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Black History Resources for Children and Adults

Black History Resources In celebration of Black History Month, we’ve put together an (abridged!) list of books, music, movies, and other resources about Black History that you can find at the library, or in our digital collections! In addition to the resources below, you can also check out the White Plains Library’s excellent African American…

New Museum Pass Platform

Our Museum pass program allows residents with a valid adult Pelham library card to visit local museums in the area for free. Our museum passes can now be reserved digitally through this site. We have recently switched to this new platform and hope you enjoy it. Some passes must be picked up and returned to…

Digitize Your Family Photos on Time-Warp Tuesdays

With the holidays coming up, now is the perfect time to digitize old family photographs. Bring in your family photos and our librarians will assist you with scanning them to a USB drive using our new high-speed scanner. Appointments are required for a 45-minute session. To learn all of the details and to register, please…

Welcome New Board Member Katie Sheehy

Katie moved to Pelham in the summer of 2018 with her husband, Jim, and their four children. She is currently Counsel at PZ Law Group, a boutique Trusts & Estates law firm in NYC. Prior to her current role, she was the founder of the Law Office of Catherine B. Sheehy and was Of Counsel…

Holiday Hours

As we approach the new year, we wanted to remind everyone of slight alterations to our normal hours. Please see the detailed list of them below. Scheduled Closings: December 18: Closing at 4 pm December 24: Closing at 1 pm December 25: Closed December 31: Closing at 1 pm January 1: Closed…

New Online Resources

We are happy to announce the addition of three new online resources to our collection. Click the link for each to start using them, or check out our full list of online resources here. Mango Languages: Personalized, adaptive language-learning for over 70 world languages, English as a second language courses for speakers from 21 different…

Recycle Holiday Lights at the Library

Bring your burnt-out holiday lights to the Pelham Library and we will make sure they are properly recycled. Collection bin is located by the Carol Place entrance in front of the program room. We will be accepting lights until Friday, January 17.

Congrats to Our Battle of the Books Teams

We are so proud of our teams that competed in this year's Westchester Library System's Battle of the Books tournament! Thank you to our Pelham Library's Forbidden Chapter and Pelham Shelf Slayers teams. We are in awe of your hard work, team building, and stellar attitudes. We're lucky to get to be your librarians.

American Indian/Alaska Native Resource List

American Indian/Alaska Native Resources There is incredible richness and diversity to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) culture and history! This list is only a very brief one, which we hope will launch you on further explorations and learning. If you would like any additional recommendations, our librarians would be happy to share more! At the Library Children …

Chess for Tweens with John Gallagher

Interested in learning how to play chess, or taking your game to the next level? Join John Gallagher for a chess class just for children ages eight to 12! This program will take place in-person at the Library over the course of three sessions: Thursdays, November 7, 14 and 21, 5:30-6:30 pm. You will be…