MRLS Newsletter — October 2025
Family History Month
Check out our Genealogy & Local History resources!

The Library offers both in-house and digital resources for those interested in researching their family history. Both the Brunswick County Library and the Richardson Memorial Library house collections of local histories and genealogies that may be accessed upon request. In addition, the Library offers Ancestry In-Library Edition and HeritageHub for those wishing to explore digital resources. 
 
For more information, visit the Genealogy & Local History Page on our website at https://bit.ly/3FpbdEc.

Monthly Events

Happy Halloween!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's creepy-crawly Halloween : a lift-the-flap book
by Eric Carle

Exploring the woods by the light of the moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar invites little ones to lift the flaps and discover the creepy-crawly creatures hiding underneath. Illustrations.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's creepy-crawly Halloween : a lift-the-flap book by Eric Carle
5 more sleeps 'til Halloween by Jimmy Fallon
5 more sleeps 'til Halloween
by Jimmy Fallon

Preparing readers for the spookiest week of the year, this hilarious Halloween picture book invites kids to have a howling good time by counting how many sleeps until trick-or-treat night. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
Chicka chicka tricka treat
by Julien Chung

On Halloween, letters climb a creaky tree in disguise, but then they are startled by a spooky surprise
Chicka chicka tricka treat by Julien Chung
Hap-pea Halloween by Keith Baker
Hap-pea Halloween
by Keith Baker

A group of happy peas think and scheme, deciding what they should be for Halloween
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You can get live help from a resume expert, interview coach, or job coach, plus access resume templates and resources, interview tips, and job matching resources. 
 
Access JobNow from our website or at https://bit.ly/3VTTITb.
 
October Closings

New Book Highlights

Not quite dead yet : a novel
by Holly Jackson

Thirty-six hours after being attacked, Jet wakes in the hospital to grim news that a bone fragment is putting pressure on her brain's arterial wall and will cause a fatal hemorrhage—instead of choosing surgery with a slim chance of survival, she uses her last week to find her murderer.
Not quite dead yet : a novel by Holly Jackson
Amity by Nathan Harris
Amity
by Nathan Harris

In 1866 New Orleans, formerly enslaved siblings Coleman and June are separated, only to embark on perilous, individual journeys through the Mexican desert to reunite and seize the freedom they were promised. 100,000 first printing.
Once upon a time in Dollywood
by Ashley Jordan

Eve Ambroise, a rising star playwright, must grapple with her difficult year and writer's block while falling for Jamie Gallagher, the single dad living next door, when she moves to the Tennessee mountains for "a writing retreat."
Once upon a time in Dollywood by Ashley Jordan
Cat's people : a novel by Tanya Guerrero
Cat's people : a novel
by Tanya Guerrero

"A stray cat brings together five strangers over the course of one fateful summer in this heartwarming novel about love, found family, and the power of connection"
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