Ice Cream Social Centennial Celebration, Summer Reading Kick Off Event, and Volunteer Opportunities

May 15-31

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Tipp City Library to Host Ice Cream Social Centennial Celebration

The Tipp City Library is so excited to be celebrating our 100th birthday this year! In celebration, we are inviting the public to our Ice Cream Social Centennial Celebration on June 12th from 5-7 p.m.. We will be shutting down Main Street between 2nd and 3rd street for the event. There will be complimentary pizza, ice cream sandwiches, live entertainment, a bounce house, and lots of family fun. Join us for a night celebrating this momentous occasion!

Get Ready for Our 2023 Summer Kick Off Parking Lot Party

Join us at the library on Monday, June 5 from 6:30-8:00 PM and help us welcome summer and the start of the Summer Beanstack Reading Challenge. There will be fun activities for all ages. The events will take place outside on the front sidewalk, in the alley, in the parking lot, and on 3rd St.

Featuring: Touch-a-Truck on Third Street between Main & Walnut Streets

Miami County Park District Storybook Walk in front of the library

Free Kona Ice in the Parking Lot

The Candy Man with his puppets and magic tricks

Used Book Sale in Alley

Piggie & Elephant Costume Characters will say hi

Help create and build a community puzzle

Games for kids

Meet & Greet with Community Organizations- learn what Tipp City has for

your kids and family to do this summer.

Library staff members will also be available to help you sign up your family for the summer reading challenge and explain how to use the Beanstack app to track your reading and participation in library activities. If you prefer, you can pick up a paper logging sheet to log your reading this summer.

Thanks to our sponsors RegalRexnord, Greenville Federal, and the Friends of the Library for making the Summer Kick-off event possible.

Finding Freedom Summer Traveling Exhibit Comes to the Library

The Tipp City Library is proud to host the Finding Freedom Summer Traveling Exhibit. This exhibit was created by Miami University Libraries faculty and staff and handles topics such as the civil rights movement, racial injustice, and civil unrest. While the exhibit focuses on educating grade school students, the content is just as engaging and informative for adults as well. The exhibit is composed of twelve panels educating through documentary photography and tells the story of 800 volunteer college students registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964. The exhibit will be on display in the two front windows of the first floor of the library from April 24 - June 17. To schedule a tour, email info@tippcitylibrary.org or call the library at 937-667-3826.

Bring Your Own Device

Saturdays

11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Have questions about Overdrive, Hoopla or your device? Stop by the library to have your questions answered.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the State Library of Ohio.

Events Planned for the Whole Family

Bookmark Winners Announced

Congratulations to the National Library Week Bookmark Contest winners! The winning bookmarks have been reproduced and are available on the bulletin board near the main checkout desk. Take your favorites and use them to bookmark your next great read!

New Early Learning Station Added to Library

Thanks to a grant from the Ohio Department of Education, the library has purchased 4 new AWE Learning Computers for children and they will all be ready for summer learning.

AWE Learning computers give children access to over 175 educational titles for ages 2-12, on a fun and engaging interface. There is content in science, technology, reading, engineering, math, art, and music. The games do not require any special login and children can not access the internet from these computers. They can be used as a touchscreen or by using a mouse.

We encourage parents to bring their children to the library this summer to try the games on these computer stations to help kids review the skills they learned in school this year. It’s a good way to “trick” them into learning! There are also two learning computers in the Teen area with games for older elementary children. Ask a librarian how to filter the game selections to get just the type of learning your child needs.

Upcoming Programs for 6th-12th Grade Youth

Attention Teens 14-18 Year Olds - Tipp City Library Needs You!

Tipp City Public Library is looking for volunteers to help with the Summer Library Program from June 1- July 31. We are willing to work around summer vacations and summer camps, so you can help out for a couple of weeks, one month, or all summer for 2-4 hours per week.

It’s a great work environment- air conditioning, casual dress, fun people, variety, no stress! We prefer volunteers who are comfortable working around children, follow directions well, and catch on to new things easily.

Fill out a VOLUNTEER APPLICATION FORM on the Teen webpage, or pick one up at the library and turn it in at the Teen check-out desk. Please submit your applications by May 27.

Teen Summer Bingo

Calling all youth going into grades 6-12 in August 2023 for the Summer Bingo Reading Challenge!

This summer teens will earn prizes and coupons using the Beanstack Bingo Challenge. Earn a prize for finishing one Bingo and for completing a coverall- all squares on the Bingo Card accomplished. Use the Beanstack app to log your reading and participation in library activities. The app will alert you when you have reached a prize. If you prefer to do your logging on paper, a Bingo Card will be available in the Teen Den.

Teen Crafting with Button Maker

Youth in grades 6-12 should join us in the Teen Den after school May 15-27 to design their own button with our new buttonmaker. Keep it simple or embellish your button to make it extra. Keep it or give it to your FAVORITE Person! Everyone gets to make one free button, but you can make more for the low price of $.50 each.

More Programs and Events for Adults

Bridge Club

Every Monday

1:00 p.m.

All level of players welcome. Call the library at 937-667-3826 for more information or to sign up.

Join Us for Mahjong

May 23

1:30 p.m.

For beginning to advanced players. Call the library at 937-667-3826 for more information or to sign up.

Yoga Basics

Tuesdays

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Molly from Inhabit Yoga will introduce fundamental yoga breathing, postures, alignment, and core muscle engagement to support your lifelong yoga practice. Whether you're brand new to yoga or a seasoned veteran, you'll benefit from getting back to the basics!

Unwind and DIY Craft Night

May 17

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

This month's craft will be creating a Scrapbook page for our Community Library Memory Book to help celebrate the Tipp City Public Library's 100th Birthday in June!

The DIY Craft is an in-person program. There will be no take-home option.

The event is free but registration is required.

Upcoming Book Discussions

Page Turner's Book Club

May 22

7 - 8 p.m.

Join us for a discussion of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict. Copies are available for request. Email info@tippcitylibrary.org for more information.

New Books, Movies, and Music to Enjoy

Adult Non-Fiction Books

Honey, Baby, Mine :A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding) by Laura Dern

Generations : The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents--and What They Mean for America's Future by Jean M. Twenge

Adult Fiction Books

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

The Last Word by Taylor Adams

Blind Spots by Thomas Mullen

Things I Wish I Told My Mother by Susan Patterson

Not the Ones Dead by Dana Stabenow

Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Summer on Sag Harbor by Sunny Hostin

Bad, Bad Seymour Brown :A Corie Geller Novel by Susan Isaacs

Swamp Story by Dave Barry

The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson

The Wedding Planner by Danielle Steel

The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane

All the Days of Summer by Nancy Thayer

The Libyan Diversion by Joel C. Rosenberg

The House on Prytania by Karen S. White

No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

The Girl by the Bridge by Indriason Arnaldur

You Know Her by Meagan Jennett

The Perfumist of Paris by Aika Joshi

Lone Women :A Novel by Victor LaValle

Robert Ludlum's the Treadstone Rendition by Joshua Hood

The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard

Ghostly Game by Christine Feehan

Adult Large Print Books

Where Are the Children Now? By Mary Higgins Clark

The Trackers by Charles Frazier

The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson

Windswept Way by Irene Hannon

A Novel Proposal by Denise Hunter

Life in Five Senses How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of my Head and Into the World by Gretchen Rubin

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

Homecoming by Kate Morton

Dark Angel by John Sandford

A Brutal Reckoning Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South by Peter Cozzens

Teen Books

Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

The Immeasurable Depth of You by Maria Ingrande Mora

If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch

Wings in the Wild by Margarita Engle

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

Throwback by Maureen Goo

Sunshine :How One Camp Taught Me About Life, Death, and Hope by Jarrett Krosoczka

Danger and Other Unknown Risks by Ryan North

An Appetite for Miracles by Laekan Zea Kemp

Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Juvenile Books

Elf Dog & Owl Head by M.T. Anderson

Amelia Gray is Almost Okay by Jessica Brody

The Scroll of Chaos by Elsie Chapman

The Piper's Promise by Leah Cypess

Bea and the New Deal Horse by Laura Elliott

The Last Comics on Earth by Max Brallier

School Trip by Jerry Craft

Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd

Dog Man : Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey

A First Time for Everything :A True Story by Dan Santat

The Maze of Bones by Ethan Young

The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink by Shannon Hale

Home Away from Home by Cynthia Lord

The Sister Switch by Sarah Mlynowski

Come See the Fair by Gavriel Savit

Big Tree by Brian Selznick

I Am the Walrus by Neal Shusterman

The Unofficial Lola Bay Fan Club by C.M. Surrisi

Treasure Map by Brandon Todd

Investigating Atoms & Molecules by Jessica Rusick

Breaking Down Chemistry by Jessica Rusick

Understanding Chemical Reactions by Jessica Rusick

The Bug Encyclopedia by Meg Marquardt

Snakes by Carol Hand

The Human Body Encyclopedia by Linda Cernak

Spacebusters : Race to the Moon by Philip

Doggo and Pupper Search for Cozy by Katherine Applegate

Meet the Dinosaurs by Dorling Kindersley Ltd.

Truck Trouble

The Great Panda Tale.

Welcome to Sparklegrove by Rebecca Elliott

Party Time, Crabby! By Jonathan Fenske

I am Curious! By Kelly Greenawalt

Submarines and Submersibles by Deborah Lock

Ant-Man and the Wasp Save the Day! By Julia March

Elena Rides by Juana Medina

I See a Bat by Paul Meisel

The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas

Choose Your Own Adventure: Heroes and Monsters by Rana Tahir

Adult Audio Books

I Will Find You by Harlan Coben

Simply Lies by David Baldacci

Juvenile Audio Books

No new titles

Teen Audio Books

No new titles

Movies

Poser

Return to Seoul

Modern Family.

In the Heart of the Sea

80 for Brady

The Ritual Killer

Supercell

Champions

Baby Ruby

Knock at the Cabin

Children of the Corn

Unwelcome

Music

Higher Than Heaven by Ellie Goulding

72 Seasons by Metallica

Rk̲flt̲e by Jethro Tull

Defiance. By Ian Hunter

[Subtract] by Ed Sheehan

Atum a Rock Opera in Three Acts by Smashing Pumpkins

First Two Pages of Frankenstein by National

Nate Smith by Nate Smith