February 2010

All Aboard…The Maine 3 Railers Model Train Club will be in PFL's Children's Room each day
during February vacation week, Feb 16-19.

Electric train displays will take over the Storytime Room and “engineers” will be on hand to talk about their exciting collections. All ages welcome.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Library Closed

History Room
Closed

2

2010 Midcoast Community Read Kickoff
all day in the Library lobby
&
Reception for PFL's new Director, Lesley Dolinger, 5:00 to 7:00 in the Reading Room. All are invited to attend.

Knitting Circle
3:30 - 5:00
Join Dawn Nadeau & daughter Ruth. Bring your own project or have Dawn teach you a simple scarf or afghan square pattern. We'll have yarn & needles to use. No registration is required.
8 yrs. to adult

3

Book Babies
Gather 'round with your little one for twenty minutes of fun rhyming stories & songs. Children's author, Rosemary Wells says, “Read to your bunny often. It's twenty minutes of fun. It's twenty minutes of moonlight, and twenty minutes of sun.”
Recommended for babies and toddlers, ages 6 months to 23 months.
10:30

Bonjour
Join us for FRENCH CLASS with Meo Pourreyron, Morse High School Junior, who grew up in France, will be sharing her love of the French language with children.
ages 8 - 11
Registration is required. Limited to 10.
5:00 - 5:45

4

Time For Two's
Sit with your 2 year old and help them focus on the stories, signing, songs & puppets.
10:30 - 11:00

Internet Classes
Please contact the Reference Desk (443-5141 ext. 12) to schedule a half hour session.
2:30-4:30

Weekly Chess Club
Please welcome the new chess leader, Morse High School senior, Chris Roche! You may find that chess increases your concentration, helps you learn to strategize, & develop your critical thinking skills. No registration required.
3:30 - 4:30

5

Preschool Storytime
for children 3 - 5 years old. Join in on the fun-filled adventure with stories, singing, songs, puppets & crafts.
10:30 - 11:15

Families Can! with Marie Arnold presents a monthly craft time program.
For preschool-school age children and their families.
No registration is required
3:30 - 4:30

6

6th Annual
Town History Series

Phippsburg — Thomas C. Totman: “A Child’s Eye View of Phippsburg by Col. John F. Williams”
10:30 - 11:30
in PFL's Community Room

8

Library Closed

History Room
Closed

9

Knitting Circle
3:30 - 5:00
8 yrs. to adult

10

Book Babies
10:30

Bonjour
FRENCH CLASS with Meo Pourreyron.
ages 8 - 11
Registration is required. Limited to 10.
5:00 - 5:45

11

Time For Two's
10:30 - 11:00

Internet Classes
Please contact the Reference Desk (443-5141 ext. 12) to schedule a half hour session.
2:30-4:30

Weekly Chess Club
No registration is required.
Recommended for ages 6 - 11
3:30 - 4:30

12

Preschool Storytime
10:30 - 11:15

TGIF Film Series
in PFL's Community Room
“Storm” (“Sturm”)
This 2009 German political thriller, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid, is in German, English, Bosnian and Serbian with English subtitles and has a run time of 105 minutes.
1:30 - 3:30pm

Art to Gogh
is a hands-on art history program in which children, ages 8-11, recreate their own versions of the masters' works of art & explore craft techniques of world cultures.
This month, we'll explore Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Picture Writing. Ancient Egyptians left stories on their pyramid walls. What is a mummy, a scarab, a shawabtis, a sarcoffagus? We’ll write Happy Valentine’s Day in Hieroglyphics.
3:30 - 4:30

13

6th Annual
Town History Series

Woolwich — An Oral History Presentation: “Memories of Woolwich”
10:30 - 11:30
in PFL's Community Room

15

President's Day

Library Closed

History Room
Closed

16

Knitting Circle
3:30 - 5:00
8 yrs. to adult

Friends of PFL
monthly meeting
New members always welcome!
4:00

17

The Fofer Show with Shana Barry
Stories & songs on guitar and ukulele with projected animations and visits from the multi-colored furry Fofers who live on the special secret island of Fof.
Join the fun upstairs in the Community Room. All ages.
10:30 - 11:00

18

Storytime Station…
Put one foot on the platform to catch the pretend storytime train at Storytime Station… puff, puff, choo, choo off we go… We’ll read stories & sing songs about trains! For all ages.
10:30 - 11:00

Internet Classes
Please contact the Reference Desk (443-5141 ext. 12) to schedule a half hour session.
2:30-4:30

Weekly Chess Club
No registration is required.
Recommended for ages 6 - 11
3:30 - 4:30

19

Pre-School Sock Hop
Leave your shoes at the door and your socks on and get ready to dance those happy feet to some fun music!
10:30 - 11:15

20

6th Annual
Town History Series

West Bath — Bob Bittner: “Station WMMS/WJTO: Radio in Maine”
10:30 - 11:30
in PFL's Community Room

22

Library Closed

History Room
Closed

23

Knitting Circle
3:30 - 5:00
8 yrs. to adult

24

Book Babies
10:30

Bonjour
FRENCH CLASS with Meo Pourreyron.
ages 8 - 11
Registration is required. Limited to 10.
5:00 - 5:45

25

Time For Two's
10:30 - 11:00

Internet Classes
Please contact the Reference Desk (443-5141 ext. 12) to schedule a half hour session.
2:30-4:30

Weekly Chess Club
No registration is required.
Recommended for ages 6 - 11
3:30 - 4:30

Book Talk Girls
a book club for girls, ages 8-10. Join 8th grade student, Rachel Rist, in reading The Rising Star of Rusty Nail by Lesley Blume. If you'd like, bring a prop from the book & a snack.
Registration is required.
3:30 - 4:30

26

Preschool Storytime
10:30 - 11:15

Guys Read
a book club for boys, ages 9-11
Join leaders, Andrew Rines and Ryan Banger, reading Iron Thunder by Avi. This book club is where you choose the books you like to read & find out what other guys are reading.
If you’d like, bring a snack.
Registration is required.
3:30 - 4:30

27

6th Annual
Town History Series

Georgetown — Lynne Jones and Kirk Lundstrom: “The Soldier in the Wall”
10:30 - 11:30
in PFL's Community Room