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It's June and we are so ready to welcome the sunshine and warm weather! We're offering Summer Reading Activities for children and adults alike, as well as our fascinating new museum exhibit that gives you a peek behind the curtain at our work. We're also continuing to reorganize and spruce up our buildings to make the most of every space - as always, we welcome your feedback! |
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The theme for Summer Reading 2025 is Level Up At Your Library and it’s going to be a blast for readers and gamers of all ages!
This year’s activities will include a weekly crafting afternoon, weekly all-ages storytime, a reading challenge where kids can track the number of minutes they read, game boards to fill out, special events, a movie night, and more! There will be opportunities to earn prizes and raffle tickets for the chance to win a grand prize. Please keep an eye on our website for a full listing of Summer Reading Events.
Sign ups will begin on June 12th in person in the Youth Services Room. Our Summer Reading Challenge will run through August 8th.
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Don't let the kids have all the fun! We have summer reading activities to make the most of your beach reads and help you find your new favorites.
Every year Read ME chooses books for it's statewide Summer Reading Experience and those selections are now available at the library. Their kick-off event will take place online on a special episode of Maine Calling at 11am on June 13th!
You can also stop by the circulation desk after June 13th to sign up for our Adult Summer Reading Challenge and the chance to win raffle prizes! |
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"Behind Closed Doors: The Secrets of Museum Work" takes a fascinating look at some behind-the-scenes museum work and addresses questions like... where do museums obtain objects for their collections - and how do they decide what is appropriate to collect? How do staff take care of those objects so that future generations can enjoy them? How do they go about researching the items in the collections? And how does the staff use that information when putting together exhibitions and programs?
Featuring some of the museum’s oldest collections, dating from the late 19th century, as well as recent acquisitions, the exhibit will also include museum staff working on cataloguing and other projects in our large gallery during weekday hours. Visitors can ask questions and observe museum work in action!
Please join us for an Opening Reception for this exhibit on Thursday, June 5th from 6:00-8:00 pm at Saco Museum. |
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In conjunction with our current exhibit, our museum staff will be offering a series of Gallery Talks throughout the summer. These talks will provide more context and background to the items on display, or go in depth on a particular topic of interest.
The first Gallery Talk will take place on Tuesday, June 17 at noon in the main gallery of the Saco Museum. Please join Anatole Brown for “My Noble Josephine, For Your Honor” – The Hotel Heiress and Her Calamitous Captain. |
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Our new library cards are almost here! Featuring the winning entries in our design contest, these new cards will be necessary once we transition to our new cataloguing system. Beginning on June 16th, stop by the Circulation Desk to pick out your new card and stay up-to-date.
All patrons that register for a new or updated card by the end of June will be entered into a raffle for an exciting prize! |
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Teens & Tweens Summer Book Club
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This summer in our Teens & Tweens Book Club we will be reading A Game of Noctis by Maine author Deva Fagan! All participants receive a free copy of the book selection. There will be several opportunities throughout the summer to meet up and discuss the book – come to one, all, or even just email your thoughts!
Our first Book Club session with book pick-up will be on Tuesday, June 24th from 4:00-5:00 pm. Please visit the Events Calendar on our website to RSVP, or email Miss Brooke at bpalmer@dyersaco.org for more info.
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Crafter's Table Crafternoons |
Tuesdays, 2:30 - 3:30 PM | Deering Room |
Level Up your summer by joining us for fun crafts on Tuesday afternoons! |
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Little Pixels Storytime |
Thursdays, 10:30 - 11:30 AM | Deering Room |
Join us every Thursday morning for an all-ages storytime! |
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Fun Run concert |
Wednesday, June 25th, 11:00 AM | Deering Room |
Come dance, sing, and groove to the kindie rock music of Fun Run! They bring fun sing-along songs to children that their parents will enjoy as well.
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Magnets! |
Thursday, June 26th, 1:00-2:00 PM | Deering Room |
Join High Touch High Tech of ME for a fun and magnetic STEM program geared towards kids ages 3-10.
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Dancing in the Library |
Monday, June 30th, 3:00-3:30PM | Deering Room |
Join Miss Jenn from Collective Motion Arts Center as she leads a fun dance party! |
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Visit our full Events Calendar for more Youth Programs!
Please note that our usual weekly children’s programming will pause for the summer beginning June 6th. Regular programming will resume in September. |
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| Annual Book Sale Planning |
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We're getting excited for the big Annual Used Book Sale in August! In preparation, we've started accepting a wider range and larger volume of donations than we usually request. Just a reminder, the bins behind the library are for donations to another organization, not DLSM. We want your best books for our summer book sale, so we'd appreciate it if you would save the cream of the crop for us! 😊
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This year's Annual Book Sale will be held from August 16th - 30th. Our popular Preview Night event will also be returning on the evening of August 15th! Look for tickets to go on sale in July.
We rely on a number of wonderful volunteers to make the Annual Book Sale happen. If you are interested in helping to sort and organize donations in the two weeks before the sale, or volunteer as a cashier during the sale, please contact Brooke Palmer at bpalmer@dyersaco.org. |
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As we continue to update and optimize our space for our patrons, we're happy to share that our Large Print Collection has found a new home in the reading room behind the Circulation Desk! Formerly the Periodicals Room, you can now browse the entire Large Print Collection in a larger space with more accessible shelves. We hope you will also appreciate the abundant natural light and increased seating - look for new furniture in the coming months!
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We hope you'll visit our year-round book sale at it's new home in the Saco Museum! There you can browse our wonderful selection of gently used hardcover and trade paperback fiction and non-fiction, children's books, and puzzles. Open during regular museum hours, The Saco Chapter House does not require a museum admission fee to enter.
Do you have a fun or clever name for our year-round book store? Send your suggestions our way! |
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Due to the construction downtown, the 2025 Saco Sidewalk Arts Festival will be held primarily at CK Burns School - and we are excited to be right in the action! Please note that our parking lot will be closed for the Festival on Saturday, June 21st from 9:00am - 3:00pm as it will be used for vendors. The library and museum will be open for our regular Saturday hours - stop by the Youth Services Room to help assemble a tile art painting of Gordon, the Summer Reading Mascot, or visit our new exhibit Behind Closed Doors at the museum! Please visit Saco Main Street's website for more information about the Festival.
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The Poppy Fields |
Nikki Erlick |
A high-concept speculative novel about heartache, hope, and human resilience, The Poppy Fields explores the path of grief and healing, a journey at once profoundly universal and unique to every person, posing the questions: How do we heal in the wake of great loss? And how far are we willing to go in order to be healed?
Releasing June 17th. |
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Atmosphere: A Love Story |
Taylor Jenkins Reid | An epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.
Releasing June 3rd. |
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The First Gentleman: A Thriller |
Bill Clinton & James Patterson |
The President of the United States is up for reelection. Her husband is on trial for murder. Is the First Gentleman a killer? A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse.
Releasing June 2nd. |
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The River is Waiting |
Wally Lamb | The propulsive story of a young father who, after an unbearable tragedy, reckons with the possibility of atonement for the unforgivable.
Releasing June 10th. |
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Coming Next Month: Author Visit
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We're looking forward to welcoming local author and CK Burns teacher Nick Fuller Googins for a special Author Event! His novel "The Great Transition" is a Read ME Summer Reading Experience selection for 2025, and his forthcoming novel "The Frequency of Living Things" will be released later this summer.
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Mon: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Tue: 9:30 am - 8 pm
Wed: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Thu: 9:30 am - 8 pm
Fri: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Sat: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sun: Closed
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Mon: Closed
Tue: noon - 4 pm
Wed: noon - 4 pm
Thu: noon - 8 pm
Fri: noon - 4 pm
Sat: 10 am - 4 pm
Sun: Closed
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