August Early Literacy Giveaway! Northeast Regional Library branches are giving away wide ruled paper sheets this month to help young children learn writing skills. If your child is just learning to hold a crayon or pencil, try lightly drawing straight and curving lines for them to trace over with their crayon. As they master that skill, they can move on to practicing drawing shapes such as circles, squares, and triangles. And finally, they can start Read more
Digital Escape Room Master List These escape rooms have been compiled by Mississippi Library Commission and created by Librarians across the country. There are Escape Rooms for Children and Families, Teens, Adults, From Breakout EDU, Digital Scavenger Hunts, Resources and more. Enjoy! Digital Escape Room Master List
Visit our YouTube channel to watch Virtual Story Times read by our librarians. This month we have Punxsutawney Phyllis by Susanna Leonard Hill and Double Trouble Groundhog Day by Bethany Roberts
It looks like it won’t be a wonderful kind of day for fans, as the iconic PBS Kids show “Arthur” will come to an end Monday after 25 seasons. According to PBS PressRoom, “Easily recognized by its timeless and joyful theme song, the iconic, award winning PBS Kids series has touched audiences around the world with its heartfelt and humorous stories about family, friends, and the challenges of growing up.” Based on Author and Illustrator Marc Brown’s books, the show centers Read more
The Euphorigen Investigation is an escape room that immerses players in a world of manipulated media, social media bots, deepfakes and other forms of deception. Featuring both an online and in-person version to help patrons navigate misinformation, Euphorigen was designed by faculty, staff, and students at the University of Washington Information School in response to library staff requests for alternatives to traditional information literacy programs. The Euphorigen Investigation
Black History Month Resource Round-up February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of the achievements by Black Americans. To help you celebrate, we compiled a list of resources to inform and help librarians with programming ideas to teach and recognize the important achievements of Black Americans. Do you have favorite resources that are not listed below? Please share them in the comments or email us at photos@nereg.lib.ms.us Online resources and LibGuides 400 Years of Read more
Staff Reviews: The Honeymoon Cottage by Lori Foster The Honeymoon Cottage by Lori Foster is extremely enjoyable to read! Yardley, a wedding planner in the small town of Cemetery, Indiana, and Travis, single big brother of the bride-to-be, are both very likeable characters. Yardley’s best friend Mimi is struggling in her marriage with a new baby. More relationships and a special surprise bond are formed throughout the story. The people in the town demonstrate a Read more
James Dale Seigars was born in Chicago, but he has lived in Mississippi since 1982. A career veteran of the U.S. Army, he was active in the 1st Battalion, 145th Aviation Regiment based in Fort Rucker, Alabama. He was married to the former Stephanie Prince for twelve years. His wife passed away in 2016 from breast cancer. Before his retirement from the Army in 2012, he received a camera as a gift and has been Read more
I have Thanksgiving 🦃 with my sister Tish Hinkle every year, and part of the annual tradition is “Punkin’ Chunkin’.” Tish enthusiastically decorates her home with real 🎃 pumpkins for fall, discarding them immediately after the 🍗 Thanksgiving meal. Their grandson Grayson became a part of this as soon as he could walk—he’s 9 years old now. His Maw Maw and Paw turned it into a fun adventure for him, so now every year we Read more
by Lucas Maxwell | BookRiot I used to love conspiracy theories as a kid. I found them a fun way to read and to kill time. Today? Not so much. I feel like conspiracy theories are, in a way, responsible for many terrible, terrible things, especially on social media. But we’re not here to talk about those kinds of things, we’re going to talk about literary conspiracy theories, ones I love. I’m going to discuss Read more
