2023 May MLPL Newsletter
 
Seed Library
Borrow Grow Share
Free seeds are available at the Port Carling branch!
 

Yoga on a Chair
for Every Body

Bala branch
Tuesday mornings
 
 

Creative Kids
Art Club

with Nancy and Candice
 
Arts, crafts, and fun on Saturday mornings at the library in Port Carling with our young, creative people! The season is almost at its end though!
 
 

Concert night!

Plan to attend the Muskoka Children's Choir concert at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 2 at Muskoka Lakes Public Library in Port Carling. The children have been practicing together since the beginning of April, under the guidance of choirmaster Kathy McCarthy, and they are excited to share their songs with you!

 Preschool Story Time
Our last day regularly scheduled story time session for this season is May 17. But plan to attend our summer time literacy events and to visit the Story Trails, too!
Book Club
You might just discover your next great read with the book discussions that happen at the library on the second Wednesday of the month
in Port Carling.
Pop-up Activities
Each visit to the library may surprise you with our pop-up activities and displays! 
Come often and discover them for yourself!

This and that
  • Although not complete, you can take a sneak peak at our summer programming.
  • You can read about the history of the library and view photos of the old library online.
  • You can 'meet' the library board members and library staff as well as view minutes of meetings.
  • You can subscribe to monthly newsletters that give you recommendations for books by genre.
  • We have free online resources.
  • Ancestry Library Edition is available free to use in the library. 
  • The Port Carling branch is open 10-5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 10-7 on Thursdays; 10-3 on Saturdays.
  • The Bala branch is open 9-3 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
  • You can use your MLPL card at both the Bala and the Port Carling branch.
  • We have rooms that can be rented.
  • You can make suggestions online for purchase.
  • Membership application can be done online.
  • We have Ontario Parks day-use permits available to check out with your library card.
  • Interlibrary loan service gives you access to books from other libraries.
  • We have used books for sale by donation. Come and shop (by anonymous donation.) If you have recently published books, in good condition, that you would like to donate, please give us a call first to make sure we have space for your donation. 705-765-5650. 
  • We offer invigilator services for exams.
  • We have a selection of postcards available for $1, courtesy of local photographer, Arlene Burley.
  • Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
  • Our return boxes are open 24/7.
  • WiFi codes are posted on the front window in Port Carling for use around the perimeter of the building. You can also come inside to use the library WiFi and the library computers.
  • There are many ways to support your Muskoka Lakes Public Library.
New
Mindful Mixology : a comprehensive guide to no- and low-alcohol cocktails with 60 recipes
by Derek Brown

Creating these drinks isn't as simple as removing the alcohol. No- and low-proof cocktails still have to be balanced and still have to be delicious, but they don't operate exactly like cocktails with alcohol. The drinks Brown presents in this book are meticulously choreographed around taste, texture, body, and piquancy to result in surprisingly complex 'adult beverages' minus the booze.
The Age of Resilience : reimagining existence on a rewilding earth
by Jeremy Rifkin

Exploring the cutting-edge scientific discoveries about human nature and the evolution of life, this defining work shows how we must relearn to adapt our species to the ever-present and powerful forces of a rewilding earth.
Knowing What We Know : the transmission of knowledge, from ancient wisdom to modern magic
by Simon Winchester

Examining such disciplines as education, journalist, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography and broadcasting, an award-winning writer explores how humans have attained, stored and disseminated knowledge and how continues to change our lives and our minds. 
Ducks : two years in the oil sands
by Kate Beaton

CBC Reads 2023 winner. Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, northern lights, and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land andthe humanity of its people
Small Mercies : a novel
by Dennis Lehane

In 1974 Boston, as a heatwave blankets the city, Mary Pat Fennessey, in a desperate search for her missing daughter, asks questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, who doesn't take kindly to anyone who threatens his business. 
The Way of the Bear
by Anne Hillerman

Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito must use all their experience, skill and intuition to solve a series of murders involving fossil harvesting, ancient lore, greed and rejected love linked to Utah's Bears Ears National Park.

Muskoka Lakes Public Library
Box 189
69 Joseph St
Port Carling, Ontario P0B 1J0
705-765-5650
www.muskokalakes.ca/library