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…
It’s Only Natural: Flowers, insect mouthparts, and evolution
Cicadas have a unique mouthpart for feeding known as a beak. Its four stylets are used for piercing small twigs in trees and bushes…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 8/21/15
New for Children Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a…
Wingin’ It: Summer residents and unusual sightings
Summer is a great time to observe birds. Most of them have settled into their nesting territories and are busy either building nests or…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 8/14/15
New for Children Witherwood Reform School by Obert Skye After a slight misunderstanding involving a horrible governess, oatmeal, and a jar of tadpoles, siblings…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 7/3/15
New for Children Graceful by Wendy Mass Angelina D’Angelo has left town to see the world. It’s now Grace’s turn to use her magic…
Reflections: My life of summer reading
“Carlene, five more minutes and then it is time for you to do something.” My mother’s voice reached me on the screened porch where…
It’s Only Natural: Bumblebees as pollinators
A queen tricolored bumblebee collects nectar from trailing arbutus. (Photo by Mary Holland) The honeybee’s plight gets a great deal of attention, as well…
Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 6/19/15
New for Children The Volume of Possible Endings by Barbara Else Dorrity, the only child in Owl Town, finds an enchanted book that makes…
Reflections: Graduation 2015 … one sailboat, two geese, and 108 forks
Friday, June 5, was Bromfield’s 136th graduation. I imagine there were thousands of other high school graduations across the country that night, each with…
Reflections: My sort-of summer home
Recently, a couple of my friends have been talking about their summer homes—opening them up, renting them out, spending time in them. It all…
