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Deb Cleveland, longtime children’s librarian at the Auburn Public Library, stands Tuesday in the stacks. She is retiring Thursday after 21 years in the position.
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Deb Cleveland a book-lover, storyteller and beloved children’s librarian will begin retirement Thursday after working at the Auburn Public Library for 21 years.
“My life here had purpose, because I was doing things for other people for the kids and for the community,” said Cleveland, the head of Children’s Services and Family Place coordinator at the library. “I’m really honored and grateful that I had this opportunity to be here.”
YORK, Maine The Great Holiday Cookie Swap, published in October, is much more than a picture book, according to author Melanie Kyer of York.
The plot of the children’s story is meant to serve as a metaphor for embracing diversity and acknowledging all of the holidays celebrated in December by different cultures around the world, she said.
The book is Kyer’s first publication, having been picked up by Pelican Publishing when Kyer first pitched the story idea on Twitter in summer 2018.
The characters in the story are traditional cookies originating from different places around the world. The cookies, who come from countries like Greece, Germany, Israel, the United States and elsewhere fight with one another to determine who the