LibraryAware August 2022

MRLS Newsletter — August 2022

Summer Reading

Last Days of Summer Reading!

Thank you to everyone who came out to our programs in July! We had a great time and we hope you did too!

This month, the Richardson Memorial Library will have family-friendly Monday Movies at 10:30am and Make & Take Craft Days on Tuesdays at 10:30am.

If you haven't signed up yet but want to participate in Summer Reading, you can still sign up for the program at Richardson this month! Reading logs and book bingo cards will be due August 31st.

For more information, visit our website at http://www.meherrinlib.org/contentpages.asp?loc=48.

Monthly Events

Student Center

All of our resources for students can be found in one place.

It's Back to School month so what better time to remind parents of the great digital resources we offer for kids of all ages! TumbleBooks, Lightbox Learning, and JLG Digital all offer interactive ebooks for preschool through high school. Just for Kids offers kid-safe, parent-approved videos on dozens of subjects. We also offer four research databases, and HelpNow, a homework help website where students can access live tutors. ABC Mouse is also available in-library, no library card required!

Visit our website at http://www.meherrinlib.org/contentpages.asp?loc=58 to learn more and view all of our resources.

Back to School Month

Check out these great Back to School books for kids!

First Day Critter Jitters
by Jory John - Picture Book

Young animal students attending their first day of school navigate nervousness, apprehension and a tendency to hop around before meeting their Armadillo teacher, who is just as nervous as they are.

Time for School, Little Blue Truck
by Alice Schertle - Picture Book

After making friends with a bright yellow school bus, Blue gets his chance to try out this fun-filled job when his friend misses the bus and needs to get to school on time!

The Day You Begin
by Jacqueline Woodson - Picture Book

There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. This book reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes, and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.

Best Buddies
by Lynn Plourde - Picture Book

A boy with Down syndrome and his dog are best friends, but how will they manage being apart when the boy heads to school for the first time?

How to Start Kindergarten
by Cathy Hapka - Easy Reader

A nervous student imitates his confident big brother to navigate the challenges of a new school, a strategy that works until he becomes a whimsical copycat, in a skill-building story told through basic vocabulary and short sentences.

New Book Highlights

In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits
by Terry Alford - Adult Nonfiction

Examines the invisible links between the families of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth and their common fascination with Spiritualism, a movement that held that the dead were also nearby and could be contacted by the living.

An Island Wedding
by Jenny Colgan - Adult Fiction

Flora and Joel have their plans for their tiny sweetheart wedding on the Scottish island of Mure disrupted when an expat with money wants to throw the most extravagant wedding possible on the same day.

The Lies I Tell
by Julie Clark - Adult Fiction

Determined to expose con artist Meg Williams, the woman who upended her life 10 years earlier, for who she really is, Kat Roberts begins to question her long-held assumptions as the two women grow close, leading her to wonder who Megs real target is.