Ludden Memorial Library

09/02/2026

The Library will be CLOSED Monday September 7th for Labor Day.
Be sure to stock up now on your reading and entertainment needs!
Fill-A-Bag for $2.00 at our on-going book sale is STILL going on through this FRIDAY. DON'T MISS OUT!

08/31/2026

Calling all 4th-8th Grade READERS! Do you love reading? Do you like good books? Do you like telling others what you like/don't like about the books that you are reading? Do you like a challenge? If you answered YES to any of those questions, we have a special program for YOU! The Ludden Memorial Library is starting our brand new Maine Student Book Award Book Club!
Our first Book Discussion meeting is on Wednesday October 14th from 4-5pm and we will be talking about "A World Without Summer" by Nicholas Day. Snacks will be provided! (If you would like the library to request a copy of this book for you to read, please contact us!)
Contact the library with any questions or to sign-up.
(207) 562-8838.

08/26/2026

Lots of great books coming out this next month!
Call the library or stop in to be put on the list for one or more of these titles.
(207) 562-8838
FYI: Ann Cleeves, John Grisham, Lois Lowry, and Rick Riordan's books are set to be "released" on September 29th. Chances are we won't have them available at our library until sometime in October.

08/21/2026

We are happy to announce the return of our Chickadee Story-time this year! Come join us for our first Chickadee book on Tuesday September 8th from 3-4pm.
We will be reading the 10 Chickadee Books between September 2026 and March 2027 with 1-2 programs each month. The children in this program will be able to vote for their favorite book in March and then we will have a Pizza Party to Celebrate in April! This program is open to children, especially homeschoolers, in Grades K-4.
The RSU 56 School Librarian at DES does a FANTASTIC job with this already at the school for those in Grades K-3.
Any and all 4th Graders are WELCOME to attend this program!
For those who would like more information about the Maine Chickadee Book Award, please check out their website: https://sites.google.com/site/thechickadeeaward/home
Call us here at the library if you have any questions about this program or any other programs that we offer. (207) 562-8838.
If you are interested in this program and would like to sign up please stop in at the library!

08/14/2026

Hip! Hip! Hooray!
One month from today,
on the 14th of September,
we’ll skip and scoot back to Story Time!

08/13/2026

Back-to-School Book Sale! Has been EXTENDED another week! Now through August 28th!
Fill-A-Bag for $2. We'll even give you the bag!
Something for everyone! Children's and Young Adult titles, Adult titles, Audio Books (on CD), Paperbacks!

08/03/2026

PLEASE join us for our upcoming INFORMATIONAL and FUN book award club meetings for those in grades 4-12. Check out this year's exciting book titles, enjoy a snack and ask questions about the book clubs!
MSBA (Maine Student Book Award) Book Cafe (Grades 4-8) is on Tuesday August 11th from 2-3pm. Parents and younger siblings are welcome to check this out as well.
North Star Book Award informational meeting (Grades 9-12) is on Thursday August 13th from 2-3pm.
If you can't join us for those dates but would like to learn more, please call the library or stop in and speak with the Library Director.
Questions: please contact the library at (207) 562-8838.

08/03/2026

And just like that, our summer reading program is at the end! Thank you to everyone who participated in the final program last Tuesday. Our very own school librarian, Cindy, or as many might know her by, Mrs. P, was a big hit! She read the wonderful book, "Grandfather Tang's Story" by Ann Tompert. Such a great story! And then Cindy talked about Tangrams and what they were. Each child selected a kit of pre-cut fabric that included the seven pieces to make their own tangram design onto a canvas bag. Many chose to make a rabbit. All were so very incredible! The design was ironed onto the bags for the children to take home their very own special bag. This was also our program finale and everyone enjoyed cake! And then we raffled off the big prizes, the tote bags being the grand prize and then some other prizes as well, including a set of tickets to the movie theater and another set to the Oxford Plains Speedway and a pair of free books, one for the children and another for a teen. Congratulations for all our lucky winners!
On Wednesday we hosted our final adult program event, where we showed a movie starting at 1:00pm titled, "The Biggest Little Farm". After the movie and the popcorn, the adult prizes were raffled off to the lucky adults who participated in our adult summer reading program!
Thank you to all our participants who joined us for this summer reading program. We hope that we helped to inspire you to keep reading!
FYI: For those children and teens who participated but were unable to attend the last program or for those who did sign up for the reading program and did the reading but just weren't able to make it in during the month of July, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come into the library before the end of August so that we can give you your certificates and last prize, or caught up with your prizes. Thank you-

07/27/2026

07/23/2026

For our third week Children's Summer Reading Program, Ranger Jamie, a Maine State Park Ranger from Mt. Blue State Park visited us to talk bout OWLS! She read a wonderful story called "Owl Babies" by Martin Waddell. Ranger Jamie then talked about what makes owls, owls. We even listened to a few different owl calls. There was also a nice stuffed Barred Owl specimen to look at. The children (along with several adults) were each given an owl pellet to look at. The kids had an exciting time examining the pellets and would call out when they found something-such as a skull! They even had informational picture sheets about the bones of common owl prey to help identify what they were looking at. So cool!
A great big Thank You to Ranger Jamie for sharing this unique experience with us! I don't think any of us will ever forget it.
P.S. If anyone out there thinks an owl pellet is owl poo-you would be wrong (just like I was). The things you learn at a library.
Join us for our final programs next week:
Tuesday July 28th: Children's Summer Reading Program 2-3pm.
Participants will be making Tangram Bags and will leave the program with a special canvas tote bag of their own. This is also the Children's & Teen's Summer Reading Finale and there will be Cake, Certificates for those who participated in the Summer Reading Program and Raffle Drawings for prizes!
Wednesday July 29th: Adult Summer Reading Program: Movie: "The Biggest Little Farm" 1-3pm. Popcorn included! Rated PG. This is an all ages event if you think your youngsters will enjoy it. This movie IS a documentary. This will also be the Adult Summer Reading Finale with Raffle prizes for those Adults who participated in the Adult Summer Reading program.