The library will be closed Monday, January 19 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
No, we have no Federal or state income tax forms in... yet. We'll let you know as soon as they come in, though!
News from Screven
Tuesdays at 10 am bring your little ones in for our wonderful weekly storytime. They’ll listen to a story and then do a craft project. It’s a great way to spark the love of reading and learning in your preschooler, so bring them in for fun times!
Thursday, January 8 at 4 pm we’ll be having our creative monthly Craft Day! It’s a fun craft project for all ages, and it’s not to be missed!
Teens, come in Tuesday, January 13 at 4 pm for our great Teen Book Club! It’s a chance to read a great book that you choose, and to keep that book when you’re done!
News from Jenkins
Wednesdays are wonderful here at the library! Bring in your youngsters at 4 pm on Wednesdays and they can participate in our great storytimes, and do a fun craft project that will brighten up their day. It's a great way to teach them to love reading, and readers become achievers!
Teens, come in Wednesday, January 14 at 4 pm for our great Teen Book Club! It’s a chance to read a great book that you choose, and to keep that book when you’re done!
Now, on to the books!
THE FACE by Angela Hunt. Sarah Sims was born severely deformed and hidden in a secret CIA facility for as long as she can remember. But now a chance has come for her to escape and to rejoin the family she never knew. But it’s hard to face a world she never knew, and harder still to escape the CIA…
WOLFSBANE AND MISTLETOE edited by Charlain Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner. Sookie Stackhouse receives a most unexpected Christmas present from her fairy-lord great-grandfather. Innocent humans are defended by the secretive Fangborn. And there’s even more holiday horror (and humor) in this werewolf anthology.
LEAVING WHISKEY BEND by Dorothy Garlock. Hallie Wolcott and Pearl Parsons want something better than life in roughneck Whiskey Bend, Colorado, and set out across the Wild West to find it.
PLAY DIRTY by Sandra Brown. The Dallas Cowboys quarterback had it all, until he took money from the mob to throw a game and landed in prison. Now he’s out, and he’s got a job offer: to get billionaire Foster Speakerman’s wife Laura pregnant, and keep his mouth shut about it. But now he’s falling for Laura, and he knows too much about the mob.
GRACE by Richard Paul Evans. Grace is a runaway teenager when she’s found by Eric, who offers to hide her in his backyard treehouse. But when Eric’s younger brother Joel exposes her hiding place, she’s forced to return to the horrors of the home she escaped. From the author of THE CHRISTMAS BOX, THE GIFT, and FINDING NOEL.
LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER by Maya Angelou. Angelou is well-known for the honesty and compassion with which she writes, and the depth of her prose and poetry. Here, she writes to the women of the world about her life and shares her wisdom.
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Ice: A Victorian Romance
Companion to an exhibition of rare books and journals commemorating the British "infatuation with the Arctic," which began in 1818 "with the Admiralty trying to find an outlet for naval officers and seamen who had been idled by the end of the Napoleonic wars." The online exhibit features annotated images on topics such as initial encounters, private ventures, and voyages to Antarctica. From the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri.
South Provides Global Appeal for Foreign Auto Makers
This 2007 report describes the rise of foreign auto factories in the southern U.S. "Almost every foreign auto factory that's opened since the '90s has sprouted below the Mason-Dixon Line." Features a map and timeline showing timing and location of international automobile factories in the U.S., an interactive feature on how international auto plants follow population booms, and links to articles on foreign automakers impact on small U.S. towns, and related matters. From CNN.
6 New Year Traditions From Around the World
Brief description of New Year traditions for Ecuador (Años Viejo, or Years Old, when effigies of those who have made a negative impact during the year are burned), Scotland (Hogmanay), Spain (eating twelve grapes and wearing red underwear), Netherlands (eating apple fritters), American South (eating pork, black-eyed peas, and greens), and Germany and Scandinavia (watching the British comedy sketch "Dinner for One"). From the blog of Mental Floss magazine.
Paper Snowflakes
Illustrated, set-by-step instructions for making six-pointed paper snowflakes. Also includes links to instruction for making five-pointed and six-pointed paper stars and Moravian Pennsylvania German woven stars. From a company that sells paper craft supplies.
Feeding America
Website for this organization (formerly America's Second Harvest) whose "network of more than 200 food banks serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.The Feeding America network secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually." Provides a food bank lookup by state or ZIP code, background and news about the organization's programs, and studies and public policy about food banks and hunger in the U.S.
International Year of Astronomy 2009
Background and updates for this "global effort initiated by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO to help the citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe through the day- and night-time sky, and thereby engage a personal sense of wonder and discovery." Includes notices about activities and events (which start in January 2009), and details about specific project such as "100 Hours of Astronomy," "She is an Astronomer," and dark skies awareness.
Well, that’s it for now – see you at the library!
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