Massachusetts Center for the Book 2023 Reading Challenge: Your May Prompt

Are you participating in this year’s Massachusetts Center for the Book 2023 Reading Challenge? If you haven’t been, it’s not too late! Every month offers new prompts to broaden your reading horizons, and you can submit your entries for a previous month even if that month has already happened! May’s prompt is “A book of […]

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Celebrate National Library Week!

Libraries are full of stories from picture books to large print, audiobooks to ebooks, and more. But there’s so much more to the story! Libraries of Things lend items like museum passes, games, musical instruments, and tools. Library programming brings communities together for entertainment, education, and connection through book clubs, storytimes, crafting classes, and lectures. […]

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Library Closed Monday for Patriots’ Day

The Attleboro Public Library will be closed on Monday, April 17, in observance of Patriots’ Day. We will resume our regular operating hours on Tuesday, April 18. Wondering what Patriots’ Day is really all about? It’s a special Massachusetts State holiday commemorating the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775). You can […]

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Sitting Pretty in April!

NEA Big Read: Attleboro has a quartet of events for you to enjoy this month–in Attleboro and beyond! On Thursday, April 13, from 1-2pm, join us at Bridgewater State University’s main campus for #BeSeen, a social-justice-focused exploration of Rebekah Taussig’s Sitting Pretty. Next, we will be outdoors at Attleboro Springs on Saturday, April 15, from […]

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Library Giving Day: April 4

Library Giving Day is Tuesday, April 4. This is an annual opportunity, managed by the Friends of Attleboro Public Library, to support APL’s summer reading programming, the very popular Wi-Fi hotspots, and much more. The goal this year is $8,000, and there are generous match donations in place already of $4,000.00 from Bristol County Savings […]

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