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Library receives two grants for children’s literacy and community accessibility; events and museum passes announced

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Brookfield library staff reported two March grants — a Children’s Literacy Foundation program and a $10,000 American Library Association grant — and listed upcoming programs, museum passes and community activities.

Library representatives told the Selectmen that the library received two grants in March that will fund a children’s literacy program and improvements to accessibility and community programming.

The Children’s Literacy Foundation grant will be used to run a “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” program aimed at early childhood reading. Separately, the library received a $10,000 grant from the American Library Association’s…

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