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Tay Township Public Library
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Newsletter Volume 21 Issue 2
| Not sure what to read lately? All month long you can check out books from our "Blind Date" displays. The books are all wrapped up, no peeking until you get home! You might just fall in love... We have some new programs starting this month: meet new friends at our Sit and Stitch group, bring your littles to one of our storytimes, or participate in our first ever Great Tay Puzzle Swap.
There is so much more in branch, don't take our word for it, plan to visit your Library today. | |
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Email Domain Change
We have switched email domains, please make sure you update your library contacts, so we don’t get lost in your junk folders. All our names are the same, you just need to change the end to
@taylibrary.ca
For all your library needs please email library@taylibrary.ca |
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Reciprocal Borrowing
If you are currently a member in good standing at your Library, you are entitled to a free Library membership at any of these Libraries!
Clearview Public Library
Essa Public Library
Penetanguishene Public Library
Ramara Public Library
Severn Public Library
Springwater Public Library
Wasaga Beach Public Library
Midland Public Library
Click here for more information
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Pajama Storytime LIVE! on Facebook and Instagram is now the first Wednesday each month at 6:30 PM
Catch the next live video on February 7th! Join Library staff online as we read our favourite books and sing a song. The video stays up a all month, but don't forget to comment while watching live so we can say Hi! |
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Storytime Activity Kits
Stop into your branch this month to get a skating craft to take home to go with the online event. |
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Now offered at all three branches
Starting February 6th! Storytime for Babies and Tots Port McNicoll -Tuesdays at 11:00AM
Victoria Harbour - Wednesdays at 11:00AM Waubaushene - Thursdays at 11:00AM Join us as we read books, sing songs, learn, & have fun! No registration required, for ages 0-6. |
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Game Nights
Port McNicoll:
Tuesdays 5:30-7:00 PM
Waubaushene:
Thursdays 5:30-7:00 PM
Join us for Game Night with video games and board games. Great for kids of all ages, drop-in.
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No-Sew Heart Pillow
Saturday, February 10th at 1 PM Victoria Harbour Branch
Celebrate Valentine's Day this year by making your own heart shaped pillow for yourself, or gift to a friend. Ages 8 and up. Registration required. Call us or send an email. |
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Taste the World Season 3
Available starting February 24th
This beloved culinary program is back for round 3! Each month for 6 months we will be featuring a new spice or blend from around the world with recipe cards. Geared for ages 10 and up, one kit per family, sign up for the ones you'd like or try them all. Register ahead by calling your local branch, or emailing.
• TANDOORI MASALA • CAJUN SEASONING • LAVENDER FLOWERS |
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Creature Crochet
4 sessions @ 11 AM Sat. Feb. 10th, 17th, 24th, Mar. 2nd. Port McNicoll Branch
Learn how to make an adorable amigurumi with staff instruction at the library. All materials provided. Ages 12 and up. Registration required, although all skill levels are welcome, please let us know if you have previous crochet experience.
Call us or send an email. |
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The Great Tay Puzzle Swap!
Saturday March 9th 11:30-3:00 PM Victoria Harbour Branch
Drop off your puzzles at any branch during February and receive a ticket for each puzzle you bring. Please make sure your puzzles are in good condition and have all their pieces. Then bring your tickets to the Victoria Harbour Branch on March 9th to pick out your new puzzles. Call us or send an email for more information. |
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Sit and Stitch
Wednesdays, 3:30 PM - starting Feb 7th
Victoria Harbour Branch
You posted on facebook and we listened! A casual, drop-in atmosphere. Bring what you are working on and maybe get help from new friends. Knit, crochet, embroidery, mending, if you can bring it and want to share it, stop by and do one more row together. You could also swap yarn and patterns! |
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Mahjong for Beginners
Thursdays, 1 PM
Victoria Harbour Branch
Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is played by four players and a set of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols. We are also playing the North American version of Mahjong. Please call ahead to make sure we have a spot for you! |
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Learn to Play Chess
Fridays, 1:30-3:00 PM
Victoria Harbour Branch
Never played, but always wanted to? Not played in a long time and need a refresher? Learn to play chess in a group setting. Come join us for a game! Contact us for more information! |
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All three branches have a cart full of donated and discarded books and movies you can purchase from, by donation to the Library.
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Drop in Kids Colouring
Victoria Harbour
Drop in anytime to visit the table that has crayons and colouring pages where children of all ages can colour and relax.
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Borrow a Pass
Click here to visit our website for more information, or click the images to place your holds! |
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The Simcoe County Museum pass provides entrance to the museum for up to 7 people! Visit the museum for a wide variety of events, exhibits and programs for all ages throughout the year!
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The Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre has provided the Tay Township Public Library with Family Day Passes! This gives you FREE entrance to the Marsh for up to 2 adults and 2 children.
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Visit any Ontario Park for FREE by borrowing an Ontario Parks Vehicle Permit from the Library! Permits allow park entry to any provincial park for one vehicle (excluding busses) and its passengers for the whole day (not for overnight use).
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The Huronia Museum has provided the Tay Township Public Library with 3 Museum Passes! This gives you FREE entrance to the Museum for up to 2 adults and 2 children.
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Apps to read on the go!
Click on the App icons to learn more about cloudLibrary for borrowing Ebooks and AudioBooks, and PressReader to view your favourite newspapers and magazines, all on your own device! |
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Have you downloaded cloudLibrary yet?
We have migrated from Libby/Overdrive to cloudLibrary for eBook and eAudiobook Content. Click here to view the FAQ about the change and info about the app.
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Library Board Information |
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Library Board Members:
Heather Walker (Chair)
Janet McFadden (Vice Chair)
Laura Adams
Gerard LaChapelle
(Council Representative)
Sandy Talbot
(Council Representative) |
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New Titles for your holds!
Click the images to display in our catalogue to place a hold. |
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First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. |
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The Curse of Penryth Hall
Jess Armstrong
After the Great War, American heiress Ruby Vaughn made a life for herself running a rare bookstore alongside her octogenarian employer and house mate in Exeter. She’s always avoided dwelling on the past, even before the war, but it always has a way of finding her. When Ruby is forced to deliver a box of books to a folk healer living deep in the Cornish countryside, she is brought back to the one place she swore she’d never return. A more sensible soul would have delivered the package and left without rehashing old wounds. But no one has ever accused Ruby of being sensible. Thus begins her visit to Penryth Hall. |
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Random in Death
J.D. Robb
A murderer is on the loose, targeting innocent girls at random. Lieutenant Eve Dallas is on the case, determined to stop the killer before he strikes again. |
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Black Fox One
Elyse Hoffman
Jonas Amsel and Avalina Keller, devoted Nazis and best friends, have a bright future in Hitler’s Third Reich. Ava, a talented gymnast, wants to serve Germany in the Olympics, and Jonas, who has loved Ava since they were children, wants nothing more than to marry her and start a family. When he is about to propose, however, Ava and her entire family vanish without a trace. |
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Haley and the Yeti
Laura Lange Her grumpy neighbor wasn’t part of the plan. After her soul-crushing breakup, Haley Kineman is stepping out of her comfort zone, moving to sunny Tucson, Arizona, and shooting for the stars—literally. When she’s not working as a phlebotomist, Haley’s striving to meet her celebrity crush who’s filming locally. |
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The Librarianist
Patrick deWitt
Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books and small comforts in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior center that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he’s known since retiring, he begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed. |
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Looking Glass Sound
Catriona WardIn a lonely cottage overlooking the windswept Maine coast, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood summer companions and the killer that stalked the small New England town. Of the body they found, and the horror of that discovery echoing down the decades. And of Sky, Wilder’s one-time best friend, who stole his unfinished memoir and turned it into a lurid bestselling novel, Looking Glass Sound. |
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In Limbo
Deb J.J. Lee [Graphivc Novel]
Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee knows she's different. Ever since her family emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her Otherness. For a while, her English isn't perfect. None of her teachers can pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes—especially her eyes—stand out. As the pressures of high school ramp up, friendships change and end, and everything gets harder. Even home isn't a safe place, as fights with her mom escalate. Deb is caught in a limbo, with nowhere to go, and her mental health plummets.
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Ghostbusters
John Sazaklis The Ghostbusters start a ghost-catching business in New York City and defeat the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. |
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The Moose Fairy
Steve Smallman He joins The Secret Fairy Club, but when he arrives he realizes that everyone else is… little! Moose completes all the club tasks, but the members say he just doesn't fit in. But will they change their mind after Moose saves them from a nasty Fox?
A funny and touching picture book, with a positive message about being kind and accepting those who are different from ourselves. |
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Hogwarts Legacy [Nintendo Switch]
Play, explore and experience your own unique adventure in the wizarding world of Hogwarts School and its surrounding area, the magical world first introduced in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books. |
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Super Mario RPG [Nintendo Switch]
Team up with an oddball group of heroes to save Star Road and stop the troublemaking Smithy Gang. This colorful RPG has updated graphics and cinematics that add even more charm to the unexpected alliance between Mario, Bowser, Peach, and original characters Mallow and Geno. Enter (or revisit) this world of eccentric allies and offbeat enemies in an RPG for everyone. |
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Five Nights At Freddy's
[Blu-Ray]The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy's won't be so easy to make it through. |
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The Exorcist: Believer
[DVD and Blu-Ray]Fifty years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green bring a nightmarish new chapter, The Exorcist: Believer. Since his wife's death, Victor has raised his daughter Angela alone. After Angela and her friend return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior. Victor's best hope is to find the only person who has seen anything like this before: Chris MacNeil, whose haunting experience with her daughter Regan may be the key to combating ultimate evil. |
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