Tifton - Tift County Public Library Weekly Library Newsletter: September 26 - October 1, 2022
Construction Nearby
Due to construction nearby, access to the library’s book drop will be unavailable starting on Monday, September 26th. We recommend using the book drop at the Coastal Plain Regional Library System’s Headquarters Branch at 2014 Chesnutt Avenue for after-hours dropoff.
Don’t worry, the library building will be open as usual!
Library Card Sign-Up Month
We are celebrating Library Card Sign-Up Month with our wonderful community partners! This month, flash your library card at participating businesses and get a discount, a treat, or a freebie! Not only does your library card get you free perks like wifi, printing and fax services, access to the latest hot sellers, private meeting spaces, access to historical documents, streaming services via Hoopla, classes, and programs, but this month it gets you treats and perks with area partners who know that a strong community helps us all. What are you waiting for? Come see us for your card and then, get shopping!
A huge thank you to our partners: Cole’s Cakery, Donatello’s, Gray Ghost Comics, and Acres & Oak Kitchen.
Scroll down below the double-column section of the newsletter for details!
Lego Club
Who doesn’t love Legos? Kids age 3 and up can express that love at our weekly Lego Club, which meets Mondays at 4 PM. You can hone your skills, work to the weekly theme, or just have fun!
We have the Legos, you bring the creativity!
Libraries Change Lives Giveaway
We are celebrating Library Card Sign Up Month with our friends at the Georgia Public Library Service. Take part in their Libraries Change Lives Giveaway to get a refrigerator magnet (and help keep reading cool) or win a free t-shirt! Details are available on the giveaway’s website.
Bouncing Bees
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more for babies and their caregivers. Bond with your little ones, make new friends, and establish the foundations of a future love of reading! Buzz by on September 27th at 10 AM for this 20–30 minute program.
STEAM Team, Jr.
Little minds make big learners! Join us as we explore concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math through hands-on activities on September 28th at 4 PM. Things might get messy, so dress appropriately.
Storytime Sprouts
Get ready to get your hands dirty with our program for gardeners aged 3–7. We’ll be reading stories and learning all about gardening and agriculture with hands-on activities on Saturday, October 1st at 10 AM, so dress for a mess!
Reading Rascals
Our weekly storytime series is back in action and with a brand new name! Calling all rascals aged 0–5 with their caregivers to join us for songs, stories, and a simple craft.
Fizzy Book Club
The teen Fizzy Book Club will meet on Tuesday, September 27th. Come make your own fizzy drink and talk about the book Star Wars: Rebel Rising.
Art Club
The Art Club will be exploring Pointillism on Tuesday, September 27th from 4–5 PM.
Scratch Coding Club
The Scratch Coding Club meets on Thursdays at 4 PM to do fun things with Scratch. Kids and teens ages 10 and up can follow along with the group project (currently a multiplayer competitive Asteroids-like) or explore on their own with knowledgeable help at hand. Bring a flash drive if you have one!
Event Calendar
All Ages
Art Club – Tuesday, September 27th at 4 PM. Join us in exploring Pointillism.
Children's
Lego Club – Mondays @ 4 PM. Legos and creativity for kids ages 3+.
Bouncing Bees – Tuesday, September 27th @ 10 AM. Stories, songs, rhymes, and more for babies and their caregivers.
STEAM Team, Jr. – Wednesday, September 28th @ 4 PM. Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math through hands-on activities.
Reading Rascals – Thursdays @ 10 AM. Songs, stories, and a simple craft for kids ages 0–5.
Storytime Sprouts – Saturday, October 1st @ 10 AM. Stories and gardening, with hands-on activities. Be prepared to get dirty!
Teen (ages 11–18)
Fizzy Bookclub – Tuesday, September 27th @ 5:30 PM. Make your own fizzy drink and talk about the book Star Wars: Rebel Rising.
Scratch Coding Club – Thursdays @ 4 PM. Coding and fun with Scratch. Ages 10+.
Anime/Manga Club – Thursday, September 29th @ 5:30 PM.
Robotics – Friday, September 30th @ 4 PM. Learn about and experience robots. This week: motors and light.
Adult
Beginner Computer Class – Fridays 10–11 AM in the board room. Get answers to your questions about technology.
Book Highlights
Adult Fiction
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice’s life isn’t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn’t exactly the one she expected. She’s happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her 16th birthday. But it isn’t just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush, it’s her dad: the vital, charming, 40-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could?
Adult Nonfiction
In the era of screens and devices, the average American spends 90 percent of their time indoors, and children are no exception. Not only does this phenomenon have consequences for kids’ physical and mental health, it jeopardizes their ability to understand and engage with anything beyond the built environment.
Thankfully, with the right mind-set, families can find beauty, meaning, and connection in a life lived outdoors. Here, outdoors expert Steven Rinella shares the parenting wisdom he has garnered as a father whose family has lived amid the biggest cities and wildest corners of America. Throughout, he offers practical advice for getting kids radically engaged with nature in a muddy, thrilling, hands-on way, with the ultimate goal of helping them see their own place within the natural ecosystem.
Living an outdoor lifestyle fosters in kids an insatiable curiosity about the world around them, confidence and self-sufficiency, and, most important, a lifelong sense of stewardship of the natural world. This book helps families connect with nature — and one another — as a joyful part of everyday life.
Children's
Kirra, a curious, agile, and outgoing girl, lives in an idyllic community hidden inside a dormant volcano. She and her father are the only two people allowed to venture beyond its walls. Kirra is in training to become a Storyteller like him, and together they travel from village to village spreading fearsome tales designed to keep outsiders away from their secret nest.
One day, after hearing rumors of strangers called the “Takers,” Kirra leaves the volcano by herself, hoping to discover her own story. But she unknowingly leads the Takers back to her doorstep, and they rob her of everything she has ever held dear.
A devastated Kirra is found by a boy named Luwan and adopted into his family, which lives among others high in the trees of a dense forest. Now quiet and withdrawn, Kirra hides her dark past from everyone and never wants to leave the safety of her tree dwelling. Luwan, on the other hand, loves to explore. One day it leads to trouble: He is captured while spying on a group of strangers. The Takers have returned.
To save the Tree Folk, Kirra must face her inner demons and summon all her storytelling to weave the most important tale of her life.
Young Adult
Maybelline Chen isn’t the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May prefers hoodies over dresses and wants to become a writer. When asked, her mom can’t come up with one specific reason for why she’s proud of her only daughter. May’s beloved brother, Danny, on the other hand, has just been admitted to Princeton. But Danny secretly struggles with depression, and when he dies by suicide, May’s world is shattered.
In the aftermath, racist accusations are hurled against May’s parents for putting too much “pressure” on him. May’s father tells her to keep her head down. Instead, May challenges these ugly stereotypes through her writing. Yet the consequences of speaking out run much deeper than anyone could foresee. Who gets to tell our stories, and who gets silenced? It’s up to May to take back the narrative.
Joanna Ho masterfully explores timely themes of mental health, racism, and classism.
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