LibraryAware December 2023 Newsletter

What's Happening @

January 2024

Program Registration

is now open!

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great programs and activities for all ages!

Drop-In

Family Story Time

Saturdays,

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Drop in Family Story Time offers literacy fun

for the whole family,

from birth to six years.

Drop-In Family Story Time

will run every Saturday

ending on December 16.

Discover:

Creative Card Making

for All Ages

Saturday,

December 9,

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Saturday,

December 16,

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Design your own

greeting cards

for any occasion.

Materials will be supplied.

Registration is required.

Seniors Corner presents

Seasons Readings

with Diane Stringham Tolley

Tuesday,

December 12,

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Join us for a special Christmas event with Diane. She will share

selected Christmas readings

to spread holiday

joy and warmth!

Register here.

Youth Tech

Thursday,

December 14,

4:00-5:30 p.m.

For grades 7-10

Fun with a Green Screen: Star in your own

"movie-within-a-movie"

or create a puppet show

using green screen technology.

Register here.

Sensory Struggles

& Strategies for Adults

Thursday,

December 14,

6:30-7:30 p.m.

Presented by Family Counselling Centres Inc.

Join us for this free therapeutic workshop featuring activities and strategies to help children playfully desensitize.

Contact

Family Counselling Centres

for more information and registration.

Register here.

A wonderful choice...

The lost supper : searching for the future of food in the flavors of the past
by Taras Grescoe

With many people worried about the impacts of globalization, pollution and biotechnology on our diets, this thought-provoking exploration into ancient cuisines, from sourdough baked by Egyptian pharaohs to Roman fish sauce, introduces to the surprising and forgotten flavors whose revival is capturing the attention food lovers around the world.

And then she fell : a novel
by Alicia Elliott

When strange things start happening, Alice, a young Indigenous woman living in a posh Toronto neighborhood, starts losing bits of time and hearing voices she can't explain and discovers the picture-perfect life she's always hoped for may have horrifying consequences—and may be linked to the Haudenosaunee creation story.

Those pink mountain nights
by Jenny Ferguson

While working at Pink Mountain Pizza, three teens—overachiever Berlin, high school dropout Cameron and rich girl Jessie—find their weekend taking unexpected turns, forcing them all to acknowledge the various ways they've been hurt—and how much they need each other to hold it all together. Simultaneous eBook.

The cricket war
by Thòo Phòam

"Escaping from Communist Vietnam by boat in 1980, 11-year-old Tho Pham tries to be brave as he sets out into the unknown without his family, in this gripping survival story drawn from real-life experiences. "

The Hockey Skates
by Karl Subban

With winter fast approaching, PK waits impatiently for his hockey skates, but when each delivery brings hilarity and dismay, he wonders if he'll ever get to skate until his love of hockey pulls him to the sport in funny, imaginative ways. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.

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