Last modified: Friday, May 16, 2008 1:26 AM EDT The crowd applauds after a poem was read in honor of Meghan Duffy during Thursday's dedication ceremony for the newly named Meghan Duffy Library at Martin School in North Attleboro. Seated from left are Mary Cronin, Meghan’s grandmother, and Colleen and Frank Duffy, Meghan’s parents. (Staff photo by Martin Gavin) 'A wonderful tribute' for Meghan Duffy BY AMY DeMELIA SUN CHRONICLE STAFF NORTH ATTLEBORO - A little girl who loved to read will be remembered at Martin School, where the library has been named in her honor. A dedication ceremony Thursday named the library in the memory of Meghan Duffy, a Martin School student who died at age of 11 of cancer. Meghan, the daughter of Frank and Colleen Duffy, made an impact on her fellow students for facing the disease with humor and courage. The library was officially dedicated in Meghan's honor on her mother's birthday. "What a wonderful tribute to Meg," Colleen Duffy said. "I can't tell you what this means to us. I'm sure Meghan is here with us today. She never missed a party and certainly wouldn't have missed this one. She would have been thrilled." The decision to name the library in Meghan's honor was an easy one to make, Martin School Principal Michael Luce said. "Dedicating the library in her memory is a fitting tribute to Meghan," he said. "She was an avid reader. If you look through the sign-out labels in our library books, I'll bet you'll still see Meghan's name on a lot of them." At least 100 people crammed into the school hallway for the dedication ceremony. Outside the library, a large door-size sign comprised of a plaque surrounded by ceramic tiles, names the library for Meghan. The ceramic tiles include bear scenes painted by several of her friends and pictures of butterflies and reminders of fun times playing with video games and at Cape Cod. Inside the library, there are additional traces of Meghan, who loved to draw, and created many watercolor paintings during her treatments at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and its Jimmy Fund clinic. Several of those paintings - depicting a pile of stuffed animals, a waterfall and a monkey and bananas - now line the wall of the library. Colleen Duffy said Meghan loved attending Martin School. "Last year, she was so happy that she was able to come here for the last two weeks of school," she said. "She was in Ms. (Jacqueline) Healey's class, where she was received with the biggest outpouring of love. She ruled the school - buzzing up and down the hallways in her wheelchair and leading the kids to lunch. She felt like a million dollars being here." The Duffys also had a present for the school: the first check that will fund an annual scholarship named in Meghan's honor for a graduating high school senior that attended Martin School.