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Parents & Teachers: You can learn more our Teen Summer Reading program here!

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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Up Next at the Library:
Dec04
Family Story Time at Riverton10:30am - 11:00am
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Dec05
Work Permit Clinic for Asylum Seekers10:15am - 5:00pm
Downtown Library
Dec05
Story Time for Children Downtown10:30am - 11:00am
Downtown Library
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Contact the Librarian
Sara Fiorenza   Email »
Teen Librarian
207-871-1700 x776
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