MRLS Newsletter — August 2025
Summer Reading Program
 
Last Days of Summer Reading!
 
Thank you to everyone who came out to our programs in this summer!
We had a great time and we hope you did too!
 
Stay tuned for more programs and events to come.
 
 

Student Center
All of our resources for students can be found in one place.

It's Back to School month so what better time to remind parents of the great digital resources we offer for kids of all ages! TumbleBooks and Lightbox Learning both offer interactive ebooks for preschool through middle school. Just for Kids offers kid-safe, parent-approved videos on dozens of subjects. We also offer four research databases, and HelpNow, a homework help website where students can access live tutors. ABC Mouse is also available in-library, no library card required!
 
Visit our website at https://bit.ly/3uPhvIk to learn more and view all of our resources.
 
Back to School Month
Time for school, little blue truck
by Alice Schertle

After making friends with a bright yellow school bus, Blue gets his chance to try out this fun-filled job when his friend misses the bus and needs to get to school on time!
The Yellow Bus
by Loren Long

A tender, gorgeously illustrated picture book from the #1 New York Times best-selling author/illustrator tells a touching story about a forgotten school bus that finds happiness and purpose in the most unexpected places?—?and in the journey along the way. SLJ. K. PW. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
Llama Llama back to school
by Reed Duncan

Longing for summertime to last forever, Llama Llama is anxious about starting school until he discovers learning is fun with the help of his friends and Mama Llama. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
Back to school, Splat
by Lara Bergen

When Splat comes home from the first day of school, his homework is to pick one fun summer adventure to share with his class
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
Monthly Events

Miss Humblebee's Academy
Miss Humblebee's Academy is an award-winning, online and offline curriculum that prepares children ages 3 to 6 for kindergarten proficiency. At Miss Humblebee's Academy, we believe in order to fully prepare your child for a lifetime of learning success, there needs to be a combination of online and offline learning. 
Find Miss Humblebee's Academy at https://shorturl.at/CxxV9.
 
New Book Highlights

The view from Lake Como : a novel
by Adriana Trigiani

After a painful divorce and family upheaval in working-class Lake Como, New Jersey, draftswoman Jess Capodimonte Baratta flees to Carrara, Italy, where artistic ambition, and new relationships reshape her understanding of love, loyalty, and personal fulfillment
Don't let him in
by Lisa Jewell

When charming Nick Radcliffe enters Nina's life, her daughter Ash grows suspicious, uncovering unsettling secrets that connect them to Martha, a florist with a husband who keeps disappearing, leading all three women toward a chilling truth they never expected.
King of ashes : a novel
by S. A. Cosby

After returning to Jefferson Run, Virginia, and family business Carruthers Crematorium—with brother Dante in debt to criminals and sister Neveah exhausted from holding everything together—Roman discovers that his father's crash was no accident and Dante has placed them all in real danger.
The woman in suite 11
by Ruth Ware

Journalist Lo Blacklock travels to a luxury Swiss hotel hoping to revive her career, but when a mysterious woman draws her into a dangerous chase across Europe, she must weigh ambition against survival in a world of wealth and shifting alliances
AUGUST CLOSING
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