For additional information on the following events, please see our Calendar of Events.
Holiday Closure
Sunday, May 27 and Monday, May 28
The library will be closed for Memorial Day.
Teachable Tuesdays at Night
May 22 at 7:00 p.m. - Ebooks at the Library
Sign up online for these free events.
Russell Leen Speaker Series:
David Macaulay, Author & Illustrator
Thursday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Macaulay is probably best known for a very thick book called The Way Things Work (1988). Co-authored by Neil Ardley, this exhaustively researched compendium presents the hows and whys of much of the technology we take for granted. It was followed by Black and White (1990), a considerably slimmer volume and winner of the 1991 Caldecott Medal.
Monthly Events:
Free Friday Films
Friday, June 8 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Sign up online for this free event. Join us on the first Friday of the month to watch a great Blu Ray movie on the big screen with stereo sound. We'll provide snacks, too.
Due to licensing restrictions we cannot publish the movie titles on our Web site. Please visit or call the library for more information.
Films are rated PG-13 or R. No one under 13 (17 for R rating) without a parent, please.
Library Daytime Book Discussion Group
Monday, June 11 at 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Join us for our monthly book discussion. Copies of the book are available at the reference desk. Sign up online.
Library Evening Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, June 19 at 7 p.m.
Join us for our monthly book discussion. Copies of the book are available at the reference desk. Sign up online.
Titles our book groups have been reading.
Scrabble® Anyone?
Wednesday, June 13 at 7 p.m.
Like to play Scrabble® or other word games? Join other word game enthusiasts on the second Wednesday of each month. All ages are welcome to come and play!
Have you read a good book lately? We have added an exciting feature to the library catalog. Just click on "Write a review" for any title, then simply register with an email address and password. You can then post your reviews and "star" ratings, and read other patron's reviews of any title. Start sharing your reviews and ratings today!
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Museum Passes
Use your Bedford library card and PIN to reserve a museum pass online to a wide variety of museums in New Hampshire and Boston.
Online Language Learning
Mango Languages' online language-learning system focuses on teaching conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Each lesson combines real-life situations and audio from native speakers. For additional fonts, see this link to download and this link for instructions.
Important information about Penguin ebooks titles: Changes to Kindle lending from Penguin and Transferring Kindle content via USB.Use your library card to download the free software and browse through the collection of books at http://nh.lib.overdrive.com. For more information, view this slide show on using eBooks on Macs and Nooks. Please refer to the NH Downloadable Books blog for more hints on getting started.
eBooks for Kids
Tumble Books - eBooks for eKids has animated, talking picture books, including books to learn French, Spanish, and other languages, plus puzzles and games.
Welcome to the
Bedford Public Library
3 Meetinghouse Road
Bedford, NH 03110
(603) 472-2300
fax (603) 472-2978
Email
the library
Mary Ann Senatro, Library Director
Library Hours
Monday - Thursday:
9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday:
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday (Sept. - June):
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Sunday (Sept. - June):
1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
New Arrivals
New Titles list are now available for browsing in the Library Catalog!
Bedford (NH) Public Library
