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http://www.literature-map.com/

Looking for a new author, but don't want one that's completely different from the stuff you're already reading?

Literature Map generates a visual representation of relationships between authors. The closer names sit together, the more similar their books are.

Picture Books:

• Christmas Stories for Bedtime
• I Had a Favorite Dress (Ashburn)
• Oh, Harry! (Kumin)
• Pete the Cat (Litwin)
• Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School (Mackintosh)
• Sea Monster's First Day (Messner)
• Tumford the Terrible (Tillman)
• Bumblebee (Wilson)

Chapter Books:

• Those Amazing Dogs (Fenne)
• A to Z Mysteries: Super Edition vols 1-4 (Roy)

Fiction:

• A Tale of Castle Cottage (Albert)
• Deadline (Alcorn)
• On Canaan's Side (Barry)
• Kill Shot (Bolan)
• Naughty and Nice (Bowen)
• The Perfect Suspect (Coel)
• Brute Strength (Conant)
• The Race (Cussler)
• Prey (Howard)
• Pirate King (King)
• The Mercy (Lewis)
• The Dog Who Knew too Much (Quinn)
• Washington! (Ross)
• A Killing in China Basin (Russell)
• Heir to the Empire (Zahn)

Non-Fiction:

• 100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet
• 400 Knitting Stitches
• All By My Selves
• At Home
• Baby Beanies
• Bag Making Bible
• Bear Viewing in Alaska
• Beyond the Square: Crochet Motifs
• Black Bears
• Bobcat
• Cougar
• Crochet Answer Book
• Generation iY
• Grizzly Almanac
• House Party
• Itty-Bitty Hats
• Itty-Bitty Toys
• Jelly Roll Quilt
• Knitted Wild Animals
• Knitting Answer Book
• Layer Cake, Jelly Roll, and Charm Quilts
• Lunch Bags
• Millenials
• Notes from a Small Island
• One Skein Wonders
• One Yard Wonders
• Short History on Nearly Everything
• Start Spinning
• Tattoo Bible, book Two
• Tattoo Johnny
• Two from One Jelly Roll Quilts
• What's Next, Gen X?
• Wolves
• X Saves the World

Large Print:

• Only Time will Tell (Archer)
• Prey (Howard)
• 1105 Yakima Street (Macomber)

Fiction:

• Only Time will Tell (Archer)
• By Grace Possessed (Blake)
• Heartwishes (Devereaux)
• West of Here (Evison)
• Sookie Stackhouse Companion (Harris)
• False Pretenses (Herman)
• Grace Interrupted (Hyzy)
• Northwest Angle (Krueger)
• Awakenings (Lazellari)
• A Bond Never Broken (Miller)
• The Story of Beautiful Girl (Simon)
• Murder on Lexington Avenue (Thompson)
• Lark Rise to Candleford (Thompson)

Non-Fiction:

• Algebra I for Dummies
• Algebra II for Dummies
• Basic Math and Pre-Algebra for Dummies
• Chicken Coops
• Encyclopedia of Country Living
• Everything I Want to Do is Illegal
• Geometry for Dummies
• Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness
• Keeping Honey Bees
• Long Journey of the Nez Perce
• Mini Farming
• Outdoor Medical Emergency Handbook
• Raising Beef Cattle
• Raising Chickens
• Raising Ducks
• Raising Pigs
• Raising Rabbits
• Raising Sheep
• Raw Milk Revolution
• Wheat Belly

Large Print:

• Land of Painted Caves (Auel)

Fiction:

• The Basket Ball (Codell)
• Bone Dog (Rohman)

Non-Fiction:

• Algebra and Geometry
• Grammar
• Kids Knitting
• Punctuation

Graphic:

• Battle of the Alamo
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Battle of Midway
• Hot Iron
• Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain
• Trojan Horse

Fiction:

• Wishful Thinking (Bullen)
• Wish (Bullen)
• Pathfinder (Card)
• Uncommon Criminals (Carter)
• Ripple (Hubbard)
• Middle School (Patterson)

Non-Fiction:

• Career Opportunities: Photography
• Career Opportunities: Science
• Good Brother, Bad Brother

Graphic Novels:

• Bleach vol 10

Fiction:

• Al Capone Does My Shirts (Choldenko)
• The Language of Flowers (Diffenbaugh)
• Kill Me If You Can (Patterson)
• The Complete Peanuts (Schulz)
• See No Evil (Young)

Non-Fiction:

• 2011 U.S. Pocket Stamp Catalogue
• 2012 Blackbook Price Guide to U.S. Stamps
• Cat Owners' Home Veterinary Handbook
• Complete Baths
• Guide Book of U.S. Coins
• Memory's Daughter
• Natural Cat
• Prodigal Daughter
• Renovating a Bathroom
• Tiling
• U.S. Army Special Operations

As schools get ready to get back in session, there are kids everywhere dreading the 'H' word... homework. ;-)

Thankfully, Shmoop is available to help!

http://www.shmoop.com/

From their website:

"Shmoop wants to make you a better lover (of literature, history, poetry and writing). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time. Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age."

The Columbia County Rural Library District has purchased new books for children and teens that are reluctant to read.  These reluctant reader books are reading levels first grade through high school.  Many of the books purchased are new graphic books as well as non-fiction and fiction books.  Also purchased for the adult readers are High Interest, Low Reading level books – fiction, nonfiction, and graphic books.

The Friends of the Dayton Memorial Library generously gave Columbia County Rural Library District $4,000 for the 2011 year to purchase Reluctant Reader and Hi-Lo Interest Reading level books for the Dayton Memorial Library.  Books have been selected by the staff and purchased quarterly.  The new adult literacy books have just arrived.  More graphic books for children and teens will be purchased later this fall.

September is library card sign-up month @ your library when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all.  Come to the Dayton Memorial Library to get your new library card.  If you have lost your library card, you can replace it free during the month of September.  Normal cost to replace a library card is $1.00.  Please call the library if you have questions about getting a library card.  382-4131 or email library@daytonwa.net.