “Catch the Reading Bug!” begins with Kick-Off Day on Monday, June 16, 2008. Dr. Bob Kann, Storyteller/Magician/Juggler/Author, will present the program of “Go Buggy: Read! It’s Magic!” at 10:00-10:45 am, repeated at 1:30-2:15 pm in the Civic Center Auditorium. This free program is suitable for families with children 3-years-old and older. For more information: 414-471-8486.
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Thursday, May 15 2008, 12:17 PM
 Spring gardens aren’t the only places you find bright colors in May; it’s prom season at high schools across the country. As one of the first formal events in the life of a teenager, the high school prom is considered a vital rite of passage to becoming an adult. Proms today can be lavish, elaborate events that involve limos, hotel ballrooms and dresses worthy of any red carpet.
However, they didn’t start out that way. High school prom (short for promenade, meaning a march of the guests at the beginning of a ball or other formal event) became popular in the United States in the 1930s and 40s. At the beginning, a prom was a simple affair; students would wear their Sunday best for tea, socializing and dancing. In the 1950s, automobiles and fancy prom dresses became much more important, as did the social status of the members of the prom court. Prom night became a significant picture taking event as well, similar to a graduation or a wedding, marking an important step in a young person’s life.
Although some of the social rules about proms have changed, for instance, groups of teens will sometimes go together instead of the traditional boy-asks-girl arrangement; prom remains a major event in the social life of high school students. It can also be a major expense. The average prom couple can spend close to a thousand dollars for a dress/tux, dinner, flowers, hair and nails, limo (a stretch Hummer has become a favorite!), tickets, and after-prom parties. The hot fashion tips for 2008? Traditional tuxes for the guys, with vest and tie matching their dates’ dress. For the ladies, bold colors or metallics, beading or sequin detailing and beaded corsage wristlets that double as bracelets after the prom.
Prom 2008 at Wauwatosa East and West is coming up May 17th. Watch for the stretch Hummers!
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Thursday, May 1 2008, 02:52 PM
Books
AARP Crash Course in Estate Planning: the Essential Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Your Personal
Legacy by Michael Palermo
Bobby Flay's Grill It by Bobby Flay
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey Sachs
Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects by Jo Lauria
Quicksand by Iris Johansen
 Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations that Make Your Garden Look
Fantastic Right From the Start by C. Colston Burrell
Physics of the Impossible: the Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields,
Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku
Runner's World Guide to Road Racing: Run Your First (or Fastest) 5-K, 10-K, Half-Marathon,
or Marathon by Katie McDonald Neitz
Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson
What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction by Toni Morrison
Audiobooks on CD
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
Last Lecture by R. Pausch
Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
 Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
DVDs
 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Doctor Who: the Complete Second Series
Enchanted
Juno
There Will Be Blood
Music on CD
Terry Riley: the Cusp of Magic/Kronos Quartet and Wu Man
Juno: Music From the Motion Picture
 Moment of Forever/Willie Nelson
Standards & Ballads/Wynton Marsalis
Watershed/k.d. lang
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Tuesday, Apr 22 2008, 02:30 PM
Audio books on CD are now common in the library; in fact, we no longer purchase books on tape. But you may recently have noticed a new format for audio books – MP3 CDs.
The MP3 CD format has some advantages for audio books, most importantly the fact that a book that requires up to 20 regular CDs will fit on just one or two MP3 CDs. The cost is also considerably lower.
Will you be able to play this new format on your existing players? Many CD players sold in the past few years, even boom-box style ones, can play them and many new cars are coming with MP3 CD-capable CD players installed as standard equipment. In addition, almost any DVD player sold in the last few years will play them with no problem.
The library has just under 100 of these on the shelves now, with titles ranging from recent fiction to literary classics, to current non-fiction. Here’s a sampling:
The 47th Samurai by Stephen Hunter
Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
The Boys of Everest by Clint Willis
Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack by Charles Osgood
Emma by Jane Austen
Good Rat by Jimmy Breslin
Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez
No Simple Victory by Norman Davies
Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott
Swim Against the Current by Jim Hightower
You can spot them by the bright red spine label with white lettering that says, “MP3 CD Your CD player must be able to play the MP3 format.” We hope that you’ll give them a try.
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Tuesday, Apr 1 2008, 02:29 PM
April Fool n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
 Hopefully, you were lucky enough to survive April Fools’ Day without mishap or humiliation. If you were one of the unlucky victims of an April Fools’ prank, you might be wondering how, where and why this tradition started. Well, in short, no one really knows. There have been many explanations for the holiday’s origin (some have been hoaxes themselves!) Its origins are probably related to the turn of the seasons and the adoption of the Gregorian calendar.
Some ancient cultures celebrated New Year’s Day on or around April 1st (closely following the vernal equinox). In the Middle Ages, much of Europe celebrated the beginning of the new year on March 25th, the Feast of Annunciation.
In 1582, the Gregorian Calendar replaced the old Julian Calendar making New Year’s Day January 1st. France was one of the first countries to adopt the new calendar and make January 1st officially New Year’s Day. Those people who continued to celebrate the new year on April 1st , either because they weren’t aware of the change or didn’t wish to acknowledge it, were often subject to ridicule, sent gag presents or tricked into believing something false. This tradition of foolery spread throughout Europe and beyond. The French call the April Fool, Poisson d’Avril or April Fish (in April, the sun leaves the zodiac sign of the fish). Traditionally, the French celebrated April 1st by placing dead fish on people’s backs. Today, paper fish have replaced real fish and fish shaped candy and bakery are popular treats.
Many cultures throughout time have had days of foolishness in the spring around the beginning of April. Whatever the origin of April Fools’ Day, people the world over feel lighthearted in the spring and like to have a little fun (often at someone else’s expense). So, if you were the victim of a nasty prank on April Fools’ Day this year, just remember, in another time and place, it could have been worse, you could have had a dead fish slapped on your back!
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Tuesday, Apr 1 2008, 02:26 PM
The Wauwatosa Public Library Foundation cordially invites you to the Spring Leadership Luncheon Thursday, April 17, 2008 at the Zoofari Conference Center, 9715 Bluemound Road. The luncheon will be from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m. (registration will begin at 11:30 a.m.) and will include a program featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Bob Gleeson, M.D., the presentation of the Arthur B. Kohasky Leadership Award and Leadership Awards to area high school students.
 Dr. Bob Gleeson, M.D. is one of Milwaukee’s foremost specialists in internal medicine. As Medical Director of Northwestern Mutual and President and Chief Medical Director of Health Now, he has dedicated his life to studying the habits of healthy people. In his book, What Healthy People Know: and the 7 Things They Do to Stay Healthy and Live Long, Dr. Gleeson presents the science behind the daily choices that healthy people make to promote good health. He uses solid research to tell us how to lower our risk of chronic disease and enhance our quality of life, which will, in turn, substantially reduce health care costs and disability rates. A frequent writer and lecturer on wellness, chronic illness and epidemic disease, Dr. Gleeson is working on a second book, tentatively titled, Your New Life, Longer than You Thought.
 The Arthur B. Kohasky Leadership Award will be presented to Dr. and Mrs. Craig Larson. Craig and Ann Larson have been dedicated Wauwatosa volunteers for two generations. While their children were young, both were active in the Washington School PTA. Craig served on the Wauwatosa School board for 25 years and was a member of the Underground Traveling Medicine Show, a group of doctors who provided emergency care during stadium and Summerfest concerts. Ann was a devoted supporter and tireless fundraiser for the Wauwatosa East Marching Band, Orchestra and Theater Department. She has also been an active volunteer for the Medical Society Balls, raising funds for scholarships, in the Washington Highlands Homeowners Association and has served as an election judge at Wauwatosa’s polls for years.
Also on the program, will be the presentation of Leadership Awards to high school students from DSHA High School, Marquette University High School, Pius XI High School, Wauwatosa East High School, Wauwatosa West High School and Wisconsin Lutheran High School.
Get your ticket today! Tickets cost $35.00 and are available at the Library Information Desk. Corporate sponsorships are available. All proceeds will benefit the Wauwatosa Public Library Foundation. Call the Information Desk at 471-8485 for additional information.
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Tuesday, Apr 1 2008, 02:26 PM
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Books
Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife by Marianne Williamson
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Films of Sergio Leone by Robert C. Cumbow
How Your House Works: a Visual Guide to Understanding & Maintaining Your Home by Charles Wing
Knitter’s Book of Yarn: the Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn by Clara Parkes
Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation by Larry D. Rosen
Predictably Irrational: the Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
7th Heaven by James Patterson
Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of
Everyday Life by Sandra Aamodt
Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis by Scott Bittle
Audiobooks
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Logic of Life: the Hidden Economics of Everything by Tim Harford
Lush Life by Richard Price
Panama Fever: the Epic History of One of the Greatest Engineering Triumphs of All Time-the Building of the
Panama Canal by Matthew Parker
Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer
DVDs
Beowulf
In the Shadow of the Moon: Remember When the Whole World Looked Up
Into the Wild
Moliere
No Reservations
Music on CD
Bach/Canadian Brass
In Rainbows/Radiohead
Long Road Out of Eden/Eagles
My Foolish Heart/Keith Jarrett
Once: Music from the Motion Picture
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Tuesday, Apr 1 2008, 02:25 PM
More than 5,000 new books for children are published every year. How do you know which ones are the good ones? The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is a network of more than 4,000 children’s librarians, children’s literature experts and other adults committed to improving library service to children and their families. In addition to choosing the recipients of some of the most prestigious awards for children’s books in the English language, the ALSC publishes the ALA Notable Books for Children List or the best of the best in new children’s books. The Notable Children’s Books List includes a summary of each book and notes major ALA awards the book has won. It is divided into four categories: Younger Readers, Middle Readers, Older Readers, and All Ages.  Lightship by Brian Floca, a notable in the Younger Readers category, is also a 2008 Sibert Honor Book. This book’s spare prose and marvelously detailed pictures make this book a good choice for a very young reader looking for nonfiction. Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico!: America’s Sproutings by Pat Mora is an inventive mix of haiku and brilliant illustrations about 14 foods that originated in the Americas. This delicious book is for Middle Readers. The New Policeman by Kate Thompson is an intriguing fantasy set in Ireland that mixes Irish music with fairy lore. This book for Older Reader asks the contemporary question: Where is all our time going? Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals by Ashley Bryan demonstrates the power of spirituals with kaleidoscopic cut-paper collages that fairly jump off the page. Bryan’s book, a notable for All Ages, is also the 2008 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Book.
The Wauwatosa Children’s Librarians compile their own annual list of the best of the best new books for 2008. They will present their choices at the “Annual Review of New Books” held from 10:00-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, 2008 in the Story Room of the Children’s Library. This list of new children’s books includes the major award winners and many ALA Notables. For more information or to register, please call the Children’s Library: 414-471-8486. This program is for Adults only.
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Monday, Mar 3 2008, 11:03 AM
"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."
Herman Wouk, U.S. dramatist and historical novelist, b. 1915  On Feb. 3, 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified making income tax a permanent part of the U.S. economy and our lives. As yet another tax season has us in its grip, a brief look at the events leading up to the fateful 16th Amendment might be of interest.
Under the Articles of Confederation, adopted in 1781, the government had few responsibilities and no nationwide tax system. The country depended primarily on donations from the states for revenue and the states imposed taxes as
they pleased.
When the Constitution was adopted in 1789, the federal government was granted the authority to collect taxes. To help pay the debts of the Revolutionary War, Congress levied excise taxes on such things as alcohol, refined sugar, tobacco and snuff, carriages, property sold at auction and various legal documents.
In the late 1790’s, the government imposed the first direct tax (a recurring tax paid directly by the taxpayer based on the value of the item taxed) on property and slave owners. When elected, Thomas Jefferson abolished direct taxes and the country relied again on revenue generated by various excise taxes.
To raise money to fund the War of 1812, Congress imposed additional excise taxes, raised customs duties and issued Treasury notes. In 1817, these taxes were again repealed and for 44 years the government collected no internal revenue, relying on customs duties and the sale of public lands to provide sufficient funds for running the government.
When the Civil War broke out, Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861, which reinstated certain excise taxes and, for the first time, imposed a tax on personal income-3% on incomes higher than $800 a year. This tax on personal income was a new direction for the government’s tax system, relying mainly on excise taxes and customs duties. Due to increased war debt, the Union passed the Act of 1862 which imposed new excise taxes on items such as playing cards, gunpowder, feathers, telegrams, iron, leather, pianos, yachts, billiard tables, drugs, patent medicines and whiskey and also reformed and expanded the income tax system. After the war, the need for revenue declined and income taxes were eliminated in 1872 and, once again, the government relied primarily on taxes on tobacco and alcohol for revenue.
In 1894 Congress enacted a flat rate income tax which was found unconstitutional the next year because the Constitution allowed Congress to impose direct taxes only if they were levied in proportion to each state’s population. Becoming increasingly aware that high tariffs and excise taxes were not a sufficient source of revenue to run the government, Congress ratified the 16th Amendment in 1913, which allowed the government to tax the income of individuals without regard to the population of each state.
Tax rates have gone up and down and tax regulations have changed many times over the years due to the economic needs of the government. Even the date for filing has changed. April 15th has not always been the filing deadline. March 1st was the date chosen by Congress in 1913 after the passage of the 16th Amendment. In 1918, Congress moved the date forward to March 15th where it remained until 1954 when it was again moved forward to April 15th.
April 15th is fast approaching. The Wauwatosa Library has many of the state and federal tax forms and instructions in the Adult Library for your convenience and reproducible forms, instructions and publications are available at the Adult Information Desk. The AARP is providing tax assistance to senior citizens in the Wauwatosa Civic Center on Tuesdays until April 15th. Call the Adult Reference Desk to make an appointment.
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Monday, Mar 3 2008, 11:02 AM
 Anita and Arnold Lobel have written and/or illustrated almost 150 children’s books between the two of them. Arnold Lobel, who died in 1987, is best remembered for his charming Frog and Toad books, one of which received a Caldecott Medal Honor and another a Newbery Medal Honor. These early readers were the first of a variety of whimsical, fun-to-read books written by Lobel, followed by Mouse Soup, Owl at Home and Uncle Elephant. In 1981, he won the Caldecott Award for Fables, a book of one page tongue-in-cheek fables. He and his wife collaborated on four books, including On Market Street. This richly patterned alphabet book received several prizes and was designated a Caldecott Medal Honor book.
Anita Lobel’s opulently illustrated picture books have been praised for their originality and inventiveness. Animal Antics: A to Z, Pierrot’s ABC and Alison’s Zinnia show sumptuous landscapes, colorful flowers and cute animals. Anita Lobel’s autobiography, titled No Pretty Pictures, surprised critics and readers. In sharp contrast to her colorful picture books, this memoir of her Jewish childhood during World War II in Poland has no pretty pictures. It has a few black and white family photos and a reproduction of a religious picture given to her by her Catholic nanny, Niania.
The Lobel’s daughter, Adrianne Lobel, developed a family musical based on her father’s books: Frog and Toad are Friends, Frog and Toad Together, Frog and Toad All Year and Days With Frog and Toad. “A Year with Frog and Toad – the musical” was nominated for a Tony Award for best musical in 2003. Andrianne Lobel’s husband, Mark Linn-Baker, played the cantankerous toad in the Broadway show, making this musical truly a family production. First Stage Children’s Theater of Milwaukee will present “A Year With Frog and Toad – the musical” in April.
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Monday, Mar 3 2008, 11:02 AM
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Books
Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr
Dakota: a Novel by Martha Grimes
Death in the Pot: the Impact of Food Poisoning on History by Morton Satin
Eat This, Not That: Thousands of Simple Food Swaps That Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds-
or More! by David Zinczenko
Freedom for the Thought We Hate: a Biography of the First Amendment by Anthony Lewis
Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner
Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies by Eric Corey Freed
Killing Ground by Jack Higgins
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders by James Scurlock
What Happy Women Know: How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Change Women’s Lives
for the Better by Dan Baker
Audiobooks
Appeal by John Grisham
Car Talk: Classics, Four Perfectly Good Hours by Tim and Ray Magliozzi
Duma Key by Stephen King
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small-Town America by William Geist
DVDs
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Festival Shorts Collection
Invasion
Queen Rock Montreal
30 Rock. Season 1
Music on CD
Bellini: Capuleti e Montecchi/Vincenzo Bellini
Calling/Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Dim Sum/Ying Quartet
Frank/Amy Winehouse
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Highlights from the Motion Picture
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Monday, Mar 3 2008, 11:01 AM
THE NEWBERY MEDAL
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
The 2008 Newbery Medal Winner 
GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES!: VOICES FROM A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
by Laura Amy Schlitz
THE CALDECOTT MEDAL
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
The 2008 Caldecott Medal Winner
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick
THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association’s Social Responsibilities Round Table. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.”
2008 King Author Award
ELIJAH OF BUXTON by Christopher Paul Curtis
2008 King Illustrator Award
LET IT SHINE: THREE FAVORITE SPIRITUALS by Ashley Bryan
THE ROBERT F. SIBERT INFORMATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Awarded to the best informational book
2008 Sibert Winner
THE WALL: GROWING UP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN by Peter Sis
THE MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD
Awarded to the publisher of best book in translation
2008 Batchelder Winner
BRAVE STORY by Miyuki Miyabe
THE PURA BELPRE AWARD
Honors Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in a children’s book. (Awarded every two years)
2008 Belpre Author Award THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA: A BIOGRAPHY OF JUAN FRANCISCO MANZANO by Margarita Engel
2008 Belpre Illustrator Award
LOS GATOS BLACK ON HALLOWEEN by Marisa Montes; illus by Yuyi Morales
THE THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARD
Awarded to the most distinguished beginning reader book.
2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
THERE IS A BIRD ON YOUR HEAD by Mo Willems
THE SCHNEIDER FAMAILY BOOK AWARD
Awarded for best artistic expression of a disability
2008 Picture Book Award
KAMI AND THE YAKS by Andrea Stenn Stryer; illus by Bert Dodson
2008 Middle School Award
REACHING FOR SUN by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
2008 Teen Award
HURT GO HAPPY by Ginny Rorby
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By Wauwatosa Public Library
Wednesday, Feb 13 2008, 10:31 AM
The Business Center is a specialized library with the Wauwatosa Public Library.
If you’re looking for a job, the Business Center contains books on careers, job outlook, test preparation and how to write resumes and cover letters.
If you own your own business or want to start a business, the collection has books on business start-up, business plans, management, marketing, advertising and selling.
If you’re looking for personal finance and investment information, the library has books and databases (S&P, Morningstar and ValueLine) you can utilize to help you make sound financial decisions and investments.
Selling your house, redesigning your office, coping with a difficult boss or co-worker? Take a look at what the Business Center can do for you.
Speaking of investments, if you just can’t “bear” it anymore, here are some new additions to the
Business Center to help get you through:
Active value investing: making money in range-bound markets by Vitaliy Katsenelson
Anatomy of the bear: lessons from Wall Street’s four great bottoms by Russell Napier
Bull in China: investing profitably in the world's greatest market by Jim Rogers
Chindia: how China and India are revolutionizing global business
ed. by Pete Engardio
Complete guide to currency trading & investing: how to earn high rates
of return safely and take control of your investments byJamaine Burrell
Complete turtletrader: the legend, the lessons, the results
by Michael Covel
Entries & exits: visits to sixteen trading rooms by Alexander Elder
Forex patterns & probabilities: trading strategies for trending and range-bound markets
by Ed Ponsi
Full of bull: do what Wall Street does, not what it says, to make money in the market
by Stephen McClellan
Stock Traders Almanac 2008
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