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Parents & Teachers: We are happy to arrange virtual or small in-person library tours, orientations, or classroom visits for middle or high school aged students! We kindly request that you contact us with a minimum of two weeks advance notice in order to ensure adequate preparation time. To arrange a tour or a classroom visit, please contact the Teen Librarian. We are also happy to create a videos, book talks, subject lists, or topic guides about library resources for your class.

We invite parents, teachers and caregivers to use the library’s Your Next Great Read survey to obtain personalized lists of resources curated by library staff and based on your interests or special topic needs.

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Your Next Great Read, the library’s popular reading advisory service, is now available for kids, teens and their caregivers! Just fill out a form, sit back, and wait for your customized selections of titles from Youth Services team.

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The Maine Digital Library has everything you need to get your school year started right! Our brand new resources have it all, from health and career information to reading recommendations and popular magazines, as well as easy-to-use research databases for any class or topic.
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READ = Research, Entertainment, Access, and Discovery. Thanks to a partnership between Portland Public Library and Portland Public Schools, READ accounts allow all PPS students in every grade to access public library resources with their unique school ID numbers.

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PPL has partnered with Driving-Tests.org to bring you Maine DMV practice tests online. It’s easy and free! Includes car practice tests, motorcycle practice tests, CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests, online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL) and an FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions.

Up Next at the Library:
Mar31
Asylum Seeker Resource Center10:00am - 3:00pm
Meeting Room (5)
Mar31
Rhythm & Rhymes for Babies at Peaks10:45am - 11:15am
Peaks Island Branch
Mar31
Teen Video Games2:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Library
From the PPL blog:
PPL’s Library Safety Team Visits Portland’s New Homeless Shelter
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Emile and the Field: February Staff Picks
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A Special Event for Black History Month
Special screening of the Stanley Nelson film The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords   More »
Contact the Librarian
Sara Fiorenza   Email »
Teen Librarian
207-871-1700 x776
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