All CMRLS Libraries will be closed Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day. Regular library hours will resume on Tuesday, May 26. Have a safe and happy holiday! Summer Library Programs begin June 1! Pre-registration begins May 11. Pre-register on Beanstack or visit your library for more details! |
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 Celebrate Children's Book Week on May 5-11! "Children’s Book Week was launched in 1919 and is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country" (Every Child A Reader, 2025). Check out all the books your library has to offer using our catalog! |
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Family Story Time
Friday, May 1, 9:30 AM
Join us this month for a "Happy Mother's Day" themed story time. We will have fun stories, music, and a craft.
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The Dinosaur Experience
Saturday, May 30, 2:00 PM
G. Chastaine Flynt Memorial Library
We will be partnering with the Flowood Library to host The Dinosaur Experience. This is our kick-off to Summer Reading event, and we will have a "ROARING" good time.
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Guessing Jar
All Month, Event Time
Circulation Desk
We're celebrating "Alligator Day" this month with a fun guessing jar. Guess how many mini alligators to win a gift card! Oh, and check out back by the creek, it's about that time to start seeing them again.
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Heiress of Nowhere by Stacey Lee
In 1918 on Orcas Island, eighteen-year-old orphan Lucy becomes heiress to her employers estate after his mysterious death and must clear her name by unmasking a killer linked to eerie seaside legends before she and her beloved orcas become the next victims.
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Loose Knit Knitting Group
Tuesdays, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Knitters of all skill level are welcome to attend. We will work on projects and share ideas.
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Cross Down: An Alex Cross and John Sampson Thriller by James Patterson
For the first time, John Sampson is on his own. The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington, DC's, Metro PD and the FBI has a proven MO: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them. When military-style attacks erupt, brutally sidelining Cross, Sampson is sent reeling. The patterns are too random--Sampson's friend, his partner, his brother--have told him. Don't trust anyone. As a shadow force advances on the nation's capital, Sampson alone must protect the Cross family, his own young daughter, and every American, including the president--
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Click here to read last month's blog: - National Library Month
- Special Kits at CMRLS
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