Newton Free Library
The Newton Free Library has been recognized as one of the top five libraries in the country within its population category. Offering something for everyone, the outstanding collection includes traditional resources (books, magazines, dvds, vhs, cds, books on tape, books on cd) and a variety of online databases. The databases are offered both in the Library and on a remote basis via the website (www.newtonfreelibrary.net).
Reference questions can be answered in person, on the telephone or by email. Newton Free Library patrons can also use in MassAnswers, a 24/7 reference service.
There are computers for public use at the Main Library and the four branches. At the Main Library there is wireless access to the Internet.
Consult the website for the schedule of lectures, exhibits and musical performances. Museum passes are also available.
Newton Free
Children's Room
Welcome to the Newton Free Library Children's Room Website! Our collections
include fiction and non-fiction, picture books, easy reader and beginning
chapter books, folk and fairy tales, foreign language books, circulating
and non-circulating reference books, and a professional collection. We provide
lists of recommended books, by grade level and subject, and our librarians
are always happy to help you find just the right book.
For more than 150 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public
library service in America with revolutionary ideas and famous firsts. Established
in 1848, the BPL was the first publicly supported municipal library in America,
the first public library to lend a book, the first to have a branch library
and the first to have a children’s room. Today, the BPL boasts 27
neighborhood branches, free Internet access, two unique restaurants, an
award-winning website and an online store featuring reproductions of the
BPL’s priceless photographs and artwork. Each year, the BPL hosts
nearly 5000 programs, answers more than one million reference questions
and serves millions of people in its National Historic Landmark McKim Building
in Copley Square. All of its programs and exhibits are free and open to
the public. At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning
