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Summer is officially here (although honestly the weather thought it was summer in April)! As kids are getting out of school and family vacations are coming up, the nonfiction department has put up a new display by the plaza! This display features all sorts of fun summer activities, from picnic cook books to making your own popsicles to outdoor home projects to outdoor sports, including swimming, hiking, biking, fishing, and camping. There are also some books on the summer sports, like tennis and baseball and golf!

It's Week 3 in our Dream BIG 4 Real series. Here are just a few of the amazing books we have about Camping Out. Add them to your summer reading list today!

1. The Boys' Book of Survival: How to Survive Anything, Anywhere by Guy Campbell
J 796.54 CAM

2. Camp Out!: The Ultimate Kids' Guide, From the Backyard to the Backwoods by Lynn Brunelle
J 796.54 BRU

It's our Ninth Annual Battle of the Teen Bands.  Music fans and summer readers are invited to rock out with three competing teen bands - By Royal Decree, On the Sidewalk, and Thamaturgy - on Friday, June 8, 2012 at 6 p.m.  Each band performs a 20-minute / 3-song set in front of a panel of judges and a live audience.  The winner will receive a $300 grand prize, provided by the Friends of the Hoover Public Library.  Admission and refreshments are free.

Cook Books

Since spring has arrived and the weather has gotten warmer we want to spend more time outdoors and less in the kitchen. We also have a craving for fresh vegetables and grilling. Some new titles to check out in our cookbook collection are:

Sunset Edible Garden Cookbook: Fresh, Healthy Cooking from the Garden

The Gardener and the Grill: The Bounty of the Garden Meeting the Sizzle of the Grill

Real Simple: Easy Delicious Home Cooking

Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food: More Than 100 Delicious, Super-Fast, and Easy Recipes

Welcome to Week 2 in our Dream BIG 4 Real series. These great books about the moon and space travel will leave you Moonstruck.

1. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
J 629.45 STO

2. Eyewitness Books: Moon by Jacqueline Mitton
J 523.3 MIT

3. Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin
E 523.3 CRE

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