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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

Library Latest — January 24, 2023

It’s a snowy week! Lean into January’s chilly weather with these new and old favorites from the Children’s Room!

 

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Library Latest — January 3, 2023

Get the new year started right with one of the most popular books for Belmont readers in 2022. Here are the top 10 most checked out titles at the Belmont Public Library in 2022:

  1. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  2. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  3. The Library Book by Susan Orlean print book | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  4. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  5. Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout print book | eBook | eAudio | book on CD 
  6. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich print book | eBook | eAudio | book on CD 
  7. The Maid by Nita Prose print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | playaway
  8. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig print book | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  9. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  10. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus print book | large print | eBook | eAudio 

Library Latest- January 17, 2023

January is National Hot Tea Month! Cozy up this month with one of these books and your favorite hot beverage.

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Prefer eBook or eAudio options? Find those below…

Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop eBook | audiobook 

Murder Spills the Tea eBook | audiobook

Three Cups of Tea eBook | audiobook 

Tea and Treachery eBook | audiobook 

The Harlequin Tea Set and other stories eBook | audiobook 

English Tea Murder eBook | audiobook 

Library Latest – December 27, 2022

Looking for your next favorite Children’s read? Check out some of our Children’s Best of 2022 selections — we’ve got picture books, fiction, graphic novels, and non-fiction!

Want to see the whole Best of 2022 list? Explore here!

 

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Library Latest December–13, 2022

Need a last minute gift idea for the holidays? Check out one of these recommendations from the staff of the Belmont Public Library!

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Cookbooks

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Library Latest — November 29, 2022

November is all about picture books! Check out these picture book biographies to learn more about all sorts of incredible people and their stories! 

Stop by the Children’s Room to get even more recommendations of great picture book biographies from our librarians! 

 

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