News from Screven
Don’t forget to come to the library tonight at 7 pm to listen to Linda McBride tell us the story of how she wrote and published her brand new book, MEMA HAS CANCER! It’s a sweet, sensitive book about a little girl and her grandmother and about how sickness can’t change love, and it’s simple enough for even the youngest child to understand.
The Teen Book Club will be meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 4 pm. We’ll be discussing THE LAST BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE by Rodman Philbrick, and picking up free copies of next month’s book, HOME OF THE BRAVES by David Klass. If you’re between 11 and 20, please join us for a little food for thought (and maybe some snacks too!)
National Gaming Day is Nov. 15, and we’ll be celebrating it with a marathon games party! From Dance Dance Revolution to Yahtzee to Uno, we’ve got a ton of fun just waiting for you to enjoy all day Saturday, November 15! It’s free, it’s fun, and there’ll even be food!
Speaking of great free stuff, remember our Free Movie Fridays are every Friday at 3:30. This Friday, it’ll be car-razy retro fun with SPEED RACER. Next week, we’ll continue the old-meets-new theme with INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. That’s 3:30 Fridays – don’t miss it!
Don’t have time to read your kids a story at bedtime? Call Dial-A-Story at 912-564-7080 for a new story every week! Would you rather your children experience the joys of live storytelling? Tuesdays at 10 am we have a wonderful storytime for the little ones, complete with a fun craft project to do after the story’s done!
We have a whole pile of contest winners to announce! Hannah Croom and Joselyn Wells won the jars of candy in our “count the candy” contest, and our costume contest winners were Alaysha Wright, Erin Thompson, Harley Oliver, Chasity Oliver and Annalisa Harter. Congratulations to all of you!
News from Jenkins
On Tuesday, November 11 at 6:30 pm, local author Linda McBride will tell us the story of how she wrote and published her brand new book, MEMA HAS CANCER! It’s a sweet, sensitive book about a little girl and her grandmother and about how sickness can’t change love, and it’s simple enough for even the youngest child to understand.
The Teen Book Club will be meeting on Wednesday, November 12 at 4 pm. We’ll be discussing THE LAST BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE by Rodman Philbrick, and picking up free copies of next month’s book, HOME OF THE BRAVES by David Klass. If you’re between 11 and 20, please join us for a little food for thought (and maybe some snacks too!
National Gaming Day is November. 15, and we’ll be celebrating it with a marathon games party! Bring your own or play ours, either way it’s a ton of fun just waiting for you to enjoy all day Saturday, November 15! Please sign up ahead of time – sign-ups began on November 4 and will continue until November 14.
Let your children experience the joys of live storytelling! Wednesdays at 4 pm we have a wonderful storytime for the little ones, complete with a fun craft project to do after the story’s done!
Now, on to the books!
ALIBI by Joseph Kanon. Adam Miller has come to 1946 Venice to visit his widowed mother and try to forget the atrocities he saw as a war crimes investigator in Nazi Germany. But when he falls in love with a Jewish survivor, he sees how, even though things in Venice look the same on the surface, they’ve changed underneath.
A PRISONER OF BIRTH by Jeffrey Archer. If Danny Cartwright had proposed to his girlfriend on any other day, he wouldn’t have been charged with the murder of his best friend. Now, he’s been sent to an inescapable prison… but the four whose testimony wrongly convicted him have underestimated his drive for revenge.
A GENTLE RAIN by Deborah Smith. Kara Whittenbrook isn’t anything like her stodgy, wealthy family, and after her parents die, she learns why… she was adopted. Her birth family are poor Florida ranchhands living on a Florida ranch that’s about to go under. Can they find each other in time to save them all?
THE LAST ORACLE by James Rollins. What if you could genetically engineer the next great prophet? What if you could create a Jesus, Buddha, or Mohammed? Would it mark the Second Coming, or cause the End Times?
THE BURNT HOUSE by Faye Kellerman. A small commuter plane carrying 47 passengers crashes into an apartment complex. LAPD Lt. Peter Decker and his wife Rina find themselves in the heart of the investigation – one that only becomes more puzzling when four unexpected bodies turn up on the plane, and one body, that of flight attendant Roseanne Dresden, just isn’t there.
Click to check out these cool sites!
Finding and Applying for Jobs and Evaluating Offers
Brief information from the U.S. government about where to locate job openings, job search methods, applying for a job (resumes, application forms, and cover letters), job interview tips, and evaluating a job offer. Also includes links to related articles from the Occupational Outlook Quarterly, a career magazine published by the government. Part of the Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Immigration FAQ Central
Using a question and answer format, an immigration attorney provides lots of detailed answers to many common questions about immigration. Also includes immigration bulletins and updates containing recent developments and changes in immigration law.
Tools & Power Equipment: Leaf Blowers
This 2007 Consumer Reports overview of leaf blowers notes that the "best handheld electric blowers have long beaten their gasoline-fueled competitors with comparable power and less weight and noise." While the specific ratings and reviews are only available to Consumer Reports subscribers, the site's free section include the top model, a rake vs. leaf blower video, and sections on how to choose a leaf blower and leaf blower types. From the website for Consumer Reports.
Our Earth as Art
Landsat 7 is a U.S. satellite maintained by NASA. On this site "you can view our planet through the beautiful images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite." The online exhibit includes images of deserts, rivers, mountains, and other geographic features. Includes a discussion of how the colors of satellite images differ from photographs. Browsable by continent. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA.
A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff
Annotated list of "general interest sites that give quality instruction on all sorts of fun and useful projects. Including, sometimes, how to build a deck or bake a cake." Includes links to sites such as Instructables, eHow, and About.com. From ReadWriteWeb, a blog that provides Web technology news, reviews, and analysis.
Create Calendar for Any Year
Use this site to create a calendar for any given year. Includes options to create calendars showing holidays for different countries. Also includes links to find the duration between two dates, adding a number of days to a given date, and other calendar-related information.
That’s all for now – see you at the library!
0 comments:
Post a Comment