LibraryAware September 2021

MRLS Newsletter — September 2021

Library Card Sign Up Month

With a library card you can discover new and exciting worlds! From borrowing books, ebooks, audiobooks, and DVDs, to taking virtual classes, learning about your family history, or learning a new language, there is so much you can access with a library card.

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Back to School

The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
by Mo Willems

The irrepressible Pigeon from the Caldecott Honor-winning Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus throws a fit over his worries about the first day of school, from heavy backpacks to finger paint on his feathers

We Don't Eat Our Classmates
by Ryan T. Higgins

When the class pet bites the finger of Penelope, a Tyrannosaurus rex, she finally understands why she should not eat her classmates, no matter how tasty they are.

Here Comes Teacher Cat
by Deborah Underwood

A displeased Cat is tapped as a substitute teacher and reluctantly faces six adorable kitten students before adapting their lesson plan to help them form a rock band, build a fish-spewing fountain and paint the classroom in riotous primary colors.

Our Hours Are Changing!

Good news! Beginning Tuesday, September 7th we will be resuming our regular hours:

Monday 10:00-8:00

Tuesday - Friday 9:30-5:30

Saturday 9:30-12:30

Fall Is Almost Here!

Autumn Skies
by Denise Hunter

A conclusion to the series that began with Lake Season and Carolina Breeze finds a Bluebell Inn outfitter working as a mountain guide for a recuperating secret service agent who would come to terms with a life-changing loss.

Falling for Autumn
by Kim Dean

Realizing how much he appreciates everything the autumn season has to offer, an ever-groovy Pete the Cat participates in corn mazes, hay rides and apple picking.

Pumpkinheads
by Rainbow Rowell

Working at a pumpkin patch every autumn, two seasonal best friends organize ultimate Halloween plans to celebrate their last working year together in this young adult graphic novel.

September Closings

September Book Highlights

The Hope Chest
by Carolyn Brown

Three estranged cousins—Nessa, Flynn and April—are reunited by an inheritance that requires a special task – for them to hand-stitch a cherished quilt, which makes them realize that the family they have been looking for has been right in front of them all along.

We Are the Brennans
by Tracey Lange

Returning to the east coast to recover from a drunk driving accident she caused, 29-year-old Sunday Brennan must protect her family from a man from her past who brings her family’s pub business to the brink of financial ruin.

A Good Day for Chardonnay
by Darynda Jones

The sheriff of a small-town police force in the New Mexico mountains tackles a crazy bar fight and her teenager hunting a serial killer in the second novel of the series following A Bad Day for Sunshine.