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2011 Summer Reading Raffle Winners

 

  1. Go Digital: Nancy Wallace
  2. The Silk Road: Susan Howard
  3. The New World: Sharfi Sarker Sucholeiki
  4. Suitcase Ready: Angela Serrano
  5. Down Under: Michelle Crowe
  6. Feeling Continental: Marigrace Alonso
  7. Out of AFRICA: Evelyn Toreja Boutin

Visit the 2nd Floor Info Desk (be sure to bring your EPL Card) to claim your prize!

 

Adult Summer Reading Prizes sponsored by the
Friends of the Elmhurst Public Library! Thank you!

Prize A

This prize pack contains a Barnes & Noble Nook e-Reader and sleek black case.


Prize 1: Nook e-Reader

Prize B

Travel to Asia without leaving the library. This prize pack includes more chopsticks than you'll ever need, tea and a teapot to brew it in, candies, a fan, floral cloth tote, a DonorsChoose.org $25 card, and these books:
- Radio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli
-Day of Honey by Annia Ciezadlo
-To the End of the Land by David Grossman
-Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez
-Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
-Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
-The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
-Stories from the Arabian Nights by Naomi Lewis, illustrated by Anton Pieck


Prize 2: The silk Road

Prize C

Explore the Americas just like Christopher Columbus -except you don't need to finance three ships. This prize pack includes a bird house, a hand-woven bookmark, a wire basket, a decorative candle, a sampling of foods, a natural stone coasters, a DonorsChoose.org $25 card, and these books:
-The Long Song by Andrea Levy
-Great House by Nicole Krauss
-Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
-Island beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
-Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
-The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (Audio, CDs)


Prize 3: The Americas

Prize D

Be prepared to go 'round the world at a moment's notice with this prize pack! It includes a tote bag, a travel clock, an adapter plug kit, a Nalgene travel set, a carabiner utility clip, a DonorsChoose.org $25 card, and these books:
-By the Seat of My Pants by Don George
-100 Countries, 5,000 Ideas by the National Geographic Society
-1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz
-Fodor's 1,001 Smart Travel Tips
-Heaven on Earth: 100 Places to See in Your Lifetime by the editors at Life magazine
-The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman


Prize 4: Travel

Prize E
Tuck in for a trip to Oz (without the 20-hour plane ride) This prize pack includes a metal wall sculpture (lizard), a decorative chest, a real boomerang, natural stone coasters, some tasty Aussie treats, a DonorsChoose.org $25 card, and these books:
-In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
-Dead Man's Chest by Kerry Greenwood
-Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
-True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
-Chasing Kangaroos by Tim Flannery


Prize 5: Australia

Prize F
Fall in love with the continent that's home to The City of Lights, The Square Mile, The Eternal City, and a million more nicknames with this prize pack. It includes a mesh shopping tote, Italian espresso, Devonshire cream to top your homemade scones (we included a mix!), sweets, French soap, a DonorsChoose.org $25 card, and these books:
- The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
-The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
-Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason
-The Rebels of Ireland by Edward Rutherford
-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


Prize 6: Europe

Prize G

Go on a safari with this prize pack. It includes a basket, Kenyan coffee, two "surprise mugs," -one zebra, one giraffe- Madagascar vanilla extract, a small globe, a DonorsChoose.org $25 card, and these books:
-How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu
-Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
-The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
-The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
-The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley
-House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb
-When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin


Prize 7: Africa