Back in the Ice Ages, when I was little, “Story Hour” was my stay-at-home, non-driving mom reading to me our personal copy of the Golden Book Encyclopedia . Today, I still read to my grandchildren, but my Newton Public Library offers me such diverse resources! StoryTime is a great way to introduce children…
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Have you noticed our logo resembles a butterfly? We’re decorating the Library with paper butterflies to celebrate! If you’d like to participate, here are three patterns: An easy butterfly for those who are good with a scissors. An origami butterfly, a relatively easy pattern, by origami standards: http://bit.ly/1rp4hsK The last pattern we’re supplying uses two…
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Imagine a place where you can get current popular books, newspapers, magazines, online access — FREE! That is your public library. I have been an avid patron of the Newton Public Library for over 45 years — enjoying current publications, classics, books on tape and now CD, as well as stimulating discussion groups. Oh, and…
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Last Thursday (4/14) was one of my favorite days in the world of YA literature: YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten nominees were released! Every year teen groups around the country nominate their favorite titles from the previous year. The finalists are released during National Library Week in April, giving teens plenty of time to start reading the…
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For our March Papercrafts class, this “Easter Best Friend Card” was one of the options for creating a greeting card from a discarded book. We used this template: Download the PDF of EasterBestFriendsTemplate. Find a suitable page from a discarded book. We found that pages with print on one side and a nice photo on the…
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Steve Richards reviews The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami. Variously said, history is written by victors, survivors and dominant cultures. Fortunately, contrasting stories may be available from research in many disciplines of science and humanities. Sometimes the evocative and truthful stories are told by historical novelists. The Moor’s Account, by Laila Lalami, is a wonderful example.…
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It’s Oscar season! And as many movies are receiving their idiomatic “time in the spotlight,” their respective books are, too. Here are four popular books-turned-adapted screenplays of the past year, enjoyed by teens and adults alike: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews Greg Gaines is the last master of…
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Steve Richards Reviews The Edge of the Sky: All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is, by Roberto Trotta The Edge of the Sky is a small book about very big subjects. The origin of the universe and particle physics are described in simple words. Really! Author and astrophysicist Roberto Trotta took on this curious task with…
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Nathan Carr, IT Supervisor, reviews an audio book for your holiday travels. Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back, So You Want to be a Jedi? By Adam Gidwitz; Read by Marc Thompson This is The Empire Strikes Back as I have never encountered it before. This book is written in 2nd person narrative with…
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We recently had a Holiday Papercrafts event at the Library. We made a lot of papercraft Christmas trees! The tree with the biggest WOW factor is the one that lights up, of course! And, it’s super easy to make. The instructions are included in the printout: Lighted Tree Template –Susan