BookFlix from Scholastic offers digital online access for early readers to build their skills with fun, easy to read animated stories that have companion fiction and nonfiction. Filled with fun activities and engaging books, little readers will delight in this easy-to-use free online resource that unlocks with a library card. Go online to the library website at www.msplonline.org and click on the BookFlix link. With a quick entry of your library card number, your little reader will soon be enjoying all the fun features this resource has to offer. It’s from Scholastic so it must be fantastic!
In honor of Women’s History Month, the library will screen the film Hidden Figures on March 12 at 3 p.m. Based on the untold true story, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math…really good. They participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America’s first journeys into space. Moreover, they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. Nevertheless, they worked hard. They persisted. Ultimately, they used their genius minds to change the world. The film runs 127 minutes and is rated PG.
Tail Spinners Story time will meet at the library this coming Monday, Mar. 11 at 10:30 A.M. Preschool aged children and their caregivers are invited to attend this 30-minute activity for ages 7 and under. We are excited to see you and your little one at the library!
We are done with wishing for snow and have decided to “Think Spring!” Join us on Wednesday, Mar. 13 for our annual seed swap! Bring some seeds, take some seedssimple as that. Swap will run from 5:00-7:00 P.M. Focus will be on sharing saved seeds and Heirloom, Non-GMO open pollinated seed.
NEW BOOK: The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger. Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad’s late uncle has left them his luxury apartment at the historic Windermere in glamorous Murray Hill. With its prewar elegance and impeccable uniformed doorman, the building is the epitome of old New York charm. One would almost never suspect the dark history lurking behind its perfectly maintained façade. At first, the building and its eclectic tenants couldn’t feel more welcoming. But as the Lowans settle in to their new home, Rosie starts to suspect that there’s more to the Windermere than meets the eye. Why is the doorman ever present? Why are there cameras everywhere? And why have so many gruesome crimes occurred there throughout the years? When one of the neighbors turns up dead, Rosie must get to the truth about the Windermere before she, too, falls under its dangerous spell. (Provided by publisher)
