BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP TO MEET JUNE 4

The Jackson Book Discussion Group will meet at 7 p.m. June 4 at Riverside Regional Library. The group is reading "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte and "The Green Mile" by Stephen King.

People interested in the book group or starting a book group should contact the library.

Additional information is available at the library. The group meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month at the library at 204 S. Union St.

Registration is under way for Riverside's summer reading program, "2001 Places to Go," beginning June 5.

Free programs are planned at all the branches. The program encourages children to continue reading during the summer months and to encourage parents to read to their children.

The following are new titles have been added to the library.

Adult fiction titles are "Finding Ian" by Stella Cameron, "On the Street Where You Live" by Mary Higgins Clark, "The Scottish Bride" by Catherine Coulter, "The Blue Nowhere" by Jefery Deaver, "More Than Memory" by Dorothy Garlock, "May There be a Road" by Louis L'Amour, "The Middle Heart" by Bao Bette Lord, "Return Promise" by Debbie Macomber, "Love's Enduring Promise" (Love Comes Softly book 2) by Janette Oke, "1984" by George Orwell, "Lord of the Silent" by Elizabeth Peters, "This Heart of Mine" by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, "Chosen Prey" by John Sandford and "Lone Eagle" by Danielle Steel.

New mystery titles are "A Finer End" by Deborah Crombie and "Death in Holy Orders" by P.D. James.

Large print fiction books are "May There be a Road" by Louis L'Amour, "Lord of the Silent' by Elizabeth Peters and "Enchanted" by Nora Roberts.

A large print mystery book is "A Murder in Mayfair" by Robert Barnard.

Large print westerns include "The Devil's Lode" by T.T. Flynn, "Death Rides the Denver Stage" by Lewis B. Patten and "The Bloody Quarter" by Les Savage.

New adult nonfiction books include "The Art of Hand Reading" by Lori Reid, "Stree-Free Living by Trevor J. Powell, "A Man Named Dave" by Dave Pelzer, "The Book of Snakes" by John A. Burton, "The T-Factor 2000 Diet" by Martin Katahn and "Container Plants" by Halina Heitz.

Others are "Giant Book of the Cat," "The Homeschooling Handbook" by Mary Griffith, "The Complete Colored Pencil Book" by Bernard Poulin, "Step-by-Step Home Decorating Book by Nicholas Barnard, "Vincent Van Gogh" by Ingo F. Waether, "Fun Things to Do With Your Kids" by Carl Dreizler, "Creative Children's Parties" by Alison Molinare Boteler, "The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2001" by David S. Neft, "Writer's Market 2001," "Mama Makes Up Her Mind" by Bailey White, "Spin Cycle: "Inside the Clinton Propaganda Machine" by Howard Kurtz and "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger.

New biographies at the library are "Forever Young" by Joan Wester Anderson, "A Pirate Looks at Fifty" by Jimmy Buffett, "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" by Richard Benjamin Cramer; "Been There, Done That" by Eddie Fisher, "Christina Aguilera" by Frank Moriarty, "Dale Earnhardt" by Frank Moriarty, "Dale Jarrett" by Frank Moriarty and "Reflected Glory" by Sally Bedell Smith.

Young adult fiction new arrivals are "Elsie's Great Hope" and "Elsie's Tender Mercies," both by Martha Finley.

Juvenile fiction works are "The Case of the Saddle House Robbery" by John R. Erickson, "Snake Camp" by George Edward Stanley, "The Chocolate Sundae Mystery, "The Ghost Ship," "The Mystery at the Dog Show," "The Mystery Bookstore" and "The Panther Mystery," all by Gertrude Chandler Warner.

Juvenile nonfiction books new to the library are "Nature: The World Around Us" by Jennifer Cochrane, "Tree" by David Burnie, "Primates" by Thane Maynard, "Our Bodies: The World Around Us" by Casey Horton, "The Human Body: The World Around Us" by Michael H. Gabb, "The Heart: Our Circulatory System" by Seymour Simon, "Our Food" by John Woodward, "The Baby Uggs are Hatching" by Jack Prelutsky and "Victorian England" by Clarice Swisher.

New to the library's easy readers collection are "Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery" by David A. Adler, "Sammy the Seal" by Syd Hoff and "Elsie's Tender Mercies" by Martha Finley.

New easy picturebooks include "Ragsale" by Artie Ann Bates, "The Raggly, Scraggly, No-Soap, No-Scrub Girl" by David Birchman, "Does It Bounce?" "Is It Heavy?" "Is It Shiny?" "Where Is It?" all by Karen Bryant-Mole, "Minnie and Moo and the Musk of Zorro" by Denys Cazet, "Gather Up, Gather In: A Book of Seasons" by Mary-Claire Helldorfer, "If I Were Queen of the World" by Fred Hiatt, "Young Darkfright" by Holly Huth, "Elmer Again" by David McKee, "Silver Morning" by Susan Pearson, "The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter, "Bearskin" by Howard Pyle, "Thimbleberry Stories" by Cynthia Rylant, "Strudel, Strudel, Strudel" by Steve Sanfield, "New Hope" by Henri Sorensen and "Sophy and Auntie Pearl" by Jeanne Titherington.

The library offers in-house Internet and e-mail access. Children without a driver's license must have a parent's signature.

Internet users must sign an agreement to the library's use policy.

Riverside has branches at Jackson, Perryville, Altenburg, Scott City, Benton and Oran.

It maintains a Web site at http://www.showme.net/rrl.