Tag: Reading
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MCPL 2025 by the Numbers
From new library cards to visits to our branches, community room reservations and on-site wifi and tech access, to over TWELVE MILLION checkouts of print and digital media combined, the Montgomery County community showed up at the libraries last year! MCPL Serves Every MoCo Voice, Every Story! Montgomery County Public Libraries serves Montgomery County’s 1.1…
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Washington Wizards Winter Reading Challenge Runs December 21 – March 16
Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) and the Washington Wizards have teamed up with the D.C. Public Library (DCPL), the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS), the Alexandria Library, the Arlington Public Library (APL) and the Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) to get young people reading this winter with the “Wizards Winter Reading Challenge.” The…
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Summer Reading Challenge 2024 Wrap-up: the Adventure Started Here!
We certainly had an adventure at the library this summer! Kids soothed the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair animals with bedtime stories, planned for the zombie apocalypse with The Last Kids on Earth author Max Brallier, and prepared their Pokémon teams for battle. Teens used science to solve a mystery and launched a Dungeons & Dragons…
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MCPL’s Summer Reading Challenge Badge 3 is open now!
MCPL’s Summer Reading Challenge Badge #3 — Become a Park Protector — is open now! Read books, complete activities, and attend library programs to earn great prizes— including Washington Nationals tickets and free books — while helping MCPL and the Montgomery Parks Foundation preserve our history, increase accessibility, and keep our parks beautiful. Badge #2 —…
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MCPL Partners with the Nationals for the 2024 Summer Reading Challenge!
Batter up! Books and baseball are a winning combination and it’s easier than ever to enjoy both this summer, thanks to Montgomery County Public Libraries’ 2024 Summer Reading Challenge. The Washington Nationals and MCPL have teamed up for the fifth consecutive year to reward summer readers with an adventure at the ballpark! Here’s how it…
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MCPL’s Summer Reading Challenge Badge 2 is open now!
MCPL’s Summer Reading Challenge Badge #2 — Become a Time Traveler — is open now! Read books, complete activities, and attend library programs to earn great prizes— including Washington Nationals tickets and free books — while helping MCPL and the Montgomery Parks Foundation preserve our history, increase accessibility, and keep our parks beautiful. Read books, complete…
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Celebrate Adventure Week at your library, July 28 – August 3!
Thousands of children, teens, and adults participating in our Summer Reading Challenge this year are having adventures all over Montgomery County, inside and outside of our libraries. This year, we want to celebrate those adventures with you during Adventure Week at the library! If you haven’t registered for Summer Reading yet, it’s not too late.…
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Join One Maryland, One Book Events at MCPL
One Maryland, One Book book of the year is There, There by Tommy Orange One Maryland, One Book is Maryland’s only statewide community reading program—like one big book club. It’s an opportunity for people to read a good book and come together for thoughtful discussion. The Maryland Center for the Book at Maryland Humanities, coordinator…
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Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us for Banned Books Week 2023
It’s Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read. 2022 was a record year for book challenges, per the American Library Association (ALA). Launched in 1982 to respond to a sudden surge in challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries, Banned Books Week highlights the value of free and open access…
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Back to School 2023 with MCPL!
It’s back to school time in Montgomery County, and you’ll want to take Montgomery County Public Libraries along!
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Washington Nationals Team up with MCPL Again for Summer Reading Challenge!
Batter up! Summer is the perfect time for baseball and books – and it’s easy to enjoy both, thanks to Montgomery County Public Libraries’ 2023 Summer Reading Challenge! The Washington Nationals have teamed up with MCPL for the fourth consecutive year to make sure books and baseball can be part of every child’s summer fun.…
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Read Across Generations This Summer With the Heyman Interages Center
Students going into Kindergarten through third grade can practice their reading skills during the summer with Read Across Generations, with the Heyman Interages Center of the Jewish Council for the Aging