Explore the Library During National Library Week, April 8-14

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”  Jorge Luis Borges

First U.S. Library:  The Boston Public Library, 1854

Flint Memorial Library: Est. 1875, with funds from Harriet Flint

Renovated and Expanded: 1991

Take a Ticket: During National Library Week, enter your name in a raffle for a   chance to win a Barnes & Noble Gift Card.

Food for Fines: During National Library Week, we will accept non-perishable foods in place of fines. The food will be donated to the North Reading Food Pantry.

Library Snapshot Day: April 12, we’ll be joining libraries across the nation to provide a snapshot of what happens in a day in the life of libraries, taking photographs and posting them on flickr. Please help us celebrate libraries!

April 12, For Kids: Drop-In Origami Craft all day in the Children’s Room.

Something Old: The Local History Room--a great place to research your house.  Ancestry.com, to research your ancestors (in-library use).

Something New: Wowbrary, the newest Books, DVDs, CDs. Sign up for weekly emails at www.wowbrary.org

What Else is New?  The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins is on the library’s Kindle and Nooks, all available for checkout. Please contact the Reference Department.

Book Everyone is Talking About: Defending Jacob, by Willam Landay, in which a crime tears a Newton, Massachusetts family apart

School Vacation:  Lego Club Jr. (Grades K-2), Tuesday, April 17, 2:30-3:30PM. Music with Dara, Thursday, April 19, 10AM.

April Exhibit: Walking North Reading-- photographs, watercolors, acrylics-images of the town from a walker’s perspective. Co-sponsored by the North Reading Pedestrian Sidewalk Committee, as part of their Local Motion Initiative.

National Poetry Month: Tuesday, April 17, 7PM, Nancy Bailey Miller reads her poems, Thursday, April 19, 2-3PM: Nancy leads a poetry writing workshop. Please call 978-664-4942 to register for the workshop.

EventKeeper: Find out about other library events.

What are the Friends Up to? Preparing for their Spring Book Sale, May 3, 4, and 5.

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