Children’s Services

Upcoming Events

Four Ways to Tell a Story
Online Only. Most Recent video from October 28 below.
Story book read-aloud
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 10:15am

Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Miss Mary will read one story book aloud on Facebook Live.
Singalong Story Time
Fridays 10:15am

Join Miss Mary for songs and stories every Friday morning at 10:15am on Facebook Live.

Collections

Picture Book Area:

Preschool Fiction and non-fiction illustrated storybooks
Early-reader books
Board books

Juvenile Chapter Book Area:

Fiction and non-fiction books (including Maine Book Award titles)
Graphic novels
Periodicals
Audio Books – CD
Children’s Music – CD
Movies/Children’s TV shows -DVD

LOOKING FOR RESOURCES for Diverse Books?

American Indians in Children’s Literature: Dr. Debbie Reese has a fantastic site the offers critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children’s and young adults books. This is the link to the Best Books page.
First Nations Development Institute Book List
We Need Diverse Books, Book Finder

Early Literacy Programming

Story Times: ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Baby Bounces & Books: ~~Fridays at 10:15 a.m.~~
Tales for Twos: ~~Fridays at 11:00 a.m.~~
Preschool Tales & Tunes: ~~Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.~~

Which Story Time is right for my child?

I’m new to Story Time. What do I need to know?

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Adventure Backpacks

Let’s go on an Adventure!

Merrill Memorial Library has Adventure Backpacks that can be checked out for 1 week and used on your next adventure! You can find these backpacks in the Juvenile Book Area.

The Beach Adventure Backpack has fun activity pages, a collection cup with magnifier, binoculars, a Beach guide book, a copy of the Yarmouth Trail guide pages for the shore.

The Woods Adventure Backpack has fun activity pages, a collection cup with magnifier, binoculars, a compass, a Nature guide book and copies of the Yarmouth Trail guide pages.