See below for what the Library’s new elementary school-aged book clubs are reading this December! First-Grade Book Club: Emily’s First 100 Days of School Monday, December 10, 4:30 – 5 p.m. The club is focusing on Emily’s First 100...
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The Library’s e-resources are worth browsing any time of the year — but during this celebratory time, they may be especially valuable as we desire books, movies and music specific to the season. Go to OverDrive, Freegal, Kanopy or...
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K-day is coming! The Pelham Public Library’s K-Day is an annual event, held during Library card sign-up month, when children entering kindergarten can get their first library cards. This year, it will be held on Saturday September 29th from...
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July is the perfect month for making sun prints, which use the light of the sun to “print” images on to paper. This month, the Library is offering sun print programs for both children and adults — come to just one, or attend all...
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Armchair traveler? Come to the Library and transport yourself to Myanmar (Burma), at this Library program on Monday, July 16 from 7 – 9 p.m.! Featuring the photography of long-time Pelham resident and travel photographer Eric Wessman...
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Pelham Reads Oz is almost here, kicking off with “OzFest” kickoff on Saturday, November 4! In addition to many activities at the Town of Pelham Public Library, The Picture House will also hold Pelham Reads Oz events on November 4 and 5, and the...
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(Since 2013, Pelham Reads! has been a biennial, community-wide celebration of stories as told through literature, art and film. The events series is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Town of Pelham Public Library, the Pelham Library, The Picture...
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Among its other charms, summer is a great time to read books, as some of the demands of the rest of the year temporarily fade away. With that in mind, the Bookmark often devotes one of its summer columns to books Pelhamites love. As the theme of...
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On Saturday, October 15, teens and children representing the Town of Pelham Public Library once again competed in the Battle of the Books. The competition, now in its third year, pitted Pelham’s two teams — the Pelham Page Turners and the...
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Eighty years ago, a nickel was worth something. One nickel could buy candy, a ticket to a movie, and real food for a meal. It was during the Great Depression, and life was far from ideal even in Key West, Florida. Huge mounds of smelly garbage...
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The following post is from the blog of Blake Bell, Town of Pelham Historian, and was originally published on Monday, June 6, 2016: The building that houses today’s Town of Pelham Public Library located at 530 Colonial Avenue at the...
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As surely as summer means sunny days, late twilights and days by the water, it also means an exciting Summer Reading Program at the Library and the opportunity for kids to read books just for fun. If they read enough books, they can even win...
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