October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. These resources and information can be useful year-round for people with dyslexia or parents of children with dyslexia or who think their children may be dyslexic. What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability. People with dyslexia often...
By Spencer Stevens, Head of Technical Services It’s my favorite time of year! Leaves are falling. The temperature is dropping. Pumpkins are spicing. And, bathed in the dim light of my TV, I am screaming. October brings Halloween and spooky, scary movies. I’m watching...
Meet Cute: (in a film, television show, or movie) an amusing or charming first encounter between two characters that leads to the development of a romantic relationship between them. Mocktail: a usually iced drink made with any of various ingredients (such as juice, herbs, and soda...
By Marita Klements, Assistant Director The Lynnfield Public Library wants to hear from you! The Library is working to develop a new strategic plan. Once in place, our strategic plan will serve as a blueprint for our development for the next five years. We...
By Marita Klements, Assistant Director Summer is the perfect time to start a new hobby. Bird watching’s great for the whole family! We have several items in our Library of Things to get you started. There’s the bird themed Explorer Kit, which includes the...
What are your plans for the summer? Are you looking for something new? Something fun? Something to do with your friends? Come on by the library for our summer programs! Our summer reading theme this year is Find Your Voice, and there are plenty...
By Samantha Totman, Circulation Assistant The Lynnfield Public Library continues to add to our collection of Library of Things items, all with the goal of increasing sustainability in our community. The Library of Things is a collection of non-traditional library items, such as board...
by Samantha Totman What did Lynnfield love in 2022? We have the answers–for books and movies, that is! Below we’ve listed the books and movies that the community checked out the most last year. If you want to see what all the fuss was...
by Samantha Totman Did you know that, with the Libby app, you can access e-books and e-audiobooks from all the libraries in Massachusetts? Thanks to a statewide partnership, the digital libraries of all Commonwealth networks are available to everyone with a Massachusetts library card....
by Pat Kelly, Head of Reference What can a room that is only 427 square feet hold? How about well over 4,000 catalogued items including family histories, local histories, journals, early deeds, probate records, microfiche & microfilm. And this doesn’t include hundreds of uncatalogued...