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Music on the Steps: Denim & Lace - June 24
Zinio Digital Magazines
Art Films at HQ: June 20 - Whistler
Summer Reading - Join now!
New eBook Collection from Freading
Download eBooks AND audiobooks!
Music on the Steps: Denim & Lace - June 24
Zinio Digital Magazines
Art Films at HQ: June 20 - Whistler
Summer Reading - Join now!
New eBook Collection from Freading

LibraryPoint Blog

05/31/2013 - 9:50am
Library Extension for Amazon.com

I use Amazon.com for more than shopping—it's a great place to research and discover new books and movies as well (which I usually turn around and check out from the library). Now there is an awesome library extension you can install that will personalize your experience on Amazon and reflect whether the library has the book you are looking at in its catalog.

Library Extension is free, easy to install, and doesn't require making an account. Just go to http://www.libraryextension.com/, read the brief directions, and click "Install the Library Extension Now." After installation, choose the Central Rappahannock Regional Library from the list of libraries provided. One note: there is an ebooks option you can enable, but I found this doesn't work as well as the print books. I recommend not installing it or at least not getting excited if it tells you that CRRL has the ebook available.

05/30/2013 - 10:54am

It's almost time for the annual library Summer Reading Clubs, which run from June 1 - August 31. They are free to join and a great way to discover new favorite books, win prizes, and have a blast reading all summer long. Kids of all ages and teens will earn prizes based on the number of minutes that they read and enter into their online logs. Special summer events include nature classes, drop-in STEM activities, and fun festivals to wrap it all up.

Adults can submit book reviews and be entered to win a movie pass, 2 Bob Evans restaurant coupons, and other goodies. A grand prize winner at the end of the summer will receive a new EReader! Programs feature a special author visit, a writing camp, and our popular Music on the Steps summer music series.

Sign up will be available online and in the branches starting at 9 am on Saturday, June 1.

05/30/2013 - 3:31am
Shake, Rattle & Turn That Noise Down! by Mark Alan Stamaty

I have never liked getting haircuts. There is just too much room for miscommunication. Too much of a chance for a top-of-the-head surprise that won’t go away. Recently, I have figured out a way around any chance of miscommunication.

“Just make it look like Elvis.”

Shake, Rattle & Turn that Noise Down! is a beautifully illustrated coming-of-age story by Mark Alan Stamaty. He is best known as a political cartoonist, and here his caricatured drawings serve his personal story of discovering Elvis Presley, to the chagrin of his poor mother.