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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! We have collections on display in our children's room and teen's room, which...

Children's Librarians Debbie Baker and Rocio Carrera hosted two workshops centered around glass. Participants created painted or collaged...

“…walk inside the poem’s rooms/ and feel the walls for a light switch.” -- from “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins...

Gariné Arakelian of Kulina Folk Art led two seperate workshops on lye-free soapmaking. Our younger patrons and their parents created...

We had a great Spring morning of art at the library. Kids and their families stopped in to create 3-D and 2-D works of art using colorful...

What is a Novel in Verse (or Verse Novel)? The verse novel is a hybrid form in which a narrative with structural and stylistic...

Since 1995, March has been recognized as Women's History Month. The month is set aside to honor women's contributions in American...

The 2022 awards season is in full swing! Stop by the Teen Room and get your hands on these prized books. Awarded biennially, the...

Hi Teens! My name is Rocio Carrera and I started as the Teen Librarian and Children's Room Assistant in November 2020. I grew up on the West Coast in a big Mexican-American family and moved to the Northeast after I married. Three years ago, we left the Maine coast to move to the beautiful Berkshires. This is the farthest I have ever lived from the ocean! I love books (obviously). I have a lot of favorite types of books but right at the top are cookbooks (for the pictures a

The David and Joyce Milne Public Library is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and the mission of social justice. This young adult collection features books that open doors to our country's past and present struggles and triumphs. We encourage adults and teens alike to delve into the diversity that makes up our country as we strive for social justice. Learn from the past, change the future! Here are some great titles that you can pick up in our Teen Room. An online res

2021 was a big year for digital readers - patrons of CW Mars libraries reached (and exceeded!) a record breaking two million eBooks and...

What better way to round off the year than by rounding up our favourite books that we read during 2021? The books featured in this list...

Did you know that the children's room has a "Did You Know" corner? This nook features books that you might not have noticed hidden in our...

I love how wreaths brighten up a space. This past Saturday we hosted a Family Art Drop In with the theme: Paper Wreaths. Kids and their...

Our second Stuffie Sleepover happened! Jana the Giraffe, Bunny (the collie) and Pigeon (the pigeon) joined Harpo for a tour of the...

Take a look at some of the masterpieces created in our CD Mosaic Workshop! As you can see, we found a bunch of other treasures to use in...

Heartstopper Show streaming on Netflix. Watch Trailer Shy Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A...

There are many lists of “best books” of the year out there, so we have compiled a list of our favorite sources of bests. Check 'em out...

A group of us got together recently to create winter themed prints. It was so much fun to provide teens with the opportunity to...