Join Our 4 Part Community Conversations Series |
Wednesday, August 4th 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Join us on August 4th for part 1 of a 4 part series.
Homegoing Community Conversation 1: Foundations of U.S. Slavery: Rationalizations and Intergenerational Impact
In this online session, we will explore the foundations of the US Slave Trade within the context of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Beginning in West Africa in the late 1700s, the book examines the Mid-Atlantic slave trade and the foundations of racial hierarchies in the U.S. We’ll discuss the foundations of slavery in the U.S., including the rationalizations and intergenerational impact.
Tiffany Taylor Smith, Assistant Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, and Dr. Leslie Picca, Professor of Sociology, from the University of Dayton will co-facilitate this conversation with Drew Wichterman, Adult Services Librarian, from the Tipp City Public Library.
This event was made possible by the American Library Association: Libraries Transforming Communities Grant, Tipp Foundation, and Tippecanoe Educational Endowment.
A Zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the event.
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Library Participates in Putt-Putt Golf Event Downtown! |
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Join us for the third annual putt-putt adventure course through downtown Tipp City! Each participating shop, including our library, will have their own unique putt-putt hole to challenge you along your way. This event will be held on Friday, August 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. We encourage those attending to bring your own putters and golf balls and come dressed in your best golf attire. Turn in your completed card at the end of the night to any of the shops downtown to be entered to win a raffle basket. Tickets for this putt-putt golf event are on sale--click here to purchase your tickets now!
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Tipp City Exempted Village Schools Partners with the Library |
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The library's book bike visits during the school's Summer Academy Program were a huge success during the month of June. Library staff visited once a week to read stories, do book talks, and deliver books to 170 K-8 students. During the 5 week program, over 750 books were delivered. Students read their library books each day to earn prizes through the library's summer reading program. This partnership was developed by Adult Services Librarian, Drew Wichterman and former Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Steve Verhoff as one of the Summer Academy's many enrichment activities. The library thanks the Tipp Foundation for helping them reach students in such a unique way with the book bike. |
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Bonus Borrows are Back for the Month of August |
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Hoopla, one of the library's free streaming services, has returned with their Bonus Borrows program. Back by popular demand, the Bonus Borrows program, available during the month of August , offers zero borrows from your monthly borrows when selecting from the Bonus Borrow collection. With television, audiobooks, eBooks, and comics in our 'Series You'll Love' collection, there are titles for everyone to enjoy! The Bonus Borrows collection is available the entire month of August.
August themes include:
- All Things British
- Back to School: STEAM!
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Pop Culture Celebration
- Relaxation
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- Series You'll Love
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More Programs and Events for Adults |
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Yoga In the Alley by Inhabit Yoga |
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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! Join us in the alley for this program. In the case of inclement weather, we will meet in the meeting room. Register here. Sessions are scheduled for Friday August 6th and 13th at 9:30 a.m.
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Every Monday
1:30 p.m.
For intermediate to advanced players. Call the library at 937-667-3826 for more information or to sign up.
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Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
1:30 p.m.
For beginning to advanced players. Call the library at 937-667-3826 for more information or to sign up.
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Unwind and DIY Craft for August |
Monday, August 16th
Spend some time unwinding with a monthly DIY craft kit! Each month we will provide a DIY for you to create and display in your home! The August DIY will be teaching you how to make a functional and sustainable beeswax wrap! Please register here-
Please take this survey to help with future programming.
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Overdue for a Brew: Celebrate Local Beer |
Monday, August 16th
6:30-7:30 p.m
Join us for an outdoor beer tasting event with Beer writer & Certified Cicerone David Nilsen at the Tipp City Public Library where we'll Celebrate Local Beer together! David will walk us through an educational tasting of some of the best beers from around the area!
This event is 21 & up only. The event is free but registration is required.
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Thursday, August 5th
6:00-7:00 p.m
The Tipp City Public Library is working with the Park District to bring you a Conservation themed summer program! The program will have 4 session themes and will cover the various ways we can practice conservation and help protect the environment. The fourth session will be all about succulents and the wildlife that thrive in habitats where succulents are prevalent, and how we can help wildlife thrive in the world. Watch the video on the Tipp City Public Library Facebook page.
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Upcoming Book Discussions |
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Tuesday, August 10th
7 - 8 p.m.
Join us for a discussion of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara. Copies are available for request. Email info@tippcitylibrary.org for more information.
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Tuesday, August 24th
7 - 8 p.m.
Join us for a discussion of Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Copies are available for request. Email info@tippcitylibrary.org for more information.
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Events Planned for the Whole Family |
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Don't Forget to Pick Up Your Prizes |
Aug. 2-7 is your last chance to pick up prizes earned in the Beanstack Summer Challenge. You’ve worked hard this summer and participated in our fun activities that earned you points, so be sure to grab your prizes before time runs out. |
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Quick Activities for Kids in August |
Looking for some things to do before school starts? The Children’s Department is taking a break in August, but you can still come in and do projects in the Creative Corner on your own.
You’ll find links to on-line resources and activity sheets to print at home. There are also slides with links to our catalog if you are looking for one last book to enjoy before school starts.
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Need Help with Back to School Jitters? |
The Children’s Department is here to help you with preparing your youngsters for heading back to school. Stop in the library to see our special display of books to share with your child about the first day of school, separation anxiety, and fictional chapter books for older readers about school life. There’s also a display to brush up on concepts like numbers, letters, shapes, colors, and basic math skills.
Here are five tips we’ve gathered from experts that will help parents ease their child’s transition to school:
- Establish your new routine. Start going to bed earlier and waking up earlier if this has not been your routine for the summer. Practice your morning routine for when school starts.
- Make going back to school something to get excited about. Parents should not let their anxieties about the pandemic or the uncertainties they are facing stress out their children. Let kids help buy school supplies or decorate their folders. Talk about the new things they’ll get to do this year. Make them feel special about getting to go to school.
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Recognize and validate your child’s feelings. Look for behaviors that indicate they may be anxious, like irritability, clinginess, stomachaches, or a usually happy, outgoing child that shuts down. Have a conversation with your child and draw them out to discuss what their feelings are and why. Here’s a link to an article from PBS Newsletter for Parents that will give you strategies to help children gain control over anxiety-causing situations, called the STOP method, which involves role-playing. Click here to go to the info on our website.
- Communicate with your child’s school and teacher to familiarize yourself with routines and expectations regarding COVID protocol. If your child has a disability or special needs, make sure you have an Individualized Education Program set up. Considering sending a note to your child’s teacher giving them information about things that stress out your child and how to help calm them down. For example, “When my child gets scared they often cry. Reading a book or giving them a partner to work with usually helps.”
- Parents need to lead by example. Give your family extra time in the mornings so you aren’t anxious and rushed. Help kids get everything ready the night before so they have what they need each morning. Everyone needs to learn to take a breath to calm themselves down when things get stressful. Some stress is inevitable, so help your child use strategies to handle their anxiety when you are not around. Remember, don’t sweat the small stuff!
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Upcoming Programs for 6th-12th Grade Youth |
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This August, we are having a take-home DIY project for teens! Teens will be able to pick up kits to make their own slime. All necessary materials will be provided! If you are interested, please register at the following link:
Interested teens in grades 6 and up must be registered by August 10th to ensure ample supplies; we will send an email when kits are ready to be picked up at the teen desk. They should be available starting August 19th!
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Sign Up for the Speak Up Book Club |
It's time for a Teen Book Club! The Speak Up Book Club will plan to meet monthly during the school year to discuss YA reads within our collection that address social justice topics! This will be a safe, teen-led, open space where we engage in respectful discussion. Teens will get input on what books/genres we discuss, and books will be provided! Interested teens can sign up using the following link. If you have any questions, please e-mail Grace Moran, Teen Librarian: gmoran@tippcitylibrary.org
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Join Our Teen Discord Server |
Sign Up to Join our Teen Discord Server! Teens ages 13 and up are invited to join the Tipp City Library Teen Discord Server. We plan to have at least one virtual hangout a month over Discord, where people can chat, watch videos together, stream the games they are playing, play trivia, and much more! Complete this form so the Teen Librarian can send you an invite link to the server.
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New Books, Movies and Music to Enjoy |
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Adult Fiction Books
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Adult Non-Fiction Books
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Adult Large Print Books
Return to the Big Valley: 3 Romances from a Unique Pennsylvania Amish Community by Wanda E. Brunstetter, Jean Brunstetter & Richelle Brunstetter
The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin
The Shadow by James Patterson
The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession by Jennifer Chiaverini
Choose Me by Tess Gerritsen
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Someone to Cherish by Mary Balogh
Someone to Cherish by Mary Balogh
Adult Audiobooks
The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton
The Cellist by Daniel Silva
Who I Am with You by Robin Lee Hatcher
Blu-ray
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DVD
Percy vs Goliath
Defending Jacob
Equal Standard
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mortal Kombat
The SpongeBob Movie.
No Man's Land
Separation
The Jungle Book
Held
Wrath of Man
Dream Horse
Die in a Gunfight
Jakob's Wife
The Spanish Princess.
Spiral from the book of Saw
Feral State
Initiation
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CDs
Stories to Tell by Chris Rowlands
Sob Rock by John Mayer
American Quilt
Butter by BTS
Downhill From Everywhere by Jackson Browne
For Free by David Crosby
Teen Books
The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky
Teen Audiobooks
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Juvenile Audiobooks
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Juvenile Books
The Great Unicorn Race by Whitney Sanderson
Libby Loves Science : Mix and Measure by Kimberly Derting
Trouble with Tattle-Tails by Jonathan Auxier
The Book That Ate Me by Michael Dahl
The Secret of the Himalayas by Adam Gidwitz
The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
Big Nate: In your Face! By Lincoln Peirce
Pea, Bee, & Jay by Brian Smith
The Protest by Samantha Thornhill
I'm on It! By Mo Willems and Andrea Tsurumi
The Tea Dragon Tapestry by Katie O'Neill
InvestiGators by John Green
Going Up! By Greg Pizzoli
Trouble Island by Franklin W. Dixon
Let's Go Swimming! By Norman Feuti
Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
The Grumbletroll by Aprilkind
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