Rated R
Anna Karenina
Argo
Django Unchained
End of Watch
Flight
Gangster Squad
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Hyde Park on Hudson
Killing Them Softly
Master
The Sessions
Sinister
This is 40
Zero Dark Thirty

PG
Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy
Chasing Mavericks
Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away
Life of Pi
Parental Guidance
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck it Ralph (animated)

Rated PG-13
Breaking Dawn part two
Bully
Cold Light of Day
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Impossible
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Playing for Keeps
Red Dawn
Skyfall 007
Sparkle
Unconditional

Animated
Gnomeo & Juliet
Lady and the Tramp

Documentaries
Captivated: Finding Freedom in a Media Captivated Culture
Weight of the Nation

John Ford Westerns

Easy Reader
Bink and Golly: Two for One

Picture Books
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Sit Still
Clifford Cares
Clifford Collection The Original Six
Clifford Shares (Can you tell we’re excited about Clifford’s upcoming 50th birthday?!)
Construction Kitties
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Green
Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?
Hero of Little Street – Narrowly escaping from a gang of bullies, a boy slips into a grand old gallery–the perfect hiding place, full of mystery and treasures. Suddenly, a painting comes to life and the boy finds himself on an adventure led by a mischievous dog that has leapt from the canvas. The two slip into a Vermeer painting and are transported to Little Street, Delft in seventeenth-century Holland, where the boy has to use every ounce of his ingenuity to rescue his new friend from an untimely fate.
I Spy on the Farm
Llama Llama Time to Share
Miss Maple’s Seeds
Missing Mommy – Honest and straightforward, this touching story explores the many emotions a bereaved child may experience, from anger and guilt to sadness and bewilderment. Ultimately, Missing Mommy focuses on the positive—the recognition that the child is not alone but still part of a family that loves and supports him.
My Father’s Arms are a Boat – deals with love and loss and a young boy wonders whether his mother will ever wake up
My First Day – depicts over 20 newborn species on their first day of life
Penny and Her Marble
Tops and Bottoms

Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart – After spending weeks making valentines for all of her friends, Gerry takes the wrong folder to school and must find another way to tell her friends they sparkle.

Juvenile Books
Becoming Babe Ruth – Get to know Babe Ruth in his formative years
Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas – Told in the form of one-page comic strips, each of Benjamin’s adventures is a hilarious gag, a puzzle, a mini physics lesson, or sometimes all three. Of the first Benjamin book, Horn Book wrote, “Original, deep-down funny . . . steeped in the rare quality of imaginative kindness.” Kirkus called it, “A visually formatted joke book to inspire thinking as well as laughs.”
Better Nate ThanEver
Bubble in the Bathtub – (Dr. Proctor’s Fart Powder series)
Chasing the Prophecy
Dr. Proctor’s Fart Powder
Ghoulish Song
In a Glass Grimmly
I Represent Sean Rosen
Matilda (replacement copy)
Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer
Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Never Say Die – When the motto of your village is “never say die,” you have a lot to live up to. . . .
One Came Home – “An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and read it. Right now.”—Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman
Spindlers
Sun Trail (Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #1)
Tale Dark and Grimm
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot
Violet Mackerel’s Remarkable Recovery
When the Butterflies Came – A moving story of a young girl’s struggle with love, loss, family, and magic from the beyond
Wilma Tenderfoot: The Case of the Fatal Phantom

Young Adult YA
Heaven (Book 3 in the Halo Trilogy)
Maggot Moon
Thirteen Reasons Why – Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker – his classmate and crush – who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why. Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah’s pain, and learns the truth about himself-a truth he never wanted to face.
Midwinter Blood – Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined—this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice.
Rotten – Jimmer JD Dobbs and his rescued Rottweiler
Waiting
Yaqui Melgado Wants to Kick Your Ass – In Meg Medina’s compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school — and must discover resources she never knew she had.

Easter Egg Hunt

Tuesday, March 26

6:45pm

Morris Public Library

Ages 10 and under

Storytime, Facepainting, Coloring, Chalk and bubbles

Take photo with Easter bunny

Sponsored by Morris Area Women of Today

(Indoors if bad weather)

The students have a craft activity, a coloring project, and a treat for all kids who come to Storytime!

Two Minnesota authors will be here at the library soon.  Scott Thoma will be here on March 21 at 1:00 p.m.  He will talk about his book Out of the Blue.  It is a non-fiction book about the F5 tornado that touched down in Tracy, MN on June 13, 1968.  This is the first recorded F5 tornado in Minnesota history.  Nine people were killed and 125 injured that day.  Approximately one fourth of the town’s homes were destroyed .  Scott lived in Tracy at the time.

Out of the Blue tells the story of two sisters who lived through the tornado.  Linda (Haugen) Vaske and Pam Haugen were 20 and 8 at the time.  Linda and her husband Clifford were recently married.  Clifford had been drafted for the war in Vietnam and was in training in the state of Washington at the time of the tornado. Linda and Clifford had been finalizing adoption papers for 2 year old Nancy Vlahos.  Although the town had blown the emergency siren, Linda, Pam, and Nancy were sucked out of the house by a 300 mile-per-hour wind.

Scott is currently a resident of Willmar, MN.  He has been a sports writer and a sports editor for a Minnesota newspaper for nearly 30 years.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Morris Public Library.  The Morris Seniors Group will serve refreshments.

Frederick Blanch, Last Words: Frederick’s Bionary

Roseville, MN resident Frederick Blanch, has written a book he likes to call a dictionary and a biography all in one.  This book published by North Star Press in September of 2011, follows a dictionary format where the words are in bold letters and the description follows.  These descriptions range from a few words to several pages.  Last Words has won a 2011 Minnesota Book Award.  The humor in his book is reminiscent of Mark Twain and Will Rogers.  Frederick will be here at the library on Thursday, April at 2:00 p.m.

Other notes of interest:  The MAHS Computer Students have written sequels to several childrens books.  These books are now on display at the library.  The class will be putting on Story Hour next week on Thursday, March 21 at 10:30 a.m.  One of the books will be read at that time.

by Roxane

The Morris Area High School Personal Computing Class, under the direction of Jenny Maras, will have their projects on display here at the library during the month of March.  The class has chosen different children’s books and written sequels to them.  On March 21 at 10:30 a.m., the group will lead story time at the library reading the one of the original books and then reading the sequel they wrote.  They will also be doing some activities relating to the book afterwards.  Everyone is welcome to come to the library and participate in the fun!

New Juvenile Books

We have several new juvenile books here in the library!  Here are just a few:

Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin.  Sasha Zaichak has known the rules for Stalin’s Young Pioneers for years and now that he is ten the time has come for him to join.  The day has arrived, but everything goes wrong for Sasha.  Could it be that the Young Pioneers is not all he has dreamed it would be?

Hothead by Cal Ripken, Jr.  Connor Sullivan is the best player on his Babe Ruth Team.  He is an all-star shortstop, a great cleanup hitter, and all around good guy that everyone likes.  Lately though, things are bothering him and he can’t keep his anger under control.  His best friend starts to avoid him and the coach wants to bench him.  Will Connor be able to straighten out his life in time to win the championship?

Peter and the Star Catchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.  In this fast paced prequel to J. M. Barrie’s well know book “Peter Pan”, an orphan boy named Peter and his friend Molly take to the high seas.  Along the way they try overcome a band of pirates and thieves in their quest to keep a secret safe.  Aboard the “Never Land” there is a mysterious trunk that is claimed to hold the greatest treasure on earth.  Our characters eventually land on Mullosk Island where the action really begins!

Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz.  Gsrpare Grinsini, expert puppeteer, is invited to entertain at the home of Clara Wintermute, who is spellbound by Gaspare’s act.  Gaspare accepts the invitation and brings along his two assistants, Lizzie Rose and Parsefall.  That night Clara disappears and Gaspare is suspected of the crime.  Together Lizzie Rose and Parsefall seek to find out what has happened to Clara.

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman.  In the kingdom of Geredd, dragons disguise themselves as humans.  They endear themselves to the kingdom by sharing their mathematical knowledge with universities as teachers.  Seraphina, a gifted musician, joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered.  As Seraphina investigates the murder, she works with the captain of the Queen’s guard, Prince Lucian Kiggs.  She also tries to protect her own terrible secret from being known.

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.  Ivan lives at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall.  He has grown accustomed to humans and watches them through the glass walls.  He rarely misses life in the jungle anymore.  Ivan spends his days thinking about TV and his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog.  But mostly Ivan thinks about art.  Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant.  Ruby helps Ivan see their home and his art in a new way.

You may request your copy by going to www.morris.lib.mn.us or calling 320-589-1634.

Roxane

Here is a list of magazines:

America’s Best Home Workshops
American Patchwork & Quilting
Audubon
Backyard & Garden
Balance
Beadwork
Best-Ever Home Shop
Bicycle Times
BirdWatching
Breathe
Brides
Cabin Life
Car & Driver
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports Kitchen
Container Gardening
Cosmopolitan
Cottage Style
Country Gardens
Country Living
Crochet Traditions
Cross Stitch Collection
Cycle World
Diabetic Living
Discover
Do It Yourself
Dwell
Eating Light
Elle
ESPN The Magazine
Esquire
Family Circle
Family Handyman
Field & Stream
Food Network Magazine
Forbes
Games
Good Housekeeping
Harper’s Bazaar
Homes & Gardens
Horse & Rider
Hot Rod
House Beautiful
Kiplinger’s Personal
Knitter’s Magazine
Ladies Home Journal
Macworld
Marie Claire
Martha Stewart Living
Men’s Health
Mental floss
MoneySense
More Magazine
Mother Earth News
Mother Jones
Motor Trend
National Geographic
National Geographic Traveler
Natural Health
Newsweek
Nylon
O The Oprah Magazine
Organic Gardening
Outdoor Life
OWL
PC Magazine Digital
Popular Mechanics
Popular Photography
Popular Science
Prevention
Quilting Arts Magazine
Quilts & More
Readers Digest
Redbook
Road & Track
Rolling Stone
Runners World
Scrapbooks Etc.
Seventeen
Smithsonian Magazine
Star Magazine
Successful Farming
Taste of Home
The Beer Connoisseur
Town & Country
Traditional Home
Trains
Truck Trend
Us Weekly
Utne Reader
Vegetarian Times
Veranda
VIV Magazine
Weight Watchers
Western Living
Whole Living
Woman’s Day
Women’s Health
Woodworker’s Journal
Yoga Journal

VLS Press Release:

Viking Library System card holders now have access to over 100 popular magazine titles in digital format. Residents of the six-county region can sign up online with a Viking Library System library card to obtain an account and then immediately begin to download their favorite magazines. All magazines are in full color with all stories, pictures, charts, and advertising included. Some of the titles including National Geographic are interactive and include videos and activities.

Digital magazines can be read on any computer, tablet, or smart phone including Kindles and all Apple products. Account set-up requires Internet access, but downloaded magazines can be read offline at any time. Digital magazines provide easy portable access to many titles, and sometimes the only access to titles which no longer provide print editions.
The service includes simultaneous use, allowing an unlimited number of users to view the magazine at the same time. Every title can be kept as long as the user chooses; there are no due dates and no fines. The magazines can simply be deleted when no longer needed.

“Digital magazines offered without charge through public libraries are a very new service,” according to VLS Director, Peg Werner. “We are pleased that our member libraries will have this service available to their customers.”
Residents of Viking Library System, which includes the counties of Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, and Traverse, can get a library card in any of the VLS member libraries located in Browns Valley, Alexandria (Douglas County), Elbow Lake, Fergus Falls, Glenwood, Hancock, Morris, New York Mills, Pelican Rapids, Perham, and Wheaton or at any bookmobile stop.
Online sign-up for digital magazine access is available with a library card at www.viking.lib.mn.us/digitallibrary.html or by visiting your local library’s website.

102 E. 6th St.

Morris, MN 56267

Take the National Career Readiness Certificate assessment at no cost. To reserve your slot, please call Sam at 320-762-7530 or email Sam at samuelkuehl@state.mn.us.

The library will open early for participants.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.
—Dr. Seuss

Charlie Brown is back! Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we now have Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown and Happiness is…Peanuts Friends Forever.

Here’s a list of the rest of our new DVD titles:

Action/Adventure/Fantasy
The Amazing Spider-Man PG-13
The Dark Knight Rises PG-13
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice TV PG
Looper R – In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is          sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe,             who one day learns the mob wants to ‘close the loop’ by transporting back  Joe’s future self.
Men in Black 3 (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones) PG-13
Total Recall PG-13

Comedy
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days PG – School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer?
Hit and Run R – Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie’s former gang chase them on the road.
Magic Mike R – A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.
Ted (Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane) R
The Campaign (Will Ferrell) R
The Watch (Ben Stiller) R

Drama
Arbitrage R – A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Beasts of the Southern Wild PG-13
Last Ounce of Courage PG – The son of a fallen soldier, years after his father’s death, tries to reconnect with his grandfather, who is still grieving the loss of his child.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green PG – A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World R – As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Trouble with the Curve (Clint Eastwood) PG-13 – An ailing baseball scout in his twilight years takes his daughter along for one last recruiting trip.
Won’t Back Down PG – Two determined mothers¬, one a teacher, look to transform their children’s failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.
The Words (Dennis Quaid) PG-13 – A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man’s work.

Romance/Comedy
Hope Springs PG-13
To Rome with Love R

Thrillers
Expendables 2 R
Taken 2 (Liam Neeson) PG-13 – In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
The Possession PG-13 – A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl’s father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
House at the End of the Street PG-13 – A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.

TV Series
The Closer: The Complete Seventh and Final Season
Dust Bowl – a mini series by Ken Burns
Person of Interest: The Complete First Season

Drama/Music
Pitch Perfect PG-13
Rock of Ages (Juilianne Hough, Tom Cruise) PG-13 – A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Step Up Revolution PG-13 – Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily’s father’s development plans.

Nonfiction
Victory at Sea – Gathered from 13,000 hours of footage from the U.S., British, German and Japanese navies during World War II, view the realities and challenges faced by the Allies in every World War II major naval engagement.

Animated
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
Brave PG – Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
Frankenweenie PG
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
ParaNorman PG
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron – Bonus features include learning about the creation of animation for the movie, Spirit’s make-a-movie studio, learning to draw Spirit, and 15 interactive games and activities.

Tammy