Advent and Christmas Resources in the Library

Here are a few great items in the Academy Library for Advent and Christmas:

The Visit (video of Mary's song of praise: "The Magnificat" sung by the Women of the Calabash)
Hanna-Barbera's: The Nativity (video)
The Messiah (CD)
The Young Messiah (video)
Animated Stories of the NT: The King is Born (video)
God With Us, the Miracle of Christmas by John MacArthur
The Littlest Angel (video)
Christmas with Anne by L. M.Montgomery
Christmas in the Big House by Pat McKissack
The Christmas Stories of George MacDonald
The Real Twelve Days of Christmas
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens
The Christmas Story: a Celebration of the Birth of Christ in the Gospels
One Wintry Night and Our Christmas Story by Ruth Graham
Christmas Stories for the Heart
A Christmas Longing by Joni E. Tada
The 25 Days of Christmas: Family Advent
Christmas Plays
52 Simple Ways to Make Christmas Special
The Huron Carol
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore
Farm Journal Christmas
Christmas at Home
Joy to the World by Colleen Reece
Snow Over Bethlehem by Katherine Milhous
Making a Christmas Memory by Twila Paris
The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories
The World's Best Christmas Stories
Fifty Christmas Poems for Children
Cat's Christmas
The First Noel (Christmas carols)
The Judge Who Stole Christmas by former Academy teacher Randy Singer
Away With the Manger: a Politically Correct Christmas Story by Fabry
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Robinson (book and video)
Raphel and the Noble Task by Salton
The Birds' Christmas Carol by Wiggin
Amahl and the Night Visitors (video--Christmas opera)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (video)
A Dream for Christmas (video)
A Christmas Carol (video)
Seasons of the Heart (video)
Truce in the Forest (video---true WW II story)
Silent Mouse (video--the story of how Silent Night was written)
The Star of Christmas (Veggie Tale video)
The Toy That Saved Christmas (Veggie Tale video)
The Gift of the Magi (video)
The True Christmas Story (video)
Carols for Christmas (video)
Nutcracker (video)
Our Christmas (audio tape)
A Christmas Carol (audio tape)
Jack Benny Christmas (audio tape)
The Stableboy's Christmas
Normal Rockwell's Christmas Book
The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
Better Homes and Gardens Treasury of Christmas Ideas
A Soldier for Christmas by Catherine Palmer (romance)
Love Came to Us (CD)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (CD)
Murder for Christmas (detective stories)
A Christmas Promise by Thomas Kinkade
Stagecoach Santa (romance)
Christmas with a Country Flavor
God Rest Ye Merry Soldiers (CD--Civil War Story)
Behold That Star: a Christmas Anthology
Shepherds Abiding: a Midford Christmas by Jan Karon
Advent by Trudy Vander Haar

New Books in the Library for November

New Non-fiction:
Egermeier's Bible Story Book (1969 edition)
Goshen: After Age 64 at Pilgrim Place by Haldyne Spriggins
Lagonave: Island Beloved by Arlene Troyer
True God in Congo by Haldyne Spriggins
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles
90 Plus: a History and Autobiography by Willard G. Smith (local author!)
New Picture Books:
Spy by Richard Platt
Our Solar System by Seymour Simon
The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons
Icebergs and Glaciers by Seymour Simon
Mighty Dinosaurs by Judith Simpson
Do Penguins Get Frostbite? by Melvin Berger
The Secrets of Animal Flight by Nic Bishop
Creatures That Glow: a Book About Bio-luminescent Animals by Melvin Berger
Animals and Their Prey by Tracey West
The Big Bug Book by Margery Facklam
The Usborne Book of Cutaway Cars by Clive Gifford
Treasures in the Sea by Robert M. McClurg
New Fiction:
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Shadow Children series)
Among the Imposters by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Shadow Children series)
Second Touch by Bodie Thoene (A.D. Chronicles)
Fourth Dawn by Bodie Thoene (A.D. Chronicles)
Fifth Seal by Bodie Thoene (A.D. Chronicles)

Thanksgiving Resources in the Library

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are a few Thanksgiving items the academy library holds:

The First Thanksgiving (picture book)
Thanksgiving Is . . . (picture book)
Family Activities for Thanksgiving
Squanto and the First Thanksgiving (picture book and video)
Thanksgiving: a Time to Remember
William Bradford and the First Thanksgiving (video)
On the Mayflower (picture book)
Home for the Holidays: a History of Thanksgiving (A & E video)
Mayflower Pilgrims (video)
Saints and Strangers: the Pilgrim Fathers
Before the Mayflower: Black History
The Honorable Impostor (novel by Gilbert Morris)

We also have some good cook books in the library:

Favorite Brand Name Light Cookbook
Betty Crocker Cooking Encyclopedia (18 volumes)
The South Beach Diet (includes recipes)