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39th Annual Plant Sale!

39th Annual Plant Sale!

  Saturday, May 19th, at the Bowdoinham Town Hall, 9:00 to 4:00, Perennials, Herbs, Vegetables and Annual seedlings, trees and shrubs. For more information or to volunteer, call Cathy Reynolds at 837-7630, or Kate Cutko at the library: 666-8405…. Continue Reading

Mud Season in Bowdoinham

Mud Season in Bowdoinham

A little bit of Bowdoinham dirt, a touch of water, some good kids and a good readaloud book was all the inspiration we needed for turning Storytime into Mudtime today. Charlotte Pomerantz has written a perfectly muddy fuddy, ishy squishy, ooshy squooshy book. I simply loved reading it aloud…. Continue Reading

Month of May means “Food not Fines”

Once again our library is taking part in a voluntary program which invites libraries to accept donations of food for local food pantries in exchange for overdue fines.   “Food Not Fines” is in full swing as  patrons bring in food to pay off the library fines they owe – or simply to help support a… Continue Reading

Welcome to BPL’s New Website

Welcome to BPL’s New Website

Thank you for visiting our new website. Bookmark this new address: http://bowdoinhamlibrary.org and discard the old one: http://www.bowdoinham.lib.me.us/. Many thanks and congratulations go out to our web designer, Bowdoinham’s own Will Zell. Over the next month as we integrate this site into the day-to-day operations of the library, you may witness subtle or sometimes dramatic… Continue Reading

New Fiction and Non Fiction

Fiction: Lost Memory of Skin   by Russell Banks Sense of an Ending    by Julian Barnes Mortal Instruments:City of Bones   by Cassandra Clare Fadeaway Girl    by Martha Grimes Calico Joe       by John Grisham Fear Index       by Robert Harris 50 Shades of Grey     by E.L James Limpopo Academy of Private Detection   by Alexander McCall Smith Before the Poison    by… Continue Reading

39th Annual Plant Sale!

39th Annual Plant Sale!

  Saturday, May 19th, at the Bowdoinham Town Hall, 9:00 to 4:00, Perennials, Herbs, Vegetables and Annual seedlings, trees and shrubs. For more information or to volunteer, call Cathy Reynolds at 837-7630, or Kate Cutko at the library: 666-8405…. Continue Reading