Dream Big Read

Coming right up for Kids: July 10: 3-5 pm Come Tie Dye a T-shirt July 11: 3-5 pm Calligraphy. Sign up ahead! July 18, 2:30 pm Tin Mountain’s Owls (for everyone) Dream Big:READ! is the theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program. Throughout the summer, there will be plenty of activities for all ages. Our [...]

The Snake Guy Cometh

Yesterday the Snake Guy, Josh Wiggin, brought two huge albino pythons to the library. Fifty-five people, mostly kids, came to see and handle them. I’m not much of a snake lover but the kids were in heaven (not sure about the snakes).

Author Michael Tougias presents “Overboard”

Author Michael Tougias will appear at the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth on Wednesday, July 13th at 7:00 to give a slide presentation on his new book, Overboard! A True Bluewater Odyssey of Disaster and Survival. The program, sponsored in part by the New Hampshire Humanities Council, is free and open to the public. This [...]

One World Many Stories

Calling All World Travelers! Hop on board and join Cook Memorial Library’s 2011 summer reading program, One World, Many Stories. Each week, keep track of the time you spend reading. Your aim is to have 1120 minutes by the end of 8 weeks. That makes the goal 140 minutes a week or 20 minutes a [...]

Here we go round the Maypole!

Create your own illustrated story

April 11th-15th is National Library Week and this year the theme is Create Your Own Story @ the Library. Kids in grade 3-6 are invited to participate in a 3-part art program. Think about an event or activity in your life that is or was important to who you are. This might be a family [...]

Ping Pong Tournament in July

Tamworth Summer Ping Pong Tournament Guidelines The contest is open to all ages and will be singles games only.  Players rank themselves in one of three categories: Beginner, Some Experience, and Pretty Good.  The library staff makes the brackets.  Players arrange with each other when to play their games at the library and reserve their [...]

Night time Storytime

Here are the stuffed animals sleeping peacefully at the library. Amy and Marion will lead a Night Time Story Time on Wednesday evening, November 18th at 6:30pm. Kids age 4 and up can come in their pj’s and bring a stuffed animal to hold while listening to stories. Call Amy at the library at 323-8510 [...]

Babysitters' Training Workshop

Babysitter’s Training class is on Saturday, October 24th from 9-4 This is for kids ages 11-15 and the cost is $45 per child.

Robert Rivest, comic mime

On Tuesday, August 4th at 4 p.m., the library presents Robert Rivest, a comic mime artist, in a show called “Laughter is the Best Medicine.” Rivest has presented more than 4,000 performances in 11 countries in Europe, Africa, and across the United States. A student of Marcel Marceau, he trained for more than 10 years [...]