Did you know: BFPL's Children's Summer Programs
Did you know that the library offers a variety of summer programs for kids, from toddlers to teens?
۰Every summer a reading program gives kids a chance to have fun, learn new skills, and keep on track in school. They even win prizes for reading!
۰This summer, 27 different children's programs ranged from dinosaurs, hieroglyphics, and origami to an archaeological dig. Over 400 kids were served!
۰Ongoing programs include Storytime and music for toddlers, creative games for teens, and unique offerings like terrarium making for everyone.
Coming up: The Brandon Library will hold a Halloween costume swap. Bring a costume in decent shape, and pick up a new (to you) one! Saturday, Oct. 3, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Large Print books donated by Brenda Whittaker:
"Deceptions" by Jeffery Deaver in memory of John Trimmer. A murder at a crime writers' conference. The method is entirely literary, the motive seems obvious — but can the detective who was first on the scene puzzle out what needs reading between the lines? A brilliant sleuth, obsessed with Sherlock Holmes’s mysteries, turns his attention to a serial killer stalking the streets of New York City. But as his deductions bring him closer to his prey, he starts to wonder who is really doing the hunting.
"The Amateur" by Chris Bohjalian in memory of Meryl Sawyer. After 18-year-old Mara kills a caddy in a freak accident, her life spirals out of control. As the investigation continues and a detective digs into Mara’s past recklessness the community begins to turn on her.
New adult fiction:
“Etna” by Paul Yoon. Set in a fictional country in the present day, this is a story told through the eyes of an ex-military dog, Etna. After surviving years of a devastating war, Etna decides one night to leave the men he has fought alongside for years and return home — to the place where he was taken from when he was young, in the thin but persistent hope that if a home exists for him, it might be there. Along the way, he encounters other animals and humans who are attempting to figure out how to start again. What makes a life when there is no home to go back to? How do we begin to trust each other again after such profound loss?
“The Birthing Tree” Born under the shadow of a birthing tree sacred to generations of Mi'kmaq women, Aliet Paul grows up outside a small Nova Scotia town with her fierce, loving grandmother Kiju. Her mother died bringing Aliet into the world under that very tree; her father remains a mystery. Aliet's childhood is shaped by apple pickers and old medicinal wisdom. But the world beyond their community is changing. As Aliet comes of age, she navigates love, loss, and a personal tragedy that veers her from the path her grandmother wanted for her. Years later, when the call comes that Kiju has died, Aliet returns home to a past she thought she'd outrun.
“Sunlight Finds You” by Laura Moriarty. Nora is a spitfire on the cusp of adulthood in 1950s America. In quick succession she loses her mother, gains a stepfamily, and moves thousands of miles to newly developing Florida, but she never loses her spark — which is what attracts Leonard, the handsome, older boy at her new high school. Soon, Nora and Leonard are inseparable. Not everyone is comfortable with their tender romance, however, and they are abruptly torn apart. Over a dramatic period of years that include the separations of war and dreams deferred, Nora never forgets what it felt like to love and be loved the way she experienced during her adolescence.
“Dead Beat” by Leigh Bardugo. Alex Stern made it to hell and back more than once, but this time she left the door open behind her. Demons are creeping through the streets of New Haven and the Yale campus, feeding on the souls of the living, terrifying the dead. Alex and her allies can hunt them, but it's only a matter of time before the gates to the underworld open and they face a war they cannot win. To stop it, they'll have to reach deep into the secrets of Yale and its societies, and discover the truth hidden in Alex's own blood. While she struggles to hold onto the dream of a future Yale once offered, Alex must contend with the machinations of a corrupt Lethe Board and a deadly vampire with his own connection to the societies. But for the first time in her life, she won't have to face the fight alone.
