What's New?
Go Green at Your Library Summer Reading 
The Great Green Giveaway continues all summer!
Third Annual Teen Art Contest Entries on Display
Requesting Items from the Library-Some Changes
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The library will be closed on Monday, September 6,
in observance
of Labor Day.
The library will be closed on Saturdays until after Labor Day.
Audio Books & eBooks-Online--All the time! E-books are now available to download through Overdrive, Inc. The e-books can be read on the Sony Reader and the Barnes & Noble Nook.
They are not compatible with the Kindle.
E-book accessibility is in addition to audio
digital
downloadable books. New titles for both formats are added each month.
Please note that, as a Massachusetts resident, you may obtain a Boston Public Library e-card, and have access to that library's downloadable collection. Contact our Reference Department to learn more: mnr@mvlc.org.
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Please help us save money! Checkout receipts will be printed on request. Sign up for e-mail notification and Library Elf, and please return items on time. Thank You.
Wireless access is available at the library.
Popular Materials List
Search
here for the library's holdings of DVD and VHS, large print,
music on CD, audio books, as well as consortium-wide "Hot
Titles." You'll also find a regularly updated list of
the library's newest acquisitions.
Is there a book,
audio book, CD or DVD you'd like to suggest for
purchase? Please email your suggestions to: mnr@mvlc.org
To
protect your privacy. If you would like someone else to
pick up your reserved items you need to have a permission
note added to your record. Please ask at the Circulation Desk
for more information about this procedure.
Look for our Express Book collection--the latest bestsellers and other popular books in
hardback and paperback, available when you walk in. Stop by and ask
Have you read a new book you'd like to tell others about? Please send us your thoughts, responses, and reviews, and, with your
permission we will post them.
Email to: mnr@mvlc.org
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Here is a selection of photos of selected library programs. And more of children's programs.
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Sponsored by the Friends:
Books & Beyond received an All Star Award for 2009.
The Friends of the Flint Memorial Library
are pleased to present the watercolor, "When the Trolley Rolled Past the Flint." This beautiful painting was graciously donated by local artist
Don Doyle. Prints and note cards are available for purchase at the Circulation Desk. All proceeds go to support programs and materials for the library.
For more information about Don Doyle, please visit his web site.
Place your holds now on forthcoming books. Visit the online
catalog: www.mvlc.org Does your
favorite author have a new book coming out soon? It's not too early
to place a reserve. To keep track of new books, visit: Barnes
&Noble's Coming Soon.
A rabbit was just one of the animals
that visited the library with Animal
World Experience.
Children made rain sticks at
Got Rhythm Story and Craft Time.
Children and parents had fun with board
games and wii at Family Game Afternoon.
Go Green at Your Library officially began
June 22 at the Ice Cream Social.Families
registered for summer reading and Friends
sold books.
Teen volunteers helped families
register online.
Everyone enjoyed ice cream from
Dandi-Lyons,
of Reading!
Books in Bloom: "Recycle," created by Karen Vitale, of the North Reading Garden Club. The arrangement was inspired by Gail Gibbons' book, Recycle, in celebration of the summer reading program.
At the Comcast Reading Connection in June, children made seahorses. Please visit the Children's page to see more photos.
Cats, etc.,
hooked rugs
by Happy DiFranza, now on display.
Thank you to Braga's Landscaping, of North Reading, for "adopting" the library grounds. We are so pleased that Braga's will keep the flowerbeds and shrubs maintained. This is really a special contribution to the library and to the town of North Reading.