Riverside Resource Center

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05/25/2018

GAME ON - Riverside Summer Reading Challenge
If you are age 0-18, visit the Riverside Resource Center to pick up your packet for our summer reading challenge. The start date is Sunday, June 3 and will run until Sunday, July 29.

09/02/2015

06/21/2014

Some of our readers have added scoops to their cones for reading books in A Taste of Adventure summer reading program. Do you have a cone on the window of the Resource Center? Have you added a scoop?

06/21/2014

Miss Paula is recording her minutes read each day as part of A Taste of Adventure to earn her free yogurt. Have you recorded your minutes?

06/21/2014

Kids in our summer reading program taking advantage of the books in the Resource Center to record minutes toward their free yogurt.

06/03/2014

Have you signed up for the summer reading program? More than 40 kids have enrolled and gotten their bookmark and reading log. They also have put their name on an ice cream cone that is displayed in the Resource Center window. As they read books this summer, we will be adding scoops of ice cream to those cones. There will also be other prizes throughout the summer. And we will end with frozen yogurt from Menchie's. It is not too late to get registered and start reading.

05/20/2014

Christian was our first person to sign up for the Resource Center summer reading program, A Taste of Adventure. The program begins on June 1 and runs until August 3. The program is for ages 4-6th grade with weekly reading goals. We recommend that half of the goal be accomplished through Bible reading and half through books of their choice. Younger ages may count the time parents read to them. At the end of the program there will be Menchies Frozen Yogurt in celebration of everyone's accomplishment.

05/18/2014

One of our patrons has prepared a review of the book, A Stillness of Chimes by Meg Moseley. It will be available for check out in a about a week.

A Stillness of Chimes is the first book of Meg Moseley’s I have read. I didn’t expect to be pulled in so quickly or to be as intrigued trying to figure out how the cover art, the story itself, and the title could possibly all be from the same book. She was extremely descriptive and thorough in her exploration of the characters and the scenery. It was almost like being there in person and watching the story unfold. It was a unique story and I found myself completely unable to predict what might happen next. It had shocking turns and vivid emotions that made it a pleasure to read. This story was very enlightening as it explored PTSD and mental illness. I learned a lot about the struggles and emotions that a person suffering from the condition would face, along with how their family and loved ones would cope while trying to understand.

I was slightly disappointed that there wasn’t a stronger Christian message in the book. In the beginning there was a lot of anger and skepticism regarding if God was in control or was a loving God. In the end, much of that had softened and the characters were beginning to see that God is good and just. I realized, though, that the way the author expressed their feelings, concerns, and worries about God was very real and that things are not always wrapped up with a shiny bow at the end. There is room for Laura and Sean to grow and find their way with God as they learn to trust and lean on Him again.

When I finished the story, I spent some time staring at the cover, remembering scenes from the book, and thinking about the title that I was so impressed with. I realized two of the three blackberries in the juice-stained hand are the same berry. It bothered me and I couldn’t figure out why one berry would have been copied instead of using 3 different berries. It might seem silly, but to me it seems like a shortcut was taken on the cover art. No shortcuts were taken in the writing of the book, however. It is thorough, intriguing, complex, emotional, and triumphant.