Library of Things: Yes, it’s what you think it is – from puzzles to power tools, the library now has ‘things’ you might need, to lend

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“I think of the Library of Things as one more way that the library is helping community members reach their personal goals in an affordable and sustainable way,” said Library Director Jennifer McCormack. “Customers can “try before they buy” or borrow items they might only need for special occasions, like our LED projector or puppet theater,” said McCormack.

Celebrated children’s author to stop at Nashua Library May 12 to talk about her role as first Latina national ambassador for youth literacy

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“[My platform] is called ¡Cuéntame!, which for Spanish-speaking people is like [saying] ‘hey, what’s up? Tell me,’” Medina said of the Spanish word that translates to ‘story me’. 

“I came to it with my daughter’s help,” she added. “She said ‘how about cuéntame? Story me’ … and it gave me an immediate, sort of poetic image of story me, cover me in story, fill me with stories. It completely seemed to me how the very young would hear the word cuéntame.”