Berne Library Notes for Wednesday, September 23, 2020
“The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris tells a true story of survival and love, based on Morris’s interviews with a Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist. The Berne Sunday Book Club will explore the story.
Here’s a game for you. Grab a bunch of books and come up with a sentence using their titles, adding a minimal number of linking words. For instance:
— “If It Bleeds” by Stephen King, “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor” by Hank Green, and “All the Ever Afters” by Danielle Teller. When massaged into a sentence these titles could sound something like this: “If it bleeds, all the ever afters become a beautifully foolish endeavor”; or
— “One by One” by Ruth Ware, “Dead Astronauts” by Jeff Vandermeer, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins, and “A Small Town” by Thomas Perry, might morph into: “One by one, dead astronauts from a small town heard the ballad of songbirds and snakes.”
All the above-mentioned titles are part of the new books presently available at the Berne library. What sentences can you formulate using the thousands of book titles floating around? Give it a go and share your results.
The next Journeys On the Page writing circle is 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29 at the library. A GoToMeeting link will be sent to interested parties wishing to participate online. At the Sept. 15 huddle, writing prompts from randomly picked categories were handed around as a brain tickler exercise. Blarney could be afoot in the next imaginatory page dump. Lots of stories to be told as Journeys On the Page continues every other Tuesday. Interested in joining? E-mail sandra@bernepubliclibrary.org. Happy writing!
Keeping stories rolling for the young crowd, be sure to tune in every Friday at 3:00 p.m.(ish) for storytime with Miss Kathy on Facebook live. Each week is a new adventure to enjoy.
If you follow the Berne Sunday Book Club picks, next up is “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris. Based on a true story, it’s a story of love. A story of survival. A story that took the author three years to meld after hours of talks with Lale Sokolov, born Oct. 28, 1916 as Ludwig Eisenberg. He was taken to Aushchwitz April 23, 1942.
Need something extra for your homeschooling platform? Adults can check out a variety of STEM (science technology, engineering, math) kits from the library; iPads too.
Another available resource for ideas and guidance is “The Practical Homeschooling” magazine.
For teens, a take home stress kit can be borrowed. In it are a few items to help you take a break from your study routines.
Remember, the new temporary library hours are Monday - Friday 2 - 7 p.m. and Saturday 9 - 2 p.m. Questions? Call 518-872-1246.