Bow Baker Free Library

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Bow Baker Free Library Founded in 1914 by Col. Henry Baker (cousin of Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science founder).

Baker Free Library provides relevant and reliable resources to support educational, cultural, and information needs for the whole community.

Need a book recommendation??? Ask your local librarians!!! Here’s a few titles we’ve read and loved lately!! 🫶🫶🫶
10/19/2026

Need a book recommendation??? Ask your local librarians!!! Here’s a few titles we’ve read and loved lately!! 🫶🫶🫶

We are here until 6pm tonight!!And don’t miss our highly anticipated costume swap tomorrow!!! 10am - 11:30am AND here fo...
10/16/2026

We are here until 6pm tonight!!

And don’t miss our highly anticipated costume swap tomorrow!!! 10am - 11:30am AND here for all your other library needs until 4pm 🫶🫶🫶

James Pattercrow is (literally) hanging on by a thread from the rain, but we’re not!!! Come on by!!!

We have a little bit of a different for you today 😎In yesterday’s (viral 🤭) video, we included a picture book called “...
10/15/2026

We have a little bit of a different for you today 😎

In yesterday’s (viral 🤭) video, we included a picture book called “Owney the Mail Pouch Pooch”, and the story is too cute not to share!!

In 1888, there was a scruffy little dog called Owney. He LOVED mail pouches, presumably because his former owner was a mailman (Smithsonian National Postal Museum). When his owner moved away, he stayed with his other mail-friends, and soon Owney started to follow the mailbags wherever they went!!

During this time, railroads were the primary mode of transporting mail, and, as illustrated in this picture book, Owney began riding the rails to make sure the mail reached its destination. He became the unofficial mascot of the Postal Service.

Wherever Owney travelled, Postal Clerks would hang badges from his vest, and he would proudly wear them back to his home Post Office in Albany, New York.

Even though Bow had several different railways that were used during that time, Owney didn’t make a stop in Bow. He was, however, in Manchester, NH and likely passed through on his way to Franklin, Tilton, Laconia, or other northern New Hampshire stops!!

Owney the Mail Pouch Pooch passed away in 1897, but he is preserved through taxidermy and on display at Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum.

Come check out this adorable picture book!!! And Happy Thursday 🐾✉️❤️

Yesterday, as part of our Professional Development Day, we visited two offsite locations: The new home of the Bow Herita...
10/13/2026

Yesterday, as part of our Professional Development Day, we visited two offsite locations:

The new home of the Bow Heritage Commission and the New Hampshire State Library!!

Being able to see the new Heritage Commission space and embrace the history of the community BFL serves was absolutely incredible. Similarly, visiting the State Library, the heart of NH library operations, had so much to offer in resources and support… and their genealogy documents are so extensive!! They even had a copy of 100 Acres More or Less available to patrons 😍

We love being able to ✨expand our horizons✨ (throwback to our former BFL logo 🤭) and look forward to our ongoing relationship with these fantastic organizations.

We are back to our usual hours for the rest of October. Hopefully we’ll see you soon!! 🫶🫶🫶

It’s spooky season at BFL, arguably our favorite time of the year 🫶🫶🫶This season we have so many exciting things planned...
10/09/2026

It’s spooky season at BFL, arguably our favorite time of the year 🫶🫶🫶

This season we have so many exciting things planned, many involving costumes and festive attire 😎

Our official entry in the town-wide scarecrow competition will be on display throughout the month of October (or until it blows down, whichever comes first 😅), James Pattercrow, modeled after the iconic James Patterson 🧡

BFL staff will be participating in Trunk or Treat this year as…. SESAME STREET 🤩

And, on top of all our fantastic, autumnal programs we have running, BFL staff will be excited to welcome you for some early candy hauls Friday & Saturday on Halloweekend!!!!

We hope you’re as excited as we are for the next couple weeks. Please don’t forget we are closed Monday for professional development, but we are here today until 6pm, tomorrow 10am - 4pm, and reopening Tuesday at 10am for you.

See you soon!!! 🎃👻🖤

Original photo by Eric Anderson.
Halloween graphics and filter from Canva.

10/07/2026

Baker Free Library is fully staffed and ready to bring you a fantastic fall at the library 😎

Adult programming is back in full force and we can’t wait to see you 🫶🫶🫶

‼️This week is Banned Books Week‼️Every year, the American Library Association hosts banned books week in order to draw ...
10/05/2026

‼️This week is Banned Books Week‼️

Every year, the American Library Association hosts banned books week in order to draw attention to how prominent censorship still is in modern times.

⚠️ Stop by to check out a banned book ⚠️

October at Baker Free Library 🫶🫶🫶Visit our Events & Programs Calendar for more information 🧡
10/02/2026

October at Baker Free Library 🫶🫶🫶

Visit our Events & Programs Calendar for more information 🧡

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509 South Street
Bow, NH
03304

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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