Rangeley Public Library

06/11/2026

Announcing: This Year's Annual Rangeley Public Library Chalk Art Contest!
June 26th, Fri (rain date Sat, June 27)- 10 am -4pm
Rangeley Public Library invites all our young local artists to decorate the sidewalks of Rangeley! We accept all age ranges from 6-18.
This year’s theme is in keeping with our Children’s Summer Program, “Unearth a Story.” What wonders lie just below the dirt? You tell us! Or better yet, show us with some fantastic chalk art! Think digging, dirt, bugs, roots, treasure, dinosaurs, holes to the center of the earth- and anything else one could find hidden in the ground!
Artists will sign up at the Library ahead of time, then check in on the day to be assigned a 3ftx3ft square of sidewalk in town. They may use any chalk they bring themselves (we kindly ask for no oil pastels). The Rangeley Public Library will also be selling chalk from our Gift Shop in the weeks leading up and on the day of for those who can’t get out of town to pick up supplies.
Artists have from 10-2pm on the day to fill in their artist’s square. We suggest you arts bring water and wear bright colors. Judges will begin adjudicating at 2pm, and prizes will be awarded at The Rangeley Public Library at 3pm.

06/11/2026

We warmly invite local fathers to visit the Library on June 20th at 11 am with their kiddos. We will be building homemade kites together in the children’s room, and hopefully, the weather will allow us to go fly them at the park! Spend some time with your kids and other local fathers on this fun springtime activity, and take home an excuse to play outside with your kids all Summer long!

*Instructions and supplies included, feel free to bring your own if you would like

Please RSVP on our RPL Events Calendar

06/06/2026

Last Friday, 6/5/26 the Friday Story Hour discussed Maine Animals!

Ms. W. took us through our “Maine ABCs,” where we practiced our letters and learned Maine words like K for Katadin. 📖 🏔️ 🛶 🫎
She then read “Woodland Dance” by one of our favorite authors- Sandra Boynton. We learned about many different forest critters and danced around the reading rug to the Forest Trio! 🫎 🦌 🐗 🎶 🌳 💃

We moved to craft time, where our young listeners talked about Maine animals while we colored in pages and looked at our Rangeley Library homemade flashcards. 🐻 🫎 🦫 🎴

We hope you join us this Friday for another Storytime at 12pm! 📚

For any young vistors looking for summer activities, we now have Maine animal coloring pages out, along with our Maine flashcards and books for the summer!

06/06/2026

For those that missed it, we had an Author visit this morning! Cathy Ballou Mealey

Cathy Ballou Mealey came in to read her new book “Fly Rod Was First,” about our favorite female angler- Cornelia Crosby!

While presenting, Mealey discussed other research she did on the Crosby and what she was still hoping to learn. Our audience of 14 was able to give her a few more facts about the rail lines that came through and helped Crosby spread the word about the Maine Outdoors to the bigger cities on the Coast.

Still on display for another few days are our current fishing books, bookmarks about Mealey’s other books, bookmarks with online resources for fly fishing in Maine, and Maine river and pond coloring pages to learn from and take home!

Enjoy the White Nose Pete Fly Fishing Festival this weekend, and come see us for any Flyfishing info you need this summer! (If we don’t have the answers, we know what directions to point you in 😉)

06/04/2026

Coming to your public Library THIS Saturday! Sign up now while we have the seats!

Cathy Ballou Mealey

Rangely is excited for our upcoming author visit to the Children’s Room! Make sure to mark your calendars!

05/28/2026

So much to do this Summer at The Rangeley Public Library!
Stop in today to learn more about all our exciting events and programs!

05/27/2026

Looking to brush up on your fishing knowledge before The White Nose Pete Fly Fishing Festival (6/5-6/26)? Don’t forget to step into the Rangeley Public Library! We have all the fish and fishing books you could ask for- knowledge for all ages! 🎣 📚

05/27/2026

Don't like the ugly plastic walls?
Purchase some beautiful watercolor artwork and help us fix it!

05/27/2026

Last Friday, 5/22, the Friday Story Hour discussed gardens and growing things!

Ms. W. read “Ms. MacDonald has a Farm,” a story about the all the delicious fruits and vegetables that can grow on a farm, and what it takes to take care of them. 🧑‍🌾 🪏 💦 🌱 🌽 🫛 🥔 🍽️
She then read “Garden of Opposites” where we talked about all the opposite words that can be used to describe things in a garden. 🐛 🪱 🐍 🦋

We moved to craft time, where our young listeners made thier own plants with paper, scissors, glue and crayons. We discussed the different parts of a flowering plant- stem, leaves, roots, petals, stamen. ✂️ 🖍️ 🪴🌻

We hope you join us this Friday for another Storytime at 12pm! 📚

For any young vistors looking for spring time activities, we are tracking our weather with chalk drawings of clouds in the older children’s section for the rest of the season. We have also brought out our rock collection. Come check out our cool geodes, fossils, and much more! 🌥️🌦️☁️🌧️🌨️⛈️🪨🔎👀