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State Library of Ohio Announces Digital Checkouts Reach 6 Million

The State Library of Ohio recently announced that the Ohio Digital Library has reached 5,602,613 digital checkouts from January 1 to October 31. In 2019, the State Library of Ohio reports that the Ohio Digital Library had 5,628,889 for the entire year. As of Monday, November 23, the the State Library of Ohio reports we have exceeded 6 million digital checkouts--that's a lot of streaming happening in Ohio! Click here to view the live counter on digital checkouts that is powered by OverDrive through the Ohio Digital Library. See the table to the right for the top 25 titles for October, and if one or more of the titles piques your interest, begin streaming today! Try one of our free streaming services, like Hoopla or Libby.

Curbside Services Available

As the COVID-19 cases increase nationwide and particularly, in Miami County, our library is committed to providing varied services to patrons, including our Curbside Services. If you request your account to be changed to "Curbside," any holds or requests made will be checked out to you and waiting in the rear entrance shelves of our library and available for pickup during our hours of operation. Our library staff will notify you of the items available for pickup and have the items checked out to your account--all you have to do is pull up to our rear entrance (or find a parking spot), hop out of your car, grab your items and go. To change your account to "Curbside," contact us via email at info@tippcitylibrary.org or by phone at (937) 667-3826. We will continue receiving returned items in our front and rear drop boxes and inside our library at the front circulation desk drop box. Our library quarantines all returned items for 7 days, so the returned items will not fall off of your account until after our staff has checked them back in after the 7 day quarantining period. But remember, our library remains fine free, so you will not be charged for any fees once the item(s) is returned.

Library Closed November 26 Our library is closed on Thursday, November 26. We will repen again on Friday, November 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We wish all of our patrons a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Important Update on Libby for Windows

OverDrive recently announced that they would be discontinuing support for the Windows Libby app, which is the app that is available in the Windows store for use with Windows 10 computers. The Libby app will be removed from the Windows store on December 7, 2020. There is not an exact end date for support on Windows 10 computers, but our library wanted our patrons who use OverDrive on their PCs with Windows 10 operating systems to be aware of this change. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our library via email at info@tippcitylibrary.org or by phone at (937) 667-3826.

Upcoming Potential Internet Outage

On December 3 and 4 from midnight to 5 a.m., our library may have a potential internet outage. We are upgrading our internet lines and may experience potential outages at the library during this time. If you make use of our bandwidth or try accessing our online catalog after hours, please be aware of this potential outage. For questions, contact us at (937) 667-3826 or email us at info@tippcitylibrary.org.

More Programs and Events for Adults

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners Announced

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize (DLPP) recently named the winners of the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize award. The winners are: for fiction The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman and for nonfiction Know My Name by Chanel Miller. The runners-up of the 2020 DLPP award are for nonfiction Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt and for fiction The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri. Winners will be honored at a gala ceremony on June 27, 2021 in Dayton, OH. Stay connected with our library through our Facebook page, newsletter and website for DLPP announcements. Click here to learn more about the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Inhabit Yoga Virtual Program

Molly from Inhabit Yoga introduces fundamental yoga breathing, postures, alignment and core muscle engagement to support your lifelong yoga practice. Whether you are brand new to yoga or a seasoned veteran, you will benefit from getting back to the basics! Join us on Facebook Live on our Facebook page for this live program. You do not have to have a Facebook account to view any of our library's virtual programs. The next virtual yoga session is scheduled for this Friday, November 27 at 11 a.m.

Upcoming Book Discussion

Virtual Book Club Catch up with our library's Virtual Book Club this week on our Facebook page. This week, we focus on Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables follows the story of Eleven-year-old Anne, who has bounced around from foster homes to orphanages, never having a real place to call home. When she is mistakenly sent to live with the Cuthberts, she wants to stay forever, but Anne is not the boy Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert were expecting. Anne is not like anybody else, but the longer she stays at Green Gables, the harder it is for anyone to imagine life without her. The first in an anthology series, Anne of Green Gables has been translated into at least 36 different languages and has sold more than 50 million copies, making it one of the best selling books worldwide. You can find Anne of Green Gables for download on one of our free online streaming services like Hoopla or Libby.

Events Planned for the Whole Family

New Take-Home Kit for Thanksgiving

Beginning Monday, November 23, you can pick up the Thanksgiving Take-Home Kit for preschool through 5th grade aged children. This new kit includes everything you need to make a Turkey table decoration, plus a bag of rice and a recipe for Leftover Turkey Casserole. No registration is required, but it’s first-come, first-serve for these limited number of Take-Home Kits.

Option to Return Tipp City Schools' Books at Our Library

This is a special reminder to parents of students who attend Tipp City Schools. When our library receives books from the Tipp City Exempted Schools that have been returned in our book drops, we will make sure they get back to the school district libraries. We typically hold onto their books until the end of the month and then deliver them to the school district librarians. Tipp City Public Library is happy to accept these books and return them for families to the Tipp City Exempted School District, especially during the pandemic when the school district may have to return to at-home online learning.

Use Our Photo Booth for Holiday Greeting Cards If you are looking to make your holiday card unique with a family picture, stop by our library and use the library’s backdrop and props to help you create something special. The library has several decorated trees by the front windows and a cardboard sleigh you can position your family around. There are also Santa hats, reindeer ears, Naughty/Nice signs and more!

Upcoming Programs for 6th-12th Grade Youth

Holiday Take-Home Craft Kit for Teens Youth ages 12-17 years can begin signing up on Monday, November 23 to receive one of the Take-Home Craft Kits that contain everything you need to make snowy candleholder jars and fragrant bath bombs using Epsom salt. Click here to sign-up or go to the Teen Programs webpage and open the description of the program at the top of the page to get to the registration form. There are enough materials in each bag to make several candle holders and two bath bombs, so you can make one to keep and one to give as a gift to a friend or family member. The Take-Home Kits will be ready for pick-up beginning Friday, Dec. 4. You will find a bag with your name on it on the table in the Children’s area by the Children’s Librarian’s desk, so after December 4, you can just grab it and go!

Look to Our Pinterest Boards for Crafting Inspiration Looking for ideas on low-cost gifts to make for family and friends this holiday season? Click here to go to the library’s Pinterest page for the Teen Board. We often find inspiration on Pinterest for the crafts we do during storytimes and the library programs. When we find a good idea, we post it to our Pinterest boards! While searching for the December Take-Home Craft bag, we found lots of other great ideas, so start with our Teen Pinterest board before you go down the Pinterest rabbit hole!

New Books, Movies and Music to Enjoy

Adult Fiction Books Deadly Cross by James Patterson The Awakening by Nora Roberts Adult Nonfiction Books This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing: A Memoir by Jacqueline Winspear Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World by Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook Collection: 350+ Groundbreaking Recipes for All Your Favorite Foods by America's Test Kitchen Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months by Chase's (COR) Adult Large Print Books Deadly Cross by James Patterson Daylight by David Baldacci All That Glitters by Danielle Steel Adult Audiobooks No new titles generated under this category. Blu-ray No new titles generated under this category. DVD The Devil Has A Name Summerland Words on Bathroom Walls Blackbird 2067 Unhinged Relic Pokemon CDs No new titles generated under this category. Teen Books My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly Tristan Strong Destroys the World by Kwame Mbalia The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan Unbirthday by Liz Braswell We Are Not Free by Traci Chee The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour Horrid by Katrina Leno Majesty by Katharine McGee Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp Making Friends with Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards The Brightest Night by Jennifer L. Armentrout Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

Teen Audiobooks No new titles generated under this category. Juvenile Audiobooks No new titles generated under this category. Juvenile Books Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote by Andrea Beaty The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road by Max Brallier The Shadow Crosser by Jennifer Cervantes The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel by Sheela Chari Deny All Charges by Eoin Colfer Kenny and the Book of Beasts by Tony DiTerlizzi Horace & Bunwinkle by P.J. Garner The Invasion by Katherine Applegate Class Act by Jerry Craft Twins by Varian Johnson The Baby-Sitters Club: A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan Dog Man: Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey Pea, Bee, & Jay by Brian Smith The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman Pine Island Home by Polly Horvath The Boys in the Back Row by Mike Jung Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure by Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End by Jeff Kinney Whispering Pines by Heidi Lang Stink and the Hairy Scary Spider by Megan McDonald Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia Attack on Pearl Harbor by Kate Messner Project Class President by Alyssa Milano Whirly Squirrelies by Michael Nawrocki Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park The Lost Wonderland Diaries by J. Scott Savage Welcome to Smellville by R.L. Stine Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake Face the Music by Brian Weisfeld Three Keys by Kelly Yang