LibraryAware December 2024

MRLS Newsletter — December 2024

Kids' Resources

Looking for safe, educational entertainment for students during winter break? Check out these great resources, all available FOR FREE on our website, www.meherrinlib.org

TumbleBook Library

TumbleBook Library is a curated database of children’s e-books, containing over 1,100 titles for grades K-6, and includes:

unique animated, talking picture books
read-along chapter books
nonfiction books and videos
curated playlists
books in Spanish and French
graphic Novels

Just for Kids Access Video

Just for Kids Access Video gives kids a fun and educational place to stream a wide variety of videos without advertisements. Videos include education-related topics including math, ABCs, science, history, and more as well as full episodes from PBS favorites like Reading Rainbow, Wild Kratts, and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.

*Follow link. Username: meherrinrl Password: digital

Monthly Events

Winter Reads

It's winter!
by Kurilla, Renâee

From Hanukkah and Kwanzaa to Christmas and Valentine's Day, this book will help kids get into the spirit of the season with this joyful rhyming follow-up to It's Fall! from a New York Times best-selling creator. 35,000 first printing. Illustrations.

Pig the Elf
by Aaron Blabey -- Picture Book

Chaos ensues when Pig the Pug joins Santa on a flying sleigh ride, in this laugh-out-loud book filled with holiday cheer.

Sammy Claws
by Rowland, Lucy

A cuddly North Pole kitty who sleeps just about everywhere in Santa’s busy workshop takes a nap in a box on Christmas Eve before he is accidentally wrapped up as a Christmas gift and bundled onto a sleigh filled with presents. 40,000 first printing. Illustrations.

Is this . . . winter?
by Yoon, Helen

While romping in the snow, an energetic little puppy is taken aback by the winter weirdness of encountering unfriendly deer, tiny lights and inflatable snowmen. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.

Five little monkeys looking for Santa
by Christelow, Eileen

Unable to sleep on Christmas Eve, Five Little Monkeys jump in and out of bed every time they hear a noise, determined to get a glimpse of jolly old Saint Nick! Illustrations.

Holiday Closing Schedule

Magzter

Check out online periodicals with Magzter!

Magzter is free for out patrons and offers unlimited access to 5,000+ magazines including everything from Newsweek to Cosmopolitan, newspapers, and journals across 40+ categories that can be read instantly on any device.

Visit our website at https://bit.ly/3hpzf9V to access Magzter and our other digital reading resources.

New Book Highlights

Santa's secret
by Michaels, Fern

Friends since high school, four 30-something women—Francesca, Amy, Rachael, and Nina—reunite for a once-in-a-lifetime Italian adventure filled with tons of Christmas laughter, mischief, great food and even a little romance. (romance). Simultaneous.

The mistletoe mystery
by Prose, Nita

"Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve in this heartwarming novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest"

Bright lights, big Christmas
by Andrews, Mary Kay

Freshly single and unemployed, Kerry agrees to help her brother sell Christmas trees in New York and make a new start in the new novel by the New York Times best-selling author of The Santa Suit. Simultaneous.

Evergreen Christmas
by Dailey, Janet

"A newcomer to Noel, North Carolina, horse breeder Jordyn Banks decides to take on the reigning Christmas-tree-decorating champ, who happens to be the handsome single dad who lives next door with his adorable little girl"