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Big Library Read: The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone eBook
Susanna Kearsley coming June 5!
Summer Reading Clubs Coming June 1!
OverDrive Next Generation site now live!
New eBook Collection from Freading
CRRL Mobile App: Self Check-out
Big Library Read: The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone eBook
Susanna Kearsley coming June 5!
Summer Reading Clubs Coming June 1!
OverDrive Next Generation site now live!
New eBook Collection from Freading
CRRL Mobile App: Self Check-out

LibraryPoint Blog

CRRL's Virginia Johnson a winner again!
Library Awards, LibraryPoint Blog
04/22/2013 - 2:04pm
Virginia Press Women's logo

Congratulations to Virginia Johnson, CRRL's Web Content Librarian, for winning Virginia Press Women’s 2013 first-place and second-place communications awards for her library blog entries! Read her award winning entries here:

1st place: Blogs: Non-profit, government, or educational
"The Seventeenth Child" and "Natalie Babbitt: Truth in Fairy Tales"

2nd Place: Specialty articles: Reviews
"The English Monster" and "The Uninvited Guests"

Congrats also to other local women who won awards:  Marty van Duyne, Falmouth writer and photographer; Cathy Jett, assistant business editor at The Free Lance-Star; K.J. Mushung, Stafford County writer and photographer; and Donna Harter Raab, executive director of the University of Mary Washington’s Advancement Campaign Initiative.

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The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Adriana Puckett, LibraryPoint Blog, Shelf Life Blog, unRequired Reading Blog, Gutsy Girl Reads, Magical Mayhem
04/22/2013 - 3:31am
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

Ruby is 16 and lives at Camp Thurmond, a government-run work camp with harsh restrictions and brutal punishments in The Darkest Minds, by Alexandra Bracken. She has been there since she was 10, shortly after a deadly virus appeared and proved fatal to most of Ruby’s classmates. Survivors of the virus developed psychic abilities of varying levels, and they were grouped into five classifications that indicate their power/danger level: Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red, with red being the most dangerous. Ruby is secretly an Orange who has tricked the officials (her power is entering other people’s minds) into believing she is a Green, which has kept her safe until now. But the officials are aware that there are some hiding Yellows, Oranges, and Reds, and they are using new tactics to ferret them out.

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Children's Book Week, May 13-19, 2013
LibraryPoint Blog, Beginning Readers, Kids Blog
04/22/2013 - 2:17pm

Chidlren's Book Week: May 13-19Children's Book Week (May 13-19, 2013) is the national celebration of books and reading for youth.

Visit your nearest branch to receive a special bookmark and to attend a free program.  

Preschool Classes

Specially trained staff present stories, songs, and activities that lay the foundation your child needs to get ready to read.

Mother Goose Time
Monday, May 13, 10:00-10:15 @ Salem Church
Tuesday, May 14, 9:30-9:45 @ Porter
Wednesday, May 15, 10:30 - 10:45 @ Snow
Thursday, May 16, 10:30-10:45 @ Headquarters
Friday, May 17, 9:30-9:45 @ England Run
Ages 2 and under with a caregiver. Drop-in. 

Toddler Time
Monday, May 13, 11:00-11:20 @ Salem Church
Tuesday, May 14, 10:30-10:50 @ Porter
Tuesday, May 14, 10:30 - 10:50 @ Snow
Wednesday, May 15, 10:30-10:50 @ Headquarters
Friday, May 17, 10:30-10:50 @ England Run
Ages 2-3 with a caregiver. Drop-in.

Alphabet Soup
Monday, May 13, 11:00 - 11:30 @ Snow
Wednesday, May 15, 10:00-10:30 & 11:00-11:30 @ England Run
Friday, May 17, 9:30-10:00 & 10:30-11:00 @ Porter
Friday, May 17, 10:00-10:30 & 11:00-11:30 @ Salem Church
Friday, May 17, 10:30-11:00 @ Headquarters
Ages 2-5 with a caregiver. Daycares welcome. Drop-in.

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