All CMRLS Libraries and the Administrative Office will close Tuesday, December 23, either at their regular hours or at 6:00 p.m. for the Christmas holiday. Regular library hours will resume Monday, December 29. All CMRLS Libraries and the Administrative Office will close Wednesday, December 31 at 4:00 p.m. for the New Year's holiday. Regular library hours will resume Monday, January 5. Digital media and resources can be found 24/7 on our website. Have a safe and happy holiday season! Register for the Beanstack Winter Reading Challenge December 8 – December 31 and have your fines forgiven. You will also have a chance to win a $50 gift card! Register by clicking here. Remember to let staff know once you have registered so your fines can be forgiven. Don't have fines? Just enjoy the challenge and good luck on the drawing. Happy reading, CMRLS patrons!
Don't worry about having enough room for your books while traveling this holiday season! Check out our digital resources and the offered eContent! |
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Don't stress over a holiday playlist! We have you covered! Check out the CMRLS playlists here! Don't forget you can download 5 free songs each week! |
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Sandhill December Events Craft Corner December 15, 3:00 p.m. Come personalize your own ornament! All month long: - make and take craft -while supplies last!
- community puzzle
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God Gave Us Christmas
by Lisa Tawn Bergren
ECPA BESTSELLER - As Little Cub and her family prepare to celebrate the most special day of the year, the curious young polar bear begins to wonder--part of the bestselling God Gave Us series, with more than 5 million books sold! Who invented Christmas? Mama's answer only leads to more questions like Is God more important than Santa? So she and Little Cub head off on a polar expedition to find God and to see how he gave them Christmas. Along the way, they find signs that God is at work all around them. Through Mama's gentle guidance, Little Cub learns about the very first Christmas and discovers that Jesus is the best present of all. This enchanting tale provides the perfect opportunity to help young children celebrate the true meaning of Christmas and to discover how very much God loves them.
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How the Candy Cane Got Its Stripes by Scott Casperson
Cane, with the help of his frosty pal Snoey, finds his holiday purpose—to show others that the single sweetest gift is friendship.
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A Christmas Carol : The Original Christmas Story
by Charles Dickens
Lavishly illustrated with animal characters, a children’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic invites young readers to follow along as a stingy Ebenezer Scrooge encounters the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
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A Nancy Drew Christmas by Carolyn Keene
Trapped in a beautiful Montana ski resort with someone bent on destruction, can sleuth Nancy Drew, wearing a leg cast, solve the crime in time to save the holiday season?
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The Christmas Bookshop
by Jenny Colgan
The instant New York Times bestseller Sublime...Colgan infuses her latest book with humor, wit, suspense and a perfectly cast love triangle.--USA TodayThe Christmas Bookshop is literary hot chocolate with a bourbon shot: hot, sweet but with a surprising emotional kick.--The Times (UK)Perfect for the holidays A brand-new heartwarming Christmas novel from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas at the Island Hotel. Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. The prospect of spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia's perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered yuppie life does not appeal.Frankly, Sofia doesn't exactly want her prickly sister Carmen there either. But Sofia has yet another baby on the way, a mother desperate to see her daughters get along, and a client who needs help revitalizing his shabby old bookshop. So Carmen moves in and takes the job.Thrown rather suddenly into the inner workings of Mr. McCredie's ancient bookshop on the picturesque streets of historic Edinburgh, Carmen is intrigued despite herself. The store is dusty and disorganized but undeniably charming. Can she breathe some new life into it in time for Christmas shopping? What will happen when a famous and charismatic author takes a sudden interest in the bookshop--and Carmen? And will the Christmas spirit be enough to help heal her fractured family?A touching holiday read Perfect for fans of uplifting winter romancesA delightful Christmas gift
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Jessica's News
Ok, everyone, it's that time of year, cookie and sweet treat season. We all know that I love to make treats for everyone. I'm going to share one of my favorite recipes that I found, and it is so simple and easy. Everyone loved it last year! White Chocolate Bark 1 package of white almond bark 1 package of craisins 1 cup of chopped almonds Microwave your white almond bark 1 minute at a time, stirring until melted. Add a bag of craisins and chopped almonds and stir, then spoon onto wax paper until hardened. Enjoy and watch them disappear. I would like to wish everyone a very merry and blessed Christmas. Please take time to spend with your loved ones and remember the reason for the season - it is not how much we spend. Cherish every moment. |
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Click here to read last month's blog: - Discover Your Roots with Heritage Quest
- MS Driver's Education Program
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