📚 Books unite us. Censorship divides us. These powerful stories have all faced bans or challenges—but their voices continue to inspire readers everywhere. Featured titles: ✨ Tricks by Ellen Hopkins ✨ The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood ✨ Looking for Alaska by John Green ✨ Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo ✨ All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson ✨ Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews ✨ This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson ✨ Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe Celebrate your fre

Mr. Jon played his first show of 2026 to a PACKED house at the Kensington Park Library today! New Year’s resolution: see more shows at MCPL! ICYMI, he’ll be back for another show 1/17 at 11am at Germantown. #kindiemusic #kidsmusic #librarylife | Montgomery County Public Libraries

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by reading Indigenous authors whose work honors culture, identity, resistance, and imagination. 📚✨ Featured titles: • Reservation Blues — Sherman Alexie • Living Nations, Living Words — ed. Joy Harjo (Muscogee/Creek) • Gathering Moss — Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) • Good Friday on the Rez — David G. Browne • There There — Tommy Orange (Cheyenne & Arapaho) • Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit — Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo) •

🚐 Come & experience MCPL’s outreach van & meet staff member Kirstra from 10am - 1pm this Sunday, 1/11, at Potomac Library! 🚐 Come browse the outreach van selection, return books and meet our staff! | Montgomery County Public Libraries

What a truly magical year it’s been at your Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library — and it wouldn’t have been the same without you. This year, you walked through our doors thousands of times, celebrated the opening of a brand-new branch library, joined us for hundreds of programs, created crafts, decorated cookies, learned new skills, shared stories, and made new friends along the way. Our libraries were full of laughter, curiosity, and community — because of you. And the best part? We’re

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich introduces the Montgomery County Public Libraries App