LibraryAware June 2025

MRLS Newsletter — June 2025

Summer Reading Program

Summer Reading Is Here!

Join MRLS in welcoming summer by signing up for our Summer Reading Program!

SRP 2025 will run from June 1st - July 31st.

Main events for both branches will be held 10:30 @ RML AND 2:00 @ BCL

Wednesday, June 4 - Uncle Henry, Nature at the Pond

Wednesday, June 11 - Lisa Newell, Storyteller

Wednesday, June 18 - Uncle Ty-Rone, Comedian/Ventriloquist

Wednesday, June 25 - Dance It Out!, story through dance

Kids, teens, and adults can join in on the reading fun by completing level challenges and receive rewards for completion.

Sign up at your closest branch and pick up a registration bag with everything needed plus some extra goodies!

Click on the image above or visit our website at www.meherrinlib.org for more info and the full schedule. For event reminders and updates, follow us on Facebook @meherrinregionallibrary and Instagram @mrlsva.

Passport Assistance Services

Brunswick County Library is a designated Passport Acceptance Facility

Our Passport Acceptance Agents process passport applications by appointment only. Appointments will be taken Monday – Friday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. We also provide passport photos for your application for a $10 fee.

Call 434-848-2418 ext. 303 to schedule an appointment.

*Note: It is strongly advised that every person applying for a passport review the process beforehand as there are a lot of steps.

Please visit the Passport page on our website at https://bit.ly/3FwErkm for more information about what you will need to bring with you and the list of fees involved.

Monthly Events

Happy Father's Day!

Llama Llama Daddy's day
by Anna Dewdney

A gift-appropriate, episode-based holiday storybook finds Llama Llama helping his friend, Nelly Gnu, find just the right Father's Day gift for Daddy Gnu. TV tie-in. Original. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.

Dr. Seuss's I love pop! : a celebration of dads
by Seuss

A gift-book collection of simple observations about the universal things that children love and appreciate about their fathers incorporates full-color artwork from Hop on Pop, Horton Hatches the Egg and other Dr. Seuss classics

Sometimes Daddies Are...
by Guido van Genechten -- Picture Book

Giggle-inducing animal families celebrate the special bond between children and all-too-human daddies who make mistakes, forget things and prove why they are extra-special, no matter what.

June Closings

New Book Highlights

(add 3 adult books added in May)

The Tenant
by Freida Mcfadden

Blake Porter, desperate to keep his life afloat after losing his job, rents a room to the seemingly perfect Whitney, but as strange occurrences escalate and secrets unravel, he realizes too late that she's woven a deadly trap within his own home.

Think Twice
by Harlan Coben

When his former client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing, who is deceased, has been placed at the scene of a double homicide, sports agent Myron Bolitar and Win, his longtime friend and colleague, search for answers, but the more they discover about Greg, the more dangerous their world becomes.

My friends : a novel
by Fredrik Backman

Jarrod has felt distanced from his daughter Liv since the death of Jarrod's partner Charlie, but when Liv finds boyfriend Zel murdered, Jarrod rushes to her aid and they comb for clues across the Coachella Valley while a killer's on the loose.

Tough luck : a novel
by Sandra Dallas

After escaping an orphanage, Haidie Richards and her brother Boots journey to Colorado Territory, encountering treacherous challenges, unlikely allies, and the truth about their father, while Haidie devises a daring plan to claim their future.