Reader's Resources

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BookPage and the Lewis Egerton Smoot Memorial Library have teamed up to give you a great new resource for finding new books, authors, and other media. It is connected to our catalog so you can check to see if we have it in and place a hold on the item.

  Looking for a good book, favorite book or maybe a new author.  BookLetters Reviews and Interviews can help.

  Meet your favorite author or find information on a new one.

New books list, bestsellers, kids, teens and general that are at the libraries.

  Find out what the notable title of the day is.

  To find out what books made the list of awards from various organizations then click here 

  Information on your favorite genre delivered right to your  inbox from BookLetters e-mail newsletter. It is easy to do and you can cancel at any time by clicking on the link in the newsletter. They have Book Club Choices, Books that Sizzle, Books on the Air (a weekly release on the hot titles coming out the following week and TV and Radio appearances of authors). There is also, well it is easier to click the above link and go check it out.

We also have our monthly list of what we just got in.

If you have any suggestions for any books that the library currently does not have contact the Library Director Rita Schepmoes at smootlib@crosslink.net and please make the subject Book Requests.  We are always looking for new books and suggestions are helpful about what our patrons want to read.

We hope this service will help you find a new favorite author or find out what your old friends have in the works.

Book Awards

The John Newbery Awards

The Poetry Society Awards

The Pulitzer Prize

The Coretta Scott King Award

The Randolph Caldecott Medal

Nobel Prize in Literature

The National Book Award for Young People's Literature

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Children's Book Awards

Book Adventure Read books and win prizes.  Must have parental permission to receive prizes. PBS series "Between the Lions"   an interactive web site of reading and animation. 
100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know Room 108 with kids stories, math, games and singing activities
Children's Reading Room at the Museum of Unnatural Mystery. This is a RSACi rated site.