ISLAND FALLS, Maine — At the Katahdin Public Library this month, there will be a children’s Christmas story reading time and coloring time. Toddlers and preschoolers are invited to the library at 10 a.m. each Wednesday. If you need inspiration for Christmas decorating or cooking, the library has a large number of books of holiday ideas as well as Christmas fiction books, inspirational stories and readings by popular authors.
The National Endowment for the Humanities program Picturing America has awarded materials to Katahdin Public Library. This award consists of 24 large format reproductions of paintings by artists such as John Singleton Copley, NC Wyeth, Winslow Homer, Whistler, Mary Cassatt and others. The exhibit will be ongoing and change periodically.
On hand also are some gift ideas: “Island Falls History by Nina Sawyer, Recollections of William Wingate Sewall (1845-1930)”, “Mary Alice Sewall Sherman” by Harriet Harmon, “Cooking Memories” from Island Falls Historical Society which includes recipes from the world famous “Log Driver’s Cookout and Aroostook County Maine Retired Farmer Writes”, a grouping of many stories from Bev Rand centered around ‘tater farming’ fishing trips, and families of Island Falls and Sherman from 1930s on.
Library hours are Monday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m.; Wednesday 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Contact Rebecca Drew 463-2372 or e-mail the library at rdrew@katahdin.lib.me.us for further information.
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