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Library Latest-March 14, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

March is Women’s History Month! Check out some of these books written by or about local women from Massachusetts.

Nonfiction Books

Fiction books by Massachusetts Authors

 

Prefer eBook or eAudio options? Find those below…

American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World eBook | audiobook

The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe eBook | audiobook

Red Comet: the Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath eBook | audiobook

Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything eBook

Wild Women of Boston eBook

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars                     eBook | audiobook

Why not Me? eBook | audiobook 

 

 

Library Latest- February 14, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

February is Black History month and today is Valentine’s Day! Celebrate both by checking out some of these Black Romance books.

Fiction

Nonfiction

 

Prefer eBook or eAudio options? Find those below…

Happy Endings eBook | audiobook 

Act Your Age, Eve Brown eBook | audiobook

Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell eBook | audiobook

I’m So (Not) Over You eBook | audiobook

Real Men Knit eBook | audiobook

The Hookup Plan eBook | audiobook

Honey and Spice eBook | audiobook

By the Book eBook | audiobook

Yonder eBook | audiobook 

From Scratch eBook | audiobook

Library Latest — July 26, 2022

Posted on by Deborah Borsuk

Have you stopped by to check out our different zones in the Children’s Room this summer? We’ve got Picture Book Park, The Forest of Fiction, and Graphic Novel Grotto!

This Library Latest suggests just a few of the fantastic new titles from each of the zones! Try these out, or stop by the Children’s desk for even more librarian recommendations!

 

 

 

Library Latest — April 26, 2022

Posted on by Deborah Borsuk

April showers bring May flowers…

Check out these offerings from the Children’s Room featuring flowers and other things that grow!

 

 

 

 

Library Latest – March 22, 2022

Posted on by Deborah Borsuk

Looking forward to National Poetry Month? Get ready for April with these selections in verse from the Children’s Room! 

 

Library Latest – February 22, 2022

Posted on by Deborah Borsuk

It’s Tuesday and the date is 2/22/22! A super Twosday!

Celebrate this once in a lifetime event with these Children’s books all about favorite pairs, partners, and pals!

 

 

 

 

 

Library Latest – March 2, 2021

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

Here are the latest Children’s fiction titles (plus a sneaky memoir – see if you can spot it)!

Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston: eBook | e-audiobook | book | audiobook

Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor: book | eBook 

Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen: book | eBook | e-audiobook

The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris Grabenstein: book | eBook | e-audiobook

Shaking Up the House by Yamile Saied Mendez: book | eBook

A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi: book | audiobook

Root Magic by Eden Royce: book | e-book | audiobook

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aiden S. by David Levithan: book | eBook

The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan: book 

Goodbye Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea: eBook | e-audiobook | book

Library Latest–January 19, 2021

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

Children’s Librarian Amy is here with the latest picture book biographies!

Perkin’s Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry by Tami Lewis Brown|request the book

Selena: Queen of Tejano Music by Sylvia Lopez| request the book

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton| request the book

Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of by Helaine Becker| request the book

A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice by Nadia L. Hohn| request the book

Eleanor Makes Her Mark by Barbara Kerley| request the book

Saving Stella: A Dog’s Dramatic Escape from War by Bassel Abou Fakher and Deborah Blumenthal| request the book

Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret by Jess Keating| request the book

Breaking the Ice: The True Story of the First Woman to Play in the National Hockey League by Angie Bullaro| request the book

Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant| request the book

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

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Library Latest–December 11, 2020

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

Filled with wanderlust while staying home? Prepare for the days when you can travel abroad again by studying another language.

Teens and adults can practice more than 30 different languages using Mango Languages. Whether you’re learning how to order a pizza or ask when the game starts, Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in a wide variety of foreign languages. It also features ESL instruction in English, tailored for speakers of more than a dozen languages.

With Muzzy Online, kids can go on adventures with Muzzy and his friends to watch videos and play games while practicing vocabulary and grammar!

Get some inspiration from these works of travel writing, too:

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now by Peter Mayle | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road by Kate Harris | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Ten Years A Nomad: A Traveler’s Journey Home by Matthew Kepnes | request the book
See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy by Frances Mayes | request the book | large print | book on CD | OverDrive eBook
A Beginner’s Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations by Pico Iyer | request the book
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras & Ella Morton | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eBook (2nd edition)

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Library Latest–December 8, 2020

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

Children’s Librarian Amy is here with our newest nonfiction!

Who Gives a Poop?: Surprising Science from One End to the Other by Heather L. Montgomery|request the book

Soccer Goalie / El Portero by Tracie Santos and Pablo de la Vega| request the book

Citlali and the Day of the Dead / Citlali y el Dia de Muertos by Berta de Llano| request the book

I am Gandhi: a Graphic Biography of a Hero by Brad Meltzer| request the book

Women in Sports: Megan Rapinoe by Mary Hertz Scarbrough| request the book

Women in Sports: Naomi Osaka by Mary Hertz Scarbrough| request the book

Math at the Market by Elise Craver| request the book

Great Minds and Finds in Africa by Mike Downs| request the book

First Fire: a Cherokee Story by Brad Wagnon and Alex Stephenson| request the book

Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place by Barbara Lowell| request the book

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

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