Free Medicare Seminar - Jan. 18

There will be a free Medicare info seminar at the Winston County Library on Wednesday, January 18 at 10:00.

Author Event at the Winston County Library- Frances Woodruff- Jan 6

The Winston County Library will hold an author event for Louisville native Mrs. Frances Woodruff on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:30. She will talk about her new book, “They Wore Gray: Confederate Soldiers of Winston County, Mississippi”. The Friends of the Library will provide free brown bag lunches for the first 24 participants.


 

Check It Out at the Library

 

Christmas At The Library-Dec 16

 

Winston County Library Hosting Christmas Party for Children - Dec. 16

On Friday, December 16th at 3:30, The Winston County Library will host a Christmas party for children which will include refreshments, storytime, and a toy stuffing event. Children get to take their stuffed animal home with them.

Santa Claus will also be at the library to take pictures with the children.

Town & Country Garden Club Christmas Tree at the Winston County Library

The Town & Country Garden Club put up their annual Christmas tree at the Winston County Library recently. (L-R) Club President Diane Dempsey, Historian Noneine Keene, Secretary Debbie Moody, Patricia Holton, Sandra Cullwell, and Treasurer Dale Shumaker. Be sure and stop by the library to see the tree, plus all the many Christmas decorations throughout the library!

Wyatt Water Boom Signing- Dec 8

Wyatt Waters is returning to our Winston County Library Thursday, December 8 from 10 - 2. He will have copies of his new book, The Watercolor Road: Painting and Writing Through the American South. In addition to his new book, he will have his 2023 calendar, coffee mugs, note cards, Christmas ornaments and lots of other goodies you can purchase as Christmas gifts!

Dinovember- Nov 21-23

 

Teen Workshop "What Color Is Your Parachute"- Nov 21

 

David Humphries Book Event - Nov. 18

 

Teen Workshop "What Color Is Your Parachute" -Nov 21

 

Jr. Auxiliary Angel Tree is Now at the Library

The annual Jr. Auxiliary Angel Tree is now at the Winston County Library and has 257 needy children who are ready to be "adopted" for Christmas. There are four drop off dates at the Louisville Fire Station, but the last date is November 26.

Fun Events at the Library This Week

Thursday, October 27 3:30 – 4:30 Monster Puppet Program for children. Come and make your own Monster Puppet to take home!

Friday, October 28 3:30 – 4:30 Teen Halloween Costume Party. Games, Prizes, Refreshments!

Author Event At The Winston County Library- Nov 4

 

Decorating Paper Pumpkins at The Winston County Libary

These young ladies had fun decorating paper pumpkins at the Winston County Library. A craft table is set up at the library for anyone who wants to have fun decorating a paper pumpkin. They are (l-r) Kylie Hilliard (age 6) and Lana Hilliard (age 3), children of Shannon Hilliard and Logan Hilliard.

Teen Halloween Costume Party- Oct 28

 

Decorated Paper Pumpkin Contest- Oct4-27

 

Pretty Cool Pumpkin Contest- Oct 21

 

Winston County Library & WCCRF Work Together to Better Prison Library

The Winston County Library and the Winston/Choctaw Correctional Facility work together each year to help in the accreditation process for the facility. Librarian Beth Edwards (left) provides training and suggestions for the prison library. Edwards conducted training last week with (from left) Alexis Bush, Administrative Assistant; Anthony McIntosh, Chaplain and Dirk Hutchinson, Inmate Librarian (back). “I am so impressed with the improvements I saw last week in the library at WCCRF. And in the coming months, we are going to work together to add even more opportunities for reading and learning at the prison, if possible”, said Edwards. “I believe this is very important work, not only for the standing for our local prison, but for the inmates themselves.”

Job Opening at the Winston County Library

The Winston County Library has a job opening for a Children’s Librarian.  It is a full-time 40-hour a week position,  full benefits, state health insurance and state retirement.  Applicants may apply by going to:  www.mmrls.lib.ms.us

 

Free Medicare Seminar at the Library - Oct 11

The Winston County Library will host a free Medicare seminar on Tuesday, October 11 from 10:00 – 12:00.

Author Event at the Library - Oct. 14

 

Get A Library Card, Play Bingo, and Win a Prize!

The Winston County Library is celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month during September. To make it fun for everyone, you can come to the library, pick up a Library Card Sign-Up Month Bingo Card, start playing, and if you complete a Bingo card, win a prize!

Goals on the bingo card include Read A Magazine, Listen To Music on Hoopla, Checkout a Cookbook, Share Your Library Love On Social Media, and Get A Library Card!

Come to the library and pick up your bingo card today!

2022 Family Law Legal Clinics for the Sixth Chancery Court District (Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Kemper, Neshoba & Winston counties)

 

Celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month in September

 

Summer Reading Program Winner- Marshall Miller

Grace Christian School 8th grader Marshall Miller is thyroid winner of a blue tooth speaker from the Mississippi Regional Library System. He is one of three winners throughout the entire five county system who registered for the Summer Reading Program through Beanstack. Marshall is the son of Angie and Mitchell Miller.

Free Adult Literacy Resources at Library

 

What is basic adult literacy, and why is it important? Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak,

and listen in a way that lets us communicate effectively. It allows us to make sense of the world

through various written, visual, and spoken texts.

Literacy gives access to information and significantly reduces gender, race, nationality, and

religious inequality that favors one group over another, whether dealing with access to education,

property, employment, health care, or civic participation.

This past year, the Louisville Rotary Club provided a generous donation to the Winston County

Library with an intended use toward literacy. With their contribution, the library purchased

literacy materials for public use. “We are grateful to be able to offer these resources to the

public,” said librarian Beth Edwards. “Rotary’s mission is literacy, and we are proud to partner

with them in helping to promote this for Winston County citizens.”

Do you need help with reading or writing, or do you know someone who does? You are

encouraged to take advantage of these free resources. Reading hardships are often a hidden

struggle. If someone confides in you about their struggles or desire to improve reading skills,

take the time to listen and support them.

Please share information about the literacy-based resources available at the Winston County

Library and let them know they are not alone. This past year, a man in his 70s who could not

read is now reading at a fourth-grade level, thanks to this program at your local library.

Also, you can become a volunteer. You can support this program by offering your time, skills,

and expertise with as little as one to two hours a week. We would love to have you join us!

Please share this information with your family, social group, church, fellow employees, and

anyone else who can benefit from this service! Remember that literacy is one of the greatest

gifts, and the Winston County Library has the tools to help.

For more information, please visit or contact the Winston County Library at 662-773-3212.

August is Customer Appreciation Month at the Library

“The Winston County Library would not exist without our customers.” This is a quote from Librarian Beth Edwards. She and her staff are passionate about providing the best customer service to anyone who enters the library. “They are like family to us and we appreciate them so much.”

This month, the library is celebrating Customer Appreciation Month and is offering all copies, faxes and computer printouts for half price. Also, each week in August free “happies” will be given out. So be sure and visit the Winston County Library during August and “Be Appreciated”!  Recently this family received Smarties with a card saying “ You’re such a Smartie for using the Library and we’re Bursting with Appreciation!” 

 

Pictured l-r are Genevieve (age 6, Everett (age 8 and Madeleine (age 6) Nichols, along with their mom Michelle Nichols.

 

Book Event at the Library - Aug. 26

 

Story Time With Mrs. Andrea- Aug 16

 

Storytime With Mrs. Andrea - July 20

 

Dive Into An Ocean of Possibilities With Mississippi Aquarium - July 26

 

Allen Baswell Book Event - July 15

 We are having an author event on Friday, July 15th from 11:30 – 1:00 at the Winston County Library. Choctaw native Allen Baswell will introduce his new book of poetry, “Mississippi Musings”. The Friends of the Library will provide brown bag lunches for participants.

Scott Hendrix Book Event - July 1

 The Winston County Journal is pleased to host local author Scott Hendrix for a book talk and Q & A about his first novel, The Garden Spot. The event will take place Friday, July 1st at the library from 11:30 – 1:00. The Friends of the Library will provide brown bag lunches for the first 24 participants.

Scott Hendrix has lived in Louisville, Mississippi his entire life. He and his wife Nora Gay have two children, Sidney Louise who lives in Oxford, Mississippi and Hoyt Davis who is a senior at Mississippi State University.

Scott attended Louisville High School and graduated from Mississippi State University with a BA in Communication. He works as a Regional Sales Representative for a company based in New Jersey.

“The Garden Spot” is his first novel set in the fictional town of Lewiston, Mississippi. He is currently working on his second novel which will be a sequel. He has also written several short stories as well.

The Garden Spot, is listed as #10 on the Clarion Ledger’s Best Mississippi Reads!

Please follow his social media sites to find out when Scott’s next book will be available.

IG:@writerhendrix

Facebook: S.D.Hendrix

Library Summer Program - Petting Zoo

Pictures from the Summer Library Program that was held, Tuesday, June 14, 2022.  The Blue Springs Safari Petting Zoo, sponsored by Polo Custom Products and The Taylor Group.  Over 180 children and adults attended.

Check It Out At The Winston County Library!

                                                         JUNE 2022

The following FICTION books are now available for checkout at the library:

• Robyn Carr – A Family Affair
• Davis Bunn – Prime Directive
• Nancy Atherton – Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage
• Kim Michele – The Book Woman’s Daughter
• Chris Bohjalian – The Lioness
• James Pattyerson – 22 Seconds
• Robert B. Parker’s Revenge tour – Mike Lupica
• D. J. Palmer – My Wife Is Missing
• Adriana Trigiani – The Good Left Undone
• Sally Hepworth – The Good Sister
• Jennifer Weiner – The Summer Place
• Mary Kay Andrews – The Homewrecker
• Emma Straub – This Time Tomorrow
• Jack Carr – In the Blood
• Sara Paretsky – Overboard
• Sarah Jio – With Love From London
• Anne Hillerman – The Sacred Bridge
• Karen White – The Shop on Royal Street
• Allison Brenner – The Wrong Victim
• Susan Mallery – The Vineyard at Painted Moon
• Helen Hardt – Blaze
• Carolyn Brown – Long, Hot Texas Summer
• Janet Dailey – Hope Creek
• Nancy Thayer – Summer Love
• Amanda Quick -o When She Dreams
• Tarryn Fisher – An Honest Lie
• Karen Kingsbury – The Baxters: A Prequel
• Don Winslow – City on Fire
• Craig Johnson – Daughter of the Morning Star

The following NON-FICTION BOOKS are now available for checkout at the library:

• The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor – the Truth and the Turmoil– Tina Brown
• The Great Reset – Glenn Beck
• Snake Eyes: Murder In A Southern Town – Bitty Martin
• Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists – Bill O’Reilly
• Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior – Ric Prado
• Finding Me – Viola Davis
• Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar –Jessie Inchauspe
• The Liver Cure – Dr. Russel L. Blaylock
• Menu Pause: Five Unique Eating Plans To Break Through Your Weight Loss Plateau and
• Improve Mood, Sleep and Hot Flashes – Anna Cabeca

Mid-MS Regional Library System Offers New Library App

Mid-Mississippi Regional Library System (MMRLS) is excited to announce the launch of the new MidMissLib app available for both Apple and Android mobile devices. Library customers can visit the iOS or Google Play app stores, search for “Mid-Mississippi Library System” to download the free app and connect with their local MMRLS library in new ways.

The MidMissLib app lets patrons have a more streamlined approach to using their library 24/7. Once downloaded, library guests can search and request items directly from their smartphone or tablet, access a digital version of their library card, explore digital library content, and receive notifications for upcoming library events. Additionally, patrons can manage their library account info, check due dates, and renew their items.

“We continue to seek ways to connect with our guests and make the library more accessible to everybody. Our new app offers a modernized way for our patrons to use the library from their mobile devices at their convenience while on the go or from the comfort of their homes,” said Josh Haidet, Executive Director.

For more information about all library services, call or visit your local MMRLS branch library or the library’s website at: midmisslib.com. All library services are made possible thanks to the continued financial support of our local elected officials.

Scholarship Workshop Sign Up

 

Sign Up For Summer Library Programs Now

This is our lobby at the Winston County Library! We are ready for the Summer Library Program! This year’s theme is “Oceans of Possibilities” and children ages 2-18 are encouraged to sign up for the programs as soon as possible. Programs will be held throughout the month of June and this year we are returning to in-person programming at the library.

Mid-MS Regional Library System Goes Mobile

 The Mid-Mississippi Regional Library System (MMRLS) has received over $41,000.00 in grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Mississippi Library Commission to provide mobile library services to Attala, Holmes, Leake, Montgomery, and Winston Counties. A new eighteen-foot-long customized mobile library vehicle will deliver materials, technology, and programming to communities and institutions with limited access to library resources, or to those who may want more convenience in receiving library services.

The mobile library will house hundreds of items available for checkout, including books and DVDs for all ages. Mobile library staff members will be able to provide programming, reference services, and even sign patrons up for a library card. The library system plans to offer additional services on the vehicle in the future, such as WIFI, wireless printing, and more.

MMRLS is seeking to partner with institutions throughout its service area to provide mobile library services by scheduling regular visits to local long-term care and senior living facilities, schools, daycares, and other community organizations. The library also plans to visit local festivals and other events. Those interested in scheduling a visit can contact their local branch library location or visit: midmisslib.com/mobilelibrary.

“Our new mobile library will offer our patrons almost anything they could get from a physical library building,” said Josh Haidet, MMRLS Executive Director. “Our thirteen branch locations do a wonderful job serving our communities. We are excited to now have the ability to bring our services beyond the walls of our physical buildings to any location throughout our five-county service area.”

For more information about all library services, call or visit your local MMRLS branch library or the library’s website at: midmisslib.com. All library services are made possible thanks to the continued financial support of our local elected officials.

Louisville Garden Club Plants Flowers at Library

The Louisville Garden Club planted flowers in the pots outside the front of the library this week. Pictured are (l-r), Glenda Chandler, Kathy Sones (president), Sharon Kennedy and Kay Ward. “The ladies from this club come every fall and spring to help beautify our library.” said Librarian Beth Edwards. “We appreciate them so much!”

Check It Out At The Winston County Library!

APRIL 2022

The following FICTION books are now available for checkout at the library:

• C. J. Box – Shadows Reel
• Phillip Margolin – The Darkest Place
• Harlan Coben – The Match
• Gilly McMillan – The Long Weekend
• Marie Benedict – Her Hidden Genius
• Peter Swanson – Nine Lives
• Ellery Lloyd – The Club
• Annie Ward – Beautiful Bad
• Erica Ferencik – Girl In Ice
• Kristy Woodson Harvey – The Wedding Veil
• M. C. Beaton – Death of a Green-Eyed Monster
• Preston & Child – Diablo Mesa
• Joanne Fluke – Caramel Pecan Roll Murder
• Lucy Foley – The Paris Apartment
• J. A. Jance – Nothing To Loose
• Maisey Yates – Rancher’s Forgotten Rival
• Helen Hardt – Follow Me Under
• Janet Dailey – Calder Grit
• Adele Parks – Woman Last Seen
• Rosie Walsh – The Love of My Life
• Joseph Kanon – The Berlin Exchange
• Francine Rivers - The Lady’s Mine
• Sarah J. Maas – House of Sky & Breath
• Mark Greaney – Sierra Six
• Danielle Steel – High Stakes
• Robert Dugoni – The Silent Sisters
• Stephen King – Gwendy’s Final Task
• Dolly Parton & James Patterson – Run Rose Run
• Christine Feehan – Phantom Game
• W. E. B. Grifin – Rogue Agent
• Brad Meltzer – The Lightning Rod
• Greer Hendricks – The Golden Couple
• Adele Myers – Tobacco Wives
• Josie Silver – One Night On the Island

The following NON-FICTION BOOKS are now available for checkout at the library:

• How To Win The Bachelor - Chad Kultgen
• Coach K – Ian O’Connor
• The Unofficial Guide To Disneyland 2022
• Heiresses: The Lives of Million Dollar Babies – Laura Thompson
• Shadow Man: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling -Ron Franscell
• South To America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line to Understand the Soul of A Nation – Imani Perry
• Watergate: A New History – Garrett M. Graff
• Hell’s Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, A Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier – Susan Jonusas
• Scoundrel: How A Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment and the Courts to Set Him Free– Sarah Weinman
• Hidden History of the Mississippi Sound – Josh Foreman
• The President’s Man: The Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide -Dwight Chapin
• Who Are You Following? Pursuing Jesus in a Media-Obsessed World-- Sadie Robertson Huff
• The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America’s UFO Highway – Ben Mezrich
• The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How the Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, And an Extraordinary Reckoning – Ben Raines
• Delta Hot Tamales: History, Stories and Recipes – Anne Martin
• Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain – Bradley Bale, M. D.
• The Unofficial BTS Bible – Dianne Pineda-Kim

New Co-Presidents for Friends of the Library

 Winston County Friends of the Library President, Theresa Bridges, resigned her position as of March 1, 2022. “It is with much regret and sadness that I am resigning my office,” said Bridges, “but I know the Friends will continue to thrive and grow and aid our library in every possible way.”

Under her six-year tenure, despite the pandemic, a lot was accomplished. Through annual membership drives and book sales, the Friends were able to purchase rocker chairs for the Teen Room, surveillance cameras for inside and outside the library, books for the library, hosted several City and County officials thank-you lunches, hosted brown-bag lunches for author events, hosted a Holiday Drawing event of over $1500 worth of merchandise from local businesses, new plants for the lobby, signage boards and even a cleaning unit for the HVAC unit. Friends was also awarded the Margaret Murry Grant in 2021 by the Mississippi Friends of the Library, which enabled them to purchase Wonderbooks for the library’s children’s collection.

Effective April 1, 2022 Cindy Ward and Marion Jones took over as the new co-presidents of the Friends group.

Ward, a Louisville native with over 30 years of experience in education, recently retired from Mississippi State University as Director of PREP (Program of Research and Evaluation for Public Schools). She has also worked with three national assessment companies, ETS of Princeton, NJ, Harcourt Assessment and CTB-McGraw-Hill Testing and was Director of Student Assessment for the Mississippi Department of Education. She was also and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Research at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Jones, a Delta native (NittaYuma) who now resides in Louisville, is currently the Mathematics Specialist and District Test Coordinator for the Corinth, MS School District. She has also served as Director of Student Assessment at the Mississippi Department of Education, and Director of Mathematics at Harcourt Assessment and Director of the Statewide Migrant Service Center for PREP.

“We were so sad to lose Theresa as head of our Friends group,” said librarian Beth Edwards. “She has been wonderful to work with and so supportive of the library. We will certainly miss her.” Of the new co-presidents, Edwards said “Cindy and Marion are so excited and are already working on fun ideas for fundraising. I look forward to seeing what they come up with!”

Robert Hitt Neill Book Event at the Library - April 8

 

National Library Week Events, April 4-9 at the Winston County Library

 

First Library Cards, How Exciting!

Are these two children happy or what? They just received their first Winston County Library cards! Hunter Holloway (left), age 7 ½ and his sister Lakely, age 5, wanted to show off their new cards to everyone. They are the children of Kadie Hailey and Jesse Holloway. Their grandmother, Mary Hailey, said “I’ve never seen them so excited as when they finally got their cards! They love books.”

Winston County Library Celebrating Women's History Month

 March is Women’s History Month and the Winston County Library is celebrating with this wonderful display in their library. All books inside the case are by Mississippi women authors!

Steve Robertson Book Event - Mar. 23

 

Check It Out At The Winston County Library!

  MARCH 2022

The following FICTION books are now available for checkout at the library:

• James Patterson – Steal
• Helen Hardt – Follow Me Always
• Sarah Jio – With Love From London
• Brenda Janowitz – The Liz Taylor Ring
• Tracie Peterson – Ever Constant
• Christine Feehan – Savage Road
• Heather Gudenkauf – The Overnight Guest
• Dean Koontz – Quick Silver
• Jacqueline Mitchard – The Good Son
• Isabel Allende – Violetta
• Katherine Faulkner – Greenwich Park
• Stacey Abrams – Never Tell
• Matt Coyle – Blood Truth
• Tim Dorsey – Mermaid Confidential
• Viola Shipman – The Scent of Snow
• Toni Morrison – Recatatif
• Brenda Jackson – Finding Home Again
• Allison Buccola – Catch Her When She Falls
• Maria Amparo Escandon – L. A. Weather
• Nina de Gramont – The Christie Affair
• Eliza Jane Brazier – Good Rich People
• Charles Todd – A Game of Fear
• Jonathan Kellerman – City of Death
• J. D. Robb – Abandoned in Death
• Karen White – The Attic on Queen Street
• Alice Feeney – His & Hers
• Gregg Hurwitz – Dark Horse

The following NON-FICTION BOOKS are now available for checkout at the library:

• COPD: Answers To Your Most Pressing Questions – Donald A. Mahler, M.D.
• The Caregivers Guide to Advanced Alzheimer Disease
• The Caregivers Guide to Dementia
• Hidden History of Jackson, MS – Josh Foreman
• The Power of Thank You – Joyce Meyer
• Beyond Keto: Burn Fat, Heal Your Gut and Reverse Disease – Don Colbert, M.D.
• Chasing History – Carl Bernstein
• The Big, Fun Baking Book for Kids
• Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell and the End of An American Family – John Glatt
• All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team – Christina Soontornrat
• Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth, and How You Can, Too – Dave Ramsey
• The Defense Lawyer – James Patterson
• The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland – Jim De Fede
• The Secret History of Food: Strange But True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat – Matt Siegel
• When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling and Justice in a Small Town – John Douglas

Help Name The New MMRLS Children’s Mascot!

Stop by the Winston County Library and give your name suggestion for the new MMRLS Children's Mascot.

 

Braves Bookworm Challenge

Students can win 2 free tickets to a 2022 Braves regular-season home game by reading 400 minutes by the end of March. That’s about 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week, for 4 weeks. Very doable!

The deadline for the Mississippi Braves Bookworm Challenge is April 1st. A Parent/Guardian Letter verifying the child has read 400 hours must be turned in by April 1st. The letter is available at the library or can be downloaded at Midmisslibrary.com/Braves website.

Pokemon Week at the Library - Feb. 28-Mar. 4

Participants will come in and search for pokemon pictures that are hidden throughout the library. When they find all four their name will be entered into a drawing for a stuffed Pokemon.

Check It Out At The Winston County Library!

 

Resume Workshop at the Library - Mar. 12

 

February A Busy Month At The Library

 The Winston County Library has a lot of activities planned for February. The overall theme is “Love Your Library Month.” People are encouraged to come to the library and fill out a heart-shaped card, letting us know why you LOVE your library.

February is also Family History Month. Anyone who fills out their “Love Your Library” card and wishes to can have their name entered into a drawing at the end of the month for one of three free 23andME saliva ancestry kits! That’s a $99 kit for free!

We will be celebrating Black History Month with many displays and a reception later in the month. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page or contact us for more information.

A much-needed mobile blood drive will be held on February 8 from 11 am- 2:30 pm. Call 662-773- 3212 to register!

Pokemon World Day will be celebrated February 28 - March 4 with plush Pokemon character giveaways (while supplies last), coloring sheets, and other fun activities.

Finally, we will encourage patrons to sign up for the Cozy Mystery Program. For every ten cozy mysteries patrons read, they will receive a free advance copy of an upcoming release.

Cozy Mystery at the Library

 Susan Clark checked out her first Cozy Mystery at the Winston County Library. After reading 10 books, she will receive a free advance copy of an upcoming new release! The program will last all year.

Tax Forms Available at Library

Free State and Federal Tax forms are now available at the Winston County Library.

Blood Drive at Library - Feb. 8

 

Check It Out At The Winston County Library!

 JANUARY 2022

The following FICTION books are now available for checkout at the library:

• Danielle Steel – Flying Angels
• Patricia Cornwell – Autopsy
• Debbie Macomber – Dear Santa
• Kat Martin – The Perfect Murder
• Brenda Novak – When I Found You
• David Baldacci – Mercy
• Rhys Bowen – The Venice Sketchbook
• Lisa Wingate – A Thousand Voices
• Nora Roberts – The Becoming
• Jeffrey Deaver – The Midnight Lock
• Nancy Mehl – Dead Fall
• Kiki Swinson – Playing With Fire
• Thomas Perry – The Left-Handed Twin
• Diana Gabaldon – Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone
• Cindy Madsen – Sailing At Sunset
• Catherine Anderson – Maple Leaf Harvest
• Tom Clancy – Chain of Command
• Jessica Fletcher – Murder She Wrote: Debonair In Death
• Alice Feeney – Rock Paper Scissors
• Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe’s Assassin
• Helen Hardt – Freed
• Sarah Jio – Morning Glory
• K. M. Jackson – How To Marry Keanu Reeves In 90 Days
• Bella Andre – When You Kiss Me
• Gena Showalter – The Warlord
• James Patterson – The Paris Detective
• Catherine Bybee – An Unexpected Distraction
• Lynette Eason – Life Flight
• Helen Hardt – Flame

The following NON-FICTION BOOKS are now available for checkout at the library:

• Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash – Michael Stewart Foley
• Dear William: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love and Loss – David Magee
• Led Zeppelin: The Biography – Bob Spitz
• You Were Made For This Moment – Max Lucado
• Act Like you Got Some Sense – Jamie Foxx
• Sis, Don’t Settle – Faith Jenkins
• The Real Anthony Fauci – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
• The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III – Andrew Roberts
• Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution – H. W. Brands
• The 1619 Project – Nicole Hannah Jones
• The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Fact of American History – Ilise S. Carter
• A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through It’s Flags – Kevin Keim
• Southern Grit: 100+ Down-Home Recipes for the Modern Cook – Kelsey Barnard Clark
• Southern Living 2021 Annual Recipes
• Legends of the Natchez City Cemetery: The Most Interesting Cemetery In The South – Don Estes

Cozy Up to a Good Mystery with the Winston County Library

Do you love reading cozy mysteries? Then come to the library and join the Kensington Cozy Card program, where your love of the cozy mystery genre results in prizes!

It’s free to participate! All you have to do is:
1. Ask library staff for a punch card.
2. Each time you check out a cozy mystery (book, eBook, or audiobook), make sure to have the staff member stamp one of the ten purple circles on the punch card.
3. When you have ten stamps, mail in your Cozy Card with your name and address. You will be provided the address to mail your punch card.

Once your Cozy Card is received, you will receive a cozy mystery or advance copy of a cozy mystery for every completed Cozy Card received, along with a new Cozy Card for you to start again!

What is a cozy mystery? Cozy mysteries are comedic murder mysteries that show you what happens when you put a baker, a quilter, a candy shop owner, a pet sitter, or some other unqualified sleuth on the case to solve a crime. More precisely, cozies are lighthearted, with plenty of humor, no graphic violence or adult situations, and include an amateur sleuth (or sleuthing team) living in a close-knit community, solving a crime while juggling a day job, hobby, or other responsibilities.

Sound like fun? Be sure to stop by the library, get your first Cozy Mystery Punch Card, and start reading!

January is Beyond Books Month at the Library

The Winston County Library is promoting “Beyond Books” month during January. “We have over 65,800 books in our collection”, says Librarian Beth Edwards. “But, these days, a library is so much more than a book collection. We offer many other services to our patrons that have become very popular!”

Our additional services include free apps such as Hoopla and cloudLibrary, which offer e-books, audiobooks, TV shows, movies, comics, and music; wireless printing and free scanning/e-mailing. There are also over 2,000 free DVDs available for checkout and audio CDs.

For children, there are digital learning devices such as educational tablets called Launchpads and Wonderbooks, which are print books with pre-loaded audio content bound into the cover so children can hear their favorite stories while reading along!

Other services have been around for a long time and are always popular – newspapers, magazines, fax, laminating, and copy services.

A new service is now being offered to the public for free – Notary Services. “We are very excited to have this available to the public,” commented Librarian Beth Edwards. “We continue to strive to find new ways to serve our community.”

The Winston County Library is a part of the Mid-Mississippi Regional Library System, headquartered in Kosciusko, MS.