2023 Winter Reading Challenge!

The new year is in full swing, and Chelmsford Library has a new reading challenge! This season we are challenging readers with Book Bingo (see the full card below.) Patrons who complete any five squares are entered to win a prize. Here are what our librarians are reading this winter for the challenge. Check out … Continue reading 2023 Winter Reading Challenge!

Racial Justice

Since 1960, ethnic and racial statistics show a decrease in the number of caucasian people and an increase in those identifying as Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian and multiracial. Projections expect that this trend will continue through 2060. Chelmsford has also enjoyed an increase in diversity since 2010, and is working to better support this growth within … Continue reading Racial Justice

Poverty & Food Insecurity

As of September 2020, the Census Bureau reported that 34 million people lived in poverty in America, and in 2019 The National Alliance to End Homelessness reported that 567,715 people were experiencing homelessness in America. More than 30 million people in America need the government’s help to keep from going hungry, including 5.3 million elderly … Continue reading Poverty & Food Insecurity

Read This Next…Scary Books!

‘Tis the season for spooky reading!  What is the scariest book you have ever read? For me?  I had to sleep with the lights on for two weeks after reading Salem’s Lot by Stephen King!  Whether you like truly scary stories like that, or ghost stories, or gothics, or classics like Dracula and Frankenstein, see … Continue reading Read This Next…Scary Books!

Bibliobites in June: The Home of the Bean and the Cod*

Ahh, home sweet home!  This month our group stayed local with Heather Atwood’s In Cod We Trust: The Celebrated Cuisine of Coastal Massachusetts.  This 2016 title takes us on a tour of our very own coast, from Provincetown to Newburyport, New Bedford to Nantucket.  Though Yankee cooking, in its inimitable Rodney Dangerfield way, gets little respect … Continue reading Bibliobites in June: The Home of the Bean and the Cod*

Black History Month display

Winter Reading Challenge: Contemporary Black Authors

How is everyone doing in the Winter Reading Challenge?  The Readers Advisory team at CPL is reading right along with you and this week, in honor of Black History Month, we are working on this Level One challenge: Read a book written by a contemporary Black author Deanna is reading… These Toxic Things by Rachel … Continue reading Winter Reading Challenge: Contemporary Black Authors