AboutConsumer Reports Automotive Information
April is the month that Consumer Reports rolls out the annual automotive issue. If you have a Haverhill library card you can read it online! Highlights include: Top Picks, who makes the best and worst cars, the best and worst new and used cars, used car reliability, and new car ratings and road tests. Also [...]
Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy By John Wood
Facts About Education Around the World (Dosomething.org) One in five adults in the developing world — almost 862 million people — cannot read or write. Most illiterate persons are female. In more than 20 developing nations, illiteracy rates amongst women exceed 70%. As much as 115 million children of primary school age are not enrolled [...]
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman
I am smitten with the Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. The cover caught my eye, the recipes inside delight! Author and self described “homecook” Deb Perelman begins her cookbook with a snapshot of her tiny kitchen in New York City, complete with lack of counter space and creative storage. One feels that if she can create [...]
Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue and illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
This beautifully illustrated bedtime story begins with a little girl who didn’t want to sleep. After declaring repeatedly that she is not sleepy, her calm parents remind her to change into pajamas and wash up and climb into bed. Once in bed (though not tired), she asks many questions about how animals sleep. As [...]
The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe
I rarely pick books about books, or books about dying. But right after my mother-in-law was diagnosed with a terminal disease, I came across this one, and it said to me “Read me now!” I am one of those that think that books choose you as much as you choose them. This one came into [...]
