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The Monday Morning Book Club is reading It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover. You are welcome to attend even if you haven’t read the book.

This week at Story Hour, Claire will read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and the kids will get to decorate their own little caterpillars. Who knows, maybe there’ll even be some crawling around! Don’t miss Story Hour this Wednesday, September 10, from 10:30 to 11:30 at North Gorham Read more…

Today, we welcome Claire Steeves from Standish as the new leader of our weekly Story Hour!! She’ll be reading The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. After, the children will get to decorate their own Rainbow Fish. We hope you can make it and help us give a warm welcome to Read more…

This month, the Monday morning book club is reading Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. We have a limited number of copies at the library that may be borrowed. After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying Read more…

This week at Story Hour, Paula will read Dawdle Duckling, by Maine author Toni Buzzeo. Then, everyone will get to create their own little duckling by folding and gluing yellow and orange circles. And they might just all waddle and quack around the library! Wednesday, August 13, from 10:30 to Read more…

FREE painting class for kids aged 8 and older Monday, August 410 a.m. to 12 p.m. Local artist Hope Armstrong Place will read They All Saw a Cat to the children and then help them paint an image from the book. She’ll bring all of the painting supplies (You may want to Read more…

At Story Hour on Wednesday, Paula will read And Then Comes Summer by Tom Brenner. It’s about fun and summer traditions. Afterwards, they’ll glue together and decorate a paper ice cream cone. And then, they’ll all cool off by decorating and eating a real one! Yum! Wednesday, July 30, from Read more…

At Story Hour this week, Paula will read A Small Thing. . . but Big by Tony Johnston. The kids will color a cut-out dog and a boy or girl and glue them onto a long piece of paper. They’ll connect them with a red yarn leash and add background Read more…

The Monday Book Club is now reading How to Read a Book by Monica Wood. The group will meet for discussion (and camaraderie) on Monday, July 28, from 11 am to noon. You are welcome to join even if you haven’t had the time to read the book.