For Pelham Reads Activities, see below. For the full Bookmark story explaining how Alice in Wonderland came to be, scroll down. PELHAM READS ALICE ACTIVITIES “AliceFest” Kickoff Family Extravaganza Saturday, November 7, 1:30 – 4:30...
Read moreSecond-Friday Book Club to Discuss “Museum of Extraordinary Things”
Can’t make it to the Library’s Thursday night After-Dark Book Club? You’ll be pleased to know that the Library has formed a Second-Friday Book Club, which meets on the second Friday of each month at 10:30 a.m., discussing both fiction and...
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...
Read moreHomework Help Every Tuesday and Thursday at 3:30 p.m.!
The Library’s Homework Help program is every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the school year from 3:30 – 4:45 p.m., except on days when school is not in session. The program is for children in grades 1 – 8 with help (not tutoring) provided...
Read moreJuvenile Book Review: “Nooks and Crannies” by Jessica Lawson
Take one almost twelve-year-old girl, her dearest and only friend Pemberley, a mouse, and a very detailed reading of the mystery novels of Percival Pensive. and you’ve got a really good mystery with murder, money, and mayhem. In Nooks and...
Read moreSecond-Friday Book Club Discusses “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat”
Can’t make it to the Library’s Thursday night After-Dark Book Club? You’ll be pleased to know that the Library has formed a Second-Friday Book Club, which meets on the second Friday of each month at 10:30 a.m., discussing both fiction and...
Read moreCaregivers, Soon-to-Be-Retirees and Seniors Are Invited to “Demystifying Medicare and Senior Heathcare,” on October 22
Are you the caregiver of an elderly parent, relative or friend? On the verge of retirement? Or a senior trying to figure out how to navigate the complicated healthcare landscape? Then come to this special presentation on Thursday, October 22...
Read moreIt’s Banned Books Week — Borrow One of Them at The Library!
This week, through Saturday, October 3, is the American Library Association’s annual Banned Books Week, which highlights books that have been challenged or outright banned — and celebrates the freedom to read. Come to the Library and...
Read more“Ragtime” Launches 2nd-Friday Book Club in October
Can’t make it to the Library’s Thursday night After-Dark Book Club? You’ll be pleased to know that the Library is now forming the 2nd-Friday Book Club, which will meet the second Friday of each month at 10:30 a.m., discussing...
Read moreBookmark: As the Pelham Library Turns 20, Here’s How It Started
By Catharine P. Taylor It can be easy to take a local institution such as the Town of Pelham Public Library for granted. “Every town has a library, right?” But many newer residents may not know it was a decades-long effort for the Town of...
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