Happy New Year!

The Orland Park Public Library will be closed Dec. 31 & Jan. 1.

Wishing you a happy 2013!

Are You Having a Boring Break???

Try this website for teens 

if you're looking for something to do!

GAMES, PUZZLES, VIDEOS!

...keep yourself busy! Click on link below to get started

http://www.iamboredr.com/

Important info. for all OPPL Media On Demand Users

On December 27, the Orland Park Public Library will move from Media on Demand, an ebook and downloadable audiobook collection, and transition to our own digital download collection. (Please click on the link for further information.)

Closed

The OPPL will be closed 12/24 & 12/25.

Can it be...

Reuters reports that a "new" book by J.R.R. Tolkien goes on sale on Tuesday. Tolkien's son and literary executor Christopher, now in his eighties, constructed "The Children of Hurin" from his father's manuscripts, and said he tried to do so "without any editorial invention". Already told in fragmentary form in "The Silmarillion", which appeared in 1977, the new book is darker than "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", for which Tolkien is best known. 

The story is set long before "The Lord of the Rings" in a part of Middle-earth that was drowned before Hobbits ever appeared, and tells the tragic tale of Turin and his sister Nienor who are cursed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Hollywood studios are eager to buy the film rights of the new book, according to David Brawn, director at Tolkien publisher HarperCollins. "We all want this first and foremost to enjoy life as a book," said Brawn. "No one's saying never to a film (but) the film rights are reserved by the estate. We want to see what reaction it gets and then let it run its course."

Take A Break From School Work!

Exams are done, right?  

Classes are over until JANUARY!

   Come in to the OPPL to warm up and chill out in our 

Teen Area!

Cozy up with one of our new books, 

watch a movie you've never seen before,

experience a different type of music...

"...throw off the bowlines

Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails

Explore.  Dream.  Discover."

                        -Mark Twain

Studying Tips for Finals!

1) Study groups can motivate you to get started when it's hard to motivate yourself.

2) Earlier this year, the New York Times explained that rather than sticking to one study spot, you should switch things up when reviewing for exams.

3)  If mere mention of the phrase "final exam" makes your heart beat a little faster--calm yourself down. To prevent from blanking during the test, spend some time before the exam imagining yourself acing it out. 

4)  Just 20 minutes of cardio a day can help improve your memory and for those of you who can, cardio outside is even better!

5) Make a realistic study schedule for yourself and leave yourself time for breaks.

GOOD LUCK!

Best Teen Spot in Town!!

Come to OPPL and see our new Teen Area.  

With a valid Orland Park Library card, 6th graders thru 12th graders can discover EVERYTHING  

the Teen Department has to offer!

Come Play XBOX or watch a movie...

...Create on the iMAC...

 

                  ...Discover new things on the iPad!        

And don't forget our ever growing selection of books, Playaways, magazines, CDs, movies, and fantastic Teen programs!  

With resources like Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Publisher and more to help with school, you can find it all at the OPPL!

Finals are here!!!

If you need a quiet place to study, computers, magazine articles, etc... well look no further!

The OPPL has it all! 

We have  3 computer areas, quiet study rooms, databases, reference materials, and much more!

Hours are: Monday-Friday 9-9

                 Saturday 9-5

                 Sunday 1-5

Way Cool Hobbit-inspired house!

Would you like to live in a house inspired by the movie The Hobbit?  Well someone does..READ ON..

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. (AP) — Worlds away from the Shire, a stone cottage tucked into the Pennsylvania countryside would make Bilbo Baggins feel like he was back home with his Hobbit friends in Middle-earth.

This Hobbit house belongs to a lifelong fan of author J.R.R. Tolkien. The 600-square foot building is a short walk from his main house, on a flat stone path and through an English-style garden. They used stones taken from a long-collapsed section of an 18th-century low wall running through the center of the 16-acre property.

"We weren't going to do a Hollywood interpretation. We wanted it to be timeless," architect Peter Archer said. "It was built in 2004 but looking at it, you could think it was from 1904, or 1604."

The 54-inch diameter Spanish cedar door — naturally with a knob right in the center just as Tolkien described — opens with a single hand-forged iron hinge. Several craftsmen said they couldn't hang the 150-pound door on one hinge but a Maryland blacksmith "succeeded on the first try," Archer said.

A Delaware cabinet-maker built the mahogany windows, including the large arched "butterfly window" — its Art Nouveau-ish flourishes inspired by Tolkien's own drawings. The roof is covered with clay tiles handmade in France.

Inside the small dwelling are curved arches and rafters of Douglas fir, a fireplace finished in stucco and accented with thin slices of clay tile, and plenty of shelves and ledges for the owner's library and displays of Hobbit figurines, Gandalf's staff, hooded capes, chess sets, chalices — and of course, The One Ring. The rustic structure cleverly hides its thoroughly modern heating, cooling, electrical and security systems.

New Man of steel trailer!!

Awful Christmas Gifts?

For the true couch potato, this pillow comes with a built in remote control. You'll never have to worry about losing the remote between cushions ever again.







 
A Remote Control Pillow...Not too bad, right?  How about...

Santa's Farting Butt Travel Pillow...only $20.

'Tis the season for traveling! Why not cozy up with this pillow while you're on the go? Well, we can think of a few reasons, though we're sure no one will stare when your pillow farts.

 Can you think of some other terrible gifts?
See just one list: Marie Claire 12 worst holiday gifts

The countdown has begun!!

Need Community Service Hours??????

Teen Inc

Friday, December 7

5:15-8 p.m.

This is a special Teen Inc meeting where you can receive community service hours by creating winter decorations and reading stories at a special “Frosty” Cozy Corner Storytime.

Pizza will be served!

New find!

A cave-dwelling fish with no eyes and no scales has been discovered on a tiny island in Vietnam's scenic Ha Long Bay, according to conservation group Fauna & Flora International.
The newly described fish, a type of loach, has been named Draconectes narinosus, which derives from the Greek words for dragon "drakon" and swimmer "nectes," as well as the Latin word "narinosus," which means "who has large nostrils."

Draconectes narinosus, a species of cave fish discovered in Vietnam.

Its lack of eyes and scales are actually common adaptations for animals that have evolved in the darkness of deep limestone caverns. Like other cave fish, D. narinosus is limited to a life in freshwater, which means it is likely confined to a system of subterranean caves on Van Gio Island, unable to swim out into the surrounding sea.
Researchers with Fauna & Flora International say it's amazing that the fish has survived in such a small, precariously positioned habitat. Van Gio Island is a formation in Ha Long Bay with long, narrow arms that have a maximum width of just 1,300 feet (400 meters). Moreover, the freshwater lake in the cave where the fish was found is hardly 650 feet (200 meters) from the salty sea.
Scientists do not yet know whether there are analogous species on nearby islands, or whether this is the only surviving species in its genus. (Draconectesis a newly described genus.) A number of loaches, however, are already known from caves in the region and more await description, researchers said.
Draconectes narinosus was detailed recently in the Revue suisse de Zoologie.
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Drawing Class

Totally Tolkien

Saturday, December 1

2 p.m.

Mirror Tolkien's fantastical style of drawing by creating pen and ink illustrations.