September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, a national campaign to emphasize the importance of library cards to a child’s education and to combat illiteracy. This campaign started in 1987 when then Secretary of Education, William Bennett, stated...
Read moreHispanic and Latin American Resources at the Library
Hispanic and Latin American Resources Children Bodega Cat by Louie Chin Brick by Brick by Heidi Woodward Sheffield Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano Dia de los muertos by Rosanne Thong Dolores Huerta...
Read morePride Month Resources at the Library
Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month with this mix of history, memoirs, resources, romances, and stories where we can see ourselves reflected. You can also browse the Stonewall Book Awards List to find more exceptional books about the LGBTQIA+...
Read moreOur Natural World Book Lists
We have gathered a list of some of our favorite books about the natural world just in time for spring. The new books were graciously donated by the Meehan family and are currently on display at the Library. We thank them for their support. We...
Read moreJuneteenth Resource List
Join The Town of Pelham Public Library as we honor Juneteenth on June 19. Discover the books below exploring African American history including Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the day the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved Black...
Read moreWomen’s History Month Resources at the Library
From queens to anarchists, and from dancers to astronauts (and at least one who was both,) women have been making history since history began. Celebrate Women’s History Month with some of your favorite heroines (both real and fictional), and...
Read moreCNN ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER AND PELHAM RESIDENT CHLOE MELAS TO GIVE AUTHOR TALK AT PELHAM LIBRARY
A suicide mission, aerial warfare, near-starvation, POW internment, and forced “death” marches…these are just a few topics that CNN entertainment reporter and Pelham-resident Chloe Melas will cover when she visits the Pelham Library to tell the...
Read moreLearn “Stop the Bleed” Emergency Techniques
Peter Seifert, a Specialist with the NY Guard will be teaching the American College of Surgeons’ STOP THE BLEED® program here at the Library. In this class, you will learn three quick techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: How...
Read moreWinter Break Fun at the Library
Not sure what to do with your children out of school for the week? Stop by the Library for a fun activity to keep everyone entertained. Check out our calendar or see our list of programs below: Tuesday, February 21st through Friday, February...
Read more50 Authors to Fall in Love With, Recommended By Pelham Book Lovers Courtesy of the Friends of the Library
This is the month for Valentines tucked in shoe boxes, chocolate-covered everything, and maybe, just maybe, falling in love again. Fall in love again, you might think. I’m too old, too jaded—too married!—for that. But the truth is, you can fall...
Read moreAuthor Talk with Rich Zahradnik
Local author and mentor to the Pelham Examiner staff, Rich Zahradnik will be at the Library on Tuesday, January 10th from 7-8:30 pm discussing his new book, The Bone Records. He will be interviewed by a current or former Pelham Examiner...
Read more“Noon” Years Eve Countdown at the Library!
Join us on Saturday, January 31st from 10:30 am to 12 pm for the countdown to twelve o’clock… noon! We’ll have coloring and other activities for the kids. And, for those of us who won’t be staying up to until midnight...
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