Callaway County/Holts Summit Public Libraries

Do you have a friend or family member struggling with memory loss, dementia or a neurodegenerative disease? Daniel Boone Regional Library offers a Memory Care collection of books selected to help you learn more while supporting your loved one.

**Spoiler Alert** You may want to get up and move to one of our favorite chants after you read this book. Clap and move along with Hilary and Dana as they show you the motions to The Banana Chant.

Don’t you hate it when, on a winter evening, you yawn and stretch, wondering if you’ve stayed up way past your bedtime because it’s been dark forever, but the clock tells you it’s only 6:30? What to do with all of those long hours of darkness? The obvious answer is to lose yourself in a good story. Quick, breezy reads are for summer. Now is the season to crack open those deep, rich novels that span several hundred pages.

Hey, Hornets! So you're learning virtually. Need some help? We offer live, one-on-one tutoring through Brainfuse, and it's totally free with your library card! Get started here: https://www.dbrl.org/research-and-learn/brainfuse.

Looking for a break from those Lifetime Christmas movies? Here's a 2014 comedy starring Anna Kendrick. A hard-partying 20-something moves in with her brother's family to get over a breakup, comically turning their everyday lives upside down. Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival. Stream for free on Kanopy tonight! https://dbrl.kanopy.com/video/happy-christmas

Still ironing out some minor streaming kinks to ensure a perfect show with Dino on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 11 a.m.

Uncle Fumpernutter is scheduled to perform a magic show, but when no one can find him, his nephew Tommy Terrific takes over! Since Tommy has never done magic before, he must rely on the Magician’s Handbook and ask for a lot of audience support. The magic works, but in wacky ways. This video performance from Tommy Terrific offers laugh-out-loud comedy and sensational magic that encourages kids to have fun with books. Ages 4-12 will enjoy this video.