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October 2012 1997 E. Jackson Blvd. Jackson MO 63755 Phone 573-243-8141
Currents
Upcoming Events @ the Library
Youth Reading Programs
(Check the calendar for dates & times)
Book Discussion Group for Adults @ Jackson
the first Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
ALL BRANCHES will be closed:
Friday, March 25, 2005 for Good Friday
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THANK YOU SIKESTON AUXILIARY 3319 The Sikeston Auxiliary #3319 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles donates each year to the Missouri State Auxiliary Golden EagleFund. Sikeston Auxiliary Chairman, Alice Thorne, and Ann Matthews, with the help of Auxiliary mem-bers, held a fund-raising dinner and netted $310.73. Alice and Ann chose to give this locally to the River-side Regional Library in Scott City to purchase large print books for the collection. Our sincerest appreciation to the Auxiliary for this wonderful and unexpected gift. We have ordered 21 new large print books for the Scott City Branch with these funds. They were all in stock and should be shipped and ready for the shelves within the next two weeks. The titles are: ALONE, by Lisa Gardner; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIA-TION LOW-FAT, LOW-CHOLESTEROL COOKBOOK: DELI-CIOUS RECIPES TO HELP LOWER YOUR CHOLES-TEROL, by the American Heart Association; ART OF MEND-ING: A NOVEL, by Elizabeth Berg; BLIND ALLEY, by Iris Johansen; BROKER, by John Grisham; CARY GRANT: A BIOGRAPHY, by Marc Eliot; CHAMBER, by John Grisham; CONVICTION, by Richard North Patterson; DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown; DEMON RUMM, by Sandra Brown; FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom; FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFÉ, by Fannie Flagg; HOT TARGET, by Suzanne Brockmann; LIFE EXPECTANCY, by Dean Koontz; RAINMAKER, by John Grisham; TED WILLIAMS: THE BIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERI-CAN HERO, by Leigh Montville; TIME TO KILL by John Grisham; TWISTED by Jonathan Kellerman; UNEXPECTED BLESSINGS, by Barbara Taylor Bradford; UNFINISHED LIFE by Mark Spragg; YOUNGER NEXT YEAR: A GUIDE TO LIVING LIFE
Upcoming Events @ the Library
Youth Reading Programs
(Check the calendar for dates & times)
Book Discussion Group for Adults @ Jackson
the first Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
ALL BRANCHES will be closed:
Friday, March 25, 2005 for Good Friday
_________________________________________
THANK YOU SIKESTON AUXILIARY 3319 The Sikeston Auxiliary #3319 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles donates each year to the Missouri State Auxiliary Golden EagleFund. Sikeston Auxiliary Chairman, Alice Thorne, and Ann Matthews, with the help of Auxiliary mem-bers, held a fund-raising dinner and netted $310.73. Alice and Ann chose to give this locally to the River-side Regional Library in Scott City to purchase large print books for the collection. Our sincerest appreciation to the Auxiliary for this wonderful and unexpected gift. We have ordered 21 new large print books for the Scott City Branch with these funds. They were all in stock and should be shipped and ready for the shelves within the next two weeks. The titles are: ALONE, by Lisa Gardner; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIA-TION LOW-FAT, LOW-CHOLESTEROL COOKBOOK: DELI-CIOUS RECIPES TO HELP LOWER YOUR CHOLES-TEROL, by the American Heart Association; ART OF MEND-ING: A NOVEL, by Elizabeth Berg; BLIND ALLEY, by Iris Johansen; BROKER, by John Grisham; CARY GRANT: A BIOGRAPHY, by Marc Eliot; CHAMBER, by John Grisham; CONVICTION, by Richard North Patterson; DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown; DEMON RUMM, by Sandra Brown; FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom; FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFÉ, by Fannie Flagg; HOT TARGET, by Suzanne Brockmann; LIFE EXPECTANCY, by Dean Koontz; RAINMAKER, by John Grisham; TED WILLIAMS: THE BIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERI-CAN HERO, by Leigh Montville; TIME TO KILL by John Grisham; TWISTED by Jonathan Kellerman; UNEXPECTED BLESSINGS, by Barbara Taylor Bradford; UNFINISHED LIFE by Mark Spragg; YOUNGER NEXT YEAR: A GUIDE TO LIVING LIFE 50 UNTIL YOU’RE 80 AND BEYOND, b
Upcoming Events @ the Library
Reading Programs: Check with your local library branch for details…
Book Discussion Group for Adults @ Jackson
the first Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Book Discussion Group @ Scott City
the first Monday of each month at 6:05 p.m.
Book Discussion Group @ Oran Call the library for date & time
Basic Computer Classes for Seniors @ Perryville the first Wednesday of each month @ 11 a.m.
Nook / Kindle / iPad Classes @ Perryville the first Thursday of each month at 4 p.m.
Adult Book Club @ Perryville the second Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.
All Branches will be CLOSED:
Monday, November 12 for Veterans’ Day
At ALL BRANCHES of Riverside Regional Library!
(See page 5 for additional information.)
An Educational Event:
Medicare and all its Parts
Saturday, October 27 @ 10:00 a.m.
@ Scott City
“This event is only for educational purposes
and no plan specific benefits or details will be shared."
Fall Book Sale @ Scott City 2108 Main Street
Thursday, October 11: 1-6 p.m.
Friday, October 12: 1-6 p.m.
Saturday, October 13: 9 a.m.-Noon
Sponsored by:
Riverside Regional Friends
of the Library (FOL) @ Scott City
Fall Book Sale @ Jackson 1997 E. Jackson Blvd.
Friday, November 9
9 a.m.—6 p.m.
Saturday, November 10
9 a.m.—1:00
Sponsored by:
Riverside Regional Friends
of the Library (FOL) @ Jackson
You may pay your dues & join the FOL
@ the FOL members Preview Booksale
Thursday, November 8
5-6:45 p.m. (Membership is $5/year)
TEEN READ WEEK It Came from the Library!
Dare to READ for the Fun of It!
October 14-20, 2012
Young Adults ages 11 –17 may sign up to win a COOL TREAT!
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New Books This Month The following books are available to all Riverside
patrons but may not be housed at all branch libraries.
Just ask at the Check-out Desk and we’ll be happy to
get the book for you from one of the branch libraries.
Adult Fiction The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
The Widow of Saunders Creek by Tracey Bateman
Rebecca’s Rose (Forever After in Apple Lake)
by Jennifer Beckstrand
The Absolutist by John Boyne
Honolulu by Alan Brennert
Tiger’s Claw by Dale Brown
Low Pressure by Sandra Brown
Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain
The Laughterhouse by Paul Cleave
The Memory Thief by Emily Colin
Over the Edge (Kincaid Brides #3) by Mary Conneally
A Plain & Simple Heart (Amish of Apple Grove #2)
by Lori Copeland
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming
The Tombs by Clive Cussler
The Bartender’s Tale by Ivan Doig
Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron
Mortal Fire (Secret of the Journal #1) by C.F. Dunn
The Unfailful Queen: a novel of Henry VIII’s fifth wife
by Carolly Erickson
Waiting for Sunrise (Cedar Key #2)
by Eva Marie Everson
The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay
Winter of the World (Century trilogy #2) by Ken Follett
Goodbye for Now by Laurie Frankel
Wildflowers for Winter by Katie Ganshert
Love Anthony by Lisa Genova
What the Heart Remembers by Debra Ginsgerg
The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
Unending Devotion by Jody Hedfund
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
In Sunlight and In Shadow by Mark Helprin
The Pirate Queen by Patricia Hickman
Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek series books
by Mona Hodgson:
Too Rich for a Bride (#2)
The Bride Wore Blue (#3)
Dancing Dogs: Stories by Jon Katz
Dream Lake (Friday Harbor #2) by Lisa Kleypas
Irish Angel series books by Jill Marie Landis:
Heart of Lies (#2)
Heart of Glass (#3)
House Blood: a Joe DeMarco thriller by Mike Lawson
Adult Fiction (continued) The Bridesmaid (Home to Hickory Hollow #2)
by Beverly Lewis
Father Night by Eric Lustbader
Rogue Warrior—Blood Lies by Richard Marcinko
The Girl in the Glass by Susan Meissner
The Chase (Crime Scene: Houston #1) by DiAnn Mills
Zoo by James Patterson
One Mountain Away (Goddesses Anonymous)
by Emilie Richards
Conquistadora by Esmeralda Santiago
The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo
Black Fridays by Michael Sears
Where’d You God, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Freud’s Sister by Goce Smilevski
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
Severe Clear by Stuart Woods
A Season for Tending (Amish Vines and Orchards #4)
by Cindy Woodsmall
Monster: a novel of Frankenstein by Dave Zeltseman
Adult Paperback Fiction The Uninvited (Krewe of Hunters #8)
by Heather Graham
The Curse (BeLador #3) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Adult Romance Paperback Fiction I Left My Heart by Debbie Macomber
Betrayed by Love by Diana Palmer
Mysterious by Nora Roberts
Black Knights Inc. series books by Julie Ann Walker:
Hell on Wheels (#1)
In Rides Trouble (#2)
The Cowboy and the Princess by Lori Wilde
Where Azaleas Bloom (Sweet Magnolias)
by Sherryl Woods
Western Fiction A Gift From Home (Irish Western series #4)
by C.H. Admirand
Riverside Regional Library CURRENTS page 2 October 2012
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Books (continued)
Mystery Fiction The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose
by Susan Wittig Albert
Hiss and Hers: an Agatha Raison mystery
by M.D. Beaton
Sea Glass Summer by Dorothy Cannell
Frozen Heat by Richard Castle
A Wanted Man: a Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child
Buffalo Bill’s Dead No (Wind River mystery)
by Margaret Coel
As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson
Garment of Shadows: a novel of suspense featuring
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
by Laurie R. King
The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Gamache)
by Louise Penny
A Fistful of Collars: a Chet and Bernie mystery
by Spencer Quinn
Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb
Powers of Arrest:a Cincinnati Casebook by Jon Talton
Off the Grid by P.J. Tracy
Science Fiction Age of Fire series books by E.E. Knight:
Dragon Champion (#1)
Dragon Avenger (#2)
Dragon Outcast (#3)
Dragon Strike (#4)
Dragon Rule (#5)
Society of Steam series books by Andrew P. Mayer:
The Falling Machine (#1)
Hearts of Smoke and Steam (#2)
Lord of Mountains: a novel of the Change (Change #6)
by S.M. Stirling
Midst Toil and Tribulation by David Weber
Biography Fearless: the undaunted courage of the ultimate
sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator
Adam Brown by Eric Blehm
Galileo: a very short introduction by Stillman Drake
Life After Death by Damien Echols
Winning Balance: what I’ve learned so far about love,
faith, and living your dreams by Shawn Johnson
The Good Son: the life of Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini
by Mark Kriegel
Cyndi Lauper: a memoir by Cyndi Lauper
My Mother Was Nuts: a memoir by Penny Marhsall
The Black Count: glory, revolution, betrayal, and the
real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
Can We Come In and Laugh, Too: [growing up in
a zany family of ten] : Rosetta Schwartz 1909-2006
by Rosetta Schwartz
Riverside Regional Library CURRENTS page 3 October 2012
Check with main library and branches
for complete listing
of new items added each month
* * *
Visit our webpage!
www.RiversideRegionalLibrary.org to see our online catalog from your home!
Audio Books on CD
Fiction Gold by Chris Cleave
Losing the Moon by Patti Callahan Henry
You’re Next by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow
Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London
One Season of Sunshine by Julia London
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Mystery To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
by Alexander McCall Smith
11th Hour by James Patterson
Young Adult Fiction How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier
Time Quartet series books by Madeleine L’Engle:
A Wrinkle in Time (#1)
A Wind in the Door (#2)
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (#3)
Many Waters (#4)
Ask Amy Green series books by Sarah Webb:
Ask Amy Green: Boy Trouble (#1)
Ask Amy Green: Summer Secrets (#2)
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Books (continued)
Adult Non-Fiction Guinness World Records 2013
Coast to Coast Ghosts: true stories of haunting across
America by Leslie Rule
When the Ghost Screams: true stories of victims who
haunt us by Leslie Rule
Surviving Survival: the art and science of resilience
by Laurence Gonzales
The Power of Habit: why we do what we do in life
and business by Charles Duhigg
The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler
Grace Happens Here: you are standing where grace
is happening by Max Lucado
Let It Go: forgive so you can be forgiven by T.D. Jakes
Lifelong Love Affair: how to have a passionate and
deeply rewarding marriage by Jimmy Evans
Falling in Love with Joseph Smith: my search for the
real prophet by Jane Barnes
The Parties versus the People: how to turn Republicans
and Democrats into Americans by Mickey Edwards
Boss Rove: inside Karl Rove’s secret kingdom of power
by Craig Unger One Last Kiss by Michael W. Cuneo
A Wilderness of Error: the trials of Jeffrey MacDonald
by Errol Morris
Worth More Dead: and other true cases by Ann Rule
The Fine Print: how big companies use plain English
to rob you blind by David Cay Johnston
The Year of Living Dangerously: adventures in
homeschooling by Quinn Cummings
Classroom Instruction That Works: research-based
strategies for increasing student achievement
by Robert J. Marzano
How Children Succeed: grit, curiosity, and the hidden
power of character by Paul Tough
Foraged Flavor: finding fabulous ingredients in your
backyard or farmer’s market
by Tama Matsouka Wong
The Story of Brutus: my life with Brutus and the grizzlies
of North America by Casey Anderson
The Skinny Rules: the simple, nonnegotiable principles
for getting to thin by Bob Harper
Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? : an easy play for losing weithc and living more by Peter Walsh
I Can Make You Sleep: overcome insomnia forever
and get the best rest of your life by Paul McKenna
Quailology: [the domestication, propagation, care
& treatment of wild quail in confinement; together
with natural history notes, letters from breeders
& a digest of game laws by Harry Wallas Kerr
Adult Non-Fiction (continued) Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes
Weelicious: 140 fast, fresh, and easy recipes
by Catherine McCord
White Jacket Required: a culinary coming-of-age story
by Jenna Weber
Top of the Cake Pops by April Carter Cake Balls: more than 60 delectable & whimsical sweet
spheres of goodness by Dede Wilson
What’s a Disorganized Person to Do? by Stacey Platt
Franchising for Dummies by Michael Seid
Christmas from the Heart. Vol. 19
Extreme Pumpkins: diabolical do-it-yourself designs
to amuse your friends and scare your neighbors
by Tom Nardone
Extreme Pumpkins II: take back Halloween and freak
out a few more neighbors by Tom Nardone
Decorating Pumpkins and Gourds
by Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell
How to Carve Pumpkins for great results: 20 traditional
and contemporary designs for pumpkin carving at
Halloween and all year round, shown step by step in
165 photographs by Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell
I Brake for Yard Sales and Flea Markets, Thrift Shops,
Auctions, and the Occasional Dumpster
by Lara Spencer
Best of Rivals: Joe Montana, Steve Young, and the
inside story behind the NFL’s greatest quarterback
controversy by Adam Lazarus
Deer Rifles & Cartridges: a complete guide to all
hunting situations by Wayne Van Zwoll
Bowhunting Tactics That Deliver Trophies: a guide
to finding and taking monster whitetail bucks
by Steve Bartylla
Chasing Spring Presents Ray Eye’s Turkey Hunter’s
Bible: the tips, tactics, and secrets of a professional
turkey hunter by Ray Eye
Gentlemen Bastards: on the ground in Afghanistan with
America’s elite special forces by Kevin Maurer
No Easy Day: the firsthand account of the mission that
killed Osama Bin Laden: the autobiography of a
Navy SEAL by Mark Owen
Who Stole the American Dream? by Hedrick Smith
What’s the Matter With White People? : why we long
for a golden age that never was by Joan Walsh
The Price of Politics by Bob Woodward
Riverside Regional Library CURRENTS page 4 October 2012
Find a Mistake?
Since some people like to find errors,
we regularly include a few
in our publications to meet this need.
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Riverside Regional Library CURRENTS page 5 October 2012
Available NOW at Riverside Regional Library! Free e-books for 3-week checkouts on your home computer, laptop, Nook, iPad, Android devices, and more. Check out our website at www.RiversideRegionalLibrary.org to download the apps you need to your own equipment at home. Or browse the 3M Cloud at the library, find the book you want, and have the staff download it to a 3M e-book Reader which you can check out for 3 weeks. Limit of 2 e-books at a time. No renewals. No late fees—the book deletes itself at the end of 21 days. You can put up to 3 books ―on hold‖ at a time. You can select books you want to library to consider purchasing for the collection. Available to customers with a Riverside library card and PIN number. One 3M e-book Reader device can be checked out at a time. No holds. No renewals. If not returned on time, there will be a $5 a day overdue fine. If lost, stolen, or damaged, the replacement cost is $150, for carrying pouch $20. The 3M e-book reader can be used ONLY with the 3M Cloud download station at the library; it will not work with Amazon or B&N or any other type of ebook downloader. Enjoy!
New AV This Month
Video on DVD
Children
The Magic School Bus: Takes Flight
Disney Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3, Viva la Fiesta!
John Carter
Family Born to Be Wild
Mirror Mirror
The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens
Comedy Melinda and Melinda
The Three Stooges (2012)
Action Act of Valor
The Negotiator
Poolhall Junkies
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Sherlock Holmes (2) A Game of Shadows
This Means War
Drama The Artist
Icon
Journey to the End of Night
Love & Basketball
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
The Note III: Notes from the Heart Healer
Snow White and the Huntsman
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Science Fiction The Doctor and the Devils
The Woman in Black
Non-Fiction Nature: (1) Hummingbirds
Nature: (2) Birds
Nature: (3) Pale Male
Nature: (4) American Eagle
Nature: (5) Raptor Force
Nature: (6) The Wild Side of Paradise
Armed Response. Handguns 101
Chiefs: The Trial of Poundmaker, The Black Hawk War
Chiefs: The Worlds of Joseph Brant,
The Pontiac’s Rebellion
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Books (continued)
Children
Easy (Board Books) Who’s There on Halloween? by Pamela Conn Beall
Belly Button Book! by Sandra Boynton
But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton
Happy Birthday, Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton
Let’s Dance, Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton
Night-Night, Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton
Pajama Time! by Sandra Boynton
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
My First Halloween by Tomie DePaola
Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills
It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff
Max’s Halloween by Rosemary Wells
Five Little Pumpkins
Little Jack
Spooky
Easy (Picture Books) Paperback Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!
by Lucille Colandro
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books!
by Lucille Colandro
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!
by Lucille Colandro
Haunted House, Haunted Mouse by Judy Cox
Skeleton Cat by Kristyn Crow
Boo Who? : and other wicked Halloween knock-knock
jokes by Katy Hall
Ghosts in the House! by Kazuno Kohara
Happy Halloween, Little Critter! by Mercer Mayer
Fancy Nancy: JoJo’s first day jitters by Jane O’Connor
The Spooky Book by Steve Patschke
The Halloween House by Erica Silverman
How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
by Linda Williams
Spooky Bunny Tales (Max & Ruby)
Easy (Picture Books) Ten Creepy Monsters by Carey Armstrong-Ellis
Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole
by Stan Berenstain
The Mitten: a Ukrainian folktale by Jan Brett
Vampire Boy’s Good Night by Lisa Brown
The Day Dirk Yeller Came to Town by Mary Casanova
Monster Mash by David Catrow
Hooray for Me! by Remy Charlip
Freight Train by David Crews
Halloween Good Night by Doug Cushman
Llama Llama Time to Share by Anna Dewdney
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Bugs
by Johnette Downing
The Lion and the Mice by Rebecca Emberley
The Giant Seed by Arthur Geisert
Trick or Treat, Marley! by John Grogan
Cows to the Rescue by John Himmelman
26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
A Haunted Halloween by Lee Howard
(Scooby-Doo Comic Storybook #21)
And I Love You by Ruth Krauss
Annie Was Warned by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Trick-or-Treat! by Leo Landry
Tulip at the Bat by J. Patrick Lewis
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Inch By Inch by Leo Lionni
Nini Lost and Found by Anita Lobel
The Spooky Smells of Halloween by Mary Man-Kong
Bedtime for Boo by Mickie Matheis
Ant and Honey Bee: a pair of friends at Halloween
by Megan McDonald
Twelve Haunted Rooms of Halloween
by Macky Pamintuan
Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School by Herman Parish
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
One Spooky Night: a Halloween adventure
by Kate Stone
Monster Madness! by Billy Wrecks
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow
Riverside Regional Library CURRENTS page 6 October 2012
Kit (Book & Audio)
Easy (Picture Books) Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
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Books (continued)
Juvenile Fiction Chronicles of Prydain series books by Lloyd Alexander:
The Book of Three (#1)
The Castle of Llyr (#3)
The Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage
by Roger S. Baum
Rainforest Rescue by Jan Burchett
Lucy’s Tricks and Treats (Absolutely Lucy #5)
by Ilene Cooper
Half Magic by Edward Eager
Circle of Heroes (Familiars #3) by Adam Jay Epstein
Caught (The Missing #5) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Sweet Revenge (Hannah Montana) by M.C. King
Dragon Keepers series books by Kate Klimo:
The Dragon in the Driveway (#2)
The Dragon in the Library (#3)
The Dragon in the Volcano (#4)
Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
by Rachel Renee Russell Wonkenstein (Creature from My Closet #1) by Obert Skye
Hide and Seek (Animal Rescue Team #3)
by Sue Stauffacher
The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginnings #1)
by John Stephens
Zero to Hero (Ghost Buddy #1) by Henry Winkler
Juvenile Paperback Fiction Super Shorts: seriously spooky stories
Juvenile Graphic Fiction The Boxcar Children (Boxcar Children Graphic novels)
by Shannon Eric Denton
Big Nate Makes the Grade by Lincoln Peirce
Big Nate: Here Goes Nothing by Lincoln Peirce
Juvenile Biography Amelia Lost: the life and disappearance of
Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming
Riverside Regional Library CURRENTS page 7 October 2012
MISSOURI BUILDING BLOCK AWARD
NOMINEE BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
The Missouri Building Block Picture Book
Award is presented annually by the Missouri
Library Association to the author and illustrator of
the picture book voted most popular by preschool
children in Missouri’s public libraries. Designed
to encourage reading aloud to children from birth
through kindergarten age, the award was first
given in 1996. Children may select from
books on display at their local branch of Riverside
Regional Library and vote on their favorite title
once they have listened to a minimum of five titles
from this list.
All votes are submitted to the Missouri Library
Association and the book with the highest number
of votes becomes the winner of that year's
Missouri Building Block Award.
PLEASE RETURN BALLOT TO THE
LIBRARY BY DECEMBER 15, 2012
The following ten titles have been selected by
experienced children’s librarians from all across
Missouri, and represent some of the best current
picture books that reflect a variety of cultures and
topics:
Mitchell’s License by Hallie Durand
RRRalph by Lois Ehlert
I Spy With My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs
The Wonderful Book by Leonid Gore
Dog in Boots by Greg Gormley
Hugless Douglas by David Melling
If You’re Happy by April Pulley Sayre
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?
by Susan A. Shea
Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas
Press Here by Herve Tullet
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Books (continued)
Young Adult Fiction Halo trilogy books by Alexandra Adornetto:
Hades (#2)
Heaven (#3)
The Thing About the Truth by Lauren Barnholdt
Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer
Soulbound (Legacy of Tril #1) by Heather Brewer
The Orphan King (Merlin’s Immortals #1)
by Sigmund Brouwer
A Not-So-Simple Life (Diary of a Teenage Girl Maya #1)
by Melody Carlson
Anything But Normal by Melody Carlson
The Jerk Magnet (Life at Kingston High #1)
by Melody Carlson
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Seconds Away: a Mickey Bolitar novel by Harlan Coben
Enshadowed (Nevermore #2) by Kelly Creagh
Happyface by Stephen Emond
Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen (Michael Vey #2)
by Richard Paul Evans
Cloaked by Alex Flinn
Beneath the Glitter by Elle Fowler
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
The Blood Keeper (Blood Journals) by Tessa Gratton
Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
Silhouetted By the Blue by Traci L. Jones
Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl
The Vindico by Wesley King
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
The Rise of Nine (Lorien Legacies #3) by Pitacus Lore
Exposed by Kimberly Marcus
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You
by Joyce Carol Oates
Betrayal (Empty Coffin #2) by Gregg Olsen
Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel
(Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein #2)
The Liar Society by Lisa Roecker
Nerd Girls: a catastrophe of nerdish proportions
by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters: Phantom
(The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters #1)
by L.J. Smith
Shatterproof (39 Clues. Cahills vs. Vespers #4)
by Roland Smith
Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham
Because It is My Blood (Birthright #2)
by Gabrielle Zevin
Young Adult Paperback Fiction Never Been Kissed by Melody Carlson
Young Adult Graphic Fiction Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
Riverside Regional Library CURRENTS page 8 October 2012
MOVIE NIGHTS
at ALL BRANCHES
of Riverside Regional Library
Do you like movies? All Riverside Regional Library branches (Jackson, Perryville, Altenburg, Scott City, Benton, and Oran) host a “Movie Night” once a month.
Call your local branch for the dates and times or check out the “Calendar of Events” on the library’s website: http://www.RiversideRegionalLibrary.org
Free refreshments will be served.
Library patrons can request new titles to
add to the collection. Just pick up a PATRON REQUEST SLIP at the circulation desk at any Riverside Regional Library branch.
Get a FREE LIBRARY CARD! If you live or
own property anywhere in Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County or any of the adjacent Missouri counties, you can get a FREE LIBRARY CARD at any of the 6 River-side Regional Libraries. Come in and sign up!