Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 7/10/26
New for Children They Call Me No Sam! by Drew Daywalt Meet Sam, an insolent pug and incidental hero who will stop at nothing…
By the Numbers: School Enrollment
Harvard’s graduating class of 2026 was born in 2007 or 2008—almost exactly the years when the town’s school-age population reached its highest recorded point…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 6/12/26
New for Children Smiling Eyes by Linda Sue Park From Newbery medalist and bestselling author Linda Sue Park comes a joyous and inclusive celebration…
Movieland: ‘The Big Lebowski’
A good script, the skeleton underneath the corpus of any movie, is the hardest thing to achieve in Hollywood, harder than any elaborate stunt,…
Wingin’ It: Warmer days bring birdsong
As spring arrives, migratory birds are returning from their wintering grounds. Some birds return from as far away as South America; others, known as…
Wingin’ It: Ducks on the ponds signal the start of spring migration
As we write this article at the end of March, the ice has left our pond. Earlier in March, when the pond was still…
Wingin’ It: Watching the birds of winter
A red-breasted nuthatch. (Photo courtesy Cephas, Wikipedia Commons) Winter is a great time to hone your bird identification skills. Sitting in a warm house…
Do you remember?
What was going on in Harvard a year ago today … 5, 10, 15 years ago? Here are Press headlines from previous issues on…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 1/30/26
New for Children Bite by Bite by Marc Aronson and Paul Freedman Explore the fascinating history of America as told through the lens of…
American robins in winter
A robin eats from a sumac tree. (Photo by Mary Holland) Editor’s note: This column by longtime former Harvard Press contributor Mary Holland first…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 1/9/26
New for Children Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend When Morrigan is invited into Nevermoor’s wealthy Silver District, she discovers a…
