The Uncle Devin Show entertained kids and parents at the Kensington Park, Maryland, library, helping Friends of the Library, Montgomery County & MCPL kick off Library Lovers’ Month with music, dancing, puppetry & community! He played a variety of different instruments to teach kids the joy and history of music and percussion. MCPL customers say that the show was great! Thank you from all of us to Friends of the Library, Montgomery County for bringing us this wonderful celebration! | Montgomery C

Thank you to everyone who came out to our 1st annual Local Author Showcase last weekend at the Wheaton Library & Community Center! Many thanks to our regional authors who spent so much time with our community, sharing your books & insights on writing & publishing! @folmcmd for the bookstore & other support, our Library Advisory Committee members who showed up to support, staff, volunteers, Holly & Theo with Read to a Dog & of course all of our awesome customers! We’ll see you next year! And see

Got dumped for having a library card? We say congratulations! We’ll take it. 📚 This Library Lovers Month we’re celebrating books about libraries & librarians! Books, music & movies, open public spaces, digital resources & events for all ages is a huge green flag. Explore these titles & more with your library card: 🔗 mcpl.link • Just Another Day at Your Local Public Library — Gina Sheridan • Library — Matthew Battles • The Heartbeat Library — Laura Imai Messina • The Librarian Spy — Madeline Ma

We are SO excited to welcome Clifford the Big Red Dog to MCPL for our Read Across America celebration! He popped into the Rockville Memorial branch yesterday & met some new friends! Make your plan to meet Clifford at the following events: Gaithersburg: Sunday, 3/1, 2pm Wheaton: 3/2, 5pm Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee: 3/4, 5pm Come dressed as your favorite literary character & visit with Clifford and/or stop in & read with us! You can read one-on-one with a trained JCA Interages volunteer OR you ca