Did you know that August 26th is National Dog Day??
Check out these some of these paw-fect reads from the Children’s Room, and get even more recommendations on books about these furry friends from our Children’s librarians!
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Today is International Cat Day! Around the world cats are beloved occupants of our homes. This month read some books with cats featured as sassy magical creatures, mystery solving detectives, and emotional supportive side characters. Also discover more about the history of these animals and what we can learn from them.
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2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas eBook | audiobook
Death by Beach Read eBook |audiobook
Like Cats and Dogs eBook | audiobook
On Cats audiobook
Mala’s Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II eBook | audiobook
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat audiobook
101 Amazing Facts About Cats eBook
A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life eBook
July is Disability Pride Month! Learn about some powerful figures and their stories with these books! Interested in reading more? Come see our display in the Children’s Room!
Skip to End of Carousel Skip to End of Carousel Skip to End of CarouselJuly is Disability Pride Month! Did you know that the first ever Disability Pride Day was held in Boston in 1990 the same year the Americans with Disabilities Act became a law? Explore more books about trailblazing activists and stories that center the lives of people with a variety of disabilities.
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century eBook | audiobook
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space eBook | audiobook
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation eBook | audiobook
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body eBook | audiobook
What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt eBook | audiobook
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally eBook | audiobook
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice eBook | audiobook
Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life eBook | audiobook
The Kiss Quotient eBook | audiobook
Good Kings Bad Kings eBook | audiobook
Next week is World Water Week! Water is a vital resource here on Earth. Explore some of these books to discover more about the impact it’s had on history, the benefits it brings, to perils it causes, and our fragile relationship with this precious liquid that makes up 71% of the planet.
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The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to his White Mother eBook | audiobook
Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World eBook | audiobook
The Covenant of Water eBook | audiobook
Flesh and Bone and Water eBook | audiobook
Choppy Water eBook | audiobook
The North Water eBook | audiobook
Something in the Water eBook | audiobook
A Song Below Water eBook | audiobook
The Water Dancer eBook | audiobook
We Are Water eBook | audiobook
July is National Outdoor Month! Find time to do some exploring this summer whether it’s a just walk in the neighborhood, a camping trip, or an outdoors adventure, there is nature to discover everywhere.
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The Invention of Nature : Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World eBook | audiobook
On Trails: An Exploration eBook | audiobook
Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace eBook | audiobook
Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship eBook | audiobook
Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey through every National Park eBook | audiobook
Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman who Saved the Appalachian Trail eBook | audiobook
Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America eBook
The River at Night eBook | audiobook
Bear With Me Now audiobook
June is Pride Month! Celebrate LGBTQ+ lives and histories by checking out some of these fiction and nonfiction books.
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After Sappho eBook | audiobook
Your Driver is Waiting eBook | audiobook
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen eBook | audiobook
The Verifiers eBook | audiobook
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes who Changed the World eBook | audiobook
Tomorrow will be Different : Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality eBook | audiobook
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments : Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals eBook | audiobook
We have Always been Here : A Queer Muslim Memoir eBook | audiobook
Dear Senthuran : a Black Spirit Memoir eBook | audiobook
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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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
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!
Skip to End of Carousel Skip to End of Carousel Skip to End of CarouselWe 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.
