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Show Your Hometown Pride with Your New Library Card

Stop by to exchange your current SAILS card for one of these new, colorful cards at no charge by Fri., Feb 3. (If you've lost your old card, you can get one of the new ones at no charge, as well.)

New library users will automatically receive one of our new cards.

Sharebrary Item of the Week

Sharebrary: Borrow. Try. Experience.

This week's featured item is our laser distance meter. For all those at-home projects you need an accurate way to measure that's way easier to use than a metal or fabric tape measure, check out this item from the Sharebrary collection.

Included with the laser measure are an instruction guide, 2 AAA batteries and a carrying bag.

We currently have 34 different items to lend out from our Sharebrary collection.

Thank you to the Wilfred M. Silvia Library Trust for its generous support of the Sharebrary collection.

Robots on the Run!

If you have a gadget geek, science nerd, budding engineer or other electronics-obsessed loved one, come run a robot with The Rhode Island Computer Museum (RICM) on Wed., Feb. 22 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. at the Library. For ages 10 and up.

This workshop aims to explain basic coding and instructions on how to command a simple robot. You'll learn programmable electronics and instructions for making motors run, sounds, and a lot more. We’ll take time to learn about interactive software titled “MBOT Arduino” and you can create your own sample “Robot code.” We'll end with Robot Wars breaking balloons attached to the MBOTS!

Registration is required. Please call the Library at 508/946-2470 or email Teen Librarian Christine Dargelis.

The presentation is part of ongoing traveling exhibits by the RICM, and this workshop is part of the museum's community outreach program.

Thank you to the Friends of the Middleborough Public Library for making this program possible.

Take Your Child to the Library Day

Help us celebrate one of our favorite days of the year -- international "Take Your Child to the Library Day!" On Sat., Feb. 4, you can drop in and complete a scavenger hunt to win a small prize. Be sure to pick up your clues in the Children's Room.

From 10:00 a.m. until noon you can enjoy bookmark and Valentine's Day crafts.

We hope you'll help us recognize the importance of libraries in children's lives.

Toddler Tunes

Ms. Kathy will visit Tues., Jan. 31 at 10:00 a.m. with music and movement perfect for your toddlers. No registration is necessary.

Homeschool Program: World Read Aloud Day

Homeschool families with children ages 8-12 are invited to celebrate World Read Aloud Day with a virtual author visit by Karen Kane, at 1:00 p.m., Wed., Feb. 1.

Karen is the author of the series Charlie & Frog and you can learn how she went from an idea to a published book. Along with our author visit, we'll be sharing books and creating stories. 



Registration is required so call the Library at 508/946-2470.

Tiny Tots Returns Today

Join Ms. Amanda for stories, rhymes and songs, best for families with babies through through three years of age, today and Wed., Feb. 1, at 10:30 a.m. This session of Tiny Tots runs through Feb. 15.

Tiny Tots takes place in the Library's large meeting room. To stay informed of program email announcements, including change of location, please register by calling the Library at 508/946-2470.

Stop By For Lego Building Afternoons

Drop by the Large Meeting Room for Lego Afternoons from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., Tuesdays throughout February (except during School Vacation Week). Create a Lego masterpiece using the Library's bricks. Space is on a first-come, first-served basis. One table per family or group, and social distancing is encouraged.

Mush- Let's Read! Iditaread Winter Challenge

Get ready for the IditaREAD Winter Reading Challenge starting Wed., Feb. 1 and running through Fri., March 31.  Kids up to 6th grade can enter and log reading time and complete activity badges related to seasonal and timely topics for the chance to win one of three grand prizes, including a gift certificate for ice cream, a plush husky dog, and an Alaskan prize pack.

Use the Beanstack Reading Program site or download the free Beanstack Tracker app.

This program is generously supported by the Friends of the Middleborough Public Library.

Staff "Book Blurbs" What We've Been Reading

Periodically, we bring you a brief Book Blurb from the staff about what we've been reading.

This week, a recommendation from Reference and Adult Services Librarian Libby Fox.

Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin (2020)

I'd never heard of this title until a friend suggested I read it, and highly recommend it for people read who love character-driven books.

Amazon writes, "Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues—gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest—visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Violette’s routine is disrupted one day by a local police chief who insists on scattering the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger. It soon becomes clear that Julien’s inexplicable gesture is intertwined with Violette’s own difficult past.

With Fresh Water for Flowers, Valérie Perrin has given readers an intimately told story that tugs on the heartstrings about a woman who believes obstinately in happiness, despite it all. A poignant runaway bestseller full of French charm and memorable characters, Fresh Water for Flowers is Valérie Perrin’s English debut.

Click on the red linked title to place a hold on a print copy in the SAILS catalog or on the cover image to place a hold for the e-book in Libby.