Library Corner

A Haunted Museum in Paris

September 9, 2021

By Robin Jacobson.  To Edmund de Waal, world-renowned ceramic artist and award-winning author, art objects are never just objects. They carry history, memories, and an uncanny power to stir emotion …

Empathy Diaries

August 2, 2021

By Robin Jacobson.  If you catch yourself or see your child obsessively checking digital devices for messages, or living much of life online, M.I.T. Professor Sherry Turkle has some advice. …

Unlikely Allies: Historical Fiction for Middle Grade Readers

June 18, 2021

By Robin Jacobson.  Historical fiction inhabits the sweet spot between history and fiction. It invites us to journey to the past and then return to our own time with new …

Anyone Out There?

April 15, 2021

By Robin Jacobson. The bestselling new science memoir, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth by Avi Loeb, probes a thrilling possibility – that a mysterious object that …

Shtetl Stories of Danger and Suspense

April 14, 2021

By Robin Jacobson. Tevye the Dairyman would fit right in among the rabbis, matchmakers, candlemakers, tailors, and other shtetl types who populate two recent prize-winning novels: The Lost Shtetl by …