Coffee and Coloring Adult Coloring Group

Take a break from the holiday rush and add some color to your life at the library’s new adult coloring group! Join us for stress-reducing and fun mornings of coffee and coloring. The library will supply coloring pages, colored pencils, markers and crayons but feel free to bring your favorite coloring tools. All are welcome to drop-in and no pre-registration is required.

Fridays from 10:00-11:30 AM in the conference room.

Summer Reading

With Summer halfway over already, Summer Reading only has about a month left! If you haven't signed up, it's not too late! Sign up now at http://iread.evanced.info/mashpee/sr/homepage.asp for your chance to win cool prizes and have lots of fun. Books can be great adventures, so be sure to find a great book to help you enjoy your summer! Need help finding a book? Come over to the library and we'll help you find just what you're looking for!

Holiday Hours

The Mashpee Library will be closed on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 in celebration of Independence Day. From us to you, have a safe and happy 4th of July!

Summer Reading

June 1st marks the first day of this years' Summer Reading Program! This year the theme is "Heroes"

                             Children's Theme            Young Adult's Theme          Adult's Theme                           

Children and Young Adult Summer Reading

Beginning in June, and continuing throughout the summer, children who will be entering Pre-K to grade 2 can register for the Summer Reading Program at the Mashpee Public Library. Children will receive a reading log, a book bag and incentives.  Each week they will receive a sticker for their reading efforts, and when they have collected five stickers they will receive the final prize – a coupon for a free ice cream cone from Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlor!

The Mashpee Public Library is also offering an Online Summer Reading Program for students entering grades 3 through 12.  You can register for the online program at www.readsinma.org/mashpee.

There will be many weekly storytimes and special events at the library this summer.  Stop by the library for a flyer or visit http://checkitoutatmpl.blogspot.com/p/childrens-room-events.html for a list of events.

Adults

Summer reading isn’t just for kids. Enter for a chance to win a $100. gift card just for reading! Escape the Ordinary is this summer’s theme and you have two ways to win. The first is simply by entering reviews of the books you read. After you complete a book, go to our Summer Reading page: www.readsinma.org/mashpee and click on Adult Summer Reading. Log in, enter your review, and you’re automatically entered to win. The more reviews you share, the more chances you have to win.

The second way to win is by completing our Escape the Ordinary Tic-Tac-Toe game card. Simply read, or listen to, three books from different genres that complete a tic-tac-toe, turn in your card to the Reference desk by August 31st, and you will be entered into the drawing that will take place on September 1st. Good luck and happy reading!

So this summer enjoy books, newspapers, magazines, audiobooks and eBooks at your library… and discover your own inner “Super Hero” powers!

The Library will be closed on Monday, May 25th in honor of Memorial Day

Technology Survey

The Library is always striving to improve its technology offerings and would like your feedback. Please complete the following survey and tell us how you use our resources. Paper copies of the survey may be picked up and completed at any of the Library's public service desks. 

New Books We're Excited For!

With all the great books coming out this summer, we asked the staff at the library what they are most looking forward to reading:

14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson

With a beautiful baby daughter and a devoted husband, Detective Lindsay Boxer can safely say that her life has never been better. In fact (for a change), things seem to be going well for all the members of the Women's Murder Club as they gather to celebrate San Francisco Medical Examiner Claire Washburn's birthday. But the party is cut short when Lindsay is called to a gruesome crime scene, where a woman has been murdered in broad daylight.

The Fugitive by John Grisham
Theo thought the danger had passed, but he’s about to face off against an old adversary: accused murderer and fugitive Pete Duffy. On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo’s quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he’s ever been in before. Even when every¬thing is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice.

Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton

In such a small community as the Falkland Islands, a missing child is unheard of. When another child goes missing, and then a third, it's no longer possible to believe that their deaths were accidental, and the villagers must admit that there is a murderer among them. Even Catrin Quinn, a damaged woman living a reclusive life after the accidental deaths of her own two sons a few years ago, gets involved. But three islanders are hiding terrible secrets. And they have two things in common: all three of them are grieving, and none of them trust anyone, not even themselves.

What books are you most looking forward to?