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Missouri River Regional Library Celebrates National Library Week
Missouri River Regional Library will join with libraries across the nation in celebrating National Library Week April 5-10, 2021. This is the 63rd year that libraries have celebrated NLW.
“National Library Week is a chance for us to highlight our impact on the community,” says Claudia Cook, Director. “It is also a great time to celebrate our patrons, and welcome back members of the community who haven’t visited us recently.”
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All week long:

Virtual Meeting Rooms Available at Missouri River Regional Library
Missouri River Regional Library has created a virtual meeting room that is available for use in Cole and Osage County.


Readers Respond—Winter Words Recommendations
More than 100 readers participated in the 2020 Winter Words Adult Reading Club. They read hundreds of books in all fiction genres and nonfiction categories. We asked the participants to name a book they read in 2020 that they’d recommend to other readers. Their recommendations follow:

Everything You Wanted to Know About Book Boxes (But Were Afraid to Ask)
By now you’ve surely heard about our popular Book Box service. The premise is simple: fill out a form with your literary likes and dislikes, tell us how often you’d like to receive books and how many you’d like at a time.

Have you guys canceled my account?
(Spoiler Alert: No)
Many of our phone calls and more than an occasional patron ask variations of the same question:
I was trying to (insert action here) and it said – voice rising questioningly -- my library card had expired?
Sensory Play Bath Paint and Soap Dough
Supplies Needed: Washable project paints or liquid food coloring, baby shampoo or bubble bath, corn starch and water.

What We're Reading: "The Brave" by James Bird
Compulsion rules Collin’s life. He can’t stop himself from counting the number of letters in words spoken to
him. Nor can he stop himself from announcing those totals to the speaker. If he tries to stop, he becomes
overwhelmed. Life has been extremely difficult for Collin because of his struggle with Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder. He has been raised first by his grandparents and then his father, but his OCD has made him too
much for them to handle. His grandparents gave up on him very early on, and now his father has finally

New Resource Available for Small Businesses and Non-Profits
There is a new resource available to Missouri River Regional Library cardholders!

Notary Public at MRRL
A free notary public is available at Missouri River Regional Library in the Jefferson City location.
The weekly schedule is subject to change. To confirm availability, please call (573) 634-2464.

The Hunt for Holiday Gifts
I like presents, but confess I am a horrible wrapper. No matter how much care I take in positioning the gift, getting the folds just right, even finding a bow that matches, it’s a disaster. The edges don’t line up, the tape bunches up, the corner rips through the paper, I’m still 1/8 of an inch short — trust me, it’s not a pretty sight.

Holiday How-To: Gourmet S'mores
Join us for a new series: Holiday How-To! We are planning to share some fun holiday ideas with you all season long.

What We're Reading: "Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team" by Elise Hooper
The Library has chosen Elise Hooper’s historical fiction, Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Wom
Take and Make Craft: Infinity Cubes
Make your own infinity cube!
Supplies Needed:
-48 square pieces of paper (we went with 3x3 inches); the infinity cube is composed of 8 blocks that use 6 pieces of paper each. You could do it all in one color, have each box be a different color (6 squares each of 8 different colors), or have multi-colored cubes as we do in the video (8 squares each of 6 different colors). You could even come up with your own combinations, so long as your total number of squares is 48.
-scotch tape