Summer is a perfect time to borrow one of our MOBYpacks, themed backpacks filled with books and hands-on tools that families can use together to explore the world around them. MOBY stands for “My Own BackYard,” and each blue backpack has a nature-based theme, including stars, trees, and insects. To promote literacy, there is also a journal within […]
Even though winter is still with us, the APL is planning for spring (and summer) programs for tweens and teens! We’ve started adding some new programs and some old favorites to the calendar. If you’ve got a kid in 5th-12th grades take a look at what is coming up! Our Tween/Teen Coordinator Meghan Witherell can’t […]
On Thursday, January 26, at 7pm, Boston-based author Will Dowd will present his session Writing in the Dark: A Virtual Writing Workshop. After developing a visual disorder, Dowd was forced to throw out everything he knew about his vocation. With the help of assistive technology, he developed a new writing process, one that transformed the […]
This Thursday, November 17, at 6pm, we are thrilled to have Rebekah Taussig, author of Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body, provide a virtual talk. Our partners at An Unlikely Story Bookstore will be hosting this talk, where Taussig will discuss her book as well as aspects of her life that influenced […]
