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Goodnow Library announces return to limited in-person use COURTESY OF THE GOODNOW LIBRARY Goodnow Library wishes to inform the public about its successful return to limited in-person service recently and announces an addition of Saturday hours. More than 100 total patrons visited the Library on April 6 and 8, marking the first time in more than a year that the library was able to open due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “I sat at the greeter table all day and it was wonderful to welcome folks back to the library,” Library Director Esmé Green said. “People were so happy. We hope to pr...

Goodnow Library announces Funniest Children's Book Contest winner Community Content The Goodnow Library Children's Department recently announced the winner of its “Battle of the Funny Books” to crown the "all-time funniest" children’s book or series in the world. After four weeks of competition, “The Book with No Pictures,” by B.J. Novak, was selected as winner of the tournament by members of the Goodnow Library community. It received 60.7% of the vote, more than second-place finisher “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” by Jeff Kinney, with 39.3%. The Children’s Department selected eight ...

Here are the most-borrowed books of 2020 from Sudbury's Goodnow Library SUDBURY — Ann Patchett's novel, "The Dutch House," tops the list of the most-borrowed books from the Goodnow Library in 2020. The book is a family saga centering on a brother and sister over the span of five decades. Siblings Danny and Maeve are exiled from the eponymous Dutch House — the ornate mansion where they grew up — by their stepmother after their father dies. They are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped and must rely on each other to survive. The list, which includes literary fiction, man...