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MRLS Newsletter — December 2025 |
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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
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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.
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The 13th Day of Christmas
by Adam Rex
A man receives a houseful of strange gifts from his true love in this humorous take on the carol 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'--
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Five Little Monkeys Looking for Santa
by Eileen Christelow
It's Christmas Eve, and the Five Little Monkeys are so excited, they can't sleep. They're sure that every little noise they hear is Santa, and not even Mama's and Grandpa's warnings can keep them from jumping out of bed again and again to look! Will those silly little monkeys find a way to get a glimpse of him and his sleigh before the night is over?
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Santa's First Christmas
by Mac Barnett
We all know that Santa makes everyone's dreams come true every Christmas, but it turns out that he needs a little help getting into the holiday spirit himself. Instead of letting Santa get right back to work after he returns home to the North Pole on Christmas morning, his loyal elves want to make sure he experiences the same Christmas cheer he provides for others. With the perfect tree, lots of delicious treats, and, of course, presents, Santa experiences the magic of Christmas for the very first time.--
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A Stickler Christmas
by Lane Smith
Woodland creature Stickler merrily wanders the forest delivering Christmas presents to his friends.
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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.
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The Christmas Ring: A Holiday Romance
by Karen Kingsbury
While searching for her family's long-lost heirloom ring, military widow Vanessa Mayfield meets handsome antique dealer Ben Miller. The two are drawn to each other and forge a friendship that soon becomes a deep and breathtaking romance. But neither are sure that what they've found can last.
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The Christmas House: An Amish Christmas Novella
by Beverly Lewis
Liz Lantz runs a Hickory Hollow buggy tour business that has her pair up for the busy Christmas season with a single Amish man from another church. Her Englisher neighbors' lavishly decorated house has brought the quiet community unwanted attention, creating tensions that Liz hopes to bridge--
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The Christmas Stranger
by Richard Paul Evans
Three years after losing his family in a Christmas Eve accident, grief-stricken Paul Wanlass hasn't just given up on Christmas, he's given up on life. He can't imagine anything to keep him here--not his work as a computer repairman, not the residents in his Salt Lake City neighborhood, and certainly not the idea of connecting with someone new. When a stranger knocks on his door, claiming to be picking up a laptop, Paul allows him in--but discovers the man has a very different mission in mind. Paul wakes the next morning unsure if his encounter with the stranger really happened or was just a dream--but when the stranger shows up again, Paul challenges him to give him just one reason to live. The stranger agrees to the challenge but warns Paul not to expect a path he would have guessed or chosen--
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Meherrin Regional Library
133 West Hicks Street
Lawrenceville, Virginia 23868
434-848-2418www.meherrinlib.org/ |
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