ACCELERATED READER
The library maintains Accelerated Reader lists for area schools. Ask to view these lists in the Children’s Library. Search the online Accelerated Reader list for the following schools:
BOOKS ON CD
The library has more than 300 audiobooks on CD. This collection focuses on the latest popular fiction by your favorite authors. These materials are great for that long trip to visit family or to shorten a busy workweek packed with travel. Check out up to four titles for a period of two weeks. Need the books longer than that? Renew your Books on CD via the library’s website or by calling the library at 573-686-8639. Click here to see a listing of the library’s Books on CD.
CHARLIE CLASSICS
Pick up a copy of the Charlie Classics reading list for your school in the library’s Young Adult department. While you are there, browse the Charlie Classics Mentor List. To see if a copy of the Charlie Classic you seek is available at the library, search for it in the library’s catalog.
CHILDREN'S AUDIO
The library has a solution for audio materials for children of all ages. These materials include audibooks on CD and cassette for teens, children and preschoolers, as well as classic audio Read Alongs. Stop those "Are we there yet?" travel questions dead in their tracks with an audiobook from the library.
COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS
It’s a bird, its’a plane, no its SUPERHERO comics at the library. Enjoy Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Archie Bunker & Friends, and many more when you visit the Children’s comics and Young Adult comics at the library today.
GENEALOGY
The library’s Local History and Genealogy collection contains nearly 3,300 reference items handy in tracing one’s family lineage. Visit the library's Genealogy page.
MAGAZINES
Nearly 105 different magazines ranging from antique trading to fashion to quilting to zoology are available for browsing at the library. Check out back issues of magazines for two weeks. Do you have a homework assignment due and no time to drop by the library for that much needed magazine article? Then trying searching the library’s online magazine collection. You can search this collection by keyword and even limit it to a specific date range. Just visit the EBSCOhost website and enter your 14 digit library card when prompted.
NEWSPAPERS
The library currently subscribes to the following newspapers:
- The Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, MO
- The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
- The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
- USA Today , Arlington, TX
- Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO
- The Daily Dunklin Democrat, Kennett, MO
- Daily Statesman, Dexter, MO
- The Weekly Record, New Madrid, MO
- Delta News-Journal, Malden, MO
- Standard Democrat, Sikeston, MO
In addition, the library maintains the local newspaper, The Daily American Republic, on microfilm dating back to as early as 1893. This collection is not consecutive, particularly in the earliest editions.
PARENTING SHELF
The Parenting Shelf has nearly 300 items available for check out that are of particular interest to parents. Topics include: toilet training, homeschooling, after-school activities, welcoming a new sibling, nutrition, parental outlook and visions, standardized testing and more.
TALKING BOOKS
Books on cassette remain a constant favorite of library visitors with over 600 titles to choose from.
VIDEOS
Videos for adults, children and teens are available for check out from the library. Check out five at a time for 7 full days. Browse the library's more than 1,000 videos online.
