by Susan Larson | Dec 21, 2018 | Book Bits
As “best of” lists are traditional at the end of the year, Milton Public Library staff members herein present our favorite books of 2018. They’re not necessarily published in the last year, but were discovered and enjoyed during this time. Bernard Cornwall’s Sharpe...
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 | 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 | Aug 31, 2018 | Book Bits, Programs
By Susan Larson, Director, Milton Public Library This article was first published as a Book Bits column in the Milton Independent on July 12, 2018. It is reprinted here with permission. There’s this perception that library staff have read every book ever...
by Susan Larson | Aug 15, 2018 | Book Bits
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague Island, VA, is home to the wild Chincoteague ponies made famous in Marguerite Henry’s children’s book “Misty of Chincoteague.” When my children and I planned a vacation to the island, I wanted them to know about the...
