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Tom Lake
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Tom Lake

Ann Patchett “Tom Lake is about love in all its many forms. But it is also about death and the ephemeral and how everything goes by so damned fast. It is an elegy of sorts but also a promise that there will be magic no matter what.” — Los Angeles Review of Books

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Monsters and Mold

Asia Citro “Monsters and Mold” by Asia Citro — “Citro takes the “girl helping animals” trope of beginning chapters to a whole new level. Filled with scientific language and experiments, including a helpful glossary, Zoey is encouraged to make mistakes, fail, and get up and keep trying. There’s no lack of child appeal either; both…

The Long March Home
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The Long March Home

Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee “The Long March Home” by Marcus Brotherton & Tosca Lee — “Inspired by a true story, three best friends from Mobile, Alabama are captured in the Philippines during WWII–they vow to return home together. They struggle to survive against impossible odds that becomes known as the Bataan Death March”– Baker & Taylor

Lady Tan’s Circles of Women
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Lady Tan’s Circles of Women

Lisa See “Based on the writings of an historical Ming dynasty female physician, See’s accomplished novel immerses readers in a fascinating life lived within a fascinating culture.” ― Starred Booklist

Breathe Like a Bear
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Breathe Like a Bear

Kira Willey “Breathe Like a Bear teaches kids how to flex their mindfulness muscles and be calm, focused, imaginative,energized and relaxed. Kira Willey offers up fun activities that are sure to captivate young audiences and start them developing positive energy-producing habits for their physical and mental well-being. … Accentuating the engaging exercises are delightful illustrations…

The Eyes & The Impossible
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The Eyes & The Impossible

Dave Eggers “Johannes is a highly engaging narrator whose exuberance and good nature run like a bright thread through the novel’s pages…. There is a deeper story here, too, about being yourself and finding freedom.” —New York Times

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World
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Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World

Lauren Fleshman “Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World” by Lauren Fleshman — “A close-up look at the uncertain and often unhealthy climb toward stardom for women in organized sports . . . The rawness of Good for a Girl serves as a push to demand that the next crop of…

Classic Puzzles: From Ancient Egypt to the Modern Era
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Classic Puzzles: From Ancient Egypt to the Modern Era

Tim Sedopulos “From “The Triangles of Babylon,” dated around 1900 BC, to “Achilles and the Tortoise,” a famous mathematical paradox devised by the Greek philosopher Zeno, here are some of history’s premier puzzles. These brainteasers come from the finest minds of the past and from around the world; placed alongside the best riddles and puzzles…

What Lane?
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What Lane?

Torrey Maldonado “Engaging, timely novel. . . . Maldonado (Tight) paints a vivid, relatable picture of an adventurous boy learning the rewards and dangers of straying out of his lane against the backdrop of an unfair system that could see him killed or arrested for the behaviors his white peers easily engage in. The characters…

Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences
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Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences

Joan Biskupic “[Nine Black Robes] details how Chief Justice John Roberts lost control of an increasingly conservative US Supreme Court as it moved to overturn the constitutional right to abortion last year.” — Bloomberg


Library Catalogs & Subscriptions

Greensboro Free Library Catalog

Search our online catalog to see what books we have at the library, to place a book on hold, or to view new arrivals to our collection.

If you don’t find what you’re looking for, call the library (802-533-2531) or complete the online form below.

Vermont Libraries Catalog (Clover)

Search the entire catalog of Vermont’s public libraries Clover website. This is a terrific resource if you would like to locate a book at a nearby library or if you would like to request a book through Interlibrary Loan.

To request a specific book or resource, call the library (802-533-2531) or complete the online form below under Renew & Reserve Interlibrary Loan.

Audio & Digital Books

Using the Vermont Department of Libraries collection at the Libby App you can download audio music, books and ebooks to a computer, CD, iPod, iPad, Kindle or MP3 player anywhere in the world where you have internet access. The program includes over 9,000 fiction and non-fiction titles for adults, children and young adults. New titles are added each month. Go to Audio and Digital Books to learn how to register.

Kanopy Films

With the Kanopy Films home page you can view almost 30,000 alternative, independent, critically acclaimed and educational films. There are over 6,000 films in the Great Courses series here and Kanopy Kids offers educational films for children 2-6. Go to Kanopy Films to learn how to register.

Online Continuing Education Classes

Universal Class provides over 500 online continuing education classes. Udemy classes from Gale with over 20,000 classes is now available.

Please e-mail the library at [email protected] to get your patron number, go to Universal Class or Udemy and enter your library card number to set up a new account.

Vermont Online Library

The Vermont Online Library (VOL) offers a wide array of electronic information databases on a variety of topics geared to a variety of age levels, for both generalists and specialists. The information is produced by known and trusted publishers and licensed by the State of Vermont from the Gale Group. It includes magazines, journals and newspapers. These resources are available to you 24-hours-a-day from not only your participating local library, but your home, your office – or anywhere Internet access is available.

Please e-mail the library at [email protected] to get your patron number, go to Vermont Online Library and enter your library bar code number to set up a new account.


Renew, Reserve & Interlibrary Loan

To renew or reserve an item at the library, or to request an item from Interlibrary Loan, call the library, stop in or fill out the forms below.

Please note: “best-sellers” which have a two-week checkout are non-renewable.

Regular books, audiotapes, videos and magazines may be renewed twice except when the material is “on reserve” for another patron.

Reserve is for a two-week period from the time we process this form.