The Library will be closed for the Labor Day weekend, September 3-5. We'll reopen on Tuesday, September 6 with our regular hours, including full Saturdays from 9am-5pm and Sunday afternoons from 1-5pm. Weekday hours remain the same year-round: Mon-Tue-Wed 9am-8:30pm; Thu-Fri 9am-5:30pm.

Back to School Books

Its almost that time of year when the air gets crisper, leaves start changing colors, and kids go back to school. Sometimes I miss that feeling of fresh new start, new teacher, new clothes, and a clean new notebook or binder. if you miss those days, relive your memories by reading these novels that take place at boarding schools. These books are much more suspenseful than your average day at school. Prepare to be kept up at night.

Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik

The Headmaster Ritual by Taylor Antrim

The Headmaster's Dilemma by Louis Auchincloss

The Twisted Thread by Charlotte Bacon

Fracking King by James Browning

Daughters of the Revolution by Carolyn Cooke

Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani

Boy In the Water by Stephen Dobyns

The Secret Place by Tana French

Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman

Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman

Headmaster’s Wife by Jane Haddam

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris

The River King by Alice Hoffman

Flat Water Tuesday by Ron Irwin

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

That’s Not a Feeling by Dan Josefson

Rodin’s Debutante by Ward Just

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Schooled by Anisha Lakhani

Speak Softly, She Can Hear by Pam Lewis

Fall by Colin McAdam

The Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

Crazy School by Cornelia Read

Elliot Allagash by Simon Rich

All Souls by Christine Schutt
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Silent Cry by Julie Bigg Veazey

Old School by Tobias Wolff

Great Bay Estuary Family Program

Join us this Wednesday at 10AM for a fun family program as we learn about the Great Bay Estuary. A UNH docent will use props, short video clips, and illustrative photos to show students how different plants and animals survive in one of earth's most challenging environments. Participants will learn about the Great Bay Estuary's three main habitats: eel grass meadows, mud flats, and salt marshes and then will be challenged to explain the different adaptations in each. Why are the legs of the great blue heron different from those of the osprey? What does a clam do exactly when there's no water left at low tide? How can marsh grass grow in such salty water? This program is recommended for students entering grades Kindergarten through six. No sign-up is required.

Thank You to our Generous Donors

The Dover Public Library's Summer Reading Programs are over and we feel like they were a resounding success with 916 community members participating! Kids from birth to 12th grade read (or were read to) for an amazing 8,721 hours, and adults wrote 443 book reviews. We had many generous donors who helped make our program exciting for participants, and we very much appreciate their support! Our generous donors were:

2 Home Cooks
7th Settlement
Adelle’s Coffeehouse
Applebee's
BarnZ's Barrington Cinema
Bending Bodhi Yoga
Canobie Lake Park
Chili's Restaurant
Cinco de Mayo
Cowlicks
Diversions Puzzles and Games
Domino's Pizza
Dos Amigos Burritos
Dover Bowl
Farm Bar and Grille
Fisher Cats baseball
Flight Coffee Co.
Friends of the Dover Public Library
Hannaford Supermarket
Higgins Flooring
Indoor Ascent Climbing Gym
Integrated Fitness (Dover)
Kendall Pond Pizza
Kennebunk Savings Bank
La Festa Brick & Brew
Measured Progress
Moe’s Italian Sandwiches of Dover
Nicole's Hallmark
Ninety Nine Restaurant
Noggin Factory
Olympia Sports
Panera Bread
Portable Pantry
Portland Sea Dogs Baseball
Red Alert Skateboard Shop
Red’s Shoe Barn
RiverRun Book Store
Rotary Club of Dover
Shaw's Supermarket
Strafford Farms
The Works
Water Country
Weeksie’s Pizza

Get a Museum Pass @ DPL

Did you know you can get passes from the Library that offers free or discounted admission to 19 museums? You can reserve any of the Library’s museum passes online through our website. It's a great way to see what we have to offer, and when a pass is available, without having to wait until the Library is open. Links are provided to each institution’s website, so you can quickly see what is on exhibition for that day. To reserve a pass you will need your Dover Public Library Card (in good standing: i.e. not owing us over $10), and your library PIN (which was originally set to the last 4 digits of your phone number). Don’t worry if you are uncomfortable reserving online, you can always call us at 516-6050, or come in. We will gladly do it for you. Passes are kept in the Children’s Room and at the Circulation Desk.

We have passes to the following museums:

CANTERBURY SHAKER VILLAGE 

CASTLE IN THE CLOUDS

CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART 

HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND 

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS 

NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM

PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART

WOODMAN MUSEUM

THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

MARIPOSA MUSEUM 

MCAULIFFE-SHEPARD DISCOVERY CENTER 

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE

NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM 

NEW HAMPSHIRE FARM MUSEUM

SEACOAST SCIENCE CENTER ODIORNE POINT STATE PARK

STRAWBERY BANKE

Check them out!