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Library Corner: Goodall

by Goodall Library Staff Our Tails & Tales Summer Reading Program for youth and for adults ended on August 21st and it was a huge success! We had 196 participants in this year’s Tails & Tales Summer Reading Program, all of whom read a total of over 4,000 books. The staff here at Goodall Library is so proud of all our readers and can’t wait to have some more logging fun in the Winter Reading Program in a few months. We also want…

Springvale Library Corner

by Springvale Library Staff Summer Celebration Joyful faces and dwarf goat antics were in abundance during the Summer Reading Program party on the Springvale Public Library grounds on Wednesday August 18th. The party celebrated reading and the abundance of food raised for the Animal Welfare Society during the reading program this summer. Legacy Lane Farms petting zoo from Stratham, NH, was the entertainment of the afternoon. They brought dwarf goats, chickens, ducks, sheep and a rabbit for our eager animal…

Goodall Library Corner

By Goodall Library Staff We are delighted to have the works of a new featured artist here at the library - Allison Fortin of Portland, ME. You can view some of her beautiful, vibrant canvases and prints throughout the building and of course they are all for sale as well. Allison also offers commissioned work and there is more info on that and forms for those interested near the main art display. Give Allison a follow at @afortin_art to see…

Library Corner: Springvale

Here are the book picks of the week from Springvale Library staff: Adult Non-Fiction: Fairest by Meredith Talusan: "...It's a love story, a queer story, an immigrant story, an American story, a coming-of-age story- a revolutionary story. A most necessary and important book in a world which aims to other us from not just who we are, but who we are meant to become."  Review Adult Fiction: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan: "From the acclaimed Booker Prize-winning author…

Library Corner: Goodall

by Goodall Library staff Updates from Goodall Library  We have had a busy summer so far here at Goodall Library, but it’s been an amazing one as well. We recently went fine-free, our wifi hotspots have been a huge hit, masks are now optional, and our Film Fridays program has been booming. We have a grand renovation planned and are starting to raise funds for that, too! If you would like to help, please check out the new merch we…

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