The SWGRL Spotlight
 
A monthly e-news and information publication of the
Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
 
June 2020   Volume 11, Issue 11
 
    
"I don't have to look far to find treasures.
 
I discover them every time I visit a library."
 
~ Michael Embry
 
 
The Summer Reading Program has begun online!
In this Issue

The Summer Reading Program has begun online!
Marc Griffiths: Imagination Island Virtual Program
Bright Star Theatre: Aesop's Fables Virtual Program
Animal Tales: Fantastic Creatures Virtual Program
Register for a Digital Library Card!
eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines
Online Resources
Wifi @ Your Library
Ancestry.com
Digital Library of Georgia
New eBooks & eAudiobooks!
New Children's eBooks & eAudiobooks!
The Summer Reading Program at the library has begun! Register now.
For all ages, including adults. Download
the Beanstack app on your device.
Register for our Summer Reading Program by searching "Southwest Georgia Regional Library." Fill out the registration information.
 
OR
 
Go to swgrl.beanstack.org/. Fill out the registration information. Go to swgrl.org/summer or ontact us at librarian@swgrl.org for help.
Marc Griffiths: Imagination Island Virtual Program
 
Join us online for stories that will spark your imagination,
led by inspirational ventriloquist Marc Griffiths,
who featured in Britain's Got Talent! 

This show will be pre-recorded. You may view the show

starting on June 9th on Youtube or on our Facebook page.
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Bright Star Theatre: Aesop's Fables Virtual Program

Tuesday, June 23rd @ 3 pm
 
Join us online for a live performance of fables
of the legendary Greek storyteller, Aesop. This program will include audience participation. Participants must register in advance at this link.
 
Animal Tales: Fantastic Creatures Virtual Program
Tuesday, June 30th @ 3 pm
 
Join our live virtual program "Fantastic Creatures and Where
They Are Found," presented by Animal Tales.
This program will be presented live in a virtual format,
and will include audience participation.
 
RSVP on our Facebook event to participate!
 
 
Register for a Digital Library Card!
 
The library will remain closed to the public until further notice. If you don’t have a library card, you can register for a digital card to access eBooks, eAudiobooks, and other online resources. Please include your phone number and email on the application, so that we can contact you to provide your library card number.
 
 
eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines
 
While the library is closed, your library card gives you free access to e-books, e-audiobooks, and e-magazines through RBdigital and eRead Kids! Learn more at swgrl.org/ebooks. 
 
Online Resources
Your library card gives you free access to online learning resources through GALILEO! Learn a new language with Mango Languages, improve your math and reading skills or prepare for the GED through Learning Express, and access Gale Legal Forms. Learn more about the library's online resources on our website!
 
Wifi @ Your Library
 Wifi will still be available at the
library during regular library operating hours while we are closed. 
 
Ancestry.com
 
Library users now have access to Ancestry
Library Edition at home! Get started at 
https://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zual.
 
Digital Library of Georgia
 
The Digital Library of Georgia is a publicly
available resource of Georgia’s history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources.

New eBooks & eAudiobooks!
The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose
by Oprah Winfrey

The award-winning global media leader and philanthropist offers a guide for identifying one's purpose and creating a framework for a life that is both successful and meaningful, sharing inspirational quotes by some of today's most influential cultural figures.
Untamed
by Glennon Doyle

An activist, speaker and philanthropist offers a memoir wrapped in a wake-up call that reveals how women can reclaim their true, untamed selves by breaking free of the restrictive expectations and cultural conditioning that leaves them feeling dissatisfied and lost..
Stone Cross
by Marc Cameron

Investigating a series of death threats against a federal judge in a rural Alaskan community, Deputy U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter and his partner, Lola Teariki, find the case complicated by suspicious local disappearances and deaths.
New Children's eBooks & eAudiobooks!
The Rabbits' Rebellion
by Ariel Dorfman

In a magical animal kingdom where oppression and censorship reign, the wolf king decrees that rabbits no longer exist, but the unmentionable furry creatures refuse to be ignored.
Narwhal On a Sunny Night
by Mary Pope Osborne

Transported by the Magic Tree House some 1,000 years back in time, Jack and Annie arrive in Greenland, where they meet young hunter Lief Erikson and ask him for help saving a narwhal.
Just Because
by Mac Barnett

A patient father offers fantastical, creative responses to a wakeful child’s nighttime questions, including why the ocean is blue, what the rain is and what happened to the dinosaurs. By the Caldecott Honor-winning author of Extra Yarn..
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