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Library Latest- June 6, 2023

June is African American Music Appreciation Month! Check out these books to learn more about some celebrated musicians as well as the long history of African American musical creativity.  

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Prefer eBook and eAudibook options. June is also National Audiobook Appreciation Month!

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop eBook | audiobook

A Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance eBook | audiobook

The Beautiful Ones eBook | audiobook

On the Come Up eBook | audiobook

Wild Women and the Blues eBook | audiobook

Let me Hear a Rhyme eBook | audiobook

Love Radio eBook | audiobook 

Library Latest — May 23, 2023

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Learn about some historical events and incredible people with these books! Want to read more? Come to our Children’s Room and check out our AAPI Month Display!

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Friends Author Series: Jason Gay

We are excited to welcome Belmont native son and New York Times best-selling author Jason Gay back to talk about his newest book, I Wouldn’t Do That If I Were Me: Modern Blunders and Modest Triumphs (but Mostly Blunders). In Gay’s most recent work, he takes a humorous and insightful look at life in the face of overwhelming societal change that we never anticipated—from the effects on parenthood, marriage, friendship, work, and play to all other aspects of the strange lives we find ourselves living.

Jason Gay is the sports and humor columnist at the Wall Street Journal, and he is very aware of how that sounds. In 2010, 2016, and 2019, Gay was named Sports Columnist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Little Victories and a finalist for the 2016 Thurber Prize in American Humor.

Registration is required. Please fill out the form here to sign up. Zoom access details will be sent in a reminder email prior to the program.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Belmont Public Library and is presented in partnership with the public libraries of Andover, Ashland, Danvers, Franklin, Nashua NH, Norwood, Wayland, and Woburn.

Library Latest-May 9, 2023

April showers have brought May flowers to the library! Come check out these flower related books and enjoy the Spring plants in bloom. 

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Fresh Water for Flowers eBook | audiobook

The Scent of Burnt Flowers eBook 

Peach Blossom Spring eBook | audiobook

All the Flowers in Paris eBook | audiobook

A Memory of Violets eBook | audiobook

Flowers on Main eBook | audiobook

Daughter’s of the Flower Fragrant Garden eBook | audiobook

Dog Flowers eBook | audiobook 

Library Latest — April 25, 2023

April is National Poetry Month and April 22nd is Earth Day! Enjoy these poetry books about the Earth and its many wonders! To learn more about Earth Day and National Poetry Month, please visit our Children’s Room!

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Library Latest- April 11, 2023

This month enjoy spending some time gazing up at the stars with these star related books! Especially since April is Global Astronomy Month.

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A Bend in the Stars eBook | audiobook

Written in the Stars eBook | audiobook

The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes eBook | audiobook

The Dog Stars eBook | audiobook

The Forest of Vanishing Stars eBook | audiobook

Raft of Stars eBook | audiobook

Sparks like Stars eBook | audiobook

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars eBook | audiobook

Reclaim the Stars eBook | audiobook 

Library Latest — March 28, 2023

March is Women’s History Month! Celebrate by reading about important women throughout history! Want to read more? Please come to our Children’s Room and check out our Women’s History Month Display!

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Library Latest-March 14, 2023

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

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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 28, 2023

February is Black History Month! Celebrate by learning about some powerful figures and reading some of their works! Want to read more? Please come to our Children’s Room to browse our Black History Month display!

 

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Library Latest- February 14, 2023

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

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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

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