Metrowest News

December 2008



Recommended Reading Lists from 8th MassBooks

Monday, 29 December 2008 12:39 P GMT-05
The MA Center for the Book is pleased to present the list of titles from the 8th MassBooks. The list is made up of four categories: fiction, non fiction, Children's/YA literature, and poetry. Highlights include The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barre

Is Kindle the new black?

Wednesday, 24 December 2008 12:32 P GMT-05
The New York Times published an article yesterday about the recent surge of e-book reader sales. Amazon's Kindle is sold out til February, thanks to Oprah's support. And Sony reports high numbers of the sale of their reader too. So should lib

Join Gregory Maguire and Tim Basil Ering for a festive evening!

Tuesday, 23 December 2008 9:07 A GMT-05
Come celebrate the new book, Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out created by the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance.  This volume is full of fascinating stories, letters, illustrations, comics, and more by over one hundred aw

Budget cuts got you down?

Monday, 22 December 2008 10:44 A GMT-05
Walpole High School librarians found themselves with less funding for materials (sound familiar?) So they put together a Wish List on Amazon.com. They put titles they would like the library to own, and customers can purchase a title to donate to the

Metrowest librarians named to Caldecott Award committee!

Thursday, 18 December 2008 12:40 P GMT-05
Congrats to Christi Showman Farrar, YA librarian at the Woburn Public Library! She has been named to the 2010 Caldecott Award Committee. Joining her is Cambridge Public Library's Julie Roach. Read more about the announcement in the MBLC's Sep

Program and Performer's Blog

Friday, 12 December 2008 11:43 A GMT-05
The Minuteman Children's Roundtable and the Minuteman/ Metrowest YA Roundtables have created a blog of recommended programs and performers.The Roundtables are made up of Youth Services Librarians from the Minuteman Library Network and the Metrowe

2 Grand Pianos on a Stage

Friday, 5 December 2008 10:39 A GMT-05
Not able to attend the Joint Annual Council of Members  with Metrowest and the Southeast Regions? Attendees enjoyed breakfast and networked with members of both regions. And we heard a wonderful presentation by our keynote speaker, R. David Lank