by Susan Larson | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Milton Public Library will be closed the following days for the holidays: Monday, Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve Tuesday, Dec. 25, for Christmas Day Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, for New Year’s Day The library will close at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Monday, Dec. 31....
by Susan Larson | Nov 27, 2018 | Book Bits
You know what it’s like. You’re passing a home and you can see through the windows because it’s light inside and dark outside. For an instant, you glimpse something about the life of another. You see a family gathered around a dinner table, a couple sitting on the...
by Susan Larson | Nov 26, 2018 | Donations, Friends of Milton Public Library
Every time you shop on AmazonSmile, you can benefit Milton Public Library by having a portion of your purchase price automatically donated to Friends of the Milton Public Library. Here’s how it works. Every item available for purchase on www.amazon.com is also...
by Susan Larson | Nov 25, 2018 | Friends of Milton Public Library
It’s time for the annual Friends of Milton Public Library Gift Basket Raffle. Businesses, organizations, and individuals are invited to donate a basket that includes a book and items related to a theme of your choice. Past themes have included made-in-Vermont,...
by Susan Larson | Nov 15, 2018 | Programs
Milton Public Library will host a Holiday Open House from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. Throughout the day there will be free cookies. We’ll also be collecting hats, mittens and scarves for our mitten tree, and non-perishable food for the...
by Susan Larson | Nov 15, 2018 | Holidays
America’s Thanksgiving Day holiday is credited to the Pilgrims. The truth is, we have a national celebration thanks to Sarah Hale and her 38-year letter writing campaign. Sarah Josepha Hale grew up in New Hampshire, listening to her father’s Revolutionary War stories,...
by Susan Larson | Oct 26, 2018 | Book Bits
This month in Book Bits, let’s look at three new releases by Vermont authors: a crime novel, a memoir, and a graphic novel. “Bury the Lead” is the 29th book in Archer Mayor’s Joe Gunther series. In this installment, Joe’s investigating the death of a young woman at a...
by Susan Larson | Sep 21, 2018 | Book Bits
In 2010, a teacher listening to author Neil Gaiman on NPR had the idea to connect kids across the world by having adults read aloud to kids the same books during a six-week period. The Global Read Aloud begins its ninth year October 2, having grown from 150...
by Susan Larson | Sep 5, 2018 | Milton Artists' Guild
“Art from the Children of Milton” is Milton Artists’ Guild’s featured exhibit at Milton Public Library for the month of September 2018. “This exhibit is a product of an event led by the Milton Artists’ Guild and the Milton Family...
by Susan Larson | Aug 31, 2018 | Friends of Milton Public Library, Programs
Photo: Vermont Astronomical Society President Jack St. Louis demonstrates use of the library’s Orion StarBlast Telescope. Thanks to the Friends of Milton Public Library and the Vermont Astronomical Society (VAS), Milton Public Library has a telescope for loan....
