Called "a laugh out-loud heart warmer" by Oprah Daily and named an NPR Book of the Year, The Guncle by Steven Rowley is June's Book of the Month.
June 2023 Puzzle: It’s all happening at the zoo
June is a great time to go to a zoo! We have passes that give you reduced admission to the Franklin Park Zoo, the Stoneham Zoo, the New England Aquarium and other neat places. Visit https://mhl.org/museum-passes for more information and to make reservations!
May 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku
This month’s Sudoku comes out in May, and true to their name, the Mayapples outside the library have begun to bloom. These native perennials are unique in that they only have one or two leaves and (if they do have two leaves instead of one) only one flower. If you are interested in native plants or gardening, be sure check out our Resources for Gardeners page for links to presentations we’ve hosted and for recommended reading. Enjoy this month’s puzzle!
May 2023 Book of the Month
May's Book of the Month is Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Named a MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 by Newsweek ∙ San Francisco Chronicle ∙ Essence ∙Yahoo! News ∙ Electric Literature ∙ BookBub ∙ Ms. Magazine ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ Parade ∙ Oprah Daily and NBC News, Take My Hand is a novel that will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
May 2023 Puzzle: Picture book classics
With this month’s puzzle we’d like to plug the Children’s Book Week activities that are being run by Every Child a Reader, a nonprofit organization* that celebrates the powerful impact books have on young people. If you are interested in books & reading for children, you should definitely check in with our Children’s Room staff. You can even ask them to put together a bundle of books on whatever topic you like!
April 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku
This month's Sudoku comes out in April, one of those oddball months that has 30 days. Lots of other months have 31 days, but do you know how many months have 28 days?
April 2023 Book of the Month
Called "an accomplished first novel" by NYT's Book Review and an MHL staff favorite, Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu is April's Book of the Month. Check out your copy today!
April 2023 Puzzle: This puzzle has birds in it
April is a great time for bird watching! All kinds of waterfowl, raptors, shorebirds, warblers, orioles, and other neat birds* are coming back to Massachusetts from wherever they migrated to last fall.
March 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku
This month’s Sudoku is being posted on March 15th, also known as the Ides of March. To mark this occasion, we present the following joke: Caesar was famously killed on the Ides of March, but he wasn’t expecting the attack until August 2. His final words embodied his dismay over the scheduling confusion:
March 2023 Book of the Month
Witty, charming, and heartwarming, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is an award winning, New York Times bestseller and a favorite of many MHL staff. Pick up your copy today, you won't be disappointed! Check out your copy today!