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Library Out Loud! Podcast: Hidden DVD Gems

We have a new podcast episode on Library Out Loud!, the official podcast for Handley Regional Library System. 

In this episode we talk with Karen at Handley Library about DVD recommendations with a few surprises. We talk about Barbarella, David Hyde Pierce, and more. These are true gems in our DVD collection you will want to see.

Many Ways to Listen

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Opposites Storytime!

Are you ready to read this week? Maybe you’ll read a really BIG book, or maybe a little small book? Will you read it fast? Or Slow? This week we’re reading about opposites! 

Click on the search bar above and type in the tag:#oppositeday for some great books about opposites, like the ones below!

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Wonderbooks

Handley Regional Library System Grows Wonderbook Collection Thanks to the American Woodmark Foundation

We are expanding out popular Wonderbook collection for patrons at all 3 library locations – Bowman Library, Clarke County Library, and Handley Library.  A Wonderbook is a print book with a built-in audiobook player where kids can listen to the story as they read along.  The additional books are made possible through a grant from the American Woodmark Foundation to the Friends of the Handley Regional Library System, the official non-profit 501c3 for the library system that helps support programs, services, and specific funding initiatives.  39 more books will be added with pop

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Friends

“Expect the Unexpected” Friends Used Book Sale Announced April 12-17 at Bowman Library

Handley Regional Library System and the Friends of the Handley Regional Library System are excited to announce the “Expect the Unexpected” Friends Used Book Sale running April 12-17 at Bowman Library.  This book sale has several new safety adjustments due to COVID-19.  Twenty shoppers will be allowed to access the sale at a time and will need to make an appointment to shop with a 1-hour time limit (following the library system’s adjusted public hours) by emailing friends@handleyregional.org

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Puppies and Kitties Storytime!

Are you ready to read this week? We’re celebrating our favorite fluffy friends, Puppies and Kitties!

When you click on the search bar above and type the tag: #pupsonparade, you'll finds some great puppy books, or try the tag: #falinefriends to find some fun books about kitties, like the ones below!

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Middle Grade VRC Winners Book Covers

Middle Grade Book Spotlight--VRC Winners!!!

Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is all about books that have been chosen for the Virginia Reader’s Choice (VRC) award over the past years!!  The VRC award was started back in the 1980s with the goal being that students across the state choosing what they thought the best book of the year is instead of adults.  Every year, there

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YA VRC Winners Book Covers

Teen Book Spotlight--VRC Winners!!!

Our teen book spotlight this week is all about books that have been chosen for the Virginia Reader’s Choice (VRC) award over the past years!!  The VRC award was started back in the 1980s with the goal being that students across the state choosing what they thought the best book of the year is instead of adults.  Every year, there are 10

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Catch a Leprechaun Storytime!

Are you ready to read this week? It’s a magical week, full of four leaf clovers, pots of gold, and leprechauns! In fact, we’re going to try to catch a leprechaun!

Click on the search bar above and type in the tag: #catchaleprechaun to find some fun books for Saint Patrick’s like the ones below. 

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Middle Grade Women's History Month Book Covers

Middle Grade Book Spotlight--Women's History Month!!!

Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is celebrating some serious girl power as March is Women’s History Month!!!  We have a collection of fiction and nonfiction books that highlight some strong females that made a difference in their world, or still are, either real or imagined.  Every reader can take encouragement from these amazin

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YA Women's History Month Book Covers

Teen Book Spotlight--Women's History Month!!!

Our teen book spotlight this week is celebrating some serious girl power as March is Women’s History Month!!!  We have a collection of fiction and nonfiction books that highlight some strong females that made a difference in their world, or still are, either real or imagined.  Every reader can take encouragement from these amazing indivi

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Book Club

This Book Club is for You!

Have you ever joined a book club? Wanted to but never had the opportunity? Never wanted to but thought you should? Still don’t want to but I am making you feel guilty?

Whatever the case, Brown Bag with Books is for you (it’s for everyone!) You can sit back quietly and listen in or talk as much as you want. Believe it or not, friendships have been created out of this club.

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