New Hampshire State Library

05/07/2026

05/04/2026

New Hampshire Talking Books welcomed the staff from Moultonborough Public Library (NH) on Friday. They toured the facility, had questions answered about what is offered at Talking Books, and how they can help connect more of their community members with the services of Talking Books. Thanks so much for the visit!

Contact Deb Dutcher, Accessible Services Consultant at:
603-271-2865 or [email protected] to set up your own tour of the facility. Open hours are: Mon-Fri 8-4 pm.

04/20/2026

New Hampshire librarians came out this past Saturday to participate in story times for children and families in the NH Fish and Game Education tent during the Discover Wild NH Day!

Thank you to the librarians that participated —you made NH librarians & libraries proud!!!

Laura Stevens (Salem/Kelley)
Sandy Sonnichsen (Goshen)
Kayla Morin-Riordan (Goodwin/Farmington)
Jennifer Frenkiewich (Londonderry)
Boo Hill and Veronika Sokol (Fitzwilliam)
Ray Fontaine (Derry)
Becca Crocket Thornhill (Sandown)
Tricia Thomas (Sandown)
Kristen Buckman (Raymond)
Deb Dutcher (NH State Library)

04/16/2026

The Library of Congress is celebrating National Library Week (April 19-25) with Card Catalog Kiosks Across the Country! These kiosks help remind library patrons – especially during National Library Week – that the Library of Congress is a library for all. The front of each drawer of the kiosks includes the name of a Library of Congress service or program. Inside each of the 15 drawers is a card containing a brief description of the featured initiative, along with a QR code leading to the page on the Library’s website that contains more information.
Come check out your local Library of Congress Card Catalog Kiosk in the NH Author's Room at the New Hampshire State Library!
Click here for more details about the project: https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-celebrates-national-library-week-with-card-catalog-kiosks-across-the-country/s/6ab477da-be51-4109-8984-e7d435afc055?loclr=ealn

04/03/2026

In case you hadn't heard.... the 2026 Ladybug Picture Book Award nominees are:

-Aggie and the Ghost by Matthew Forsythe
-Broken by X. Fang
-Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey R. Tabor
-The Day the Books Disappeared by Joanna Ho, et. al
-Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat
-If I Built a Town by Chris Van Dusen
-The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood & LeUyen Pham
-Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale From a Little Cave by Drew Beckmeyer
-The Wild Robot on the Island by Peter Brown

Based on two rounds of voting by New Hampshire's library community, we have chosen The Ladybug Picture Book Award finalists for the 2026 La...

12/22/2025

New Hampshire children have chosen The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz as the winner of the 2025 Ladybug Picture Book Award!

New Hampshire children have chosen The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz as the winner of the 2025 Ladybug Picture Book Award! There were 2...