Attleboro’s 1ABC (1 Adventure, 1 Book, 1 Community), a committee of local agencies organized by the Attleboro Free Public Library, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts/The Big Read grant for a community-wide reading project this fall. The announcement of this year’s title before the Attleboro Municipal Council took place at Attleboro City […]
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Library OPEN today, Saturday, July 22
Thank you to everyone that worked diligently to get the Library’s HVAC system up and working. Summer Saturdays are a very busy time in our building and we are happy to be able to open our doors. Stop in and pick up a few titles, browse our displays or borrow a museum pass. Our staff […]
A Few Words about Attleboro’s “Build a Better World” Puzzle
The 2017 Community-Wide Summer Reading theme is “Build a Better World.” The Attleboro Public Library, along with our partners; the Attleboro Public Schools, the Attleboro YMCA and the Attleboro Recreation Department, came together at the Balfour Riverwalk Park on June 21 to host a kick-off event for over 200 students and their families. One of […]
#WhatsYourFour
The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners starts their plea for families to embrace summer reading with, “Slides are fun, EXCEPT when they refer to learning loss. By the time a struggling reader reaches middle school, summer reading loss has accumulated a two year lag in reading achievement.” The MBLC is challenging people across the Commonwealth […]
