March 1 - 15
Alzheimer's Association New Volunteer Open House
New Volunteer Open House
Date: Wednesday, March 10th 2021
Time: 5:30 pm-7:00 pm

As a volunteer with the Alzheimer's Association, you can use your talents to make a meaningful impact in your community. Currently seeking individuals with public speaking experience. Must be comfortable presenting webinar style programs using Zoom. Click here to register or call 800-272-3900.

For questions contact Dawn Boroff at dlboroff@alz.org or 937-610-7016
Tipp City Public Library of Things
Did you know that in addition to your favorite books, movies, and music, the Tipp City Public Library has several items that patrons can check out for their own use. Items include a telescope, sewing machine, laptops, traffic cones, and even an air fryer. The next time you find yourself in need of anything for a project, be sure to call the Tipp City Public Library to see if we can help first.
Ohio Digital Library Engagement is Soaring
The Ohio Digital Library, which provides eBooks, digital audiobooks, digital magazines, and video to all Ohio library patrons; experienced a huge lift in downloads earlier this year, a trend that we expect to have continued in February and beyond. 
Check out the most popular titles below:
The Last Flight (ebook)
The Duke and I (audiobook)
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
The Viscount Who Loved Me (audiobook)
Where the Crawdads Sing (audiobook)
Lady Clementine (ebook)
Nobody's Sweetheart Now (ebook)
The Giver of Stars (ebook)
An Offer from a Gentleman (audiobook)
The Silent Patient (ebook)

Have you used the Ohio Digital Library yet this year? If not, it’s a great time to dive in. Browse your favorite titles here.
Events Planned for the Whole Family
Children's Area Spruced Up
Now that the library is open to the public again, please come in and see the updates we’ve made to the Children’s Area. Although we cannot yet put out our toys and puzzles, you’ll be able to sit down and browse the books in front of the window.  A study area for tutors and students can be found near the new family bathroom by the round tables. This area also features the New Books Display for the new Juvenile Chapter Books and Easy Readers. We’ve also moved a set of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference books to this area with some school supplies children can use when they are studying in the library.
The Creative Corner has moved opposite the study area and, although not fully opened yet, children can currently use some art supplies set out in this area. Hand sanitizer is available and patrons are encouraged to clean their hands before and after using the supplies. Some new signage will help you locate the nonfiction books and your favorite authors. 

The Juvenile chapter book section has shifted slightly and signage on the shelves will direct you to the new location for the Graphic Novels section and the American Girl series. New Juvenile Nonfiction is now on display by the Juvenile Biographies.
Who Loves Llamas? We Do!
Stop in the Children’s Area and pick up our next Take-Home Craft Bag- it’s a tribute to lovely llamas! The craft bag contains two llama crafts and some activity sheets for you to try at home.
Assemble and decorate a paper plate llama and learn to weave on the second llama. No registration required, but supplies are limited and the bags are only available through Saturday, March 6.
St. Patrick's Day Children's Contest
Can you find the lucky Leprechauns hiding out in the Library? Grab a contest paper from the table by the Children’s Librarians and search all the Children’s Department for leprechauns holding flowers. Write down the letters on the flowers to reveal a secret message!
At Home Activity to Welcome Back Spring
If you can’t make it into the library just yet, try our Spring Fever Word Search at home. Go to the Children’s Programs tab on our website and look for the “At-Home Activities” section. Click on the link to download and print the word search at home.


Upcoming Programs for 6th-12th Grade Youth
Adolescents and Screen Time-Should You Be Worried?
Over the past decade the use of digital media, including interactive and social media, has grown dramatically among young people and there is evidence that suggests the use of digital media can offer both benefits and risks.  During the pandemic parents may have become even more aware of the amount of time adolescents are spending in front of a screen as they do schoolwork on a computer and keep in contact with their friends through their phones.  On-line gaming has become a distraction for many young people since participation in clubs and sports is no longer filling their time.

These benefits were found in the November 2016 issue of Pediatrics:
-exposure to new ideas and knowledge
-increased opportunities for social contact and support
-new opportunities to access health promotion messages and information
The risks included:
-negative health effects on sleep, attention and learning
-a higher incidence of obesity and depression
-exposure to inaccurate, in appropriate, or unsafe content and contacts
-compromised privacy and confidentiality

To read the full report, follow the link below to the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics and get more insight on how to help your adolescents make good decisions on digital media use.


Interested in setting up a Family Media Agreement with your family?  A family media plan helps parents ensure that your kids know how to safely use digital media and can help parents feel less intimidated and afraid of what their children are doing online.  Here are two articles that will give you an idea of what a Family Media Agreement entails.
More Programs and Events for Adults
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 sessions are scheduled for this Friday, March 5 and next Friday, March 12 at 11 a.m.
Unwind and DIY Craft for March
The March Unwind and DIY registration is now available! This month we will be making a farmhouse wood bead garland with tassel! This garland décor can be placed anywhere to add a rustic charm to your house, including planters, entryway tables, etc. The kits will be available for pickup on Monday, March 15th.

Please register here.
Overdue for a Brew: Malts
Join us March 17th at 7:30 pm-8:30 pm for a Facebook live video on the Tipp City Public Library page where we'll talk about the exciting world of malt beers. Pour yourself a beer and hear beer writer David Nilsen talk about the important roles malt plays in beer and walk through some of the art and science behind how brewers use different combinations of malts to create different beer styles. Feel free to ask questions as we go!
Upcoming Book Discussions
Virtual Book Club
Catch up with our library's Virtual Book Club this week on our Facebook page. This week, we focus on Anxious People by Frederik Backman

Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life or death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include an eclectic bunch of people from a retired couple obsessed with hunting down fixer-uppers to avoid the truth, to a young couple about to have their first child but can’t seem to agree to anything to a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment’s only bathroom. Each person carries grievances, secrets and passions ready to boil over, and none of them is who they appear to be, including the failed bank robber. As the authorities and media surround the premises, these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion an unexpected chain of events.


You can find Anxious People for download on one of our free online streaming services like Hoopla or Libby.
Mystery Lovers Book Club
Monday, March 8
7 - 8 p.m.

Join us for a Zoom discussion of Macbeth by Jo Nesbo. Copies are available by request. Email our library at info@tippcitylibrary.org for more information. Click here to register for this virtual program.
Page Turners Book Club
Monday, March 22nd
7 - 8 p.m.

Join us for a Zoom discussion of The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman. The World that We Knew is the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Fiction Winner. Copies are available for request. Email info@tippcitylibrary.org for more information.

You can register here.
New Books, Movies and Music to Enjoy
Adult Fiction Books
The Burning Girls :A Novel by C.J. Tudor
In the Garden of Spite : A Novel of the Black Widow of La Porte by Camilla Bruce
Girl A by Abigail Dean
Relentless by Mark Greaney
The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
Blink of an Eye by Iris Johansen
Serpentine : an Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman
The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
An Extravagant Death by Charles B Finch
Missing and Endangered by Judith A. Jance
Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb
A Fatal Lie : An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery by Charles Todd
Outlawed by Anna North
Black Widows by Cate Quinn
The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
The Shadow Box by Luanne Rice
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
Dangerous Women by Hope Adams
A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
A Perfect Amish Romance by Shelley Shepard Gray
All Girls by Emily Layden
Blood Grove by Walter Mosley
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
The Umbrella Lady by V.C. Andrews
The Power Couple by Alex Berenson
If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier
Endless Mercy by Tracie Peterson
Beneath the Keep : A Novel of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Never Far Away by Michael Koryta
My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee
Robert Ludlum's the Treadstone Exile by Joshua Hood
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
The (Other) You :Stories by Joyce Carol Oates
City of a Thousand Gates :A Novel by Rebecca Sacks
A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel
We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida
The Survivors by Jane Elizabeth Harper
The Sanatorium :A Novel by Sarah Pearse
Those Who Are Saved by Alexis Landau
The Unwilling by John Hart

Adult Non-Fiction Books
Think Again :The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam M. Grant
Walk in My Combat Boots :True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors by James Patterson
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster :The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates
Made in China :A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang
Four Hundred Souls :A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
Like Streams to the Ocean :Notes on Ego, Love, and the things that Make Us Who We Are by Jedidiah Jenkins
Robert E. Lee and Me :A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule
The Night Lake :A Young Priest Maps the Topography of Grief by Liz Tichenor
Do Better :Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy by Rachel Ricketts
Ancient Remedies :Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History by Josh Axe
The Pegan Diet :21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World by Mark Hyman
The Chicken Bible :Say Goodbye to Boring Chicken with 500 Recipes for Easy Einners, Braises, Wings, Stir-Fries, and so Much More by America's Test Kitchen
The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell : Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues by Lonnie Wheeler
The Princess Spy :The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones by Larry Loftis
Between Two Kingdoms :A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
True Believer :The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman
Mike Nichols :A Life by Mark Harris
George Washington :The Political Rise of America's Founding Father by David O. Stewart
Dancing in the Mosque :An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son by Ḥumayrā Qādirī
Humor, Seriously :Why Humor is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life and How Anyone Can Harness It. Even you by Jennifer Lynn Aaker
The Black Church :This is Our Story, This is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates
Black Magic : What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph by Chad Sanders
The 80/80 Marriage : a New Model for a Happier, Stronger Relationship by Nathaniel J. Klemp
The Devil You Know :A Black Power Manifesto by Charles M. Blow
Tangled Up in Blue :Policing the American City by Rosa Brooks
Saving Justice :Truth, Transparency, and Trust by James B. Comey
Kill Shot :A Shadow Industry, A Deadly Disease by Jason Dearen
The Crown in Crisis : Countdown to the Abdication by Alexaner Larman
Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You) :A How-to Guide from the First Family of Podcasting by Justin McElroy

Adult Large Print Books
Missing and Endangered by Judith A. Jance
Paradise Peak by Janet Dailey
Texas Proud and Bonus Story: Circle of Gold by Diana Palmer

Adult Audiobooks
NYPD Red 6 by James Patterson
American Traitor by Brad Taylor
Neighbors by Danielle Steel
Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner

Blu-ray
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DVD
Wander Darkly
The Informer
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
Archenemy
A Call to Spy
Fear of Rain
Horizon Line
Princess of the Row
Random Acts of Violence
Monster Zone
The Croods, A New Age
The Last Vermeer

CDs
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Teen Books
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Just Our Luck by Julia Walton
It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne
Admission by Julie Buxbaum
The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor
The Key to Fear by Kristin Cast
Pudge & Prejudice by A.K. Pittman
All This Time by Mikki Daughtry
The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare
Winter, White and Wicked by Shannon Dittemore
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep :Voices from the Donner Party by Allan Wolf
The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg
Finding My Voice by Marie G. Lee
This Is How We Fly by Anna Meriano
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
Everything Sad is Untrue :(A True Story) by Daniel Nayeri
The End by Mats Strandberg
City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal
The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa
What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo
The Life I'm In by Sharon G. Flake
Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner
11 Paper Hearts by Kelsey Hartwell 
The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold
Influence by Sara Shepard
As Far as You'll Take Me by Phil Stamper
The Good War by Todd Strasser


Teen Audiobooks
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Juvenile Audiobooks
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Juvenile Books
Goodbye, Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Heidi Heckelbeck and the Hair Emergency! By Wanda Coven
The Thirteenth Fairy by Melissa De La Cruz
Spy School Revolution :A Spy School Novel by Stuart Gibbs
The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris Grabenstein
Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai
Fluffy & Freckles by Ellen Miles
Hope. Project Animal Rescue by Alyssa Milano
School Squad by Eileen Moskowitz-Palma
Clues to the Universe by Christina Li
The Comeback by E.L. Shen
InvestiGators by John Green
Big Nate.by Lincoln Peirce
Girl Giant and the Monkey King by Văn Hoàng
Bark vs. Snark by Spencer Quinn
Of Salt and Shore by Annet Schaap
Chestnut by Jennifer Li Shotz
The Battle for Crystal Castle by Geronimo Stilton
The Reindeer Girl by Holly Webb
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
Pity Party by Kathleen Lane
The Nightmare Thief by Nicole Lesperance
Out of Time :The Eighth Journey Through Time by Geronimo Stilton