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National Poetry Month Contest 2022The Monroe County Library System is celebrating National Poetry month with a poetry contest! Submit an original poem by turning it in at your local branch, or via email to jennifer.saul@monroe.lib.mi.us. Please make sure you have your name, age, and contact information on the page with the poem.Submissions Accepted April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022Guidelines: Poems may be rhyming or non-rhyming Poems must be no longer than one typed page Include your name, phone number, age, and email on the entry...

Adult Summer Reading 2021Why let kids have all the fun? This summer, discover a whale of a tale at your library and participate in an Adult Summer Reading program.Participating branches:Bedford Branch Library's Summer Reading Club for Adults Running June 21 to August 28, 2021 Enter to win a book lover’s gift basket by reading this summer in the Bedford Branch Library’s Adult Summer Reading Program! Each book read is an entry for a prize at the end of the summer.  Pick up an entry slip at the Bedford Branch, or download one here,...

National Poetry Month Contest Winners 2021Congratulations to this year's winners of the Monroe County Library System's National Poetry month poetry contest!Adult Category By Ryan Skidmore The pleasures of my childhood were cheap.A body too young for all the hospital visits it took ensured it.I knew better than to ask for much,but a visit to the library—that was always a chorus of yeses.“Is that Aunt Bet’s bear, Mommy?”“Yes.”The one that gave me the mug?”“Yes”“If I write a book can I have a bear?”“Yes.’ The pleasures of my teenage...

Seed LibrarySeed libraries are now available at participating branches. "Check out" seed packs to plant, then if possible, save your seeds after your harvest and donate them back to next year's collection. Participating Branches: Bedford Branch Library Maybee Branch Library South Rockwood Branch Library More About the Seed Library: Up to 3 seed packets may be “checked out” at a time Patrons are invited to use this program and are encouraged to save the seeds from the year’s harvest to donate back for future use The Seed Library is...