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Come celebrate your heritage with FOOD! CPL wants to know where you come from (add your name to our world map on the country of your ancestry) and wants you to share a favorite family recipe! Recipes will be compiled into a "Patrons of the Caribou Public Library Heritage Cookbook".
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CPL celebrated Pirate Week with crafts, scavenger hunts and books (of course!) Arrgh!
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It is Banned Book Week! Come celebrate your freedom to READ! CPL has constructed a display of some of the most banned books in schools and libraries along with the reasons for their banning. Check out a banned book today and act against censorship!
**We are $489.30 away from our $6000 fundraising goal for 2018. Thank you so much for your generous donations. Your support helps enrich not only the lives of our community members, but our lives as librarians.  Thank you!**
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•  OCTOBER PROGRAMS  •
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                                             All events listed under the EVENT tab under HOME.
  • Weekly storytimes Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday for 0-2, 2-5 and older - for times see event page under "Home". 
  • Dungeons & Dragons @ The Library 3:30-7pm, October 4th & 18th
  • 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Kick Off Event! October 10th, 3-3:30pm - Can you read 1000 books to your 0-5 year old before Kindergarten? We KNOW you can! Bring your willingness and we will provide the tools! Learn about this fabulous new program, enjoy some snacks and playtime afterwards.
  • Mad Hatter Tea Party October 20th, 11-12:30pm - Join the Mad Hatter & White Rabbit for an hour and a half of crafts, cookies and nonsensical fun! - Please RSVP so we have enough cookies for everyone to decorate.
  • Teen Read Week - October 22nd-27th - Teen Read Week celebrates all things TEEN & READING! Come check out some terrific YA reads, get caught reading at the library and receive a treat. Enjoy yourself as CPL celebrates YOU!
  • Crafty Poetry Event - October 24th, 5:30-6:30pm - Join us for a twisty, bendy, wirey, craft that combines rocks, wire and poetry! Make a poetry/photo holder! It's a funny thing to describe, but the results are WONDERFUL! Ages 9-Adult
  • Knitting @ The Library With Vicky Larabee 5:30-7pm, September 27, October 11th & 25th - Love to knit but can't find the time? Want to learn but don't know where to start? Come join this group of lovely ladies and Vicky will teach you!
  • Preschool Halloween Program - October 31, 10:30-11am - Hear a story, show us your costumes, & make a candy corn mosaic! (2-5 years)
We envision our library as a place where we can learn, share knowledge, collaborate, and enrich lives.
Our mission is to welcome, promote, and encourage our community to grow through learning and be empowered through knowledge. We strive to provide the necessary resources to strengthen and support education and lifelong learning opportunities. We believe it is important to uphold the public's right to know by providing equal access to information which reflects all points of view. Lastly, we will work hard to provide a safe and welcoming atmosphere to individuals and families.

Library Staff

A. Hope Shafer, Director
​librarydirector@cariboumaine.org

​Erin Albers, Children's Librarian
LIza Guerrette, Library Assistant & Inter-Library Loans
Mary Anderson, Library Assistant & Accounts Payable
Kim Ezzy, Library Assistant & Cataloger
M. Pat Karpen, Library Assistant, Cataloger & Displays

Library Archivist: Wendy Bossie
ACGS Genealogist/Archivist, Brenda Bourgoine

Location

Caribou Public Library • 30 High Street • Caribou, Maine 04736
Tel. 207-493-4214  •  librarydirector@cariboumaine.org

Library Hours

Summer hours start on Memorial Day weekend
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thur 10-7  |  Friday 10-6 | Closed Sat. & Sun.

Winter hours start on the first Saturday after Labor Day
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thur  10-7
Friday 10-6 |  Saturday 10-2 | Closed Sunday

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