Summer of Love and Fallout: Announcing the 2012 Common Book

Published in May 8th, 2012

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All Browning students entering Forms II-VI are expected to join the faculty and staff in reading one book in common every summer. This year’s book is: Radioactive: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss Radioactive is an illustrated biography of Maire and Pierre Curie. It is not only a fascinating portrayal of two tremendous [...]

Hungry for More?

Published in April 23rd, 2012

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If you can’t get enough of Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy, why not venture further into the realm of dystopian fiction? Here are a few titles available now in the library that might help satisfy your hunger.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Published in February 14th, 2012

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Stop by the library today and bring home a tale of strange love for Valentine’s!

What’s New in the Library?

Published in January 24th, 2012

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Creating Better Bibliographies We’re pleased to announce that the Browning library now has a system wide subscription to NoodleTools. Students and faculty are invited to create their own personal ID through the Browning network in order to access NoodleBib, an easy and accurate way to create and save MLA, APA, or Chicago style citations. (Browning’s [...]

Book Club Shout-Out

Published in January 12th, 2012

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Barbara O’Connor, author of The Secret of Owen Jester mentioned the Guys Read 3rd grade Book Club on her blog! Check it out here. Next up for Guys Read: a discussion of The Flint Heart by Katherine Paterson and John Paterson on January 24th.

Tales for a Winter Break

Published in December 14th, 2011

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Selected Reads for faculty, Upper School students and parents from the Browning Library Staff. These are available at the library as books or eBooks. Fiction Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga “Aravind Adiga, winner of the Man Booker Prize for The White Tiger, brings readers another look at an India at once simple and [...]

Meet Me at the Fair

Published in November 7th, 2011

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2011 Browning Book Fair November 11th-14th Lower Gym There is something for everyone at the Book Fair. A chance to meet authors, start your holiday shopping, and add to your bedside table reading list, the Book Fair is a Browning tradition. This year the Browning library has teamed with the Parents’ Association and Book [...]

Celebrate Your Freedom to Read

Published in September 27th, 2011

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The American Library Association celebrates Banned Books Week during the final week of every September. It’s a great opportunity to think about our rights as readers. Why do people try to ban some books? Shouldn’t every reader – with guidance from parents in the case of young people – be able to decide for [...]

Announcing Guys Read: Third Grade Book Club

Published in September 21st, 2011

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A note from Susan Levine Attention Third Grade parents: How do I get my son to read, to enjoy reading and to keep reading? The answers lie in giving him great books and good books, the right book at the right time, and showing him that reading is something adults value and want to share [...]