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We’re delighted to welcome back Rob Scotton, who visits from the UK with his new children’s book, Splat the Cat. It’s Splat’s first day of Cat School and he’s worried. Will he make new friends? Is he prepared for mice catching? Enjoy the feline fun and join us.

Haven Kimmel has been praised by millions since her #1 New York Times bestseller, A Girl Named Zippy. Her books are among our bookclub favorites. Now Ms. Kimmel visits with her new book, Iodine, a vivid window into one woman’s tortured psyche. Please come welcome the author back to Anderson’s.

Dr. Ernest Drake joins us for a fascinating discussion on all things legendary beasts and mythical creatures. For anyone who has ever wondered whether legendary beasts still wander among us, this lush look at an astounding array of creatures offers everything a true believer would want to know.

Did your imagination ever take you to a secret place that no one else had ever been? Follow the innocent and lovely Katherine from the beginning to the end of her formative years. Magical entities seem to watch and protect her and lead her into a secret world.

Meet author Polly Horvath, the winner of a National Book Award, a Newbery Honor and other literary prizes as she presents her new book, My One Hundred Adventures. At their core, adventures have a way of teaching you about yourself, as 12-year-old Jane learns.

The first three of our eight titles for the 2008-2009 Book Discussions focus either on other places, other times, or both. The Time Traveler’s Wife is the tale of a Chicago man who is afflicted by chrono-displacement disorder. That is, he is unavoidably whisked around in time and place.

Join us for a special opportunity. We host a live webcast interview with acclaimed author Philip Roth. Mr. Roth will field questions and discuss his new book, Indignation. It’s the author’s 29th book, a story of inexperience, foolishness, intellectual resistance, sexual discovery, courage, and ... (lisää)error. Limited quantity of signed first editions will be available for purchase. Mr. Roth WILL NOT be in Naperville in person.

SYNOPSIS: The true story of thirteen women who took a risk on an expensive diamond necklace and, in the process, changed not only themselves but a community. Four years ago, in Ventura, California, Jonell McLain saw a diamond necklace in a local jewelry store display window. The necklace aroused desire ... (lisää)first, then a provocative question: Why are personal luxuries so plentiful yet accessible to so few?

The new Men’s Book Discussion will kick off with a discussion of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. This novel depicts the lives included in three previous generations of the Reverend John Ames’s family. As he approaches the hour of his own death, the seventy-six year old Reverend chronicles these ... (lisää)stories in a letter to his son. This book won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

We loved Lesley Kagen’s debut, Whistling in the Dark, and are now anxious to meet the author and celebrate her new book, Land of a Hundred Wonders. This one centers on a girl whose accident leaves her “Not Quite Right.” But she is actually “quite right” as a character you’ll adore.

Join the Library at the Bensenville Theatre for a showing of 3:10 to Yuma. In Arizona in the late 1800s infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Christian Bale), struggling ... (lisää)to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma" –– a train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail - and dangers at every turn - the mission soon becomes a violent impossible journey toward each man's destiny. Based on the story by Elmore Leonard, this suspense-filled Western is a remake of the 1957 classic starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. Admission to the show is free. For more information, call the Library at (630) 766-4642.

Oscar Hijuelos is a first-generation Cuban American and the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction honoring his The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. New is Dark Dude, a story for younger readers of identity and the struggle to accept your true self.

Welcome the always creative, always hilarious pair, Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin, who celebrate their latest story for young readers, Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure. Fans of Click, Clack, Moo; Giggle, Giggle, Quack and Duck for President won’t want to miss this fun visit.

Paul Feig, the creator of the cult television series "Freaks and Geeks". Part comedy, part science fiction, and part fantasy, this debut novel, with line art by talented newcomer Peter Chan, makes being a geek, well, kind of cool.

Test your knowledge of Inheritance trivia and language, participate in an Open Mic reading, and win fun prizes at our very special Midnight Release Party. Join us for an evening of Dragon Lore & More as we await the release of Christopher Paolini's Brisingr.

Test your knowledge of Inheritance trivia and language, participate in an Open Mic reading, and win fun prizes at our very special Midnight Release Party. Join us for an evening of Dragon Lore & More as we await the release of Christopher Paolini's Brisingr.

Test your knowledge of Inheritance trivia and language, participate in an Open Mic reading, and win fun prizes at our very special Midnight Release Party. Join us for an evening of Dragon Lore & More as we await the release of Christopher Paolini's Brisingr.

Test your knowledge of Inheritance trivia and language, participate in an Open Mic reading, and win fun prizes at our very special Midnight Release Party. Join us for an evening of Dragon Lore & More as we await the release of Christopher Paolini's Brisingr.

Test your knowledge of Inheritance trivia and language, participate in an Open Mic reading, and win fun prizes at our very special Midnight Release Party. Join us for an evening of Dragon Lore & More as we await the release of Christopher Paolini's Brisingr.

Spend the final hour before the midnight release of Brisingr with us. Add to our prediction wall and try our trivia game, all in anticipation of the latest Christopher Paolini book. Pre-purchase Brisingr at Anderson’s and receive a voucher to be exchanged for the book itself beginning at midnight.

Spend the final hour before the midnight release of Brisingr with us. Add to our prediction wall and try our trivia game, all in anticipation of the latest Christopher Paolini book. Pre-purchase Brisingr at Anderson’s and receive a voucher to be exchanged for the book itself beginning at midnight.

Welcome Christine Blevins, who visits with her historical fiction debut, Midwife of the Blue Ridge. Venturing to 18th Century America as an indentured servant, a young woman named Maggie hopes to escape old country superstitions — and find a home of her own. But with new dangers in the New World, ... (lisää)it’s survival, instincts and her quick wits, that count.

Join the staff of the Library for Book Brunch on Wednesday, September 24, at 10:00 a.m. to discuss The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery. Book Brunch meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. Books are available at the library’s circulation desk. For more information, call the Library at (630) ... (lisää)766-4642.

Join our fiction experts on Thursday, September 25, at 7:00 p.m. for a sneak peek at what will be coming out this Fall for fiction readers. We’ll have food and a variety of fun surprises. Don’t miss the fiction event of the Fall!

Is our educational system failing our sons? Evidence may point to just that imbalance, and is explored in The Trouble with Boys. Meet the author, Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Peg Tyre, who focuses on social trends and education in her acclaimed work. Expect a fascinating discussion.

(NOTE: TICKETS REQUIRED / $95 / $75 for full-time students) Join our 5th annual gathering of authors and educators interested in the best and newest in young adult literature. Meet authors Holly Black, Suzanne Collins, Caroline Cooney, Ellen Klages, John Stokes, G. P. Taylor and Nancy Werlin. Attend ... (lisää)breakout sessions on fascinating topics, enjoy a continental breakfast and a full luncheon. Booksigning opportunities and CPDU credits offered.

Anderson’s is proud to bring the British sensation, author Joseph Delaney, to our Downers Grove location to speak with fans about his new hit title, The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye. Fans of Mr. Delaney’s earlier The Last Apprentice books have come to know Thomas Ward, Spook’s apprentice, ... (lisää)who’s faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye. Come meet the author, if you dare!

A companion to Love That Dog is Sharon Creech’s new novel, Hate That Cat. When a fat black cat gets a bad reputation for a mean, spiteful murr-mee-urrr and other nasty catness, the feline fun begins.

Town House Books & Café is honored to host Julia Glass, recipient of the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction. She has also been awarded three Nelson Algren Fiction Awards and the Tobias Wolff Award for her first novel, Three Junes. Ms Glass will be signing copies and reading from her new novel, ... (lisää)I See You Everywhere.