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Friends Annual Mailing
I dropped the Friends of the Library annual mailer off at the post office this morning. It’s highlights include updates…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee : Who’s Got the Slipper?
Once again, happenstance leads to the archive acquiring a priceless piece of Douglas History. The story of Who's Got the…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Cold
The current book on the storywalk is Cold, written by Tim McCanna and illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki. Cold is…a morning dappled…
Continue Reading....Sign Up to Read to Bryce
Join us at the Douglas Public Library for a special program where kids can practice reading aloud to Bryce, a…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Oh Dear, Look What I Got!
The current book on the storywalk is Oh Dear, Look What I Got!, written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen…
Continue Reading....Research Database Alternatives
This is a repost from June 26, 2025: Beginning July 1, our research database offerings will be significantly reduced due…
Continue Reading....The Books are Coming, The Books are Coming!!!
Book delay might be over as Ingram books have started coming in
Continue Reading....Museum on Main Street Special Edition Brain Bundle
We are proud to bring you Brain Bundle, Museum on Main Street: Special Edition!
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Trees Make Perfect Pets
With the end of our stuffie mayoral election, stories once again return to the storywalk! The current book is Trees…
Continue Reading....Your New Douglas Mayor
After an exciting six weeks, the race for Douglas Mayor is over. 437 voters have spoken and Bald-E has won…
Continue Reading....Mayor of Douglas Election
As Douglas welcomes the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum On Main Street’s exhibit Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, we are about to…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Democracy for Dinosaurs
In preparation for the Voices and Votes exhibition coming to Douglas this fall, we have put up Democracy for Dinosaurs: A…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Aesop’s Fables
The current book is one I hope inspires wonder and nostalgia. Enjoy 13 of Aesop’s Fables accompanied by Charles Santore’s…
Continue Reading....Bits and Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee : A Document from 1776 and Happenstance
In the early morning hours of March 13, 1904, Henry Jones, the night watchman of the W.E. Hayward and W.S.…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Dog Loves Fairy Tales
The new book on the storywalk is Dog Loves Fairy Tales by Louise Yates. Dog LOVES stories. And he especially…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Ugly Pie
The new book on the storywalk is Ugly Pie by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Heather Solomon. Ol’ Bear wakes one…
Continue Reading....Bits and Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee : The Central Block Fire of 1904
In the early morning hours of March 13, 1904, Henry Jones, the night watchman of the W.E. Hayward and W.S.…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Outside In
pring is around the corner, the days are getting longer, and Outside will soon be beaconing us all instead of…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
By popular request, Pet the Cat is back on the storywalk! This month Pete is wearing his favorite shirt—the one…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Bright Winter Night
The new book on the storywalk is Bright Winter Night, written by Alli Brydon and illustrated by Ashling Lindsay. The…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Pete the Cat Saves Christmas
The new book on the storywalk is Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin, with art by James Dean.…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: The Pet Potato
The new book on the storywalk is The Pet Potato, written by Losh Lacey and illustrated by Momoko Abe. I…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Too Many Pumpkins
The new book on the storywalk is Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White. Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: What Can You Do With A Rock?
The current featured book is What Can You Do With A Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller. You can skip them. You can…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: Sheep in a Jeep
The current featured book is Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw. After last month’s dense and heady (but beautiful) read, we…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee : Revolutionary War Soldiers
I was given a 4th of July assignment by Justin. He asked that I put up a quick post of…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: What do you do with an idea?
The current featured book is What do you do with an idea? by Kobi Yamada. What do ideas become? Big…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT: I Want My Hat Back
The current featured book is I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. More information here!
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee: Harrison Campaign Banner
In 1995, the Bancroft Public Library in Hopedale held The Mill Town : A Photography Exhibit. Recently, the Bancroft Library gave…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT Updated
The current featured book is Winter Walk by Virginia Brimhall Snow. Slide, step ,and stomp through the snow with Grammy…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT Updated
The current featured book is A Loud Winter’s Nap by Katy Hudson. Tortoises don’t like winter. Why? They just don’t.…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee: East Douglas’s First Christmas Tree
So I am on Santa’s Naughty List. I have not submitted a Bits & Pieces since July. We began an…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT Updated
The current featured book is Old Rock (is not boring) by Deb Pilutti. Old rock may not be the fastest thing in…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT Updated
The current featured book is The Duck Never Blinks by Alex Latimer. Will the duck blink? No. Probably not. Maybe,…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT Updated
The current featured book is Pete the Cat: I love my white shoes by Eric Litwin & James Dean. Pete…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee: The Simon Fairfield Public Library
If you have visited the Simon Fairfield Public Library in the last month, there is a good chance that you…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT Updated
The new book on the Storywalk is One Small Place in a Tree by Barbara Brenner. This will appeal to…
Continue Reading....Storywalk on the SNETT
A fourteen station storywalk has been completed and deployed on the Southern New England Trunkline Trail by Boy Scout Ethan…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee: Historic Districts Part 3
April and May’s Bits & Pieces covered different types of Historic Districts, the various impacts on the homeowner, and the…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee: Historic Districts Part 2
April’s Bits & Pieces covered different types of Historic Districts and the various impacts on the homeowner. This month, we…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee: Historic Districts
The topic for this month’s Bits & Pieces can once again be attributed to an ongoing project. This time the…
Continue Reading....Help Bring a Storywalk to our Community
Since 2020, storywalks have been a popular element of our summer reading program in Douglas. We have deployed them at…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee: School Colors & Mascots
Last week Justin came to me asking for the next “Bits & Pieces” article. Between my last project and the…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee: Where are the street numbers?
When I originally decided to present “Bits & Pieces”, I had this notion that I would write these postings in…
Continue Reading....Bits & Pieces with Rebecca Lavallee: Population
In 2021, Douglas celebrated its 275th Anniversary. During this anniversary, the idea of providing a supplemental update to the Time…
Continue Reading....This ain’t our first pandemic
In the darkest depths of the Library Attic, dusty old library records have been discovered. What kind of secrets will we…
Continue Reading....History Snapshots with Dick Vanden Berg
Dick is a Douglas local with a lifelong passion for history. When he was a kid, he loved reading about…
Continue Reading....Veterans Day
The Library will be closed on Saturday, November 11 in honor of Veterans Day. Thank you to all the men…
Continue Reading....Summer 2017 Virtual Library Tour
Douglas Public Access Cable came over to see what the library is all about! If you haven’t been inside in…
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