Library News
By Sharon Blank

Bring the past alive and help your descendants understand what kind of exciting changes grandma and grandpa saw in their lives. Dr. Theresa Welford will be at the Jenkins County Memorial Library 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, talking about how she is collecting stories from people in the area to help genealogists and historians understand what life was like in the past - and what it's like now. This event is called "Word Portraits of Southeast Georgia." It is the latest of our series of discussions called "Southeast Georgia on our Minds," a collaborative effort between the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System and Georgia Southern University's Humanities Department. It's funded by a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council.

Do your children each have a library card? Why not give them the key that unlocks the wonderful world of books! Give them the best gift they will ever receive, a gift they will appreciate all their lives. And it is free! Children's Book Week is Monday, Nov. 12, until Saturday, Nov. 17. What a perfect time to get a library card!

And there's no better way of introducing them to that world of books than to bring them to story time at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays! It's a great opportunity for them to listen to a story, do a little creative craft and just generally have fun.

Now, on to the books!

THE NUMBERS BEHIND NUMB3RS: SOLVING CRIME WITH MATHEMATICS by Keith Devlin and Gary Lorden. What does math have to do with crime-fighting? Any fan of the TV show NUMB3RS - or reader of this book - will be able to tell you. See how statistics, math and detective work come together to help catch the bad guys.

THE WEDNESDAY LETTERS by Jason F. Wright. Every Wednesday since the day they married, Jack Cooper wrote his wife a love letter. Now, the Coopers are dead, and their children are left with 39 years of letters… and within those letters are clues to a shocking secret.

THE ESSENTIAL NATURAL HEALTH BIBLE by Nerys Purchon. Herbs and their uses, essential oils, gardening tips, gift ideas, recipes for food and for skin-care treatments and aromatherapy and relaxation techniques are just the tip of the iceberg here.

Links to these cool sites can be found at www.sjrls.org or at sjrls.blogspot.com

The Chemistry of Autumn Colors

This site briefly describes the chemical process that occurs each fall when the leaves of plants in the Northern Hemisphere change from green "to brilliant shades of yellow, orange and red." From a University of Wisconsin- Madison chemistry professor.

Doris Lessing

Collections of book reviews and articles about British author Doris Lessing, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature, and known for writing books with feminist, political, mystical and science fiction themes. Includes reviews of books back to 1950 (most free, some require a fee,) and articles mainly from the 1980s and 1990s. From The New York Times.

Well, that's it for now - see you at the library!