“Up All Night in New Hampshire” August 3 at Dover Library

To take a look at nocturnal animals found in New Hampshire, you could stay up all night, or come to the Dover Public Library for the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire’s presentation, “Up All Night in New Hampshire”, on Friday, August 3 at 10:30am.   A museum educator will discuss nocturnal animals, their homes, and the behaviors that make them well-suited to nighttime living. Children study specimens such as owl talons, examine animal tracks, experiment with night vision, explore animal hearing and listen to night sounds, smell scents from nature, dissect owl pellets, and create an “Artsy Owl”.

This event is part of the Dover Public Library’s Summer Reading program, “Dream Big, Read!”  Registration is required.  Please drop by or call the Children’s Room at 516-6052 to register.

Also, be sure to come to the library for the last movie of the summer program, “Hoot”, on Monday, August 6 at 2pm in the Lecture Hall.

Then, on August 7 from 10:30am–12 Noon, a celebration party will be held on the library’s front lawn for all summer readers and their families.  After refreshments, Steve Blunt, part-time music teacher, part-time singer/story-teller, will entertain us with his interactive musical show which critics have called “funny”, “heartfelt”, and “engaging”.

Dover Public Library Kids Reading Program

"Dream Big…Read!", a five- week reading program for
children, will begin on Monday, July 2 with an amazing
and fun mime show and conclude on Tuesday, August 7
with the “Readers’ Party”.
The program is designed to encourage children to make
reading an important part of their summer activities.  
Watch for our “Summer Reading Program” handout
(available by mid-June in the Children’s Room and on our 
website) for more detailed information about the program.

10th Annual Dover Public Library Poetry Contest

The Dover Public Library recently held its 10th Annual Student Poetry contest for grades K-12.  There were 271 entries received by the deadline of April 18 and the poems are now in the hands of the judges.  Poems are being judged on originality, style and creativity.

All participants are invited to attend an “Evening of Poetry” on Tuesday, May 22nd at 6:30pm in the library’s Lecture Hall; refreshments will be served.  Prizes will be awarded in six different categories:  Grades K-2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10, and 11 &12. All students are invited to read their submission poem aloud at this event, but this will be purely voluntary. The public is also warmly invited to attend the readings and award ceremony. For more information, please contact Denise LaFrance at 516-6082.

Salt River folk concert at Dover Public Library

On Tuesday evening May 15 at 7pm, the Friends of the Dover Public Library will present a concert by folk group Salt River in the library’s Lecture Hall. These “folk singers in the purest sense” (Face Magazine), are Lee Hosack, Mike and Bev Rogers, and Cathy King. They are based in the seacoast area of Maine and perform traditional and original music reflecting the lifestyle and people of New England. Their folk/blues style is accented by their vocals and Mike’s signature harmonica. Much of the group’s material is original, but heavily influenced by the acoustic folk music of the 1960s. The group’s close friendships and love of music are reflected in their performances and on their CDs.

Salt River was selected as the sole representative for the State of Maine at the New England Artists’ Congress held in Woodstock, Vermont.  More recent venues include: Prescott Park Arts Festival  Market Square Day, First Night Portsmouth, Hamilton House Series (So Berwick), and Chautauqua in Keene and Portsmouth, NH.

Friends of the Library programs are always free and open to all. Refreshments will be served following the concert. For more information, please call the Dover Public Library:  603-516-6050.

Dover Public Library April School Vacation Activities

Join us at the Dover Public Library during April school vacation for a host of fun-filled and free activities. On Tuesday, April 24 @ 2:00pm in the Library Lecture Hall the Center for Wildlife will be presenting Raptors & Reptiles. We will learn from live raptors and reptiles about how they use special "tools" for survival. The Center for Wildlife is a rehabilitation facility in Cape Neddick, Maine, and its staff and volunteers provide medical care, safe sanctuary and humane treatment for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife until they can be released back into the wild.

Drop-in Story Time:

On Wednesday, April 25, at 9:30 a.m. in the Library Lecture Hall enjoy a special reptile story time with Miss Amy. Children of all ages are encouraged to join the fun.

Make-it-Take-it Craft Table:

Children of all ages are invited to make “Tommy Turtle ” (a paper plate turtle with a moveable head) anytime during the week of April 23 through April 28.

"The Roosevelt Funeral Train" program at Dover Public Library

On Tuesday evening April 17 at 7pm, the Friends of the Dover Public Library will present an intriguing historical program by Carl E. Lindblade. “The Roosevelt Funeral Train”, carrying the body of the just deceased president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, took four days, in April 1945, to travel from FDR’s vacation spot in Warm Springs, Georgia to Hyde Park, New York where he was buried.

The journey of FDR’s funeral train was a thousand-mile odyssey, and tens of thousands of Americans waited by the side of the train tracks to pay their respects to Roosevelt (whose body lay in a flag-draped casket visible through the windows of the funeral train’s rear Pullman). The train carried pretty much the entire U.S. government aboard, including one dead president and one live one, both of their families, the Cabinet and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the diplomatic corps, leaders of both houses of Congress and the nine Justices of the Supreme Court.

Plus, the journey was fraught with heartbreak and scandal. As the train passed through the night, few of the grieving onlookers knew what was happening behind the Pullman shades, where women whispered and men tossed back highballs. Inside was a Soviet spy, a newly widowed Eleanor Roosevelt, who had just discovered that her husband’s mistress was in the room with him when he died, all the Supreme Court justices, and incoming president Harry S. Truman who was scrambling to learn atomic secrets FDR had never shared with him. These many deceptions and betrayals will all be explained and uncovered by our guest speaker, Carl Lindblade.

Carl began his career at the Balsams Resort in Dixville Notch and for the past 40+ years has operated 3 and 4 diamond hotels and resorts. He was a delegate to the 1995 White House Conference on Travel and Tourism, Interim Director of the NH Office of Travel and Tourism Development, Innkeeper of the Year, Travel Person of the Year, Past President of the NH Lodging and Restaurant Association and American Hotel and Lodging Association Volunteer of the Year. He is currently a lecturer in the hospitality management department at the University of New Hampshire. As a volunteer, Carl coached the Conway’s Kennett High School Lodging Class to a national championship in a competition sponsored by the American Hotel and Lodging Association. He enjoys history and presenting on interesting NH and US topics.

Friends of the Library programs are always free and open to all. Refreshments will be served following the lecture. For more information, please call the Dover Public Library: 516-6050.

10th Annual Dover Public Library Student Poetry Contest

The Dover Public Library is pleased to announce its 10th Annual Student Poetry contest for grades K-12. Kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school youths can find instructions for submitting an entry to the contest at the Dover Public Library, any Dover school library, or at our website: http://library.dover.nh.gov.

Poems will be judged on originality, style and creativity. Prizes will be awarded in six different categories: Grades K-2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10, and 11 &12. Deadline for entry is April 18th. All participants are then invited to attend an “Evening of Poetry” on Tuesday, May 22nd at 6:30pm. Students are invited to read their poetry aloud at this event, but this will be purely voluntary. Refreshments will be served. For more information about the contest, please contact Denise LaFrance at 516-6082.

Calling All Peeps to the Dover Public Library!

The Dover Public Library is looking for some creative peeps from among all Dover residents, Dover students, or Dover Public Library cardholders to enter our fourth annual “Peeps Show” contest this April.

Here’s how it works: Build a diorama using peeps of any color in a standard size shoe box. This year’s theme is anything literary: recreate a scene from a favorite book or portray a character from a book. The first 16 entries will receive a free plush Peep bunny or chick!

There are four prize divisions. Anyone 19 or older is invited to compete in the Adult Division, while peeps, er, people 13- 18 may enter the Teen Division. Children ages 4 – 7 are invited to enter the Kids Division, and ages 8 – 12 may enter the Youth Division. On the back of your shoe box, please include your name, address, phone number, and title of your “Peeps Show”. Winners in each category will receive a $25 Target gift card, courtesy of the Friends of the Library.

Your Peeps display may be dropped off at the Dover Public Library beginning Monday, March 26, through Saturday, March 31st during operating hours. Peep entries will be displayed in the library for all to enjoy. Prizes will be awarded Monday afternoon, April 9th. Peeps should then be picked up by Thursday, April 12th. All Peeps not picked up by the deadline will be discarded or eaten. For more information, call 516-6082.

“A Walk Through the Delta” Blues Concert at Dover Public Library

The Friends of the Dover Public Library are pleased to present "A Walk Through the Delta", a blues program with Howard Stith and Mike Rogers, on Tuesday evening March 20 at 7pm in the library’s Lecture Hall. This musical performance will include a discussion of early Mississippi delta blues and its influence on modern pop music.

Delta blues is a distinctly American music that developed in the Deep South after the Civil War and reached its zenith just prior to World War II. Today it is often referred to as "roots music", and was the basis for both jazz and rock & roll.

Howard Stith plays acoustic 6 and 12-string guitar and has been a student of early blues for over 40 years. He has performed throughout the U.S., as well as in Europe and Japan, and has shared the stage with such notables as Peg Leg Sam, Mojo Buford, Lazy Bill Lucas and Hammie Nixon.

Mike Rogers plays harmonica in a multitude of styles from blues to folk, but was influenced greatly by the playing of Sonny Terry. Mike has also been performing for over 40 years and has played locally with the blues group "Roundhouse" and the folk group "Salt River”.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Dover Public Library at 603-516-6050.

Take a Canal Boat Holiday to England at the Dover Library

The Friends of the Dover Public Library are pleased to present a delightful travelogue program entitled “A Canal Boat Holiday in England” by Dover resident Wen Houle on Tuesday, February 21 at 7pm in the Lecture Hall.

Wen recently had the pleasure of going to England for the first time and joining a women's excursion trip on a narrowboat. Renting such a vessel and cruising on the canals and rivers of England's countryside is a popular vacation for both the English and tourists alike. In fact, some people live on these boats! Cruisers may set their own (slow) pace, operate the locks, and moor anywhere along the route to explore the quaint towns (and pubs of course) alongside the British waterways. Although it was a working trip, it was an educational and fun experience for the whole group and Wen’s talk and accompanying slides will cover all the highlights of her trip.

Wen Houle was born in Taiwan, and lived in Montreal, Canada before settling in New England. She has a B.S. in Mathematics and Biology from Boston College and an MBA from the University of New Hampshire. She works at the Center for International Education at UNH.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Dover Public Library at 603-516-6050.

New Early Literacy Station for kids at the Dover Library

photo of Natalie Scott and her mom Melissa McNew

Thanks to the Friends of the Dover Public Library, the Children’s Room now has an AWE Early Literacy Station™ (ELS) for young patrons. The ELS is an all-in-one kid-friendly computer designed to optimize educational effectiveness while making learning fun and exciting. The Early Literacy Station™ offers children ages 2-10 a safe, stand-alone computer (not connected to the Internet) that is age-appropriate, engaging, and academically relevant for children. The colorful keyboard, tiny mouse, and touch screen monitor, and headphones promote easy learning and almost unlimited opportunities for discovery.

The Early Literacy Station comes loaded with entertaining educational software (50+ programs) covering seven curricular areas: reading, math, science, social studies, writing, arts & music, and reference.

Since acquiring the ELS, library staff have observed that the programs are very easy to use. Children with little or no computer experience are able to sit down and start playing and learning on a wide variety of levels and there have been many positive comments from parents and children alike (such as this one from a three-year-old: “This is so much fun. Can we come here again?”). Visit the library’s Children’s Room soon and give the AWE Early Literacy Station™ a try!

“Perceval and the Holy Grail” Talk at the Dover Public Library

On Tuesday evening January 17 at 7pm, the Friends of the Dover Public Library will present an interactive talk about the Holy Grail by writer and poet Diana Durham. Come hear and participate in one of the world’s most intriguing stories: the quest for the grail as Durham talks about its evolution through the centuries and why it is still relevant in our lives today. Willing audience members will have the chance to become Perceval, Arthur, Morgana, Merlin, the grieving maiden, and other fascinating characters as scenes are acted out from this new dramatic retelling.

In the story of Perceval, the young and impulsive knight travels through a wasteland kingdom of strange warriors and damsels. On his journey, he meets the great King Arthur and the wise wizard Merlin and enters mysterious Grail Castle. Befriended by the sorceress Morgana, he unravels the meaning of the Grail.

Diana Durham speaks and runs workshops about the Arthurian and Grail myths and their meaning, and has told the story of Perceval and the Grail to a wide range of audiences, young and old. She has been called “a fabulous storyteller”, “evocative” and “inspiring”. In addition to her non-fiction book “The Return of King Arthur”, Diana has published two poetry collections, “Sea of Glass” and “To the End of the Night”'. In London, Diana worked with the Angels of Fire performance group, appearing in The Voice Box at the Royal Festival Hall. In New Hampshire, she founded '3 Voices' three women writers, funded in part by the NH State Council on the Arts, who have performed state-wide. She is currently a Visiting Research Associate at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.

All lectures in the Friends of the Library’s Cultural Series are free and open to the public. Refreshments will follow the program. Please call the Library, 516-6050, for more information.

Dover Library presents “A China Journal” with Meredith Lineweber

The Friends of the Dover Public Library will present an intriguing China travelogue program on Tuesday, November 15 at 7pm. Meredith Lineweber, the owner of “A Wand'Ring Minstrel I” a traveling music school, is also a soprano soloist who has worked with the Honolulu Chorale, the Brunswick, Maine Choral Society and the Suncook Valley Chorale. In March of 2010, Ms. Lineweber had the opportunity to travel to China on a Chamber of Commerce sponsored trip. She visited Beijing, Xian, and Shanghai will share with the audience all the sights of early spring in the Far East, from a blinding snowstorm at the Great Wall to 80 degree weather in Shanghai. Join us to hear all about Ms. Lineweber's trip of a lifetime!

Friends of the Library programs are always free and open to all. Refreshments will be served following the performance. For more information, please call the Dover Public Library, 516-6050.

Reminder: Friends of the Library annual book sale under way

Doors open at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, for the Friends of the Library’s annual, two-week-long, gigantic fall book sale. Only library cardholders will be able to purchase items on the first day of the sale so be sure to bring your card with you on the 28th. The sale opens to non-cardholders and the general public on Saturday, Oct. 29.

Thousands of paperbacks, hardcover books, and media items for all ages will be available at prices from 50 cents to $3. Many of the sale items are books donated to the library while others are items discarded from the library’s collections. Book sale prices will be further reduced on Wednesday, Nov. 2 and during week two of the book sale, Nov. 7-12, the remainder of the items will be sold for the bargain price of just $1 per bag or boxful. Any leftover books will be given away for free beginning Monday, Nov. 14.

All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library, a 501(c)3 charitable organization which last year donated over $15,000 to the library for museum passes, children’s and adult programs, furnishings and equipment. Applications to join the Friends of the Library are available at the library’s circulation desk.

Membership is $10 annually or $7 for seniors. Friends who work at the book sale receive a 50 percent discount on purchases. Call 516-6050 for more information.

Library hours are Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Wednesday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Library will be closed on Friday, Nov. 11 for the Veterans Day holiday.

Friends of the Library Annual Booksale begins October 28

Doors open at 9am on Friday, October 28 for the Friends of the Library’s annual, two-week-long, gigantic fall booksale. Only library cardholders will be able to purchase items on the first day of the sale so be sure to bring your card with you on the 28th! The sale opens to non-cardholders and the general public on Saturday, October 29.

Thousands of paperbacks, hardcover books, and media items for all ages will be available at prices from $.50 to $3.00. Many of the sale items are books donated to the library while others are items discarded from the library’s collections. Booksale prices will be further reduced on Wednesday, November 2 and during Week #2 of the booksale, November 7-12, the remainder of the items will be sold for the bargain price of just $1.00 per bag or boxful. Any leftover books will be given away for free beginning Monday, November 14.

All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library, a 501(c)3 charitable organization which last year donated over $15,000 to the library for museum passes, children’s and adult programs, furnishings and equipment. Applications to join the Friends of the Library are available at the library’s circulation desk.

Membership is $10 annually or $7 for seniors. Friends who work at the booksale receive a 50% discount on purchases. Call 516-6050 for more information.

Library hours are Monday and Tuesday 9am to 8:30pm; Wednesday---Friday 9am to 5:30pm; and Saturday 9am to 5pm. The Library will be closed on Friday, November 11 for the Veterans Day holiday.

Gwendolyn the Graceful Pig to Dance in Dover Public Library

– A perfect day of fun for the budding dancers and readers in your family takes place at the Dover Public Library on Wednesday, October 19th at 4 PM when Edra Toth, founder and Director of the Edra Toth's Academy of Dance & Music brings her ballerinas to perform Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig. The book will be read by the author, David Ira Rottenberg, as the ballerinas dance out the story. After the performance, Ms. Toth will provide a mini-dance lesson the children in the audience, and Mr. Rottenberg will sign copies of his book.

Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig is an engaging tale of two friends, Gwendolyn and Omar, who have big dreams. Gwendolyn longs to dance ballet, and Omar wants to join the football team. There's just one problem-they're both pigs! How Natasha Levertov, "the greatest teacher of dance in ze vorld," helps make their wishes come true will inspire any child to persevere in what he or she loves. It's a funny and charming tale of dreams that can turn into reality.

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Edra Toth immigrated to Boston, MA when she was a small child, during the Hungarian uprising in 1956. E. Virginia Williams, the founder of the Boston Ballet, offered Toth a scholarship to attend her school of dance. Toth became Williams’s protégé and made her dance debut at the age of 13. She became prima ballerina at age 15 and danced with Rudolph Nureyev when she was 18.

Toth performed at the White House at the invitation of the Johnson administration, and since her retirement as a dancer, has dedicated herself to dance education through her dance academies and the ballet company, NorthEastern Ballet Theatre, of which she is the artistic director.

David Ira Rottenberg, who lives in Natick, MA, has published three business books with business professor, Jeffrey Shuman, and a poetry book, Soldiers of Beauty. Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig is his first children's book.

When: Wednesday, October 19th at 4 PM.

Where: Dover Public Library, 73 Locust Street, Dover, NH - (603) 516-6050

Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig to Dance in Dover Public Library

Ballet fun for the dance lovers in your family will be held at the Dover Public Library on Wednesday, October 19th @ 4:00 PM when Edra Toth, founder and Director of the Edra Toth's Academy of Dance & Music, brings her dancers to perform Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig. The story, written by David Ira Rottenberg with illustrations by Lesley Anderson, will be read by Mr. Rottenberg. The ballerinas will than perform at various points to dance out the action. After the performance, Ms. Toth will teach the children in the audience some dance steps in a mini-ballet class, and Mr. Rottenberg will be available to answer questions and sign copies of his book.

Feel free to wear your dancing shoes and tutus and remember to bring your cameras! All are welcome.

“History of the Negro Baseball Leagues” at Dover Public Library September 20

On Tuesday, September 20, the Friends of the Dover Public Library will present an exhibit and talk by noted baseball researcher Joseph Caliro on the History of the Negro Leagues. A large display of baseball memorabilia will open for public viewing at 6pm in the Library’s Lecture Hall.

Over 300 pieces of baseball collectables and mementos will be exhibited, including 49 autographed baseballs (nine from Hall of Fame inductees) from the 1920s—1940s. Among the autographed balls are three from the only women ever to play professional baseball.

Baseball cards will also be on display, including the Ted Williams salute to the Negro League, and cards made from the paintings of Marc Charello, illustrator for DC Comics. If you're a baseball fan, a history fan, or a collector, you'll find Caliro's collection to be impressive.

Joe Caliro is a longtime baseball memorabilia collector and Negro Leagues historian His presentation will begin at 7pm with questions and refreshments to follow. This program is free and open to the public.

For more information, please call the Dover Public Library: 516-6050.

Dover Public Library Children’s Story Time Registration

Registration for the Dover Public Library’s first fall session of Children’s Story Times will begin on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 9am (with phone call registration available at 9:15am). Story Times will begin the week of September 19 and continue for five weeks. Parents may register their children for one of the five groups listed below, or join us on Wednesday mornings at 9:30am for a free Drop-In Story Time.

Toddler groups (ages 21-36 months) --- choose Thursday or Friday from 9:30-10:30am

Preschool groups (3-6 years) --- choose Monday at 1:30pm; Monday Bedtime at 7pm; or Tuesday at 9:30am.

Enrollment in a group is limited to Dover Public Library cardholders only, but there is no requirement for the Drop-In Story Times on Wednesdays. For more information, please call the Children’s Room 516-6052, or visit the Story Time website at http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/Childrens'Room/childrenpages/story_times.htm.

Summer Reading Programs for Children and Teens begin July 5 at the Dover Public Library

“One World, Many Stories” is the theme for this year’s Children’s Summer Reading Program. This five-week reading adventure is for children ages 5-12 and will begin on Tuesday, July 5 and continue through Tuesday, August 9. The program is designed to encourage children to make reading an enjoyable part of their summer activities.

Sign-ups begin on Tuesday, July 5 and continue throughout the program for Dover Public Library cardholders (including non-resident borrowers). Children must come to the library in person to register and to receive their personal booklet or reading log and special pencil for recording books/minutes read, and a voucher for a free ticket to a Portland Seadogs baseball game! Children will then return with their booklets or reading logs (after recording books/minutes read) to earn stickers and prizes.

Besides reading, many exciting things will be happening during the five weeks of the program.

• Lindsay and her Puppet Pals will be at the library on Thursday, July 7 @ 10:30am to help “kick-off” our summer program with adapted folk tales from around the world.

• “Drop-in” story times will be conducted every Wednesday @ 10:30am.

• A “Make-it, Take-it” craft table will be here all day, every day with all the supplies needed to make crafts to take home.

The following special classes will be held for learning how to play games or make cultural crafts from other countries (registration required):

• Learn to play Mancala (Africa) on Tuesday, July 19 @ 2pm

• Learn to play Bocce (Italy) on Tuesday August 2 @ 2pm

• Create a “God’s Eye” (Mexico) and a “Mayan Weaving” on Thursday, July 28 @ 2pm.

Children are invited to explore “One World, Many Tails” during the program! They may sign up for a “Paws for Reading” session. Goldie, a Certified Therapy Dog, and her handler, Karen, will be in the Children’s Room on Saturday, July 9 from 10:30-11:30am, Tuesday, July 19 from 6:30-7:30pm, and Saturday, August 6 from 10:30-11:30am. Goldie loves a good story but needs someone to read it to her! If interested in helping Goldie and practicing reading aloud, sign up for a 15 minute reading session during one of these times (and don’t forget to cross off 15 minutes on your reading log or record the book you’ve read to Goldie in your reading folder!)

Also, all are welcome to join us in the Lecture Hall to meet Jane and her dog Sasha from the Cocheco Valley Humane Society. They will visit the library to talk about pets and pet care on Thursday, July 14 @ 10:30am. Pets as “purr-fect friends” and choosing the pet that’s right for you will be discussed. Come and discover the valuable work being done at CVHS and how this work serves the animals in our community.

In addition to the above programs, the library’s Monday Movie Madness will feature free movies in the Lecture Hall every Monday afternoon at 2pm beginning on July 11. Everyone is welcome! Feel free to bring your own refreshments!

Here is the line-up:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules, July 11, rated PG.

Gnomeo & Juliet, July 18, rated G.

Rango, July 25, rated PG.

Despicable Me, Aug. 1, rated PG.

Yogi Bear, Aug. 8, rated PG.

A party for all participants and their families will be held on the library lawn on

Wednesday, August 10 at 10:30am. After refreshments, Sammie Haynes will entertain us with her interactive musical show. Sammie is an award-winning children’s musician whose performances have enchanted national audiences for the past 15 years.

The Teen Summer Reading Program theme is “You Are Here” and also runs from July 5 to August 9. For every two hours of reading completed, participants will be given a raffle ticket—and will get to choose which prize to put in for. Lots of great prizes will be offered throughout the five-week program—including gift certificates to local business, fun-pack gift bags, and much more. The first 20 kids to sign-up get a free book!

You choose what to read—novels, magazines, graphic novels, comic books, nonfiction—whatever you might enjoy.

Middle school readers are eligible participate in both the Children’s Program and the Teen Program. Drop by the library’s reference desk to sign up for the “You Are Here” Teen Program, visit online at http://library.dover.nh.gov, or call 516-6082. Come in person to the Children’s Room to sign up for “One World, Many Stories” or call 516-6052. Don’t miss all the fun! Plus, it’s a proven fact: kids who keep reading over the summer do better in school in the fall!