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…
Wingin’ It: To Guyana, Part I … In search of the harpy eagle and giant waterlily
Giant waterlilies in Guyana. (Photo by David Durrant) When we told friends that we were going to Guyana, some responded, “Where is that, in…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 1/17/14
New for Children The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes Award-winning, nationally bestselling author Kevin Henkes introduces second-grader Billy Miller in this fast-paced,…
It’s Only Natural: Insect Overwintering Strategies
A click beetle overwinters as a larva under the bark of a rotting log. (Photos by Mary Holland) When you think of something as…
A Look Back: The way we were…November, ’73, ’83, and ’93
November 1973 “I assure you that the architecture will be New England in style, in keeping with the community,” developer Joseph Pandiscio told the…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 11/15/13
New for Children Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky The poet, author, and indomitable naturalist Jack Prelutsky, having…
Wingin’ It: House sparrow dilemma
English house sparrows are one of two species in the U.S. that are not protected. (The other is the European starling.) Both birds are…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 11/1/13
New for Children Renegade Magic by Stephanie Burgis The spirited Kat Stephenson is back in the second installment of the Regency-era, magical trilogy that…
A Look Back: The way we were…September and October, ’73, and ’83
September and October 1973 The first issue of the old Harvard Post was published Sept. 7, 1973, by Kathleen Cushman, 23, and Ed Miller,…
It’s Only Natural: Cocoons
The aquatic Climacia spongillafly larvae emerge from the water and spin a tiny cocoon (3-7mm). They then cover it with a silken net made…
Wingin’ It: A week on Nantucket
Hundreds of tree swallows congregate on a dead shrub. (Courtesy photo) We were lucky to be offered a cottage on Nantucket for R&R for…
