Help APL emerge victorious against other libraries across the Commonwealth in this March Madness-style bracket challenge. The library whose patrons read the most minutes wins, but we can’t do it without your help! It’s easy. First step: Read! Second step: Each week, record the number of minutes you read HERE. Record by 2pm on the Thursday […]
APL is delighted to once again be a partner with the Massachusetts Center for the Book’s 2024 reading challenge across the Commonwealth. Twelve books and twelve themes over twelve months. There are thoughtful new categories and monthly prizes–and this year, you don’t need to pre-register! January’s theme is “a book you read years ago that you may feel differently about […]
Have you been participating in the 2023 Massachusetts Center for the Book Reading Challenge? If so, congratulations are in order, because we are down to the last prompt of the year! December’s prompt is “A book that was published in 2023,” and there are certainly a plethora of interesting titles you might have missed from […]
November is National Picture Book Month, and the APL’s Head of Children’s Services Mrs. Brown wants to remind everyone that picture books are for all ages. Picture Book Month is an international initiative to encourage everyone to celebrate literacy during November. With real-time topics of homelessness to civil rights and family structure, to more funny topics […]
