Election News

Click here to see candidates' responses to the Massachusetts Library Association survey. Keep in mind that the Commonwealth funds public libraries and also provides several of the electronic resources we use here at Brooks School. Your vote counts on Tuesday!

Kindles available!

The Library has 2 Kindles that are currently ready to circulate (the third should be up and running soon). To see what has been loaded on them, please look them up in the library catalog available on the info page and on the Brooks School website. You can search "Kindle" and then select "details" and then "catalog record" to see what is on each one.

These Kindles will circulate and, like all library materials, borrowers will be responsible for replacement fee should they become damaged or misplaced. They will circulate for 3 weeks with no renewals and can be checked out only through a conversation with either Ms. Massoth or Mrs. McCarthy.

We welcome suggestions of titles to be added to the Kindles and welcome them in our email or here on the blog. We hope that there is a lot of interest and circulation of our exciting new acquisitions.

New Fiction

The following novels are on display in the periodicals room of the library.

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
An Expensive Education by Nick McDonell

Books for Dummies

The library has several new titles from the "For Dummies" series.

NASCAR for Dummies
Twitter for Dummies
Organic Gardening for Dummies
Canning and Preserving for Dummies
Macrobiotics for Dummies

We don't think that any of our patrons are dummies, but we do hope you come to the library to check out these new books!

Columbus/Parents Weekend

The library will have special hours this weekend:
Saturday 7.30am-noon
Sunday closed
Monday 5pm-10pm

Stop by on Friday or Saturday morning to come get a movie, novel or cookbook for the long weekend! The feature films are on the upper level, the childrens books and movies are on the lower level. You can reach our catalog on the info page, search "cookery" for a list of our cookbooks, or DVD for a list of movies.

Enjoy!

Nobel Prize for Literature 2010

Come to the library to enjoy the work of this year's Nobel prize winning author, Mario Vargas Llosa. Check the circulation desk for our display.

Here is a link to the story at NPR

New AV for Children

Available in the Children's Area on the Lower Level

DVD: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Audio: Winnie the Pooh by Milne
and Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by Benedictus

New Feature Films on DVD

The Hurt Locker
Julie and Julia
500 Days of Summer
Star Trek
Where the Wild Things Are
Michael Jackson's This is It
Angels and Demons
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
My Sister's Keeper
Crazy Heart