News from KNOWhere 7-14-08

The Vacation Reading Program is over for the year, but that doesn't mean that summer reading is! We've got a ton of great fun books to read, as well as movies, audiobooks, music and much more - all available for checkout!

Looking for something a little more active to do? We've got Georgia ParkPasses available for checkout thanks to the Get Outdoors Georgia program. It's a chance to get free admission or parking at one of Georgia's hundreds of state parks or historic sites, so come check it out. And did you know that Wednesdays are free at all 63 of Georgia's state parks? Sounds like a good reason to get out, get dirty, and get fit!

Check out our great displays of books on America, including the “We the People” bookshelf on being Created Equal! It’s another way to remind yourself what makes America such a wonderful country to live in!

The Jenkins County Memorial Library Board will be meeting at 10:30 am on Wednesday, July 16. The Screven-Jenkins Regional Library Board will be meeting at 4 pm on Thursday, July 24. The public is invited to attend either or both of these meetings.

News from Screven

Tuesdays at 10 am we have our wonderful preschool storytime for all the little ones. They get to listen to a fun story and then do a little creative craft related to the story. It's a ton of fun, so bring them in and let them have a blast!

Also on Tuesdays but at 2 pm we have the teen book club. Each week we'll be discussing a different book:

• Tuesday, July 15 at 2 pm - ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card
• Tuesday, July 22 at 2 pm - HOLES by Louis Sachar
• Tuesday, July 29 at 2 pm - HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER'S STONE by J. K. Rowling

Looking for even more fun stuff to do? Then join us Thursdays at 4 pm for our fabulous craft time! It's a chance to create cool stuff, and it's good for all ages, so come in and enjoy - but please sign up first, because we've only got so many seats!

The Friends of the Screven County Library will be meeting at 7 pm on Thursday, July 17 at the library. The board will meet at 6 pm the same evening.



News from Jenkins

At 2 pm on Wednesday, July 16 we’ll be talking books with the teens and tweens as we discuss ENDER’S GAME by Orson Scott Card. It’s an award-winning book about a young boy who just might become humanity’s savior… if he makes it through military school. Don’t have the book? Just ask – it’s free to any teen or tween, thanks to a grant from Planters Electric!

We will not be having storytime this week. We will resume storytime in two weeks, when school begins.



Now, on to the books!

CHARM! by Kendall Hart. Love your soaps? Then this is the book for you! Straight from the set of ALL MY CHILDREN, written by Erica Kane’s daughter Kendall Hart, this book has all the melodrama of one of television’s longest-running soaps, because it’s written by a character in one!

THE MARRIAGE GAME by Fern Michaels. Samantha Rainford had just arrived home from her honeymoon when she found divorce papers waiting for her. Now, she’s discovered that that she’s the fourth ex-Mrs. Rainford. Unfortunately for her ex, Samantha doesn’t get mad – she gets even… and she gets backup.

CHILLWATER COVE by Thomas Lakeman. Peggy Weaver was only 10 when her best friend Samantha was kidnapped as they rode their bikes through their hometown in Tennessee. She ran for help and Samantha was saved, but not before she suffered a horrific experience she could never speak of, and the kidnapper escaped. Now, Peggy’s an FBI agent who’s stumbled on pictures of Samantha’s ordeal, and he’s not going to escape again…

THE THIRD ANGEL by Alice Hoffman. Three women in love with the wrong men. And one woman who blames herself for a tragedy she witness when she was only twelve, and who has spent her life looking for the Third Angel, the angel on earth who can renew her faith.

SWINE NOT? A NOVEL PIG TALE by Jimmy Buffett. Imagine, if you will, a southern belle marrying an author and moving to a hotel apartment in Manhattan. Now imagine that, in addition to twin children, cats… and a large pet pig. Sounds like the leadup to a hilarious novel! Check this book out!

Click to check out these cool sites!

Beach Reads: Suggestions From Beach Towns
This 2008 article compiles reading suggestions from "folks who work in bookstores near great bodies of water" in towns such as Kona, Hawaii; Laguna Beach, California; Nantucket, Massachusetts; and Miami Beach, Florida. From the Contra Costa Times (California).

Air Travel: Your Summer Survival Guide
This 2007 feature provides tips for air travelers. Includes lists of the most crowded airports (large and regional), planning your trip (getting better airfares and deciding whether to fly or drive), and advice for surviving the lines and hassles and airports. Also includes flight attendant secrets, such as underpacking, using the bathroom before you board, and dressing in layers. From U.S. News & World Report.

Waymarking
This site, which bills itself as "a scavenger hunt for unique and interesting locations in the world," allows users to add photographs and descriptions of locations as designated by a waymark, "a physical location on the planet marked by coordinates (latitude/longitude) and [which] contains unique information defined within its waymark category." Site is browsable by categories or waymarks (and often by postal code). Categories include castle, firehouse, and art museum.

The Living Library
This organization promotes confronting and understanding your prejudices by creating a system in which participants ("readers") may "check-out" individuals for short face-to-face discussions. These individuals represent the "disabled, the Muslim, the HIV infected or the refugee," and others. The site provides a history of the organization (started by the Stop the Violence group in Denmark), details for organizers and potential "living books," and an events list.

MixitUp
Website for this project "supporting student efforts to identify, question and cross social boundaries within their schools and communities." In addition to information about the program and the annual Mix it Up Lunch Day, the site feature a large collection of stories from student activists, on issues such as moving past labels and stereotypes, bullying, standardized testing, segregated proms, and wearing a Muslim hijab. From the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance program.

Well, that’s it for now – see you at the library!