Cook Memorial Library

Tamworth, NH

Ethiopia Reads

Yohannes Gebregeorgis is standing on the left of the donkey bookmobile in his tan hat.
Recently Nancy Hafkin who presented a library program in October, returned from a trip to Ethiopia. While there, she encountered a wonderful library on four feet, the donkey mobile, the brainchild of Yohannes Gebregeorgis. Gebregeorgis, an Ethiopian educated in the [...]

Ebay Program POSTPONED to March 4th

Did you ever look at the old stuff around your house and say, “Wow I bet if I knew how, I could make a ton of money selling this on E-bay”? Well here’s your chance to learn how!
Come to the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth on Tuesday, March 4th at 7:00 pm, to learn more [...]

March and April Programs

Monday, March 3rd
Secret Life of Words, ACT film series, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 4th, 1 p.m.
Chalk Talk Storytime with Nat Scrimshaw.
Monday, March 10th
Into the Wild, ACT film series, 7pm.
Wednesday, March 12th
Brown Bag book discussion of Wicked, by Gregory Maguire, led by Lynne Clough, is rescheduled for 12:30.
Saturday, March 15th
Ukranian Egg Dyeing with Nicole Maher-Whiteside, 9 a.m. [...]

Chalk Talk Storytime

Chalk Talk Storytime with Nat Scrimshaw at 1 p.m. The Margret and H.A. Rey Center in Waterville Valley continues a tradition that many remember fondly from years past; Hans Rey’s “chalk-talks,” interactive drawing sessions for children. Hans would draw poster-sized drawings while telling a story, giving away the
drawings afterwards.
Hans and his wife Margret were authors [...]

Scholarship Forms Available at the Library

We have three scholarship forms available at the library: Tamworth Scholarship applications are for Tamworth residents (deadline: April 19, 2008). Dollars for Scholars are for residents of Mt. Washington Valley (deadline: March 31st, 2008.) Altrusa International, Inc for post-secondary education is for “non-traditional” students 23 and older (deadline: March 28th, 2008.)
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New date for Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

This program was postponed last week, on a snowy Wednesday. The new date is Wednesday, February 20th. The library will host award winning illustrator and author Ted Walsh at 6:30 p.m. for a talk on wolf behavior. Walsh has studied the wolf in myth and legend in North America and Europe for several decades. [...]

Artist of the Month, Feb & Mar, 2008

Nicole Maher, longtime resident of Wonalancet is our Artist of the Month for February and March. Nicole is exhibiting colorful oils of local landscapes, flowers and still lifes.
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Why are Birds in North America Disappearing?

This video cast entitled “Why are the Birds Disappearing?” was posted on the Tamworth Exchange by several members. It’s a 15-minute wake up call about “the state of our environment and the fragility of our planet.” I’m posting it here to illustrate the library’s collection of bird books. For those who love birds, we have [...]

Colette is featured on the Writer’s Almanac, Jan 28th

It’s the birthday of the French novelist Colette, (books by this author) born Sidonie Gabrielle Colette in Saint-Sauver-en-Puisaye, France (1873). She is best known as the author of Cheri (1920) and Gigi (1945), but Colette published over 50 novels in her lifetime, many of them autobiographical.
Colette’s first books are known as the Claudine series, and [...]