Berne Library Notes for Thursday, February 21, 2019

The final week of “Fine-Free February” is here. Any Berne library items of the long-lost-and-finally-found nature or of the past-due-date persuasion may be returned before 8 p.m. on Feb. 28 to be checked in with fines waived. Take advantage of this fine opportunity before time runs out.

Also in February’s final week is voting on your favorite picture in the Friends of the Berne Library Photography exhibit. With 62 photos in the gallery to pick from, it will be interesting to see the results.

Choose a scene most pleasing to your eye — one from the adult division and one from the juniors. All categories and people’s choice winners will be announced at the reception on March 2 at 10 a.m. in the community room.

Story time

“Mother Goose story time” is pulling out the nursery rhyme train. Charge up your devices for a little sleuthing. She’s a poet with hundreds of rhymes. There’s a grave site in Boston from 1690 with her name on it. Can you recite 10 Mother Goose treasures? Who is Mother Goose? Is she real or an imaginary spiel? Let’s play ‘What’s the next line?’:

“Hickory dickory dock...

“Mary, Mary, quite contrary...

“Little Miss Muffet…

“Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake…

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers…”

Now that everyone’s warmed up, remember to bring the 5 and under rhyming squad to “Mother Goose” storytime on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 10:30 a.m. for stories, movement and a goosey craft.

French Cuisine

The rescheduled “French Cuisine” is Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. Bring your French dish to pass around.

Scrabble night

Pick your letters to limber up for Sunday, Feb. 24 Scrabble night. Another meeting of the word dabblers is coming to you live, not online, at 7 p.m. sharp. While you have your devices out for Mother Goose research, plug in xu, ew and za - just three of the 107 two letter words found in the Official Scrabble Players dictionary that may be just what the next tile round needs.

Moon Walkers

Berne’s Library Moon Walkers continue their trek each Saturday morning at 8:15 a.m. for a half hour walk or movement video. Those of you stepping solo, remember to log in your minutes, steps or miles at librarymoonwalk.sals.edu and help us reach the moon by April 30. Current stats have the crowd at 62,679 miles completed and 174,221 to go. Get out there and join the moon walkers beat.