7 MCDL News & Notes Budding Authors Are you a child in grades Kindergarten through five who loves to write? Do you write and illustrate your own books for fun? Our libraries want to share your work! We will add your books to our Budding Authors Collection and display them in your library. They will even be tagged as part of our collection. Talk to your favorite librarian today about sharing your books with other library patrons! Visit mcdl.info/Kids for more information. Staff Graduates Congratulations to our graduates! MCDL is proud of your accomplishments. Evan Furillo, Technology Services Coordinator, graduated from Leadership Medina County LEAD (Leadership Exploration and Development) Institute. Katie Krochmal, Medina Page, graduated from the Medina County Career Center. Audrey Pasko, Brunswick Page, graduated from Brunswick High School. Match Wits MCDL’s best trivia “tellers” shared their love of literature at Project: LEARN’s Edgar Allan Poe themed trivia night fundraiser April 25. The event, held at Foundry Social, featured teams of eight competing for the coveted title of Match Wits Winners. MCDL’s team had a lot of fun and helped raise funds for Project: LEARN’s adult education services. Winter Reading Game Participation Increased Thank you, adult readers, for making the Winter Reading game so successful this year! Participation increased by 53%, that is 509 more readers than 2024. Participation prizes included custom library stickers and a free book from a Friends of the Library sale. Every book read was a chance to win a Book Lovers Bundle (with reading pillow, neck lamp, journal, and pens) or a Grand Prize Bundle (with Kindle Fire, stylus, page turner, case, and a Book Lovers Bundle). 1 2 3 4 5 The most read books included popular titles from Rebecca Yarros, Sarah J. Maas, and Freida McFadden.
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