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December 27, 2007

2007 National Film Registry Additions

The 2006 additions to the National Film Registry were announced December 27. Each year, the Librarian of Congress names 25 films that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant to be added to the list. There are now 450 films on the list.

Back to the Future (1985)
Bullitt (1968)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Days of Heaven (1978)
Glimpse of the Garden (1957)
Grand Hotel (1932)
The House I Live In (1945)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Mighty Like a Moose (1926)
The Naked City (1948)
Now, Voyager (1942)
Oklahoma! (1955)
Our Day (1938)
Peege (1972)
The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)
The Strong Man (1926)
Three Little Pigs (1933)
Tol?able David (1921)
Tom, Tom the Piper?s Son (1969-71)
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Women (1939)
Wuthering Heights (1939)

Previously: 2006 | 2005 | 2004

December 12, 2007

December Kids Newsletter

The December 2007/January 2008 issue of the Kids Newsletter is now available.

The Kids Newsletter is produced every other month and features news about Harris County Public Library children's programming. It also contains interviews with our Children's Staff and new children's materials that we have just added to our collection.

This issue features Children's Programming offered at our branches throughout the year.

The staff interviews in this issue are with Miss Carolyn of the North Channel Branch Library and Mrs. Samantha of the Northwest Branch Library.

December 11, 2007

Read the Movie

There's a whole slew of movies at the theater right now - or coming soon - that are based on books.

- The Golden Compass is the first of a possible movie trilogy based on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, the first of which is The Golden Compass.

- Many people read Beowulf in school. The latest movie version is in 3D IMAX. In addition to the book, we also have previous movie versions.

- Texas author, Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men is set on the Texas/Mexico border. The movie stars Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin.

- Stephen King's The Mist is a novella in his 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.

- I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, is based on the book by Richard Matheson about a lone survivor in a world overrun by vampires.

- Charlie Wilson's War is George Crile's account of Charlie Wilson's, an east-Texas Congressman, role in getting military aid to Afghan rebels in the late 80s. The movie stars Tom Hanks and Julie Roberts - as Houston socialite Joanne Herring.

Not every movie has it's origin in books. Disney's Enchanted, while not based on any particular movie, is a gentle spoof of Disney princess movies such as Cinderella and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

December 03, 2007

Our Space Newsletter for December/January

The December/January issue of Our Space: People & Books @ HCPL is now available.

The current issue features a staff interview with Scott McCullar, Materials Selection Assistant and cartoonist. The customer interview is with Ana Mar?a Rodr?guez, a Freeman customer and local author. Two book lists are featured, one on knitting and quilting fiction and the other on make your own gifts, cards and decorations books.

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