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We will once again be offering our Summer Reading Program this year, beginning in July. We will have a weekly craft/activity available for kids to do, and prizes for all who complete their reading goal at the end of the month. All titles from the Maine Student Book Awards list will be available again this year. This is the list that teachers provide students for suggested summer reading. Last summer, the library provided free passes to the current library cardholder, for the Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, as well as discount passes to The Maine Wildlife Park in Gray. Both were popular. 4,918 children and young adult books, 805 Dvds, and 6,248 Adult print books. We also provided free access to 238

Audiobooks and 276 E-Books through the cloud library. Using the Library Use Calculator provided through the Maine State Library, this adds value to the services provided to the Town of Mechanic Falls of $185,626.50! We would also like to announce the retirement of our longtime Library Directory, Nancy Petersons. We thank her for all her years of service to the town, and the people of Mechanic Falls!

Nancy Petersons & Michelle Paladino Mechanic Falls Public Library Director 108 Lewiston Street, 3 rd floor Mechanic Falls, Maine mechanicfallslibrary@gmail.com 207-345-9450

Show me a family of readers and I will show you people who move the world. - Napoleon

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