by Susan Larson | Sep 29, 2020 | Booklists
“Where the Crawdads Sing,” the 2018 novel by Delia Owens, has topped The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers lists of 2019 and 2020. The book is so popular, we’re often asked for recommendations of similar reads. Milton Public Library library...
by Susan Larson | Apr 18, 2019 | Book Bits, Booklists
By Susan Larson, Director, Milton Public Library When someone comes to the desk asking for science fiction recommendations, I rattle off the names of the classic writers, like Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Ray Bradbury, or Ursula K. Le Guin. The response is usually,...
by Susan Larson | Jan 3, 2019 | Booklists
The ten adult print books most borrowed from Milton Public Library in 2018 included one nonfiction title. All are listed below. The date in parenthesis after each title is the year of publication. 1 – After Anna by Lisa Scottoline (2018) 2 – Before We Were Yours by...
by Susan Larson | May 14, 2018 | Booklists
Since 1997 Vermont school children in kindergarten through fourth grade have read 10 nominated picture books, then voted for their favorite to receive the Red Clover Book Award. The winner for 2017 – 18 is “Frankencrayon,” written and illustrated by...
by Susan Larson | Apr 17, 2018 | Booklists
Voting is open for the 2017 – 18 Green Mountain Book Award (GMBA). The reader’s choice award, begun in 2005, is for Vermont students in grades 9 – 12. “The program is intended to encourage high schoolers to become enthusiastic and...
by Susan Larson | Apr 9, 2018 | Booklists
The American Library Association released its list of the Top Ten Frequently Challenged Books of 2017 in its National Library Week State of America’s Libraries Report on Monday, April 9, 2018. “The report found that libraries continue to face challenges...
