If you like to eat, cook, garden, reduce your carbon footprint, read, walk, enjoy nature, think, dream, learn, talk with friends and neighbors, or just hang out . . .

Join us September 9 through October 8 as we read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by best-selling author Barbara Kingsolver with husband Steven L. Hopp and daughter Camille Kingsolver. The book describes the family's adventures eating locally-produced food for one year, relying in part on food they grew or raised on their farm in southern Appalachia. You probably know Barbara Kingsolver – she wrote the novels Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer, The Bean Trees, and Animal Dreams.


We hope you will participate in One Book One Belmont by reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle . . . attending a book discussion . . . talking about the book with family and friends . . . adding locally-grown foods to your diet. . . supporting local farms, farmers' markets, restaurants, and businesses . . . commenting on the entries in this blog. . . or attending one of our exciting events.

The Belmont Public Library would like to express appreciation to the Friends of the Library and the many other groups, individuals, and businesses who have helped and contributed to One Book One Belmont. The 14 co-sponsoring organizations in particular organized their own events or helped by providing volunteers, publicity, and other assistance. The program also is supported in part by a grant from the Belmont Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.