The Brookline Village and Putterham locations will be closed on the weekends starting June 18 through Labor Day, September 5.
Aya and Avery’s Collections
Check out the new collections on display in the Children’s Room!
In our flat case, Aya shares information about her book, The Wizard’s Daughter – a story about a young witch that Aya wrote from 2020-2021! Aya also designed the cover and illustrated the book.
Aya donated a few copies of The Wizard’s Daughter to the Brookline Village Library and it will soon be available for patrons to view! Aya is 11 years old and loves reading, art, and writing.
In our wall case, Avery shares her rock collection. This collection includes jasper, colored moonstone, hematite, jade, and more! Avery is in 5th grade and her favorite rocks in this collection are the crystals and quartz.
Stop by the Brookline Village Children’s Room to see these amazing collections! And sign up for a slot in our display cases here!
Hall’s Pond Sanctuary
The Friends of Hall’s Pond help keep our hidden local jewel box of nature green and healthy. We’ve been at it since 1976 and the flora and fauna of the Sanctuary are happy with our work. Come visit the Coolidge Corner Library to learn more, or visit our website.
Pandemic Feelings: The First Six Months
Anne Robertson, a Brookline resident, focused on visual art for the first time after she retired from a long career as a child and family psychologist. In retirement, she became a volunteer Gallery Instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, giving interactive tours to school groups and took her first art-making classes since seventh grade. She has especially enjoyed making prints, the medium used in the exhibit on view, “Pandemic Feelings: The First Six Months.”
The 10 images in the “Pandemic Feelings” series were made in August, 2020, and are the artist’s visual representations of some of the feelings she and her friends had during those early months of the pandemic. Believing strongly in art’s power to communicate, Robertson hopes that looking at these images will encourage viewers to consider some of the feelings they experienced both early in the pandemic and now. Viewers might ask themselves questions such as, “Do the prints remind you of any emotions you had during the first six months?” and “Have your pandemic feelings changed since then?”
Read Beyond The Beaten Path
Join the 2022 Summer Reading Program with the Public Library of Brookline! Explore the wide and wonderful world of reading this summer with exciting programs and fun prizes.
Clare’s Squishmallows and Muhammad’s LEGO Sets
Check out the new collections on display in the Children’s Room! In our flat case, Clare shares her Squishmallows collection. Clare is 6 years old.
In our wall case, Muhammad shares his LEGO sets. Muhammad’s collection features Tony Stark’s Sakaarian Iron Man, the Angry Bird Ship, and more! Muhammad is nine years old.
Stop by the Brookline Village Children’s Room to see both of these amazing collections! And sign up for a slot in our display cases here!
Town of Brookline Seeks Candidate for Board of Library Trustees
The Brookline Board of Library Trustees and the Select Board wish to announce that they are seeking candidates to fill a vacancy on the Board of Library Trustees following the resignation of Regina Healy.
Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter, 41, section 11, the Library Trustees and the Select Board will work jointly to find a person to fill the vacancy until the annual town election in May 2023.
Those interested should submit a cover letter and resume by June 10 to the Board of Library Trustees at librarytrustees@brooklinema.gov, or by regular mail at 361 Washington St., Brookline, MA 02445. Candidates must be registered voters of the Town of Brookline.
The Library Trustees will interview the candidates during the weeks of June 13 and June 20. All interviews will be held remotely.
The Select Board and Library Trustees will conduct final interviews at a Joint Convention on June 28 and will fill the vacancy at that time. The Joint Convention will be held via Zoom and the link will be posted on the Town Calendar.
The Board of Trustees consists of 12 local residents who are elected to three-year terms. Trustees work closely with the Director of the Library, and provide oversight of the library budget, services, and policies.
For more information on the responsibilities of a Library Trustee, please visit the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners’ website here.
Masks Required at All Libraries
In accordance with the Town of Brookline’s Public Health Order, beginning Monday, May 23 masks will be required for all patrons ages 2+ at all Library locations.
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations, in partnership with the Brookline Village Library, has reached out to a number of community members living in Brookline to gather items that represent AAPI heritage, and is excited to share them with you through the AAPI Heritage Month Exhibit, now on view at the Brookline Village Library until June 30, 2022. We invite you to come and see this exhibit in the first floor display cases (left entrance and lobby), and to read the poignant and powerful essays by the student winners of the BAAFN Asian American Student Essay Contest. We welcome all of you to learn about, better understand, and show your support for the AAPI community.
Photo credit: Carolina San Miguel
Art by Kitt & Mia
About the artists
Kitt: I am in 9th grade At Brookline High School, and I love making art!
Some of these projects were for my current freshman year art elective class .
The first piece with two bears is a color pencil drawing which took about two weeks to complete. The focus was on perspective and realism.
The second artwork is a print of my initials KB in different fonts, and was printed twice (in navy blue, and rotated in white ink).
The third work is an abstract portrait painting. I closed my eyes and drew myself with one line.then i printed it three times, and painted it in related color, and complementary colors in the overlaps.
The last piece is a watercolor portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. I outlined different shadows and went over it with black and white.
Mia: I am a 12 year-old girl who goes to Baker School,and is inspired by important causes and people. For example, I created the picture of Harriet Tubman because I am really motivated by her, and how she persevered no matter what.
Another example is my mosaic which represents the trash in the ocean , and how it hurts animals.I specifically included a turtle because, before Covid-19 started, I went to jekyll Island and saw baby sea turtles hatch and crawl to the ocean. Since then, I have been doing research on how to help turtles, as they are hurt by humans in so many ways.
I love art so much because it gives me a way to show I am, and what I think about certain things, through a different perspective.
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