Ever wondered why contestants on competition shows panic when they come down to the end of their time limit? Well, the designers from our Youth Theater Class: Set Design Studio found out! Turns out our imaginations had ideas that couldn't be accomplished in just an hour! After discussing the basics of scenic design, we read A House That Once Was by Julie Fogliano and divided into teams to design model boxes as if we were putting it on as a play. Thank you to everyone who spent time during their April Break with us - we love seeing so many faces!

The library will open at 11AM on Friday, May 1st due to our monthly staff meeting. Please note that our Knitting Group will meet from 11AM - 1PM this day.

National Library Week is coming to a close, and we have one more way for you to celebrate with us. Right now, the City is making important decisions about the annual budget - and McArthur Public Library needs your voice. If the library has made a difference in your life, we invite you to share your story and show just how important it is to our community. You can email City Councilors at: contactallcouncilors@biddefordmaine.org A few sentences can go a long way in helping to support the services you love.

Congratulations to all the proud new owners of their new stuffie friends! Thank you for joining us for Stuffie Adoption Day.

It’s National Library Week! That means the return of our 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁! Stop by the library to pick up a blank bookmark and let your creativity shine - color it, paint it, decoupage it… whatever you want! When you’re done, just add your name and age group on the back and drop it in the box. We’ll choose one winner from each age group (children, teens, and adults), and the winning designs will be reproduced for our patrons to enjoy all year. We can't wait to see what you create!

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘵: 50 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵 by Paul Greenberg is an accessible guide offering practical, actionable steps to reduce personal carbon emissions. 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 by Tatiana Schlossberg explores the hidden environmental costs of everyday activities, focusing on the internet, food, fashion, and fuel. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦t by Michael E. Mann argues that fossil fuel companies have waged a decades-long campaign to deflect blame for climate change, shifting focus from corporate responsibility to individual actions like recycling. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘈𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 is a 2014 nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert that argues Earth is experiencing a human-caused mass extinction event, the first in history to be driven by a single species. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘗𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 by Lily Brooks-Dalton is a dystopian, climate fiction novel about a young woman named Wanda, born in a near-future Florida ravaged by climate change, rising sea levels, and increasingly severe hurricanes.