Library Stories

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For one Bucks County reader, over 40 years passed between borrowing a book and returning it!

Protecting Our Environment, edited by Grant S. McClellan, found its way back to the Yardley-Makefield branch of Bucks County Free Library on May 12, 2023 – 44 years after it was originally checked out.

“You can imagine how surprised we were to receive this book in the mail!” says Yardley-Makefield's branch manager, Pat Hartman.

Mehrez loves to read the Wall Street Journal and the Sunday edition of the New York Times. Not just to stay informed, but to connect with the language, culture, and trends in the United States.

“It keeps us moving and improving,” he says. “The library makes sure everyone has the right access to free education and culture.”

Mehrez regularly visits the library with his family, but these days he does most of his newspaper and magazine reading from the convenience of home.



With some help from Houda, a manager trainee at the Doylestown branch of Bucks County Free Library, Mehrez learned how to access his favorite newspapers and magazines online. 

As a young child, Ayesha always looked up to the “cool teenagers” she saw shelving books at the Doylestown branch of Bucks County Free Library.

Now, she’s one of them.



“I like organizing and I love the library, so I took the opportunity,” Ayesha says of her volunteer role at the Doylestown branch. Once a week, she gives two hours of her time to shelving children’s and young adult books that have been returned to the library.

Now in her eighth month as a volunteer, Ayesha has shelved some popular series so many times that she can point library users right to them. “People will come in looking for a book and I’ll walk over and show them exactly where it is."

Stop and Smell the (New) Roses!

The next time you visit the Doylestown branch of the Bucks County Free Library, be sure to take a walk through the gardens! In mid-May, the library added 300 new perennials to the front, back and side gardens.

With umbrellas, water features, and tables and chairs, the back and side gardens are a beautiful place to work, have a snack or enjoy a book while surrounded by nature.