It's hot outside, but we've got cool reads and comfortable chairs here at the library!

The Vacation Reading Program may be over, but that doesn't mean we aren't doing anything. Today, Wednesday, July 23, at 2 p.m., teens and 'tweens can come to our special weekly book club and talk about some of the best books out there! This Wednesday, it will be Holes by Louis Sachar. Then Wednesday, July 30, at 2 p.m. we'll be talking about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling. Best of all, if they don't have a copy of their own, we can give them one free! It'll be a magically good time, so if you've got a youngster in that age group, make sure they come!

Storytime will resume Wednesday, Aug. 6, and will be held on Wednesdays at 4 p.m.

We've got great stuff planned for August! Want to know what? Come into the library and find out!

Thursday, July 24, at 4 p.m., the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library Board will meet at the Screven County Library. The public is invited to attend.

Now, on to the books! FINAL SALUTE: A STORY OF UNFINISHED LIVES by Jim Sheeler. One of the most difficult duties any soldier can face is to go to the home of one of his fellow Marines and notify their families that their loved one will not be coming home. That sorrowful task lies in the hands of men and women like Major Steve Beck.

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

USA Today Politics

News and analysis about the 2008 presidential election. Includes material about public financing of campaigns, a candidate match game in which you discover which candidate, (Barack Obama or John McCain,) shares your views on selected issues, a poll tracker for head-to-head match-ups, background about candidates, and more. From USA Today, a division of Gannett Company.

It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel: Etiquette Books for Children

This book list suggests etiquette titles for children, including both serious and humorous selections. From the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL).

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