Wheaton Public Library: Grow with Us!
You probably won’t be surprised to hear this, but most of the staff at the Wheaton Public Library LOVE to read. Knowing this, we’ve wanted to get a staff blog off the ground for awhile now, and the pandemic has Read more
Award-winning American poet Mary Oliver was once the best-selling poet in the United States (that title now belongs to Rumi). Swan: Poems and prose poems was published in 2010, making it one of her more recent works. I don’t just Read more
Mortician Caitlin Doughty does it again with her second book, this time not about cremation, but still about death, don’t worry! In From Here to Eternity, she reviews her experiences in countries around the world, teaching us what she learned Read more
Spanning decades over the lifespan of the Conroy family, Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House is a difficult, absorbing, fascinating read that was really hard to put down. Told from the perspective of younger brother, Danny, the reader is taken through Read more
The Monopolists explores the fascinating and little-known origins of the board game Monopoly. Though long marketed as the brainchild of an unemployed father during the Great Depression, Monopoly was in fact lifted almost entirely from a game that was invented Read more
Yoshi’s Crafted World is a charming, whimsical video game available for the Nintendo Switch. The player, as Yoshi the dinosaur, moves through a world made up entirely of craft supplies, such as popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, milk cartons, and cereal Read more
During the sheltering-in-place period of late, I’ve had more time to notice birds and like the book title, I have wondered what birds are doing and why. With simple and cleanly rendered paintings, sketches and diagrams (all by the author), Read more
In this riveting behind-the-scenes, three-part DVD series, City in the Sky, one of the many questions asked and answered includes, “What does it take to get a million people and their luggage off the ground and up in the air?” Read more
Presenter Steven Johnson, in this six-part DVD series, takes the viewer on an exploration through the beginning of ideas and the innovators (mostly never heard of) that shaped and created the modern world. Each single titled episode – Clean, Time, Read more
Prominent Astrophysicists, Astronomers, and Scientists including Phil Plait, Michelle Thaller, Lawrence Krauss, Michio Kaku, among others, take viewers on a journey of the incredible, fascinating, and mind-blowing inner workings of the cosmos. Enhanced by stunning and vibrant computer imagery, discover Read more
Looking back on her life on and off the screen, Sally Field brings a mature, sensitive, and poignant reading to her intimate, hauntingly honest, as well as authentic and fresh memoir, In Pieces. She takes us through her personal life Read more