Entertainer

As promised in the Entertainer’s June 19 “Summer Reading 2009″ list here are all those little extras that I just couldn’t squeeze into the printed edition this time around.

Kid’s Non-fiction

(Most checked-out titles since Jan. 1, 2009).

1. Garfield eats his heart out – Jim Davis
2. Homicidal psycho jungle cat (Calvin and Hobbes) – Bill Watterson
3. Garfield out to lunch – Jim Davis
4. Garfield feeds the kitty – Jim Davis
5. (Tie) Garfield, food for thought / Garfield loses his feet / Garfield pulls his weight – Jim Davis
6. Garfield eats his heart out – Jim Davis
7. Garfield large and in charge – Jim Davis

- Compiled by Lisa Tattersall, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library

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Local book shops and libraries

Albany Main Library
1390 Waverly Drive S.E., Albany; 917-7583 or library.ci.albany.or.us. Branches: Downtown Carnegie Library, 302 Ferry St. S.W., Albany; 917-7585.

The Book Bin
215 S.W. Fourth St., Corvallis; 752-0040 or 926-6869 or www.bookbin.com.

Borders Books
777 N.W. Ninth St., Corvallis; 738-0580 or www.borders.com. Albany location: WaldenBooks, 2165 14th Ave. S.E., Albany; 928-0003 or www.borders.com.

Browsers’ Bookstore
121 N.W. Fourth St., Corvallis; 758-1121 or www.browsersbookstore.com. Albany location: Browsers’ Bookstore Vol. II, 1425 Pacific Blvd. S.E., Albany; 926-2612.

Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
645 N.W. Monroe Ave., Corvallis; 766-6793 or www.thebestlibrary.net. Branches: Philomath, Monroe, Alsea.

Grass Roots Books & Music
227 S.W. Second St., Corvallis; 754-7668 or www.grassrootsstore.com.

OSU Bookstore
2301 S.W. Jefferson Ave., Corvallis; 737-4323, 800-595-0357 or www.osubookstore.com.

ABOVE: Paul VanDevelder, author of “Savages and
Scoundrels” at the Valley Library.
Photo by Scobel Wiggins | The Entertainer

Valley Library
121 The Valley Library (intersection of Jefferson Way and Waldo Place on the Oregon State University campus), Corvallis; 737-3411 or osulibrary.oregonstate.edu.

Religious bookstores

Christian Science Reading Room, 468 S.W. Madison Ave., Corvallis; 753-5840.

Christian Supply-Rainbow West, 2230 Santiam Highway S.E., Albany; 926-8201.

Parable Christian Stores, 916 N.W. Kings Blvd., Corvallis; www.parable.com or 754-9295.

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ABOVE: The library’s annual Teddy Bear Picnic.
Photo by Scobel Wiggins/The Entertainer

Libraries’ summer reading programs

Click here or here for information on Corvallis programs.

Click here or here for information on Albany programs.

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ABOVE: Charles Goodrich, editor of “In the Blast
Zone.” Contributed photo.

ABOVE: Linda Crew, author of “Children of the
River,” “Fire on the Wind” and “A Heart for Any Fate.”
Will Crew | Contributed photo.

ABOVE: Paul Turner, author of “Dodging the
Butterfly Nets.” Contributed photo.

More local authors with recent books

• Tracy Daugherty, “Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme” (2009).
• Ehud Havazelet, “Bearing the Body” (2008).
• Tom McClintock, “The Best Gift” (2009).
• Thomas A. Spies and Sally L. Duncan, “Old growth in a New World: a Pacific Northwest icon reexamined” (2008).
• Kathleen Dean Moore, “Citadel of the Spirit” (2009) and “Let There Be Night” (2008).
• Donna Henderson, “The Eddy Fence” (2009).
• Jessica Lamb, “Last Apples of Great Empires” (2009).
• Michele Longo Eder, “Salt in Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman’s Wife” (2008).
• Judith Li, “To Harvest to Hunt: Stories of Resource Use in the American West” (2007).

Click here for a directory of Oregon authors.

Click here to see the latest offerings of the OSU Press.

Click here for information on Airlie Press.

Click here for information on CALYX.

Did we miss you? Please feel free to contact the Entertainer at 758-9542 or nancy.raskauskas@lee.net to inform us other local authors and books. Suggestions for the next edition of the Entertainer’s seasonal reading list are also appreciated.

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