How to choose your Beebe book club

Consider this your autumn crafting pep talk

Don't read these books!

(Listen to them instead)

Don't Just Wing It

Use Birds of the World!

Making their debut this season

Help! What should I read next?

Personalized reading suggestions for the summer and beyond

History of the Horribles

Summer Happenings

for Adults

Music Bingo

Say Anything About Libraries

Alternative Beach Reads

For the Gloomy and Mysterious

Audiobooks are Reading Too

So you want to search the digital Daily Item

Transgender Day of Visibility

Board Games 101

Black History Month

A Look Back at the History of Wakefield's 4th of July Parade

Celebrate World Read Aloud Day

February 4, 2026

Extra, Extra!

Newspapers (now including WSJ) at the Library

Rethinking New Year’s Resolutions

Lucius Beebe on Display

(No, not that one!)

Cozy, Creative, and Close to Home

Fun Things to Do Over Winter Break

New Cookbooks

Find Something Different for Your Holiday Table

November is National Adoption Month

Showing Up Late to the Louise Penny Party

Banned Books Week 2025

“Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”

The New-Look Catalog

Our catalog has a new look, with many new features and a user-friendly interface.

One Card, Endless Possibilities

Celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month this September

Fall at the Library

More Than Just Pumpkin Spice!

Discover Award-Winning Reads

A Guide to Annual Book Awards

Birds of the World

New Online Resource

Discover Summer Adventures

with Beebe Library’s Museum Passes

Buy the Book!

How Libro.fm Supports Local Bookstores and Your Library Habit

Letters Home: A Local Soldier's Civil War Story

Hidden treasures in the library archive

Dark Reads for Mother's Day

Thirteen haunting, heartbreaking, and beautifully unsettling books about mothers, motherhood, and the many ways families can break—or survive.

Reading Myths and Misconceptions

There are so many myths and misconceptions about how, what, and why people read.

Women's History Month

Each March, we observe Women’s History Month to recognize and celebrate the contributions, achievements, and impact of women throughout history.

Reading Relationships

Check out your favorite book - a recent one or a childhood fav - and share it aloud, on a regular basis with someone close to you.

Massachusetts Center for the Book: 2025 Reading Challenge

Rediscover the joy of reading

Language Learning at the Library

Whether you or someone you know is trying to learn English or another language, the library is working hard to meet all language learners’ needs.

Staff Picks 2024

Do you ever wonder what the library staff reads all year? Here's a list of titles and the staff member who recommends them.

Thanksgiving Things to Do (with love from your library)

The library has plenty of options for everyone, whatever your situation this holiday season.

From the Page to the Screen

Upcoming adaptations for the big and small screens.

Banned Books Week, September 22 to 28, 2024

Freed Between The Lines

Fall Library Programs

September isn’t just the start of a new school year, it’s the beginning of a new programming season for adults at Beebe Library.

Library Card Sign-Up Month

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month - do YOU have a card? (If not, start here!)

Memory-Keeping: Preserving and Sharing Wakefield’s History

A grant progress report

The Rich History of Appalachia: 8 Books to Read While You Wait for Hillbilly Elegy

Beebe Library has purchased more copies of Hillbilly Elegy to keep up with the demand, but in the meantime, we have other reading recommendations–fiction and nonfiction–so you can learn more about Appalachia.

The Journey of the Library Book

Have you ever requested a book that has come from another NOBLE library? Here is the story of the book’s trip via our transit bins.

Plaza Jazz Returns!

Beebe Library is delighted to announce the return of our much-loved Plaza Jazz series. Concerts begin July 11 and continue every Thursday from 6 PM to 8 PM through August 29, on the Plaza in front of the library.

Summer Buzz

Your Librarians Pick Their Favorite Summer Books

Pride Booklist

Check out our Fiction and Nonfiction suggestions for learning about and celebrating Pride!

New Video Highlights Grant-Funded History Project

Recently we launched our year-long project called Memory-Keeping: Preserving and Sharing Wakefield’s History.

Tour the Library’s Art Collection

We invite you to pick up a copy of the brochure and take a self-guided tour through the building.

English Conversation Group

English learners of all levels are welcome!

The Book Drop

Behind the scenes at the Beebe

2024 Reading Challenge

12 books, 12 months - are you ready to read?

Things We Loved in 2023

Books, Movies, and TV your Beebe Librarians loved in 2023.

Little Free Pantries

'Tis the season of giving

Local Author Fair 2023

The 2nd annual Local Author Fair is coming to the Beebe Library

Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover. Or do.

This blog post is brought to you by a librarian who went down a rabbit hole. Please, join me there.

BeebeCon: The Library Meets the Geeky Realm

Learn more about our upcoming, 5th annual comic-con

Meet the Staff!

Choose your fighter with these trading card-styled mini bios

NoveList: A Great Resource for What to Read Next

Your next great read is just clicks away

Library Card Sign-Up Month

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month - do YOU have a card?

Local History Spotlight

Behind a door in the library that few enter, lives the history of Wakefield

Literary Adaptations

Check out our favorite and upcoming screen adaptations of popular books

2023 Massachusetts Reading Challenge

What should you read next? Take a look at August's reading challenge for inspiration

Wakefield's Hot 100

Take a look at the top 100 most borrowed books of 2023

Women's World Cup 2023

The stage is set, the players are ready, and history is waiting to be made. The biggest stage for women's soccer is here.

July is Graphic Novels in Libraries Month!

Visual stories, portable art

Citizen Science: NYTimes Birding Project

Helping to save the birds from your own backyard.