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New Books, New Readers

February 1, 2012

Site: Farmington

Series: Why Read?

This Session: Beating the Odds Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges

Tomás and the Library Lady by Pat Mora

Richard Wright and the Library Card by William Miller

Public Event

February 2, 2012

Trash, Camp, or Classic? Come watch Troy with us!

Site: Frontier Cafe, Brunswick, 6:00 p.m.

Let's Talk About It

February 7, 2012

Plainsong by Kent Haruf

Series: Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives

Location and Time: Henry D. Moore Library, Steuben, 4:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Let's Talk About It

February 13, 2012

We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinison Rich

Series: Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine

Location and Time: Hobbs Memorial Library, Lovell, 1:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

New Books, New Readers

February 13, 2012

Site: Greenville

Series: Giving

This Session: What Happens When We Give? The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles

Let's Talk About It

February 15, 2012

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

Series: Opening Windows: Women's Stories from Different Cultures

Location and Time: South Thomaston Public Library, South Thomaston (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Let's Talk About It

February 21, 2012

Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas

Series: Entering Nature: Contemporary Views of the Human Self in the Natural World

Location and Time: Long Lake Public Library, St. Agatha, 6:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Let's Talk About It

February 21, 2012

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Series: The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality

Location and Time: Albion Public Library, Albion, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

New Books, New Readers

February 27, 2012

Site: York

Series: Home

This Session: Finding Home Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

Let's Talk About It

February 28, 2012

Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett

Series: Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives

Location and Time: Henry D. Moore Library, Steuben, 4:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Let's Talk About It

February 28, 2012

American's War: Talking About Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries edited by Edward Ayers

Series: Making Sense of the Civil War

Location and Time: Windham Public Library, Windham, 6:15 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Let's Talk About It

March 20, 2012

The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri

Series: Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives

Location and Time: Henry D. Moore Library, Steuben, 4:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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March 20, 2012

Twelve Journeys in Maine by Wesley McNair

Series: The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality

Location and Time: Albion Public Library, Albion, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Let's Talk About It

March 27, 2012

American's War: Talking About Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries edited by Edward Ayers

Series: Making Sense of the Civil War

Location and Time: Windham Public Library, Windham, 6:15 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)