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, 7/5/13
New for Children Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems by Marilyn Singer Singer’s second book of fairy tale reversos—a poetic form in which…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 6/14/13
New for Children Open This Little Book by Jesse Klausmeier Open this book and you will find…another book…and another…and another. Debut author Jesse Klausmeier…
It’s Only Natural: Giant silk moths
A luna moth (Photos by Mary Holland) Cecropia moths emerge from their cocoons in June, and live just long enough to mate and…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 5/31/13
New for Children Fyre by Angie Sage Now that Septimus, Jenna, and Beetle are fourteen-year-olds, they have assumed larger roles in their Magykal world.…
It’s Only Natural: Castoreum
After establishing a territory, beavers construct scent mounds around its perimeter. Scent mounds act as sentinels and sign posts, alerting beaver passersby that the…
Wingin’ It: Feeding and attracting birds
Join the Bird-a-Thon This is the time of year when spring migrants return. It is an exciting time to be a birder as it…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 5/10/13
New for Children Clementine and the Spring Trip by Sara Pennypacker For Clementine, spring is a really big deal. It’s the time for seeing…
Wingin’ It: Southeast Arizona—a birder’s paradise
Phainopepla (Photos by David Durrant) As do a lot of birds, we decided to head south to take a break from this weird winter.…
Shelf Space: What’s new at the Harvard Public Library, 4/12/13
New for Children An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales by Theresa Breslin and Kate Leiper Slithering stoorworms, mischievous brownies, fierce kelpies,…
It’s Only Natural: Cavity-nesting birds and the black-capped chickadee
A young black-capped chickadee about to fledge. This nestling is seconds away from fledging. Judging from the intensity of the look in its eyes,…
