Whipple Free Library Mission Statement

The Whipple Free Library is a free and open access point for expanding knowledge, sharing ideas and building community.

 

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Looking for Fall Fun? Check out these websites for museums, historical sites and events

Fall is a great time to explore our beautiful region.  Museums, historical sites and special events are abundant  and can make great destinations for "leaf peeping" trips as well. 

Check out these links to find some wonderful opportunities for fall fun!  Many special events are scheduled throughout the fall.

 

Free passes available at the Library for a visit to the New Hampshire Historical Society Museum. A day-long bus tour to visit Staint Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish Colony Museum and the Plainfield Town Hall is offered on Oct. 1st.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.  Pick up a discounted admission coupon at the Library.

The Millyard Museum in Manchester.  Free admission with Library pass.

Canterbury Shaker Village offers tours, special events and classes.  Discount admission coupons available at the Library.  See the full schedule of events and classes!

The Currier Museum  Free passes available.  Pay only for special exhibit admission.

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Ask us! We are happy to help!

If you don't find what you are looking for on our shelves, please ask for assistance.  Some of our books are in storage, some are shelved in the office.  Other things we may not own, but can borrow through interlibrary loan. If  what you need fits our collection policy, we may purchase it.  We always want to help you find the books, information or resources you need, so don't hesitate to ask.

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The New Library Campaign


Gifts and Pledges as of October 6, 2008

                                 $650,743                                

New $200,000 Community Challenge

offered by Anonymous Donor

Click on this book     to learn more about plans
for the new Library and to contribute to the challenge

To see all the new books we've added this year take a look at our LibraryThing page!         http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=Whipple

"Mysteries on Both Sides of the Pond" is a book discussion series offered through the support of the New Hampshire Humanities Council.  This mystery series includes professional and amateur detectives from both sides of the Atlantic.  These page-turners explore the meaning of personal justice and justice of the state; cultural differences, class distinctions, gender roles; the role of fiction as social commentary; and the longstanding traditions of the British "country house" murder mystery and the American Urban "hard-boiled detective novel. 

 

Whipple Free Library is pleased to host two book discussions.  On Tuesday, October 28th at 7 PM we will discuss A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George.  Scotland Yard detectives do not believe that the apparent perpetrator of a savage crime is guilty, in spite of her first and last words, "I did it. And I'm not sorry."  The truth will be found in the village's tangled web of secrets, scandals, and horrendous crimes.  Donna Decker of Franklin Pierce University will lead the discussion.

 

The second discussion will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 18th at 7 PM.  In St. Alban's Fire by Archer Mayor, Vermont police hero Lt. Joe Gunther investigates suspicious fires that have occurred around Burlington, VT which have resulted in the deaths of one teenager and a herd of dairy cows.  Are the fires coincidental or the work of a clever arsonist?  The fast-paced plot will keep readers guessing until the end!  Matthew Winkler of Granite State College will lead the discussion.

 

Books will be available for checkout 3-4 weeks before each discussion.

 

 

To date, our Shaw's Receipt Rewardsprogram has earned 

over $1480 for the Friends of the Whipple Free Library.

Please keep bringing us your Shaws receipts!  When we have $5,000 in receipts we submit them for a 1% reward.  Think of all the money you spend on groceries...isn't it nice to know that some of that amount supports your library?