DIY Greeting Cards

Are you tired of the same old greeting cards you see every year at the store? Then get crafty and make your own! These books will provide you with endless inspiration and ideas. If you have any questions on these or other titles you're interested in, please call us at (317) 852-3167 option 2, or e-mail us at askus@brownsburg.lib.in.us

Creative Cards Request this item
Thank You Notes Request this item
The Encyclopedia of Greeting Card Tools & Techniques Request this item
Joan Elliott's Cross Stitch Greeting Cards Request this item
175 Fresh Card Ideas Request this item

National Hobby Month

Did you know that January is National Hobby Month? Our collection contains books on a wide variety of hobbies. Check out just a small selection below. If you don't see your favorite past time, give us a call and we'll find a book for you!

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American Pickers Guide to Picking by Libby Callaway
Call number: 745.1075 CAL
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Killer Stuff and Tons of Money by Maureen Stanton
Call number: 381.192 STA
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Run Your Butt Off! by Sarah Lorge Butler
Call number: 613.71 LOR
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Kara Goucher's Running for Women by Kara Goucher
Call number: 796.42 GOU
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How to Do Everything: Digital Photography by Jason Rich
Call number: 775 RIC
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Digital Wedding Photographer's Planner by Kenny Kim
Call number: 778.993925 KIM
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Artist's Journal Workshop by Cathy Johnson
Call number: 745.593 JOH
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The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker by Wendy Smedley
Call number: 745.593 SME
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And the Winner Is...

No, we’re not talking about the Academy Awards – those will be coming up at the end of February. But in the library world, the Youth Media Awards are almost as exciting! This year’s winners were just announced today. This list represents the best of the best – the greatest books published for children and young adults in 2011. Pick a winner today and enjoy some great reading! See the list of all winners on the American Library Association’s website. Here are the “big ones:”

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John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: Dead End in Norvelt, written by Jack Gantos, is the 2012 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Farrar Straus Giroux. Two Newbery Honor Books also were named: Inside Out & Back Again, written by Thanhha Lai and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers; and Breaking Stalin’s Nose, written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin, and published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

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Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka, is the 2012 Caldecott Medal winner. The book is published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Three Caldecott Honor Books also were named: Blackout, illustrated and written by John Rocco, and published by Disney • Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group; Grandpa Green illustrated and written by Lane Smith, and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership; and Me … Jane, illustrated and written by Patrick McDonnell, and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

ON ORDER

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults: Where Things Come Back, written by John Corey Whaley, is the 2012 Printz Award winner. The book is published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. The Printz Honor books are: Why We Broke Up, written by Daniel Handler, art by Maira Kalman and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group; The Returning, written by Christine Hinwood and published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group Young Readers Group USA; Jasper Jones, written by Craig Silvey and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.; and The Scorpio Races, written by Maggie Stiefvater and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Hungering for the Hunger Games?

If you’re like me, you’ve been following every scrap of news on the new Hunger Games movie, based on the book by Suzanne Collins, due out in March. In cruel circumstance, the newest trailer is fantastic, which only reemphasizes how far away March is! (Click here to see it!)

A lot of adults are enjoying this dystopian teen novel featuring an oppressive government that forces each district in a post-apocalyptic America to send a boy and girl tribute to the Hunger Games, a televised spectacle in which the tributes must fight to the death until one victor remains. If you’re waiting on your hold to be ready for the book, or if you’ve already devoured them and want some similar books to read, here are my suggestions!


The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, everyone can hear what each other thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him – something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn’t she killed by the germ like all the females on New World?
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight to survive. If they make it to their 18th birthday, they can’t be harmed—but when every piece of them is wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away.
Feed by M.T. Anderson
For Titus and his friends, it started out like any trip to the moon—a chance to party during spring break. But that was before the hacker caused their feeds to malfunction. And it was before Titus met Violet, who has decided to fight the feed, a continuous internet experience implanted in everyone’s brain.
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a futuristic world, teen Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. Winner of the 2011 Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.


Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
While skipping school one day, technogeek Marcus is caught near the site of a terrorist attack on San Francisco and held by the Department of Homeland Security for six days of intensive interrogation. After his release, he vows to use his skills to fight back against an increasingly frightening system of surveillance.
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
After an asteroid knocks the moon closer to earth, worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun. In her journal, Miranda records the events of each desperate day, while she and her family struggle to hold on to their most priceless resource—hope.
Tomorrow, When The War Began by John Marsden
Returning from a camping trip in the Australian bush, Ellie and her six friends are shocked to learn that their country has been invaded and that everyone in their home town has been taken prisoner.


Graceling by Kristin Cashore
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
Matched by Ally Condie
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
A member of an alien species that takes over the minds of human bodies, “Wanderer” is unable to quiet her human host's consciousness, and her love for a man who is in hiding with a group of human rebels, which forces both possessor and host to become unwilling allies.

Calling all Percy Jackson fans!

In celebration of the release of Son of Neptune, the second book in the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan, we are taking part in a nation-wide "Olympian Week" celebration! The children's department will be transformed into our very own Camp Half-Blood and there will be a variety of stations set up to try different games and challenges based on ancient Greek gods and goddesses. And of course there will be tasty food! Come check it out this Thursday, October 6th from 5:00 - 7:00! Be sure to dress your best as your favorite character, god or goddess, or in a toga! No registration required, activities will be best for children in grades 3 and higher.