Come in from the cold during the February winter “Mud Week” vacation and play Legos, meet some animals or watch a movie! Below are details on the Library’s afternoon activities on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, February 16, 17...
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If you’ve ever wanted to be part of the Town Library’s Book Club but couldn’t make it out of the house on Thursday nights to attend, there’s a wonderful new option: the “2nd-Friday” Book Club. True to the name, the new club meets on the second...
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Corn fields. Farmers claim that you can hear the corn grow. And the corn does grow – tall and full –so thick that a person can appear or disappear between the rows. In the underpopulated town of Bone Gap, a beautiful girl from Poland appears in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Families. They take care of us and they give us grief, sometimes in equal measure. For Eva, grief has contracted her heart since the death of her father two years ago in a plane accident. Her mother has thrown out every reminder of her father and...
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Join Librarian Lilly to act out “hero” and “heroine” stories, Mondays from 2 – 2:45 p.m. all through July. This program is for children ages 5 – 8, and no registration is required. June 29: Where the Wild Things Are July 6: The Three...
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This summer, the Town of Pelham Public Library will be teeming with heroes—even more so than usual—as it launches its annual Summer Reading Program. The theme for this summer, “Every Hero Has a Story,” will be reflected in activities from late...
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If school is out, than the Summer Reading Program must be beginning! The program — including the ever-popular Summer Reading Game — kicks off at a special event the day after school ends on Friday, June 26 at 2 p.m. The kickoff will...
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At its next meeting, The Book Club will discuss The Submission by Amy Waldman. Waldman, a former New York Times bureau chief, has performed a rare and dangerous feat in writing this post-9/11 novel that has been on multiple “best”...
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