Hello There!
Welcome to the Owl's Nest Blog from the Westbury Children's Library, officially known as Children's Library - Robert Bacon Memorial. If you've visited us before, you may have noticed the bust over the fireplace. It is a portrait of former Secretary of...
Weekly Community Meetings for Westbury Schools
The Westbury School District is holding weekly meetings updating the community on COVID-19. Please join them at this link every Thursday at 5:30 PM with any questions you may have.
Hoopla at the Westbury Library!
Patrons of the Westbury library now have access to Hoopla. Hoopla allows users to digitally borrow books, videos, music, audiobooks, and more on their smartphones, computers, and tablets. More information can be found here
Westbury Library Youtube Tutorials
The Westbury Library has added several tutorials to our Youtube channel. Our five newest videos, made with help from the Westbury High School National Honors Society help students and adults learn several smartphone and web applications for both scholastic and...
Our November/December 2020 newsletter is now available! View the PDF here.
Librarian’s Pick: The Orphan Collector – Ellen Marie Wiseman
"From the author of What She Left Behind, an astonishingly timely, powerful tale of resilience and hope set in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak—the deadly pandemic that went on to infect one-third of the world’s population. It’s the perfect read for...
Librarian’s Pick: This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing – Jacqueline Winspear
"After fifteen novels in her beloved Maisie Dobbs series, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her memoir tackles such difficult,...
Librarian’s Pick: Memorial – Bryan Washington
"It sometimes feels like romantic relationships are becoming harder and harder to navigate. Meeting someone, getting to know them, constantly finding ways to communicate about everything, searching for common ground, trying and failing to move forward or take a leap...
Librarian’s Pick: Black Sun – Rebecca Roanhorse
"In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant...
Librarian’s Pick: The Invention of Murder – Judith Flanders
"In this fascinating exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction. Murder in Britain in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder...
Librarian’s Pick: The Year of the Witching – Alexis Henderson
"A young woman living in a rigid, repressive society discovers dark powers within herself, with terrifying and far-reaching consequences, in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut. In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore'svery...