Andover Library New Acquisitions – May

By Michaela Hoover

Fiction A Calamity of Souls, David Baldacci Feline Fatale, Rita Mae Brown Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, Olivia Ford The Hunter, Tana French Just For the Summer, Abby Jimenez House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas One By One, Freida McFadden The Wild Side, Fern Michaels After Annie, Anna Quindlen Nonfiction Good For a […]

Through the Reading Glasses

By Janet Moore

Warning: this book is about animals, just animals, not animals as they might represent people. The John Newbery Medal is awarded each year for the outstanding contribution to children’s literature. Past winners have included Madeleine L’Engle, Kate DiCamillo, Lois Lowry, and Beverly Cleary, and I freely admit that I have copies of each of those […]

Andover First Grader Pens Poem about Libraries

By Michaela Hoover

Oh libraries, oh libraries What do they have? Books and books, Shelves and shelves, Lined with books, Big and small. Which one will I get? Which one will be the one? I got it! My favorite! I’ll take it and more! — Mabel Brown, 1st Grader 

Bachelder Library New Acquisitions

Press release

Fiction The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo I Cheerfully Refuse, Leif Enger The Goodbye Coast, Joe Ide The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon Indian Burial Ground, Nick Medina Held, Anne Michaels Twilight Territory, Andrew X. Pham The Truth About the Devlins, Lisa Scottoline Millicent Glenn’s Last Wish, Tori Whitaker Nonfiction Legacy, Uche Blackstone, MD The Thefts of the […]

May Art Receptions at Proctor Academy

Thursday, May 2, and Monday, May 6

By Molly Leith
May Art Receptions at Proctor Academy

  On Thursday, May 2, Proctor Academy will celebrate its own observance of Earth Day, including an art reception to celebrate artists Yuko Oda and Adriana G. Prat from 2-3 PM. Oda’s and Prat’s compelling artwork focuses on the subject of climate change. Live music will be performed by faculty musicians, Scott King and Amy […]

Rehearsals Underway for Kearsarge Chorale Spring Matinee

Saturday, May 25 at 3 PM

Press release
Rehearsals Underway for Kearsarge Chorale Spring Matinee

“If you haven’t been following the Kearsarge Chorale, you’ve been missing out – missing out on 15 years of the magic of their music,” according to long-time audience member Linda Barnes of Salisbury. In this fifteenth anniversary year, concerts are to take place on May 25 and November 23.  Weekly rehearsals have been underway since […]

Mini Golf Returns to Andover Public Library in July

Currently seeking sponsors

By Michaela Hoover

If you swung by the Putt Fore at the Bachelder Library mini golf course last year, you’ll be excited to know that we’re at it again! A new, exciting mini golf course will pop up at the Andover Public Library from July 3 to July 6 as a fundraiser for library programming and special activities. […]

May Programs at your Andover Libraries

The beautiful month of May will be full of fun at your Andover Libraries.

By Michaela Hoover

The beautiful month of May will be full of fun at your Andover Libraries  Thursday, May 2, 7 PM – Fiesta de Libros – Book Exchange Party at Andover Public Library (APL) Join us for an evening of fun games, delicious snacks, and book swapping! Bring a wrapped book to give, and you’ll leave with […]

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