The reading game for children has been a staple of summers at the Library for years — but why should the kids have all the fun? This year, the Library is launching a summer reading game for adults and teens 9th grade and up. To be part of...
Read moreBookmark: It’s So — You Can Learn to Sew at the Library!
The Town of Pelham Public Library is offering two four-week sewing classes — called “Sew and So” – with sewing machines provided by the Westchester Library System (WLS). The classes, for men and women 16 and up, is being taught by Kate...
Read morePelham Page Turners Go to Semis in Battle of Books, by Matt Michailoff
Every second the team had been practicing came down to one moment—the Fourth Annual Battle of the Books Competition. The Pelham Page Turners, the town’s younger team, had studied for six weeks preparing for this day. The Page Turners, who...
Read moreThe Battle of the Books: The Parents’ Perspective
For the last four years, there’s been a competition each fall in Westchester that has nothing to do with cleats, balls or helmets. It’s the annual Battle of the Books (BOB), in which 18 teams from libraries in the Westchester Library System...
Read moreBookmark: Meet the Library Staff—What You Probably Didn’t Know About Your Favorite Librarians
Maybe you only stop by the Town of Pelham Public Library occasionally, but, nonetheless, the people who work there are probably familiar. They are always ready to help with a school project, give book recommendations, or to teach you how to use...
Read moreBookmark: Two Pelham Teams Competed in Battle of the Books
Do you know how many walking sticks were in King Tut’s tomb? Or what Marie Antoinette’s last words were? The answers are deep within the pages of How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg—and they were just two of...
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