Our Now Read This! newsletters offer suggestions for your next favorite read, from hidden gems to the latest hot pick. Available in six genres, these newsletters include: a featured book of the month a special event worth checking out a curated selection of newly acquired and upcoming titles booklists for further reading Whether you prefer…
Researching Your French Heritage
The French were the first to settle in much of Canada and parts of Maine. If your ancestors came from any of these French groups, we have resources to help you.
Teen Volunteer Review: Dune
This week, Boston Latin School sophomore Kien Bui read Dune by Frank Herbert in preparation for the upcoming film adaptation!
The Origins and Practices of Juneteenth
Learn about how Juneteenth came about and how people celebrate it today.
Now Read This! Genre Newsletter: Historical Fiction
Our Now Read This! newsletters offer suggestions for your next favorite read, from hidden gems to the latest hot pick. Available in six genres, these newsletters include: a featured book of the month a special event worth checking out a curated selection of newly acquired and upcoming titles booklists for further reading Whether you prefer…
Teen Volunteer Review: The Martian
Late last year, Boston Latin School sophomore Kien Bui read and loved Artemis by Andy Weir, so today he's sharing his thoughts on Weir's first book, The Martian!
Now Read This! Genre Newsletter: Romance
Our Now Read This! newsletters offer suggestions for your next favorite read, from hidden gems to the latest hot pick. Available in six genres, these newsletters include: a featured book of the month a special event worth checking out a curated selection of newly acquired and upcoming titles booklists for further reading Whether you prefer…
The Story of AX6587, Boston’s Most Famous Manx Shearwater
A Fateful Meeting In late spring 1952, a bird whose leg-ring read AX6587 had a fateful meeting with a Bostonian named Rosario Mazzeo. The bird was a Manx shearwater, a species of seabird related to the more well-known albatrosses, and Mazzeo was a clarinetist and personnel manager for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Their lives…
Queer Fiction Blog: June 2021
Welcome to the June 2021 edition of the Queer Fiction Blog! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE!!! The annual We Are Pride list is officially out! Every year a committee of super queer and very awesome librarians puts together a list for children, teens, and adults of the best LGBTQ+ books published the year before. You can…
Remembering Eric Carle and Lois Ehlert
Children's literature lost two of its greatest author-illustrators last week. Eric Carle passed away on May 23, 2021 at 96 years old and Lois Ehlert passed on May 25, 2021 at 86 years old. Both had long, active careers that influenced generations of children. Eric Carle, born in 1929 in Syracuse, New York, grew up…
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