Your monthly guide to the latest news and events from your library!

Please go to our CALENDAR OF EVENTS
for more information on all of the great events coming up this month! And don't forget that our digital resources are available 24/7 at www.mansfieldlibraryma.com

Please be aware of our holiday hours:

Friday, June 19th - CLOSED for Juneteenth

I will be retiring as Director of the Mansfield Public Library on June 30th. I am honored and fortunate to have been given the opportunity to serve the town of Mansfield for the past 13 years. I have made so many wonderful memories during this time and have enjoyed sharing my love of reading with so many of you! I want to thank each and every one of you for supporting the library, and for helping to make it the center of our community. Thank you for attending the fiction book club or sharing your favorite book recommendations with me. Thank you for continuing to support the library during the COVID months by rolling with virtual programming and curbside delivery. Thank you for being part of a town that loves and supports its library! I am sad to be saying goodbye, but I will see you around town (and probably in the library!)

- Catherine Coyne, Library Director

Massachusetts Center for the Book 2026 Reading Challenge

How the challenge works:

Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge.
After you read, fill out this FORM to tell us about the book.
- Using our submission manager, you will be able to log in and access the entries you’ve logged throughout the year.
- Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.
- We will be drawing two names on the last day of each month to win a free book! Make sure you get those entries in before the end of the month.
- If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books.

Stop by the library to pick a postcard that lists all of the monthly challenges and a bookmark that allows you to keep track of what you read!

Soccer Gnome Hunt

Hunt for Gnomes @ your local Libraries!

Celebrate the world's biggest tournament. Join the hunt for 28 gnomes in the public libraries of the towns which surround Foxboro. Each library will host 4 gnomes with feature flags from the participating countries. Seek them out inside each library and mark them off your list for fun while you explore our area libraries June 1 - 30, 2026.

Click HERE for more information about this fun way to join our neighboring communities to celebrate the World Cup Tournament!

Summer Library Program

SAVE THE DATE!! Plant a Seed, Read!

The 2026 Summer Library Program, Plant a Seed, Read! officially begins for children, teens and adults, on Monday, June 29th and runs through the end of August for children and August 8th for teens and adults.
We encourage patrons of all ages to come into the library to register and join the library for a summer full of creative and engaging programming!!

Sponsored in part Mansfield Public Library, the Friends of the Mansfield Public Library, Mansfield Public Library Board of Trustees, and Mansfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

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