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…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 2/5/16
New for Children I Really Like Slop! by Mo Willems Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries…
It’s Only Natural: Bidding farewell to Harvard
Mary Holland cuddles a bear cub. (Courtesy photos by Mary Sue Henszey) My natural history column, which went by the name of “Naturally Curious,”…
Reflections: The guns all around me
Mostly, I remember how small the gun was—tiny enough to fit perfectly in my 5-year-old hand. It lay in the locked, shallow, “secret” drawer…
Reflections: Remembering Town Center in the 1950s
Betty Marr of Ayer Road died on Jan. 12. Several years ago Betty participated in a program at the Harvard Historical Society in which…
Wingin’ It: To India and the Himalayas, part 2
We were booked into a sleeper train compartment for the trip back to Delhi as an alternative to a tortuous six- to eight-hour road…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 1/15/16
New for Children Fast Break by Mike Lupica Forced to live on his own, 12-year-old Jayson does whatever it takes to get by. He’ll…
Reflections: Winter solstice … welcoming back the light
It is mid-December, and the short days are getting to me. In this too-much-to-do season of celebration and family togetherness, I often feel frayed,…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 12/4/15
New for Children Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan Since his mother’s mysterious death, Magnus Chase has lived alone on…
Reflections: Kids respond to history … entries from Fruitlands farmhouse journals
Now that the regular season at Fruitlands Museum is over, I have gathered the evidence from the red farmhouse at the foot of the…
Do you remember? November 2006 to 2014
What was going on in Harvard a year ago today, two years ago … nine years ago? Here are Press news headlines from issues…
