Bridgton Public Library

Library Services January 2021

We are planning to continue our walk-in hours in January T: 10-4, W: 10-4, F: 10-4, Sat: 10-2, with no-contact pickup available at the end of each day for those who choose. We do encourage people to use our online catalog to place holds for quick pick up or give us a call and we can help you by pre-picking some books we think you’d like.

We will post it on our website, Facebook, Instagram if we have either a health or weather closing (though with the weather, we may not have Internet, but we’ll try). Please call if you have any questions (207-647-2472).

We will be offering Activities To-Go and book discussion groups by Zoom. While we cannot offer in-person workshops here, we have gathered together some online resources for you to help you get inspired, get involved, learn something new, and part of a different kind of community.

The UMaine Cooperative Extension has an awesome lineup of online workshops, with a suggested donation of $5 per session. Can’t make a donation? That’s okay, we’ll make one on your behalf. We will make a donation for any patron who brings in or emails a copy of your program registration.

We have an innovative new membership here at the Library! We have partnered with the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance to offer online workshops for up to 5 library patrons at member prices. If the member prices are a little more than you can afford, please get in touch with the Library for our scholarship program.

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Stay safe and well. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Sincerely,

Amy Stone

Library Director

“Books Like Us” for January

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Bridgton Public Library is getting ready for Beanstack’s Fourth Annual Winter Reading Challenge, Books Like Us, sponsored by Simon and Schuster, through the month of January. We encourage you to read a book by an author you’ve not read before or try a new type of book. Learn something new or read something that has been recommended, settle in for January with some great books!

We will have challenges and reading lists for adults and kids. You can keep track online at bridgtonlibrary.beanstack.org, use a print reading log, or let us know you want to participate and we’ll keep track for you. Thousands of libraries and schools across the nation are encouraging reading in their communities with Books Like Us and other nation-wide reading activities.

Prizes from the program sponsors will include book collections and virtual author visits. Ten (10) winning schools or libraries will each get a collection of fifty (50) books from the Books Like Us collection. We’ll be holding a grand prize raffle drawing for Adults on February 2nd for a grand prize winner and offering several smaller prizes as well. You can pre-register by going to Bridgton Public Library Beanstack or just ask us to get you set up.

Happy reading, Bridgton!