The SWGRL Spotlight
 
A monthly e-news and information publication of the
Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
 
September 2020   Volume 12, Issue 2
 
    
"When I got my library card, that was when my life began."
 
~ Rita Mae Brown
 
Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month
In this Issue

Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month
School Help powered by Tutor.com
Curbside Pickup
Wifi @ Your Library
Virtual Storytime
eBooks and eAudiobooks for Kids
Bookworms Book Club
New for Curbside Pickup!
New Children's Books for Curbside Pickup!
 
This year Wonder Woman is encouraging everyone to get a library card!  As Honorary Chair of American Library Association's annual Library Card Sign-up Month, she believes a library card gives each of us our own superpowers.
 
You can register for a digital library card at swgrl.org or contact the library about upgrading your card to use our curbside service.  Please make sure you include a phone number and email address.  If you already have a library card, you do not need to apply for a digital card.
 
A library card provides access to books, movies, and digital resources such as e-books, e-audiobooks, and e-magazines. It also provides access to online tools to help you create a resume, learn a new language, or provide study tips for an upcoming test.  
 
 
School Help powered by Tutor.com
 
 
Did you know Tutor.com can help you get your homework
done, write your paper, or study for your test.  If you're getting
frustrated, Tutor.com can help you get unstuck.  
Log in through the Southwest Georgia Regional Library to
get the help you need, online and on-demand.  
Tutors are available 7 days a week 2 pm to 9 pm.
 
Students and parents can get help with any kind of academic question in math, science, English, social studies and writing.  Expert tutors work with students in kindergarten through
12th grade and can even help with AP level and
intro-level college coursework.
 
Connecting with a tutor is easy.  You just need your library card and any Internet-connected device.  Head to www.tutor.com/swgeorgiarl to get started!
 
This service is made possible by  
The Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust and
the Decatur County - Gilbert H. Gragg Library Foundation.
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Curbside Pickup
 
The Southwest Georgia Regional Library offers curbside service in all of our libraries! While the library building will remain closed to the public, you may request books, DVDs, and other materials and pick them up outside the library at an appointed time.
 
You may request materials and schedule a pickup appointment by calling your library, by placing a hold through your PINES account, or by completing the online request form at swgrl.org/curbside.
 
When you arrive at the library during the appointed time, you will call the library to let us know you’re ready for your items. A library staff member will then place your items on the table outside of the library entrance. Once the staff member is back inside the library, you may collect your items.
 
If you have any items to return, please place them in the book drop.  Items will be quarantined for 96 hours before being checked in.
 
If you need help picking which items to request, we are happy to provide suggestions over the phone or through email at librarian@swgrl.org. The library phone numbers and curbside service hours are:
 
Decatur County – Gilbert H. Gragg Library
229-248-2665
Monday - Friday:
9:30 am – 5:30 pm
 
Miller County – James W. Merritt, Jr. Memorial Library
229-758-3131
Monday – Thursday:
10:30 am – 5 pm
 
Seminole County Public Library
229-524-2665
Monday – Friday:
10 am – 5 pm
 
Wifi @ Your Library
 Wifi is available at the library
7 days a week from 9 am to 8 pm. 
 
Virtual Storytime
eBooks and eAudiobooks for Kids
 
Your library card gives you free access to 15,000 eBooks and eAudiobooks through eRead Kids! To learn more about this elementary school-aged collection visit swgrl.org/ebooks. 
 
Bookworms Book Club
 
The Bookworms Book Club invites everyone to join their virtual book discussions on the second Monday of each month at 6 pm.  
On September 14th, they will discuss 
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry 
by Fredrik Backman.  
 
Participants can join online or call into the meeting.  
To place your book on hold and to register for the meeting,
email librarian@swgrl.org.
 

New for Curbside Pickup!
All the Devils are Here
by Louise Penny

Horrified when his billionaire godfather is targeted in a near-fatal accident, Chief Inspector Gamache follows clues deep within the Paris Archives to uncover gruesome, decades-old secrets. By the award-winning author of A Better Man.
The friendship list
by Susan Mallery

Reuniting in the aftermath of a devastating loss, two single moms, lifelong best friends, create a list of challenges, from skydiving to getting tattoos, before their prospects and perspectives are transformed by unexpected love
The way of love
by Tracie Peterson

A follow-up to Secrets of My Heart finds a medical student and anti-racism activist hiding the secret of her heritage to help the native populations of Oregon and tend the wounds of a handsome riverboat captain.
New Children's Books for Curbside Pickup!
We Will Rock Our Classmates
by Ryan T. Higgins

The award-winning creator of We Don’t Eat Our Classmates and the Mother Bruce series presents the story of a talented T. Rex who diligently practices for an upcoming school talent show before leaning on the support of her friends to overcome stage fright. 
Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats
by David Bowles

When cousins Malia, Ivan, and Dante are visiting their aunt Lucy for the summer, they get lost on 13th Street, but it is not a street at all, but a strange world filled with dangerous beasts
Once Upon a Unicorn
by Lou Anders

A science-minded unicorn and a flaming horse who is a walking fire hazard become an unlikely defense team when a pumpkin-headed menace named Jack o’ the Hunt and a monster army threaten their Whisperwood home. By the Hugo Award-winning author of the Thrones and Bones series. 
Southwest Georgia Regional Library
301 S Monroe St
Bainbridge, Georgia 39819
229-248-2665
www.swgrl.org