RIVERSIDE REGIONAL LIBRARY LISTS EVENTS

Riverside Regional Library will have a variety of events and programs this month.

At 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, there will be storytime for preschoolers at the Jackson branch, 204 S. Union St., and at 10 a.m. storytime for preschoolers will be held at the Perryville branch.

A People with Arthritis Can Exercise class will be held a 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Benton branch. A Dream Workshop will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday

The following are new titles available at the library:

Easy Picture books: Mother Goose Remembers, by Clare Beaton; Swing!, by Mick Inkpen; Puddles, by Jonathan London; Zak's Lunch, by Margie Palatini; Chickens! Chickens!, by Barbara Ann Porte; Winter White, by Joanne Ryder.

Easy Readers: Messy Bessey, by Patricia McKissack; Critter Day, by Jacqueline Sweeney; Eat Your Peas, Louise!, by Pegeen Snow; I Love Cats, by Catherine Matthias .

Juvenile fiction: "Ellie's New Home," by Becky Citra; "The Ghost on Saturday Night," by Sid Fleischman.

Juvenile nonfiction: Responsible Pet Care books: Horses; Ducks; Pigeons; Parrots, all by Carlienne Frisch; "Creating with Mosaics" by Anna Freixenet; "Horseback Riding in Action," by Kate Calder; "Maritime Disasters," by Elaine Landau; "Flying Ace; The Story of Amelia Earhart," by Angela Bull; sports biographies including Anthony Mason; Barry Sander; Cedric Ceballos; Florence Griffith-Joyner; J.T. Snow; Jim Abbott; Jim Kelly; John Elway; John Franco; Junior Seau; Lyn St. James; Martin Brodeur; and Randall Mc Daniel, all authored by Mark Stewart.

Young adult fiction: "Elsies's Troubled Times" and "Elsie's True Love," by Martha Finley; "Liza's Blue Moon" and "Liza's Star Wish," by Diane Stevens.

Adult fiction: "Headwind," by John J. Nance.

Western fiction: "Raven Mocker," by Don Coldsmith.

Adult nonfiction: "The Memory Cure," by Thomas H. Crook; "Coping in a Blended Family," by Jane Hurwitz; "Airborne Rangers," by Alan M. Landau; "Famous Crimes Revisited," by Henry Lee; "From Where I Sit," by Mark L. Winston; "Total Keyboard," by Terry Burrows; "Scotland Since 1688," by Edward J. Cowan.

Reference: The Old Farmer's Almanac 2001; Medicare and You (2001 ed)

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

The library's Web site is 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 offers the monthly publication , "Currents," for a listing of the latest materials.

There are branch libraries in Scott City, Benton, Perryville, Altenburg and Oran, Mo.