The following are just some of the new titles now available at the library:
Easy Picture books: "My Son John," by Jim Aylesworth; "Henry the Sailor Cat," by Mary Calhoun, "The Youngest Fairy Godmother Ever," by Stephen Krensky; "Soccer Mom from Outer Space," by Barney Saltzberg; "Nocture," By Jane Yolen.
Easy Readers: "Who Said Boo?" by Jacqueline Sweeney.
Juvenile Fiction: "The Flimflam Man," by Darleen Bailey Beard; "Moon Window," by Jane Louise Curry; "Sees Behind Trees," by Michael Dorris; "Maizie," by Linda Oatman High; "My Louisiana Sky," by Kimberly Willis Holt; "Ruthann and Her Pig," by Barbara Ann Porte.
Juvenile Nonfiction: "Oil Spills," by Darlene Stille; "The Hoover Dam," by Patra Sevastiades; "Globes," by Paul Sipiera.
Young Adult fiction: "Zel," by Donna Jo Napoli; "The Shakespeare Stealer," by Gary L. Blackwood.
Adult fiction: "We Were the Mulvaneys," by Joyce Carol Oates; "Mercy of a Rude Stream," by Henry Roth; "More Than Memory," by Dorothy Garlock; "Sweet Carolina," by Stephen Bly; "Patty Jane's House of Curl," by Lorna Landvik; "Jerusalem's Heart" (The Zion Legacy #3), by Bodie Thoene; "Sweetbriar," by Brenda Wilbee.
Westerns: "Short Grass," by Tom W. Blackburn; "The Quest of Lee Garrison," by Max Brand; "Hearn's Valley," by Wayne D. Overholser.
Mystery: "Suspicion of Betrayal," by Barbara Parker; "The Midnight Club," by James Patterson; "Betrayal in Death," by J.D. Robb.
Large print mysteries: "The Cat Who Smelled a Rat," by Lilian Jackson Braun; "The Ten Commandments," by Anthea Fraser; "The Skull Mantra," by Eliot Pattison.
Large print westerns: "Renegade River," by Giff Chesire; "Chumley's Gold," by Wayne D. Overholser.
Large print nonfiction: "American Rhapsody," by Joe Eszterhas; "Understanding Men's Passage," by Gail Sheehy.
Adult nonfiction: "The Ultimate Birthday Book," by Clare Gibson; "Life Strategies," by Phillip C. McGraw; "Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success," by Dale Carnegie; "History of Philosophy," by Martyn Oliver; "Disease Detectives," by Lisa Yount; "Alzheimer's Disease," by Linda Jacobs Altman; "Epilepsy," by Gregory Goodfellow; "Creative Origami," by Jan Tremaine; Canada 2000-2001; "Knights," by Andrea Hopkins; "To Hell and Back," by Audie Murphy; "The Little Princess in the Tower" (Mysterious Deaths), by William W. Lace; "Influential First Ladies," by Sherri Peel Taylor.
Adult Bioghraphies: "Lyndon Baines Johnson," by Dennis Eskow; "Harry S. Truman," by Barbara S. Feinberg; "Crazy Horse," by Martin S. Goldman; "Franklin D. Roosevelt," by Rebecca Larsen; "Richard Nixon," by Rebecca Larsen.
The library offers in-house Internet and e-mail access to all. 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 people to sign an agreement to its acceptable use policy.
Visit the six branches at Jackson at 204 S. Union St.; Perryville at 800 City Park Drive; Altenburg at 66 Poplar St.; Scott City at 2016 Main St.; Benton at U.S. 61; and Oran at 120 Mountain St.
Visit the library's Web site at http://www.showme.net/rrl for more new books, audios and videos, as well as other interesting links to a wealth of information.
The library a monthly publication called "Currents" that lists the latest materials added to Riverside Regional Library's collection.
WHAT'S NEW
Today, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Used-book sale continues at the mall in Cape.
Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. Storytime for preschoolers at main library in Jackson, 204 S. Union St.
Wednesday, 1 p.m. PACE (People with Arthritis Can Exercise) class at Benton, (advance sign-up required); 2 p.m. Storytime for preschoolers at Benton.
Thursday, 7 p.m. Riverside Regional Library Board of Trustees meeting at Jackson.
Friday, 1:15 p.m. Storytime for preschoolers at Oran branch.
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