This Week at JMRL:

Summer Reading Programs

This summer there is lots to do for the whole family at JMRL. Kids, teens, and adults can participate in the Summer Reading Programs and earn prizes for reading or being read to.

Juneteenth

An annual observance to remember when Union soldiers enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865.

Check out other JMRL books on emancipation.

Traveling Abroad?

Transparent Language Online
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Going Antiquing this Summer?

Spring and summer are great times to take a road trip and visit the many stores selling antiques. If you are not an expert on the correct value for what you are interested in buying, perhaps you would like to first check the JMRL antiques database. There are also many books on antiques at the library.

Database Spotlight

America the Beautiful is organized around state articles, with each state and major territory covered in depth through a series of essays on their history, geography, economics, government, culture, and major cities. Find out some of the places in the United States you would like to visit by looking at U.S. Topics.

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BookLetters

BookLetters is a fantastic email newsletter and readers advisory service which contains information on millions of books. There are even lists of new titles on different subjects.

Find out how you can sign up and have new biographies, mysteries, book sizzlers and more emailed to you monthly.