September TAG Events

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TAG is a weekly program for everyone in grades 6-12, Wednesdays starting at 1:30 PM. There is no registration needed – just drop in with your friends! We have different snacks and activities every week.

9/13 Craft: Decorate Your School Supplies (and Meet Your Fellow TAG-ers!)

We’ll have tons of art supplies and ideas, so bring your books and binders to decorate for the year. Don’t forget to fill out a TAG survey, so we know what activities to plan for you!

9/20 Movie: Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Does the live-action version live up to the classic animated movie?

9/27 Food: Marshmallow Painting

Use food-safe markers to decorate marshmallows into characters and creatures of all sorts.

 

Eclipse Guide

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While the library will not be giving away eclipse glasses on the big day, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the upcoming solar eclipse!

Finding Glasses

If you really want the glasses, try Lowe’s or Ace Hardware.  Moison Ace in Bedford does not have any.

Any glasses you buy need to be marked with ISO 12312-2 to show that they comply with international safety standards.  Check here to make sure your glasses come from a safe company

Alternatives to Glasses

Make your own pinhole viewer!  They’re easy peasy if you have a piece of stiff paper and a needle or pin.  Poke a hole, then use the paper to cast a shadow on the ground or on another piece of paper.  Watch the shadow show the moon crossing in front of the sun.  (Don’t look through the paper at the sun.)

Look at the shadows of a tree on the ground.  The leaves create their own tiny pinholes as they overlap, and you can see the sun’s shape change in each leaf shadow.

Use a colander.  If your colander has small holes, it will act like a pinhole viewer!  Watch the shadows change on the ground.

Check out https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/ for more tips and for tons of pictures after the eclipse.

Safety First

And always remember: never look directly at the sun without ISO 12312-2 certified eyewear.  Sunglasses–even polarized sunglasses–are not enough to protect your eyes from the intense light and UV radiation.

Stuffed Animal Sleepover-July 20, 2017

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We had lots of fun at the sleepover,

but we were happy to go home again!

Here are some pictures of what we did:

Tucked in after storytime…Will we go right to sleep?  (No!  We have a whole library to explore!)

We all fit  inside  the elevator to go to visit the bees!

The bears wished they could taste the Bedford

Bees’ honey.

Turtle gave us rides!

Our other turtle, Murphy, was happy to make new friends.

Someone is hiding behind a book! Playing Hide-and-go-seek was a great way  to see the whole library!

Duckie covers her eyes so Army Bear can hide.

Murphy the turtle is glad to have company overnight!

We wish we could go swimming!

We learned about our cousins!

We tried to leave, but changed our minds!

Playing games with new friends

This is our favorite book!

It’s great to make new friends at the library!

We won’t let the pigeon drive the bus!!! Mo Willems is so funny!

Pillow fight!

We wanted to ride in the elevator again!

Lining up to wash up after the midnight feast!

Sloth pretended to talk to her friend.

Baby enjoyed a drink of water,

Eeyore and Piglet think this is a roller coaster!

One last story before we go home!

 

See you next time!

Community Art Wall – Mindy Pollack-Fusi

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Writer and Photographer Mindy Pollack-Fusi traveled to Tanzania 11 years ago and photographed animals, birds, scenes, and people. This is her first showing of only the people of Africa, particularly the children.

Mindy runs The Place for Words and www.CollegeApplicationEssayCoach.com here in Bedford, where she has resided for 31 years.

She is also a freelance writer for The Boston Globe and nonprofit organizations. She has been a photographer on and off throughout an earlier career in public relations, and as a hobbyist since her teens. She has exhibited her safari photos at Franklin Park Zoo, Stone Zoo, and at Children’s Hospital, Boston. One of her zebra photos was selected for the 2008 Griffin Museum of Photography 14th Juried Exhibit. Mindy is also a founding board member of Bedford Center for the Arts and has won awards for photos from the Bedford Arts and Crafts Society.

For more of her photos, go to http://www.theplaceforwords.com/photosforsale.htm.

Join our new Middle School Book Club

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Attend a meeting of our brand new Middle School* Book Club! We will be meeting at 3:00pm on September 25th in the upstairs Conference Room, reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Copies of the book will be available at the Circulation Desk.

*NOTE: While the books are aimed at middle school kids, high schoolers are welcome to attend as well!

Summer Reading 2019

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“But’s it’s winter!” you say.  “Summer is still months and months away!”  Summer Reading is so much fun that the library is already getting plans ready for all of the events and challenges and prizes that we’ll offer all summer long.

This year, you’ll have a new way to sign up online! Keep an eye out for announcements near the end of the school year.