RIVERSIDE READING PROGRAM CONTINUES

The library's summer reading program for children and teen-agers is going strong.

The St. Louis Science Center will present a program on dinosaurs at 4 p.m. Monday at the Riverside Regional Library's Jackson branch.

The library's "Kids on Saturday" program will be "Exploring Science" at 1 p.m. at the Jackson branch for children 9 and older.

The annual summer reading program is a way for children, from toddlers to teen-agers, to continue reading over the summer.

The Jackson book discussion group will meet at 7 p.m. July 2 at the library.

The group is reading "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte and "The Green Mile" by Stephen King.

People can contact the library to join this group. The group meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month at 204 S. Union St.

Library trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Perryville branch library.

The Friends of Riverside Regional Library is a group of interested citizens who donate their time and talent to help raise funds for the library to purchase books, videos and equipment, and to hire performers for children's programs.

People can pick up membership forms at library branches. Annual dues are $5 for an individual, $10 for a family, or $25 for a corporate membership.

The library offers in-house Internet and e-mail access. Children and young adults without a driver's license must have a parent's signature. A library card is not required for Internet use, but the library asks users to sign an agreement to the library's Internet use policy.

There are six branches at 204 S. Union St. in Jackson, 800 City Park Drive in Perryville, 66 Poplar St. in Altenburg, 2016 Main St. in Scott City, U.S. 61 in Benton and 120 Mountain St. in Oran.

Visit the Web site at http://www.showme.net/rrl for information on new books, audios and videos, as well as other links.

The library's monthly publication, "Currents," is available.

The following are just a few of the new titles added to the library.

Adult fiction

"Bitterroot," by James Lee Burke

"The Sallinger Sisters" trilogy, by Shari MacDonald

"Heart of the Sea," by Nora Roberts

"The Sky is Falling," by Sidney Sheldon

"Leap of Faith," by Danielle Steel

"Lone Eagle," by Danielle Steel

"Final Target," by Iris Johansen

"Thursdays at Eight," by Debbie Macomber

"Still of the Night," by Meagan McKinney

"Boone's Lick," by Larry McMurtry

"Springwater Wedding," by Linda Lael Miller

"Dana's Valley," by Janette Oke

"Looking Back," by Belva Plain

"Dance Upon the Air," by Nora Roberts

Mysteries

"Seven Up," by Janet Evanovich

"P is for Peril," by Sue Grafton

"A Dish Taken Cold," by Anne Perry

"Cat in a Leopard Spot," by Carole Nelson Douglas

"Bitter Instinct," by Robert W. Walker

Science fiction

"The Planet Pirates," by Anne McCaffrey

"Echoes of Honor," by David Weber

"March Upcountry," by David Weber

Westerns

"Gunman's Rhapsody," by Robert B. Parker

"Longarm and the Lady Bandit," by Tabor Evans

"Slocum's Sidekick," by Jake Logan

"Tombstone," by J.M. Thompson

Large print

"Survival of the Fittest," by Jonathan Kellerman

"Remember When," by Judith McNaught

"Nugget City," by Wayne D. Overholser

"Coffin Gap," by Les Savage

"The Way Home," by Megan Chance

Nonfiction

"Mary Engelbreit Decorating Ideas," by Mary Engelbreit

"Making Timeless Toys in Wood," by Janet Strombeck

"Decorative Stencils for Your Home," by Mary MacCarthy

"Hugh Sidey's Profiles of the Presidents," by Hugh Sidey

"My Father's Daughter," by Tina Sinatra

Young adult fiction

"With Lee In Virginia," by G.A. Henty

"Castaways of the Flying Dutchman," by Brian Jacques

"Underground Man," by Milton Meltzer

Juvenile fiction

"The Case of the Constant Caller," by Ralph M. McInerny

"Ribbons," by Laurence Yep

"Get the Picture, Jenny Archer?" by Ellen Conford

"A Ghost in the House," by Betty Ren Wright

Juvenile biography

"Thurgood Marshall," by Lisa Aldred

"Queen Elizabeth I," by Claire Price-Groff

"T.D. Jakes," by Sam Wellman

Easy picturebooks

"The Turkey Girl: A Zuni Cinderella Story," by Penny Pollock

"My Dad," by Anthony Browne

"Sophy and Auntie Pearl," by Jeanne Titherington

"Lon Po Po," by Ed Young