Berwick Public Library: June 2013
The Berwick Library Garden Club
Do
you like to garden? Have any spare time? Want to have fun? The BPL Garden Club
needs your help! We are looking for individuals or families to help us maintain
our gardens. We need help weeding, watering, and with other tasks as needed
over the summer. You will be treated to vegetables as they come up. Community
service will be provided to students in high school. Please contact Nick or
Anne for more information!
Interested? Sign Up at the Front Desk today!
Letterboxing
Clue Books for Berwick's 300th Anniversary* Letterboxing Series are available at BPL or find the clues at this link:. http://www.atlasquest.com/boxes/clue/?gBoxId=217898
Show your logbook to a Berwick Public Librarian by June 8th, 2013 and get your pin!
Genealogy Club
Meets the first and third Fridays of each month at 1:00 p.m.
Join Lyn Rouff @ BPL to search for your roots.
Drop-In Computer Help!
- Tues & Wed. evenings 6:30-7:30 p.m.
- Do you have questions about... Computers? • Email? • Facebook? • Word Processing? • eReaders?
- Join Nick or Bob every Tuesday and Wednesday night for individual computer help. If you have a question about a specific device (laptop, iPad, eReader, etc.), please bring it along with you. Help is on a first come, first served basis.
Family Craft & Game Drop-In
Saturdays 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Snacks will be provided. (Geared towards 4 & 5 year-olds or younger.)
Tales for Tots
Join Ms. Cheryl every Friday at 10:30 a.m. for Tales for Tots, a story specially designed for preschool children accompanied by a parent or caregriver. Ms. Cheryl provides a theme-based program each week including sharing a story, games, craft and songs.2013 Summer Reading Program
The theme of the 2013 Summer Reading Program is "Dig Into Reading"! Preschoolers and children ages through 12 are encouraged to participate in the Summer Reading Program. Preschoolers can participate in the "Read to-Me" program. A parent or caregiver reads aloud to the child and records what's been read. This introduces the "summer reading" concept to young children and encourages parents to participate. Registration for the 2013 Summer Reading Program will take place at the Library starting Sat., June 22nd through Sat., June 29th.The Library will host a SRP Kick-off Party on Saturday (6/22), featuring a treasure hunt and pirate movie, starting at 10:30 a.m. Call for more infor- mation. Refreshments will be served.
Check out the Berwick Public Library Summer Puppeteer Club!
Learn how how to make puppets, adapt stories for presentation,learn how to perform with puppets, take part in the Puppet Show at the Berwick Town Hall, August 7th.
First Puppeteers Meeting: Tuesday, June 25th 6 p.m.
Museum Passes
Museum Discount passes are avalable thanks to Kennebunk Savings Bank
Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine in Portland
Historic New England
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, ME (Open May 8 - October 31)
Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA
Portland Art Museum, ME
Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH
Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, NH
(also passes to Southworth Planetarium, American Textile History Museum, and New England Quilt Museum are available at D. A. Hurd Library in North Berwick)