Construction Nearby
Due to construction nearby, access to the library’s book drop is currently unavailable. 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 is open as usual!
Cats on Mats
Who wants candy corn when you can have a kitten? Cats on Mats (the last session for this year) will be held on Friday, October 28th at 7:30 PM! You bring the haunted home, we bring the fuzzy ghoul! Don’t miss it!
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 Wednesday, October 26th at 4 PM. Things might get messy, so dress appropriately.
Scratch Coding Club
The Scratch Coding Club meets on Thursdays at 4 PM to do fun things with Scratch, the friendly game and animation programming environment. Kids and teens ages 10 and up can follow along with the group project or explore on their own with knowledgeable help at hand. Bring a flash drive if you have one!
Trick or Treat
Calling all our little ghouls and goblins! As part of the Downtown Tifton Trick or Treat event, the library will be giving out candy, goodies and books on Monday, October 31st from 5–7 PM! We will be located out front of our building. The first 200 families will get a Halloween activity book based on The Witches by Roald Dahl.
Bookclub Pick for November
The destination Boozy Bookclub has a perfect book lined up for next month! In the spirit of meeting at Donatello’s, the next read is nonfiction and set in Jazz Age Chicago: The Girls of Murder City by Douglas Perry. It’s about the real life murders that inspired the musical (and later movie) “Chicago!” Stay tuned for when the copies start arriving at the circulation desk.
Event Calendar
Children's
Lego Club – Mondays @ 4 PM. Legos and creativity for kids ages 3+.
STEAM Team, Jr. – Wednesday, October 26th @ 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.
Teen (ages 11–18)
Scratch Coding Club – Thursdays @ 4 PM. Coding and fun with Scratch. Ages 10+.
Anime/Manga Club – Thursday, October 27th @ 5:30 PM. Watch Mob Psycho and craft some door hangers.
Robotics – Friday, October 28th @ 4 PM. Fun with robots!
Adult
Beginner Computer Class – Fridays 10–11 AM in the boardroom. Get answers to your questions about technology.
Cats on Mats – Friday, October 28th @ 7:30 PM. Yoga alongside cuddly (and adoptable) kittens.
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!
Anime/Manga Club
The teen Anime Club will be meeting at 5:30 PM on Thursday, October 27th to watch Mob Psycho and craft some door hangers.
Robotics
Join us on Friday, October 28th at 4 PM for a fun-for-all hour with lots of cool robots to meet and play with. This will be the send-off for our robotics program this year, but don’t worry - we’ll be back!
Book Highlights
Adult Fiction
Book 3 in the Matt Drakes series.
When a mysterious walk-in to the US embassy in Vienna claims to have critical information about a Russian intelligence operation, he raises eyebrows. But when he asks for Matt Drake by name and calls himself the Irishman, he gets the DIA’s premier case officer on a one-way flight.
Matt arrives to find Austria’s charming capital lousy with intelligence officers, all swirling around Nolan Burke - a onetime member of the real IRA. But before Matt can debrief Nolan, the Irishman is kidnapped by a Russian direct action team. Now, Matt must find a way to repay the debt of honor he owes Nolan while stopping World War III in the process.
Adult Nonfiction
Windows 11 Simplified
Windows 11 Simplified is your from-scratch beginner’s guide to the ins and outs of the latest version of Windows. It’s fully updated to include all the coolest new features of Windows 11 and offers a highly visual roadmap — complete with tons of screenshots and illustrations — to Windows 11 mastery. You’ll get up to speed on the basic, and not-so-basic, features of Windows 11 with plain-English instructions and step-by-step screenshots that walk you through every technique you need to know to make Windows 11 do what you want it to do.
You’ll learn to navigate the user interface, work with and manage files, create user accounts, and practice using the tools that make Windows 11 the most user-friendly and powerful version of the famous operating system yet. You’ll also discover how to:
- Master the basics, as well as a bunch of power-user tools, with easy-to-follow instructions
- Learn your way around the interface, File Explorer, the Settings app, and more
- Navigate the web, send emails, access online media, and chat with friends and family
- Customize windows to look and feel exactly the way you want it to
With the right help, learning a new operating system can be fun, straightforward, and exciting. This book is perfect for everyone from those with no Windows experience at all to users of previous versions who just need a heads-up on the latest features.
Children's
Wings of Fire
The dragonets struggle to fulfill the prophecy and - somehow - end the war in this thrilling new installment of the New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series! (There are graphic novels, too!)
One will have the power of wings of fire…Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously. If Pyrrhia’s dragons need her, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Starflight to end the war, she’s ready to try. She even has some good ideas how to do it, if anyone would listen to her.But shattering news from Morrowseer has shaken Sunny’s faith in their destiny. Is it possible for anyone to end this terrible war and choose a new SandWing queen? What if everything they’ve been through was for nothing? Buried secrets, deadly surprises, and an unexpected side to scavengers are all waiting for her in the shifting sands of the desert, where Sunny must decide once and for all: Is her destiny already written?Or can five dragonets change their fate and save the world…the way they choose?
Young Adult
Valiant Ladies
By day Eustaquia “Kiki” de Sonza and Ana Lezama de Urinza are proper young seventeenth century ladies. But when night falls, they trade in their silks and lace for swords and muskets, venturing out into the vibrant, bustling, crime-ridden streets of Potosí in the Spanish Empire’s Viceroyalty of Peru. They pass their time fighting, gambling, and falling desperately in love with one another.
Then, on the night Kiki’s engagement to the Viceroy’s son is announced, her older brother - heir to her family’s fortune - is murdered. The girls immediately embark on a whirlwind investigation that takes them from the lowliest brothels of Potosí to the highest echelons of the Spanish aristocracy.
