Library News
By Sharon Blank

April showers bring May flowers - and May flowers bring thoughts of this year's summer reading program! This year's theme is "Catch the Reading Bug" for the youngsters, and for the teens and 'tweens, it's "Metamorphosis!" We will be announcing the schedule and accepting applications for the programs soon, so watch this space (and our library blog at sjrls.blogspot.com) for more information. And you're all invited to come to the library and bug out with us this summer!

Do you love to write or draw? Would you like to see your short stories, poems, comics or art in print and on our library shelves? Then come to the library on Wednesday, May 14, at 4 p.m. and check out the Zine Scene!

That's not the only thing going on for writers, either. This summer, we will be repeating our great "Slam & Jam" program, which allows writers to share their works (under 1000 words, please) with a live audience, and to be included in our great "Slam & Jam" book! Want to know more? Call Sharon at (912) 564-7526!

Now, on to the books!

CARRY THE LIGHT by Delia Parr. Ellie Waters was usually pretty good at juggling career, family and church. But when her mother fell ill, she found herself overwhelmed. Charlene Butler, a grandmother and businesswoman, whose Aunt Dorothy had suddenly had a medical crisis, knows what she's going through.

LUSH LIFE by Richard Price. Eric Cash is the oldest bartender at the Café Berkmann. Ike Marcus is the youngest and the newest… or he was, until a punk from the Lower East Side stepped up to them and pulled a gun.

PANDORA'S DAUGHTER by Iris Johansen. Young Dr. Megan Blair has spent her entire life trying to shut off the voices in her head, voices that bring her to the edges of madness. But now, someone is trying to kill her, others are trying to use her, and the power she's fought to destroy may be her only chance to live.

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

Hot Politics Companion website to a 2008 PBS Frontline documentary that looks at the factors behind "the [failure of the] executive branch of the U.S. government ... to join in climate change agreements adopted by much of the rest of the world." Features investigative reports, a timeline of scientific and political developments concerning global warming, interviews, readings and links, a teacher's guide and more.

Solving the Diaper Dilemma

This article discusses the question "Are disposable plastic or reusable cloth diapers better for the environment and for the babies themselves," noting that "while many of us might answer with a kneejerk 'cloth,' the answer isn't necessarily that easy." Discusses studies and cloth diapering. Note: some of the diaper companies listed are no longer in business, but current listings can be found by searching for "diapers" in the website's "National Green Pages." From Coop America.

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