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The SWGRL Spotlight A monthly e-news and information publication of the Southwest Georgia Regional Library System. August 2018 Volume 10, Issue 1 "One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer." ~ Caroline Kennedy |
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In this Issue
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The library wrapped up the Summer Reading Program on July 19. The program promoted and rewarded child and teen reading in Decatur, Miller, and Seminole counties. We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to the following organizations: Hardee's Georgia Pacific Birdsong Peanuts Decatur County Family Connection First National Bank of Decatur County Decatur County - Gilbert H Gragg Library Foundation Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ron Henderson |
Check out local toddler and story times at your library! Decatur County will host Toddler Time beginning on August 7th on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 am. Miller County hosts Toddler Time on the third Thursday of the month at 10 am. Seminole County hosts Toddler Time every Tuesday at 10:30 am. Join us for stories, songs, and activities! |
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New Books at the Library! |
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Double Blind
by Iris Johansen
The #1 New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award winning authors are back with an electrifying new novel that will leave your heart racing. Kendra Michaels is reluctant to help the FBI with the most recent case they've brought to her...until she hears the details: The body was found just blocks away from Kendra's condo. Double Blind, Iris and Roy Johansen deliver an emotional, gripping new entry in the bestselling Kendra Michaels series.
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Dear Mrs. Bird
by A. J. Pearce
London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort as a volunteer telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When a job is advertised at the London Evening Chronicle, Emmy's sees her dream of being a Lady War Correspondent coming true. But she winds up as typist for the fierce and renowned advice columnist, Henrietta Bird. Disappointed, she gamely bucks up and buckles down. Prepare to fall head over heels for Emmy and her best friend Bunty in Pearce's irresistible debut.
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Believe Me
by J. P. Delaney
In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation. One out-of-work British actress pays the rent on her New York City apartment the only way she can: as a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers, hired to entrap straying husbands. When the cops begin investigating one of her targets for murdering his wife--and potentially others--they ask her to lure the suspect into a confession. But with the actress pretending to be someone she isn't, differentiating the decoy from the prey becomes impossible--and deadly.
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New Children's Books at the Library! |
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The book about nothing
by Mike Bender
Playful text by the best-selling co-author of Awkward Family Photos and uproarious illustrations by the creator of T-Rex Trying combine in an innovative exploration of the concepts of nothing and zero that reveals how nothing can actually be something, from what remains on a cleaned-up floor to what there is to fear when the lights are out.
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Chasma Knights
by Boya Sun
Beryl wants nothing more than to be a great Toy Maker. There's just one tiny problem: She's a Neon Knight. And in the land of the Chasma, no one believes a Neon Knight can do anything. Especially the Sulfur Knights. All that changes when Beryl meets Coro. Coro's an Oxygen Knight--the most powerful of the Knights in the Chasma. With Beryl's brains and Coro's catalyzing powers, they could become the greatest heroes of the Chasma--but can their new friendship stand the ultimate test.
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The Lifters
by Dave Eggers
When Gran and his family move to Carousel, he has no idea that the town is built atop a secret. Little does he suspect, as he walks his sister to school or casually eats a banana, that mysterious forces lurk mere inches beneath his feet, tearing up the earth like mini-hurricanes and causing the town to slowly but surely sink. When When Gran's friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, presses a silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway to underground, he knows that she is extraordinary and brave, and that he will have no choice but to follow wherever she leads.
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Schedule of Upcoming Events |
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1st First Wed. Book Club 10 am SEM Chess Club 4 pm DEC 2nd Minecraft Club 4 pm DEC 6th Fortnite at the Library 4 pm DEC 7th Toddler Time 10 am DEC First Tues. Book Club 10 am MIL Toddler Time 10:30 am SEM Bainbridge Bookworms 5 pm DEC 8th Chess Club 4 pm DEC 9th Toddler Time 10 am DEC Drawing Class 4 pm DEC Fortnite at the Library 4 pm MIL 13th Fortnite at the Library 4 pm DEC 14th Intro. Computer Class 10 am DEC Toddler Time 10 am DEC Toddler Time 10:30 am SEM Minecraft Club 4 pm SEM 15th Intro. Computer Class 10 am DEC Chess Club 4 pm DEC |
16th Intro. Computer Class 10 am DEC Medicare Assistance 10 am DEC Toddler Time 10 am DEC Toddler Time 10 am MIL Puzzles & Coloring 1:30 pm DEC Legos & More 4 pm DEC 20th Medicare Assistance 10 am MIL Medicare Assistance 1:30 pm SEM Fortnite at the Library 4 pm DEC Toddler Time 10:30 am SEM 22nd Chess Club 4 p.m. DEC 23rd Toddler Time 10 am DEC Life Skills: Personal Banking and Credit 10 am DEC 27th Craft Club 3:30 pm SEM Fortnite at the Library 4 pm DEC 28th Toddler Time 10 am DEC Toddler Time 10:30 am SEM Minecraft Club 4 pm SEM 29th Chess Club 4 pm DEC 30th Toddler Time 10 am DEC |
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DEC = Decatur; MIL = Miller; SEM = Seminole Counties |
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August Bookmobile Schedule |
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August 1 Recovery Community Center 10-11 am
August 6 Attapulgus Community Center 10-11 am August 21 Gibbs Bainbridge Village Apartments 10-11 am August 22 Parkside Mini Mart 10-11 am The Bookmobile containing books, DVDs, and more travels to a stop near you! Visit Ms. Arlene to get your hands on these materials. |
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Southwest Georgia Regional Library
301 S Monroe St
Bainbridge, Georgia 39819
229-248-2665www.swgrl.org |
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