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, 8/29/14
New for Children It’s an Orange Aardvark! by Michael Hall New York Times-bestselling picture book creator Michael Hall delivers a funny and suspenseful story…
It’s Only Natural: River otter signs
All four feet of a river otter are webbed, greatly enhancing their swimming ability. (Photographs taken at Squam Lake Science Center, Holderness, N.H. by…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 7/11/14
New for Children Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine by Gloria Whelan Prince Albert comes up with a royally creative solution to Queen Victoria’s modesty concerns…
It’s Only Natural: Wasps, emerald ash borers, and biosurveillance
Cerceris fumipennis with buprestid beetle prey. (Photos by Mary Holland) The wasps we’re most familiar with—paper wasps, yellow jackets, hornets—are all social wasps. They…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 6/13/14
New for Children Sasquatch and Aliens: Alien Encounter by Charise Mericle Harper Nine-year-old Morgan is fascinated with aliens. He lives in the Pacific Northwest,…
Wingin’ It: Tracking the return of Harvard’s migratory birds
An adult California wren feeds its young. (Photos by David Durrant) Carolina wrens about to fly. I keep a diary of when our…
It’s Only Natural: Birds and their daily cycle of song
A male indigo bunting(Photos by Mary Holland) A male red-winged blackbird. A male yellow warbler. This is the time of year when the relative…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 5/23/14
New for Children Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes Gabby’s world is filled with daydreams. However, what began as an escape from her parents’…
Reflections: On town center elms and stewardship
We moved to Elm Street in Harvard in 1988. At our first Annual Town Meeting, $5,000 in the omnibus budget for the Elm Commission…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 5/2/14
New for Children Operation Bunny: The Fairy Detective Agency’s First Case by Sally Gardner; illustrated by David Roberts When orphan Emily Vole inherits an…
