Children’s Services

Upcoming Events

Tail Waggin’ Tales
Fridays 3:45. Registration required.

This popular program that allows children learning to read to practice by reading aloud to one of our volunteer therapy dogs this May. The dogs are good listeners, and they won’t interrupt or correct the reader. It has been proven that, over time, therapy dog literacy programs help boost the reader’s self-confidence and improve overall reading and communication skills.

Early Literacy Programming

Story Times

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?

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
We now have a collection of multiple copy books to lend students for book groups

Children’s Librarian

Mary Randall is the Children’s Librarian at MML.

Hello, Merrill Memorial Library patrons!

I’m so happy to join this lovely community and I look forward to getting to know you all.
I found my way to libraries in a very circuitous manner. I graduated from Colby College with a degree in Theater and Dance and then spent a year in Berlin, Germany on a Fulbright scholarship teaching English. After working in the children’s department at the Lewiston Public Library for five years, I was excited to take the next step in my career by joining MML’s team and to continue working with the newest members of the world: little ones, ages 0-8! Read on for interesting facts!

Early Literacy Programming

Story Times

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.

Q: Which Story Time is right for my child?

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

Tail Waggin’ Tales

After-School Programming

Attention all Beginning Readers!

Merrill Memorial Library is very excited to introduce our newest literacy program, Tail Waggin’ Tales!

Children will have the opportunity to practice their reading skills by reading aloud to one of three new furry friends. Skipper, a beagle; Lilah, a spaniel; and Senni, a west-highland terrier (our hypo-allergenic volunteer) are insured and certified therapy dogs who provide a calming, attentive, and non-judgmental presence for burgeoning readers. (more…)

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.