All branches will be closed Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Interested in reading about American history? Click here to start.
Are you a doodler? If you are, you might appreciate this sketch found in an account book kept by George William Bragg between 1880 and 1884. The sketch shows a fantastical landscape of giant books connected by ladders and stacks. Meanwhile, a small figure in a top hat scrambles to reach the peak via a high staircase leading to what is labelled “room at the top.”
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, we are featuring some novels in verse for middle grade readers! Novels in verse are stories that are uniquely told through a series of poems instead of paragraphs.
Poetry is a great example of Aristotle’s concept that “The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts.” Individual words have their meanings but when they are strung together using cadence and rhyme to form a poem, the “whole” is definitely greater. Poems connect the head to the heart, ideas to emotions, and our senses to places.
We are eggggs-tra egggs-ited about this weeks Storytime at Home! Though we are still sad that we cannot share some of our favorite books with our young patrons in person, we are thrilled to have some great title options through our digital resources.
I enjoy introducing patrons just starting off with our Blue Ridge Download Consortium to OverDrive’s Libby app. With the app, patrons can easily browse, borrow, and read (or listen) to free, downloadable library books.
There are worlds of adventures awaiting your exploration and all without leaving your home. Your library card is your ticket, and any of our digital resources can be your mode of transportation!
Ribbit! Hop, hop, hop! Frogs and Polliwogs are the theme this week, and they're a great one to inspire a bit of indoor exercise as we jump and frog-hop at home. Thanks to the many digital resources available, we have great suggestions to inspire some frog-tastic fun with eBooks and more!
In just about 3-minutes, you can hear the Community Corner interview with Barry Lee and John Huddy, Director of Handley Regional Library System. John talks about current library operations, our 24/7 Digital Library, our new streaming service, and more.
Your child may need to physically stay at home, but why not send their minds on an adventure? The Handley Regional Library System is now offering Hoopla Digital, free with your library card! Hoopla offers on-demand resources of over 300,000 movies, e-books, audiobooks, music, and more!
When I think about my own reading interests, I tend toward books containing elements of fantasy, supernatural, humor, and a touch of science fiction and mystery. It’s always nice reading genres I enjoy since it is both comforting and entertaining. But I also work at a place where I’m surrounded by all sorts of reading materials, and one of the services we provide here at the library is assisting patrons in finding new things to read. If I’m only reading certain types of books, how can I best help other people explore new titles?
Dear Residents of Frederick and Clarke Counties and Winchester City,
I’m writing today to provide an update on the operations and service availability of Handley Regional Library System. The information in this letter has been carefully considered as we protect the health and safety of our staff and patrons due to COVID-19 – and reflect unified decisions made by Library staff and the Library System Board.
Home all day self-isolating can be a challenge, and missing your regular activities with library storytimes doesn't help. The Handley Library System's Youth Department is committed to helping our young patrons make this as enjoyable as possible and this week's storytime is perfect for some at-home enjoyment!
Frederick County, Virginia, Courts-Martial of Militia Troops conducted between September 1755 and October 1761, transcribed by John Walter Wayland from originals in back pages of Frederick County Deed Book 18, are now available online through the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives Digital Collections.
The youth library staff here at Handley Regional Library really misses all of our young patrons during this temporary closing. For this reason, we've been working to bring you content to enjoy at home.
TumbleBooks, a world leader in online children’s book databases, announced today it will make its family of online libraries available for free to all public libraries until at least August 31.