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The SWGRL Spotlight A monthly e-news and information publication of the Southwest Georgia Regional Library System. July 2018 Volume 9, Issue 12 "Libraries are among the few places left on earth where imagination is actively, consistently celebrated and encouraged. To walk into a library is to enter an immersive, multi-dimensional creative space that's open to anyone and everyone. How great is that?" ~ Bethany Blake
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Summer Reading Program Concludes
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In this Issue
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The Summer Reading Program is winding down! The last day to turn in reading logs is July 13th. We appreciate everyone who has participated in this year's Summer Reading Program and we hope you will join us again next year Come to the library on July 19th for our grand prize drawing and photograph for the newspaper. Decatur - 10 am Seminole - 1 pm Miller 3:30 pm
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Check out local toddler and story times at your library! Decatur County will not host Toddler Time in July. Toddler Time will return in August on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 am Miller County will not host Toddler Time in July Seminole County will host Toddler Time every Tuesday in July at 10:30 am Join us for stories, songs, and activities!
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New Books at the Library!
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What Happened That Night
by Sandra Block
She doesn't remember that night. But she will never be the same. One moment, Dahlia is a successful Harvard student; the next, she wakes up from a party, the victim of a brutal assault. Her life veers into a tailspin, and what's worse ― her memory of the attack has been ripped away, leaving a cold rage in its wake. Now, years later, Dahlia is a tattooed paralegal suffering from PTSD and still haunted by that night. Until one day, a video surfaces online, and Dahlia sees her attack for the first time.
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There There: A Novel
by Tommy Orange
Twelve Native Americans came to the Big Oakland Powwow for different reasons. Tommy Orange delivers a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen. A multi-generational, relentlessly paced story about violence and recovery, hope and loss, identity and power, dislocation and communion, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people.
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Harry's Trees
by Jon Cohen
When you climb a tree, the first thing you do is to hold on tight...Thirty-four-year-old Harry Crane works as an analyst for the US Forest Service. When his wife dies suddenly, he is unable to cope. Leaving his job and his old life behind, Harry makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains, determined to lose himself. But fate intervenes in the form of a fiercely determined young girl named Oriana. She and her mother, Amanda, are struggling to pick up the pieces from their own tragedy--Amanda stoically holding it together while Oriana roams the forest searching for answers.
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New Children's Books at the Library!
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A Mighty Bitey Creature
by Ronda Armitage
Ou-ou-ouch! Who did that? No bottoms are safe in a mischievous jungle story sure to elicit peals of laughter. All is quiet in the jungle. But not for long! "Who bit my lovely green bottom?" shouts Frog. He rushes to tell King Lion, who will surely know just what to do. But soon Monkey (eek-eek-eek!) and Zebra (ya-a-a hooo!) encounter something mighty and bitey, too.
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Bat and the Waiting Game
by Elana K. Arnold
When Bat's older sister Janie gets a part in the school play, and can't watch him after school, it means some pretty big changes. For one, someone else will have to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons.
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The Tale of Angelino Brown
by David Almond
When Bert discovers a tiny boy angel in his pocket, he takes the angel home to his wife and they happily raise him as their own son.
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Schedule of Upcoming Events
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3rd Toddler Time 10:30 am SEM 4th ALL LIBRARIES CLOSED 5th Minecraft Club 4 pm DEC 10th Intro. Computer Class 10 am DEC Toddler Time 10:30 am SEM Minecraft Club 4 pm MIL Bainbridge Bookworms 5 pm DEC 11th First Wed. Book Club 10 am SEM Intro. Computer Class 10 am DEC Fortnite at the Library 2 pm DEC Chess Club 4 p.m. DEC 12th Intro. Computer Class 10 am DEC Drawing Class 4 p.m. DEC 13th Disability Assistance 10 am DEC LAST DAY TO SUBMIT LOGS 16th Medicare Assistance 10 am MIL Medicare Assistance 1:30 pm SEM
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17th Toddler Time 10:30 am SEM 18th Chess Club 4 p.m. DEC 19th Summer Reading Program Photo and Grand Prize Drawing 10 am DEC Medicare Assistance 10 am. DEC Summer Reading Program Photo and Grand Prize Drawing 1 pm SEM Puzzles & Coloring 1:30 pm DEC Summer Reading Program Photo and Grand Prize Drawing 3:30 pm MIL Coding Club 4 pm DEC* 24th Toddler Time 10:30 am SEM Minecraft Club 4 p.m. SEM 25th Fortnite at the Library 2 pm DEC Chess Club 4 pm DEC 26th Legos & More 2 pm DEC Finding Your Roots 4 pm DEC 31st Toddler Time 10:30 a.m. SEM
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DEC = Decatur; MIL = Miller; SEM = Seminole Counties |
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July 2 Attapulgus Community Center 10-11 am July 17 Gibbs Bainbridge Village Apartments 10-11 am July 25 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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