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Peggy Bessent Library
The Lower School’s Peggy Bessent Library is housed in the Lower School Elementary Center and is named in honor of Peggy Bessent, a longtime faculty member and administrator at Bryn Mawr.
Library Information
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Library Catalog and Databases
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Birthday Books
Are you looking for a great way to celebrate your daughter’s birthday? Honor your student by purchasing a book, bearing her name, for the Peggy Bessent Library!If you would like to purchase a Birthday Book, follow the link in the Thursday letter. Notification of your gift will be made to the Bryn Mawr Development Office. All donations are tax deductible.The librarian will help your daughter choose a recently-acquired book from the collection of prize winners, biographies, mysteries, memoirs and other genres. Birthday Book girls are the first students to check out and read these new titles. A bookplate with your daughter's name will be placed in the front of the book she selects and her choice will become a permanent part of the Peggy Bessent Library collection.For more information, please contact Ms. Mason at masonl@brynmawrschool.org or 410-323-8800, ext. 1673. -
Book Swap
For more than 35 years, Bryn Mawr has hosted an annual Book Swap for girls in grades 2 through 5.Participation is voluntary. Girls may bring in up to ten paperback grade-appropriate books in good condition and swap them with their classmates. Leftover books are donated. The Book Swap is a fun way for our girls to get their hands on great almost-new books! You will receive more information about this fun event as the date nears.
