LibraryAware May 2021

MRLS Newsletter — May 2021

Happy Mother's Day!

Celebrate with these picture books for kids

You are my happy
by Hoda Kotb

At the end of the day, a baby bear and its mother reflect back on the things that brought them happiness throughout the day.

Everything is Mama
by Jimmy Fallon

A lot of babies' first words were Dada. However, everything after that was Mama. Readers take a look from a baby's point of view as different animals try to teach their children that there are other words in addition to Mama for familiar objects and activities.

I like noisy, Mom likes quiet : A Mother's Day Story
by Eileen Spinelli

A child who is very different from Mom spends a happy Mother's Day acting just the way Mom likes.

May Activity Packets

These craft and STEAM activity packets will be available at both branches on Mondays to take home while supplies last!

STEAM Penny Spinner -- pickup on 5/3
Windmill Craft -- pickup on 5/10

National Pizza Party Day Craft -- pickup on 5/17

Cow Craft -- pickup on 5/24

Mystery Month

Celebrate Mystery Month with these great books

The consequences of fear
by Jacqueline Winspear

Entreated by a witness nobody believes to investigate a murder, Maisie Dobbs uncovers a conspiracy with devastating implications for Britain’s war effort during the Nazi occupation of Europe.

Ocean Prey
by John Sandford

Picking up a stalled FBI case involving three murdered Coast Guardsmen, Lucas Davenport teams up with detective Virgil Flowers to investigate the suspicious activities of a sophisticated boat and mysterious diver.

The sanatorium
by Sarah Pearse

Accompanying family members to an isolated Swiss Alps hotel to recuperate from a traumatizing case, a woman detective uncovers the fates of long-ago tuberculosis patients who went missing from the property years earlier when it operated as a sanatorium.

May Closings

May New Book Highlights

Good company : a novel
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

In this bighearted story of the lifelong relationships that both wound and heal us, Flora Mancini finds everything she thought she knew about her husband, her marriage and her relationship with her best friend upended when she makes a startling discovery.

The three Mrs. Greys
by Shelly Ellis

Discovering in the wake of a murder attempt that they are married to the same man, three women consider if they will unite or compete to survive life-risking threats.

The Barbizon : the hotel that set women free
by Paulina Bren

The award-winning author of The Greengrocer and His TV presents a history of New York’s famous residential hotel and its celebrity clients, from Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford to Grace Kelly and Liza Minelli.