Springvale Public Library
Curbside Service
Available upon request
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Monday: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday: 9:30 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday: 9:30 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Friday: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 2:00pm
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Library Happenings
The Library will be Closed on Monday, May 25 in Honor of Memorial Day
E-Cycling Event with the LeClair Technology Initiative Sponsored by Partners Bank​
May 30th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm.
This year's E-Cycling with the LeClair Technology Initiative will include, not just recycling your items, but all offering on-site data destruction. If your devices are in reusable condition, there is a separate spot for drop off for these items so they can go to a person in need.
There are exceptions to items that we be accepted.
Please scan the QR code with your camera app for all of the information.
Music After Hours Is Back!
June 12, July 10, and August 14 @ 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Our amazing Music After Hours will be the second Friday of the June, July, and August. As it coincides with the Sanford Art Walk so it's going to be a great night. Join us for an evening of art, music, and community under the summer sky! Come relax on the patio with us to celebrate the end of the week with live music by Two of a Kind, wine & beer to purchase, as well as the myriad offerings of the Sanford Art Walk. We look forward to seeing you there!
Sam's Book Club
Wednesday, June 3th @ 5:30pm
Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly
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​​Sam’s Book Club meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 5:30 in the community room. Books are available at the front desk. Didn't finish the book? Come anyway. Didn't like the book? Definitely come anyway!
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"Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the Covid pandemic takes hold in New York City, Alice packs up her family and flees to their vacation home in Maine. She hopes to find sanctuary—from the uncertainties of the exploding pandemic and her faltering marriage.​"
A Family for ME Foster Care Informational Session
Saturday, June 13th 10:00 - 11:00 (Registration Required)
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​​Join us in welcoming A Family for ME for an informative presentation about foster care in Maine. This session will explore the current need for resource families and help you understand who may be a good fit for fostering. We'll also walk through the steps required to become a licensed resource home.
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Feel free to bring a snack and come ready to learn, ask questions, and engage in an important community conversation.
A Conversation with Author Caitlin Shetterly - Gulf of Lions
Wednesday, June 17th @ 5:30 in the Community Room
Join us in welcoming Caitlin Shetterly, author of Pete and Alice in Maine, for a conversation about her new book and her journey through breast cancer and family.
As a mother who, recovering from the trauma of breast cancer and a mastectomy, she takes a once-in-a-lifetime trip across France with her two daughters. In France, she finds out what it means to fully live. As the family continues through France, traveling through Provence, where they camp on the Gulf of Lions, an area of the Mediterranean known for wild, roaring winds and purple fields of lavender, they start to unravel the yarn that binds them together.
Make It/ Take It Craft - Chia Heads
Wednesday, June 17th @ 2:00 - 5:00
Come in anytime between 2 and 5 to make this fun Chia pet craft. Keep it watered and watch it grow!
Suggested ages 5-12.
All materials provided.
Lindsay and Her Puppet Pals
Wednesday, June 24th @ 2:30
Come see Lindsay as she brings her larger-than-life Puppet Pals to child and family audiences at the Springvale Library. Filled with silliness, active audience engagement, and memorable characters, this series of charming short stories will delight the young and the young at heart!
In case of inclement weather, the program will be held in the Community Room.
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Blues 101 with Ramblin' Dan Stevens
Wednesday, June 24th @ 5:30
Blues 101 is an entertaining, educational program tracing the history of blues music from its roots in African American traditions of the Deep South to the present. This multimedia presentation features classic blues performed on authentic vintage instruments alongside historical images and video. The music is followed chronologically through its regional development and the Great Migration to cities like Memphis and Chicago. Highlights include pieces played on Dan’s handmade three‑string “Cigar Box Guitar” and one‑string “Diddley Bow,” early blues instruments played with a bottleneck slide.
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Bike Safety Rodeo
Saturday, June 27th @ 10:00 - 1:00 (Instruction Begins at 10:00 am)
Kids in kindergarten through 5th grade can have fun and learn safe bicycle-driving on a mock-traffic course with instruction by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine! We’ll have the course set up at the church next door so you can practice bike-handling skills and basic rules of the road on your bikes
(including scribe bikes, kick scooters, and e-bikes).
Helmets are REQUIRED for this event
Summer Reading Programs June 15th - August 15 (Children, Teens, and Adults)
Ages 2-12: Read a book or read 20 minutes to complete a square on the game board. Earn 5 stickers on the board to collect a free book and a planting kit. Come into the children's room each week to spin the Bad Seed Wheel, try the puzzle raffle and take a craft kit home. Check the schedule for all the special programs and performers planned this summer.
Teen: Monster flowers: Read-Seed-Play for grades 6-12. Track the time you read to earn books, raffle tickets and Monster Flower Cards. We even have a Monster Plant craft. If you need community service hours for school, there are many opportunities to help during the summer.
Adult: Our ever-popular Bingo is back! See the front desk for all the fun.
Art Walk @ The Springvale Library
2nd Friday of the Month - May Through August
4:00pm - 7:30pm
We're thrilled to be welcoming the annual Art Walk to the Springvale Public Library beginning May 8th from 4-7:30 pm here on the Library grounds. Join us for some amazing music, artists, occasionally dance and other amazing forms of art. This is a family friendly activity so come and join us!
In June, July, and August, the Art Walk coincides with our Music After Hours series that runs from 6:30-8:30pm
Christina Baker Kline Discusses Her New Book, The Foursome
Wednesday, July 8th @ 5:30 at Nasson Little Theatre
Registration Required. Click here to register.
We're thrilled to welcome back Christina Baker Kline as she shares her new book, The Foursome, with us. This is based on the astonishing truce story of two sisters in 19th century North Carolina (Kline's own distant relatives) who married world famous conjoined twins from Siam. Set in a time when America is hurtling toward war, Kline brings to life a chapter of forgotten American history and the complex, boundary-defying marriages at its center. Thank you to the Nasson Alumni Association for supporting this program.
To watch the book trailer, click here.
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​May Recipe of the Month
Beef, Bean & Beer Chili
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Spice of the month is cumin! If you like chili and like beer (alcoholic or non-alcoholic), you're sure to love this recipe.
Did you know that cumin has been used since at least 5000 BCE, making it one of the oldest known spices, and despite being called a “seed,” it’s actually the dried fruit of a plant in the parsley family. It has a warm, smoky, earthy flavor. Grown mainly in hot, dry climates—especially India—it’s so widely used across global cuisines that it’s often cited as the second most‑consumed spice in the world after black pepper. With a history that stretches from ancient Egypt to modern kitchens, this tiny fruit has had an impressively long and flavorful journey.
Writers Group
2nd & 4th Thursday of the Month @ 11:00 am Beginning May 14th
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Join our newly formed writers group for an hour of writing, peer input, and writing prompts if needed to start, encourage, or grow your writing. This is a great group for new and experienced writers. Our current group leaders have lots of experience conducting writers groups so it's a really great program. Bring something that you've written!
Springvale Dulcimers
Tuesdays at 5:30pm​
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Are you a dulcimer player or just interested? If this is the case, this is the group for you! They meet every Tuesday from 5:30-6:45 and are welcoming new beginner players and singers. They play and sing traditional folksongs and hymns on Mountain Dulcimers in a simple style.
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Give us a call at 324-4624 or email lunger@springvalelibrary.org to let us know that you're coming!
Knit Lits
Tuesdays from 3:00-4:30pm
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Join Dawn for this fun fiber arts group in the Williams Reading Room (aka The Front Room). Bring your knitting, crocheting or any other fiber art.
Cribbage
Tuesdays from 1:00-3:00pm
We have a newly formed group that is ready to play! Every Tuesday from 1-3 in the Williams Reading Room (aka The Front Room) you can watch, play, or learn the game of cribbage. If you have a board or cards, feel free to bring them along! No worries if you don't, the library has some for you to use.
Cook the Book
(Program is currently FULL! Call us to join the waitlist)
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Join Dawn and our amazing group of participants for the Cook the Book program. Come in and choose a recipe from this month's cookbook and make it to bring to the gathering. You bring your own flatware, plate, glass, etc. ​It's super fun!
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For those not already enrolled, please call the Library to be put on the waitlist.
Museum Passes
We are so happy to offer free passes to The Portland Museum of Art, The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, and the Children's Museum + Theatre of Maine. Thank you Town Square Realty for sponsoring them!
Call or visit the Library to book your pass.
Our Spice Library is Famous!
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Have you heard about our spice library? We have 48 spices that you can "check out"! If you'd like to try a spice before you buy, come on in and get a tablespoon or what you need. We'll put the spice in a plastic cup with a lid and you can take it home to try something new. We also have a few recipes here that you can try or check out one of our 641.5 cookbooks. Click here to see list of spices in our Spice Library.
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Homebound? We Deliver!
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Did you know that if you are homebound we are happy to deliver books, movies, or audiobooks to you? We can pick out some books or you can let us know what you'd like to read. Delivery is usually the same day and we can pick up your returns when we stop by.
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This service is for the Sanford and Springvale area only.
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If you have any questions at all, please call the Library at 207-324-4624.​​
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Need Tech Help?
Call to schedule a technology help session with Lesley. If you're having trouble with Zoom, email, or anything else, we're happy to help. Should you require a little guided help, with your permission, I can log into your computer after I walk you through a short setup.
Don't let Zoom-intimidation keep you from connecting with your loved ones!
Discover Something New to Read
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Not sure what to read next? Try some of these tools and search by author, title, series, or just browse around.
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Novelist: https://library.digitalmaine.org/ will give you read-a-likes and ideas. When you get to Digital Maine Library from the link just scroll down to Novelist
Fantastic Fiction - Find what the next book is in a series and follow your favorite authors! (This one is a staff favorite!)
Goodreads - Meet Your Next Favorite book
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Literature Map - Have an author you like, Literature Map gives you a literature cloud based on the similarity of the author you like.
What Should I Read Next - Click to find a new adventure
BookBrowse - Great discoverability tools!
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StoryGraph- StoryGraph helps readers find their next read based on their mood, interests, and more!