Huntington Branch Library – Shelton Library System

Sunday, June 14, 2026

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June

Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library02June11:00 am11:30 amBaby and MeAges0 - 2 Years Old 11:00 am - 11:30 am

Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library06June12:00 pm2:00 pmAdult Craft with RebeccaNeedle Felt BookmarkAgesAdults 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Organized ByPlumb Memorial LibraryHuntington Branch Library08June10:00 pm11:00 amSummer Reading Kick-Off Partywith Peppa Pig FairyAges0 - 4 Years Old 10:00 pm - 11:00 am

Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library10June1:30 pm2:30 pmDarning and Decoration WorkshopAgesAdults 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library10June5:00 pm6:30 pmPainted Terra Cotta WindchimesAges6 - 11 Years Old 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library11June11:00 am11:30 amToddler TimeAges3 - 5 Years Old 11:00 am - 11:30 am

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Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library16June11:00 am11:30 amBaby and MeAges0 - 2 Years Old 11:00 am - 11:30 am

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Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library25June11:00 am11:30 amToddler TimeAges3 - 5 Years Old 11:00 am - 11:30 am

Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library29June1:00 pm2:00 pmDon’t BUG Me, I’m Reading!Ages3 - 5 Years Old 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library30June11:00 am11:30 amBaby and MeAges0 - 2 Years Old 11:00 am - 11:30 am

July

Event Organized ByHuntington Branch Library15July1:00 pm3:00 pmAdult Craft with RebeccaCrochet Granny Square CoasterAgesAdults 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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New Items at the
Plumb Memorial Library

My Life Is Murder: Series 5

Kate! The Courage, Grace, and Power of the Woman Who Will Be Queen

The Monk's Mindset: Finding Stillness in a World That Won't Stop Moving

View from the East Wing: A Memoir

A Sheepdog Named Oscar: Love and Companionship in Rural Ireland

Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance

Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days

Don’t Tell the President: The Best, Worst, and Mostly Untold Stories from Presidential Advance

The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made

Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter

AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter

What Would Reagan Do?: Life Lessons from the Last Great President

Dandelion

The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook: 650 Recipes for Everything You'll Ever Want to Make

The Land and Its People: Essays

The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living

No Dumb Questions: And All of Our Dumbest Answers

On Witness and Respair: Essays

Who's the Favorite? The Loving, Messy Realities of Sibling Relationships

A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future

My Life Is Murder: Series 5

DVDs

My Life Is Murder: Series 5

From shady aquariums and elite cheer squads to creepy dolls and deadly island getaways, sharp-witted investigator Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless) tackles her most perplexing and personal case yet as old foes resurface and new secrets threaten those she loves

Kate! The Courage, Grace, and Power of the Woman Who Will Be Queen

Biographies & Memoirs

Kate! The Courage, Grace, and Power of the Woman Who Will Be Queen

By Christopher Andersen. The definitive portrait of Kate Middleton, the beloved and private Princess of Wales, tracing her rise from “commoner” to queen-in-waiting, with all the scandals and challenges along the way, from #1 New York Times bestselling royal biographer Christopher Andersen, author of

The Monk's Mindset: Finding Stillness in a World That Won't Stop Moving

Biographies & Memoirs

The Monk's Mindset: Finding Stillness in a World That Won't Stop Moving

By Sam Yo. The Monk's Mindset blends memoir and practical wisdom, offering emotional insight and transformative tools to guide you back to presence, purpose, and peace—perfect for fans of Jay Shetty, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Robin Sharma.From West End stages to a Thai monastery and now the global Peloton

View from the East Wing: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

View from the East Wing: A Memoir

By Jill Biden. A novelist once wrote, “There are stories one must tell, and years when one must tell them.” Jill Biden’s time to discuss her four years in the White House is now.Jill Biden became First Lady at a complicated moment in US history, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the shadow

A Sheepdog Named Oscar: Love and Companionship in Rural Ireland

Biographies & Memoirs

A Sheepdog Named Oscar: Love and Companionship in Rural Ireland

By Dara Waldron. A moving memoir of grief, healing, and the unbreakable bond between man and dog, set against the lush backdrop of rural Ireland.After the sudden loss of his father, film scholar and father of two boys, Dara Waldron finds unexpected solace in Ireland's East Clare region. There, on an

Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance

Business & Investing

Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance

By Laura Vanderkam. A beloved productivity expert's mind-opening and schedule-expanding guide to making the most of every hour.Many of us have an adversarial relationship with time. We're always trying to beat the clock―behavior rooted in a fear that time is scarce and must be obsessed over, hoarded,

Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days

History

Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days

By Blair LM Kelley. The first fully illustrated history of Juneteenth and other Emancipation Day celebrations, told through photographs, art, and an engrossing narrative from an award-winning historian.For more than 150 years, Black communities have gathered to honor freedom, resilience, and the ongoing

Don’t Tell the President: The Best, Worst, and Mostly Untold Stories from Presidential Advance

History

Don’t Tell the President: The Best, Worst, and Mostly Untold Stories from Presidential Advance

By Jean Becker and Tom Collamore. Two former staffers to President George H. W. Bush bring together the most harrowing and hilarious stories behind presidential events over the past sixty years—from the Rose Garden to Air Force One, foreign trips to the campaign trail—detailing the art of preparation

The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made

History

The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made

By Caroline Hallemann. Two iconic dynasties—the Kennedys and the Windsors—whose glamour and ambition defined an era.** For fans of FX’s new Ryan Murphy limited series Love Story. **For nearly a century, two families an ocean apart have captured the world’s collective imagination: the British Windsors

Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter

Science

Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter

By Neil deGrasse Tyson. America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials.“Ever

AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter

Society

AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter

By Josh Tyrangiel. In contrast to the wave of noisy polemics around AI, AI For Good explores how, in practice, it can actually improve our lives and tells the stories of everyday citizens at the forefront of this new “AI entrepreneurship.”AI is often framed as a force of radical transformation, either

What Would Reagan Do?: Life Lessons from the Last Great President

Society

What Would Reagan Do?: Life Lessons from the Last Great President

By Chris Christie and Ellis Henican. With the nation badly divided and the two major parties on a bitter collision course, what can we learn from America’s last great president?A lot, says New York Times bestselling author and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie. In What Would Reagan Do?, Christie

The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook: 650 Recipes for Everything You'll Ever Want to Make

Cooking, Food & Wine

The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook: 650 Recipes for Everything You'll Ever Want to Make

The perfect for-two cookbook for newlyweds, college graduates, and empty nesters, the 10th anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller—almost 600,00 sold—is updated with more than 100 new recipes, new photography, and updated equipment buying recommendations.The hardcover gift edition of the

The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living

Home & Garden

The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living

By Martha Stewart. Step inside the world of Martha Stewart and discover her timeless approach to living well. The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living is a thoughtfully crafted guide to the foundational principles that shape a well-kept, inspired life. With her signature clarity

No Dumb Questions: And All of Our Dumbest Answers

Sports

No Dumb Questions: And All of Our Dumbest Answers

By Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce. Jason and Travis Kelce—brothers, Super Bowl champions, and New Heights podcast hosts—tackle their first book, No Dumb Questions, where the 92%ers get in on the fun to ask questions about sports, science, relationships, and whatever category “how many holes does a straw

Who's the Favorite? The Loving, Messy Realities of Sibling Relationships

Parenting & Family

Who's the Favorite? The Loving, Messy Realities of Sibling Relationships

By Catherine Carr. An award-winning documentarian and host of the popular Relatively podcast delivers the definitive book about siblings—often the longest relationships of our lives, and the least acknowledged.For many people, relationships with brothers and sisters last a lifetime, spanning decades.

A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future

Professional & Technical

A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future

By Robert Wachter. From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Digital Doctor comes an engaging, clear-eyed, and ultimately hopeful examination of healthcare's efforts to embrace generative artificial intelligence.In A Giant Leap, physician and thought leader Robert Wachter navigates between

New Items at the
Huntington Branch Library

Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria

Where the Earth Meets the Sky: A Story of Penguins, People, and Place in Antarctica

Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World

The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy

The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War

Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A.

The Rolling Stones: The Biography

Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and the New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being

Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way to Boost Your Health and Longevity―One Step at a Time

The Midnight Train

Whistler

Dungeons and Danger

The Brothers McKay

Puck

The Scot's Seduction

The Children

The Right Call

The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur

Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria

Biographies & Memoirs

Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria

By Loubna Mrie. Every day at school, Loubna Mrie pledged allegiance to Bashar al-Assad. His portrait hung over every blackboard, and her textbooks reminded her that without the president, Syria would fall into chaos. Her family, part of the Alawite minority that ruled the country, revered him. Her grandfather

Where the Earth Meets the Sky: A Story of Penguins, People, and Place in Antarctica

Biographies & Memoirs

Where the Earth Meets the Sky: A Story of Penguins, People, and Place in Antarctica

By Louise K. Blight. Set in the coldest, most inaccessible landscape on the planet, this is the story of a female scientist navigating Antarctica's extreme wilderness, revealing how nature can heal the human soul.Where the Earth Meets the Sky is a chronicle of Louise's time working in the most isolated

Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World

History

Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World

By Patrick Wyman. The creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity's deep past, showing us how our world was built not by inevitability, but by trial and error on a global scale.There's a familiar story about us humans: we went from hunting and gathering to farming, wandering

The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy

History

The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy

By Steven J. Ross. From the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Hitler in Los Angeles, the definitive story of the rise and fall of hate groups in America from 1945 until the late 1970s, and of the intrepid activists and spies who brought them down.Americans today like to believe that the end of World

The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War

Society

The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War

By James Verini. In the tradition of John Hersey's Hiroshima, a terse and piercing look at a critical episode in the Ukraine War, from the award-winning author of They Will Have to Die Now.In March of 2022, three weeks after invading Ukraine, Russian forces bombed the shelter housed in the Donetsk Regional

Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A.

Society

Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A.

By Jonathan Vigliotti. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti's searing firsthand account of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the failures that fueled the catastrophe, and the high-stakes battle over how the city will rebuild ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games.In Torched, Vigliotti brings readers inside

Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and the New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being

Health, Mind & Body

Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and the New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being

By Manoush Zomorodi. From the award-winning journalist and TED Radio Hour host comes a timely investigation into how screens and sitting are reshaping our bodies―and how a simple shift can change everything.In today's world, a normal day means sitting in front of a screen for eight to ten hours. Meeting

Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way to Boost Your Health and Longevity―One Step at a Time

Health, Mind & Body

Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way to Boost Your Health and Longevity―One Step at a Time

By Courtney Conley and Milica McDowell. A celebration, exploration, and practical guide to one of the surprising key pillars of health and indicators of longevity—walking—by two foot health experts Drs. Courtney Conley and Milica McDowell. Did you know… Your risk of falls and overall longevity can be

The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur

Comics & Graphic Novels

The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur

By Allan Wolf. The strange, true tale of a Louisiana lake that vanished—taking with it every fish below and every boat and barge above—told in a gripping and accessible graphic format.Home to catfish and crawdads, shrimp and spoonbills, even a gator or two, Lake Peigneur—pronounced “your pain,” only

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