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MRLS Newsletter — February 2023
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Love from Llama Llama
by Anna Dewdney
Llama Llama tells young readers why love is AMAZING and how that special someone makes each and every day brighter!
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Rocket's Secret Valentine
by Grace Mills
When someone starts leaving friendly notes for Rocket, he, Bella and Owl search for clues by following the notes in an effort to solve the mystery.
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Dino-Valentine's Day
by Lisa Wheeler
This dino-mite Valentine's Day story finds dinos of all shapes and sizes decorating card boxes, shopping for chocolates and finding romance at the Valentine Dance!
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The Mystery of the Love List
by Sarah Glenn Marsh
While creating a love list--a list of all the things that take up room in her heart--for school, Pippa discovers she has a secret admirer and sets out to find the identity of the person she hopes will be her new friend.
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A Unicorn Named Sparkle and the Perfect Valentine
by Amy Young
Sparkle the Unicorn wants to make Lucy the perfect Valentine, but because he has hooves instead of hands, he worries that his card won't be good enough and soon learns that the love he puts into his valentine is the sweetest gift of all.
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Niche Academy Niche Academy is an online learning platform that offers video tutorials on: - Computer & Internet Basics
- Library Resources (databases, ebooks, etc.)
- Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, etc.)
- Google Products (Gmail, Google Drive, etc.)
- Microsoft Products (Word, Excel, etc.)
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Universal Class Universal Class offers online continuing education courses that you can take at your own pace! Subjects offered include: - Business
- Computer training
- General education
- Health and medicine
- Social work
- Special education
- Web development
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Celebrate Black History Month
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The ABCs of Black History
by Rio Cortez -- Picture Book
Culturally evocative illustrations and lyrical text by a Pushcart-nominated poet celebrate historical activists, events and locations that shaped Black history and the fight for equality, in a picture book complemented by a timeline and additional back matter.
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Hidden Black History: From Juneteenth to Redlining
by Amanda Jackson Green -- Juvenile Nonfiction
From Juneteenth to the Tulsa Race Massacre, many important moments in Black American history have not been taught in schools or covered in the media. Discover these events and how they are remembered in the Black community today.
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Child of the Dream: a Memoir of 1963
by Sharon Robinson - Juvenile Biography
A memoir from the daughter of Jackie Robinson follows the events of 1963, a pivotal year in the fight for civil rights, as well as documents the author's own struggles as a teenager.
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Call Us What We Carry: Poems
by Amanda Gorman - Poetry Nonfiction
The presidential inaugural poet--and unforgettable new voice in American poetry--presents a collection of poems that includes the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States.
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The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice
by Scott Ellsworth - Adult Nonfiction
Part true-crime murder mystery, part narrative history. A New York Times bestselling author returns to his hometown 100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre in search of answers about the worst single incident of racial violence in all of American history.
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The Sisters of Sea View
by Julie Klassen - Adult Fiction
When their father's death leaves them impoverished, the Summers sisters open their home to guests to provide for their ailing mother. But instead of the elderly invalids they expect, they find themselves hosting eligible gentlemen. Sarah must confront her growing attraction to a mysterious widower, and Viola learns to heal her deep-hidden scars.
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The Many Dates of Indigo
by Amber Samuel - Adult Fiction
As owner of Houston's hottest destination for luxury shoes and accessories, Indigo excels at finding clients the perfect shoe, but she's having a hard time finding a partner who is her perfect fit. She needs a man who can handle her busy life, get along with her big and boisterous family, and mesh with her tight-knit friends, including Nate, her childhood bestie. Can Indigo let go of past hurts and unrealistic expectations and finally admit to herself that her perfect man has been in front of her the whole time?
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The Cloisters
by Katy Hays - Adult Fiction
When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, she finds herself assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its medieval art collection and its group of enigmatic researchers studying the history of divination. What begins as academic curiosity quickly turns into obsession when Ann discovers a hidden 15th-century deck of tarot cards that might hold the key to predicting the future.
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Meherrin Regional Library 133 West Hicks Street Lawrenceville, Virginia 23868 434-848-2418www.meherrinlib.org/ |
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