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Happy Birthday James Harriot!

James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS, known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners.

Check out some of these classic books:

All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Wise and Wonderful, Every Living Thing, The Lord God Made Them All, and many more available in the Library!

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New Children's Digital Database!

This early childhood digital resource is a child’s first encyclopedia, eBook, and introduction to core early concepts.  With read-aloud across all functions, the 60 stories in “World of Reading” and “Trek’s Travels” tie learning together through videos, games, and printable activities.  Twelve stories are available in both Spanish and English, and the worksheets also offer written instructions in Spanish.  Classic songs, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales complete the program, and are often included in the lesson plan for each story.

A service made available through Library of Virginia

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Weekly e-mails listing new titles available at Mecklenburg County Public Library 

Whenever you spot something of interest, you'll be able to click instantly, reserve it, and check it out at your convenience. And of course, like everything else in the library, this service is free!

Download the free app on your favorite reading device.  Use the number from your library card to log in and the number 2 as your PIN number to dowload e-books. 

NOTE:  All Southside Regional Library cards must be updated to Mecklenburg County Library cards in order to download eBooks.  

Mecklenburg County digitized records online

Local Digitized Yearbooks

Through a collaboration between Library of Virginia, LYRASIS Digitization Collaborative, and Mecklenburg County Public Library some local yearbooks have been digitized and can now be viewed at https://archive.org/details/mecklenburgcopubliclibrary

Click the icon and enter your Mecklenburg County Public Library card number to gain 24x7 access to selected history and health titles. 

Titles  include: Milestone Documents in African American History, This is Who We Are, Working Americans, Cancer - Full text of  911 essays in 4 volumes on all aspects of cancer

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A Mecklenburg County Public Library card is required.