Monthly Archives: May 2013

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The next Pasco Author Lecture Series will feature local Kennebunkport resident Albert Waitt: Summer to Fall (a Debut), on Sunday, June 2 at 2:00 pm. In this gritty and humorous novel, twenty-five year old Cam Preston tries to navigate the … Continue reading

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The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library Marks Centennial with Public Launch of new Joyce Butler book “Kennebunkport : the Evolution of an American Town”. This is a milestone year for the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library.  In 1813, … Continue reading

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Random trivia about books and authors

The longest sentence in the book “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo is 823 words long. If you were to place all of the shelves in the New York Public Library side by side, they would be eighty miles long. All … Continue reading

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Infographic: Is Your Child Money Wise?

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Random Facts: Top 100 Banned/Challenged Novels of the 20th Century

The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) receives reports from librarians, booksellers, publishers, teachers, and the media on attempts to ban books in communities across the United States. The goal of the OIF is to educate librarians and the general … Continue reading

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New in Non-Fiction:

Take Heart: Poems from Maine, selected by Poet Laureate Wesley McNair.  Down East Books, 2013. Each week for the last several years, Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair offered a previously published poem by a Maine poet in his weekly newspaper … Continue reading

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Most Loved Children’s Books Infographic ~

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Random Musings ~ The Anatomy of a Librarian:

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