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Branch Hours Monday: 2:00pm - 5:00pm Tuesday: 2:00pm - 7:00pm Wednesday: Closed Thursday: 10:00am - 5:00pm Friday: Closed Saturday: 10:00am - 12:00pm
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The Library will be closed Friday, March 29 & Monday, April 1
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Hop on over to the Port Burwell Library for our "egg-citing" after school event on Tuesday, March 26th, anytime from 4:00-5:30pm! Join the DIY fun and create your very own egg wreath. All supplies provided. Ages 6+. No registration required.
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PA Day Take and Make Kits: Solar Eclipse Monday, April 8 Drop-In Pickup a kit from the library to make your own colourful spinner and learn all about the solar eclipse phases! All ages. While supplies last. No registration required.
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Enjoy an evening of hands-on learning for all ages about insects in our gardens from Entomologist Bipin Dhinsa. Bipin is a former president of the Toronto Entomologists' Association and has a passion for insects and nature. Come check out his personal collection of Lepidoptera and beetle specimens from around the world, as well as live insects for participants of all ages to hold. All ages. Registration required. Please register online or call the library at 519-866-3584.
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At the Straffordville LibraryPeter Jedicke, an experienced amateur astronomer with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, will explain everything you need to know about this unique opportunity for Elgin County residents to enjoy an amazing spectacle of nature - the 2024 total solar eclipse! Please register online or call the library at 519-866-3584
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“Heads Up for Healthier Brains” illustrates how certain lifestyle choices can help to reduce modifiable risk factors for dementia. Adopting healthy behaviours, staying socially active, avoiding head injury, and challenging our thinking are some of the ways we can keep our brain healthy as we age. Additionally, the presentation provides an overview of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, their impact on the brain and on a person’s behaviour. A Q&A time follows the presentation and participants will have the opportunity to learn about programs and services offered by the Alzheimer Society. Please register online or call the library at 519-866-3584.
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Join us at the library for a wrap-up party to celebrate our homeschooling families! Bob O’Donnell, otherwise known as “The Fossil Guy”, will visit us with his large fossil collection for a show-and-tell event. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and get hands-on with the fossils! All ages. Registration required. Please register online or call the library at 519-866-3584.
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The postcard
by Anne Berest
Fifteen years after the arrival of an anonymous postcard with the names of her maternal great-grandparents and their children—all killed at Auschwitz—Anne Berest is moved to discover who sent it and why and embarks on a journey to learn the fate of the Rabinovitch family.
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The women
by Kristin Hannah
In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words“Women can be heroes, too,” impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.
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Supercommunicators : how to unlock the secret language of connection
by Charles Duhigg
A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, studying supercommunicators—people capable of connecting with anyone, reveals how, everyone time we speak to some, we're actually engaging in one of three conversations, showing us how to recognize which kind of conversation we're having—and teaching us the essential skills for navigating it successfully.
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The book of doors : a novel
by Gareth Brown
When her favorite customer, a lonely yet charming old man, dies right in front of her, Cassie holds on to the last book he was reading, which turns out to be a rare volume that has great power and she is tasked with protecting it from those who will do evil.
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Fred Bodsworth Public Library of Port Burwell 21 Pitt Street P.O. Box 189 Port Burwell, Ontario N0J 1T0 519-874-4754www.elgincounty.ca/library |
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