Summer Reading Week 5: Monster Mayhem

Summer Reading Week 5: Monster Mayhem

by | Jul 31, 2023 | Children & Families, Reading, Summer Reading

This week we are making some friends that are… a little bit different than the usual! Check this out! Monster Mayhem! We are learning that not all monsters are scary, just misunderstood, and some monsters need confidence and the power of friendship to defeat! Some can even teach us a thing or two about our emotions and how to deal with them! We need your bravery, confidence, and creativity this week at the library for our session to face these monsters together! We hope to see you there! 

To have fun exploring this week’s theme at home, download our monstrous colouring sheets and have a look through this week’s marvelous reading list!  Head over to your local library branch and see if you can find a friendly monster book! 

Keep reading!

Nadine and Maya

 

Passport to Discovery – Sun and Summer

Passport to Discovery – Sun and Summer

by | Jun 13, 2023 | Children & Families

Calling all young explorers! Your next adventure starts today! This month we celebrate the sun and summer with activities that inspire us to get outdoors and enjoy the sunshine!

Let’s get started:

  • Pick up a Take & Make Kit from your library branch to make a sun nature print! Making sun prints is a fun activity that uses leaves and flowers and the power of sunshine!
  • Grow your own flowers or vegetables this summer by checking out seeds from the Huron County Library’s Seed Library!
  • Play Summer BINGO!
  • Read one of these books from our collection.
  • Download this month’s activity sheet if you prefer to get started from home.

Explorers are welcome to join the program at any time. Here’s how it works:

  • Pick up a passport from your local branch to begin a full year of learning, reading, doing, and having a whole lot of fun!
  • Visit your local branch each month to pick up a themed craft kit and activity sheet.
  • Complete at least one of the activities
  • Return to the branch to get your passport stamped and ballot entered into a grand prize draw that will take place at the end of the program in February 2024.
Passport to Discovery – Sun and Summer

Passport to Discovery

by | Jan 28, 2023 | Children & Families

Calling all young explorers! Adventure awaits you with the Huron County Library’s Passport to Discovery program. Pick up a passport from your local branch to begin a full year of learning, reading, doing, and having a whole lot of fun! Visit your local branch each month to pick up a themed craft kit and activity sheet. Once you have completed at least one of the activities, return to the branch to get your passport stamped and ballot entered into a grand prize draw that will take place at the end of the program in February, 2024.

To kick things off, February’s theme is Fairy Tales and includes the following acitvities:

  • Pick up a Take & Make Kit to make a Frog Prince Pin-up Game. Based off the famous fairy tale, this craft is perfect for Valentine’s Day!
  • Go on a Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt to find the fairy tale characters hiding around your local branch.
  • Write your own fairy tale using a dice and the story prompts shared on this month’s activity sheet.
  • Read one of these fairy tale-themed books from our collection.
  • Download this month’s activity sheet if you prefer to get started from home.
Evening Experts: Childhood Interrupted – Goderich Branch

Evening Experts: Childhood Interrupted – Goderich Branch

by | Dec 29, 2022

Each month, the Goderich Branch hosts Evening Experts, a speaker series that features local guests who speak about a subject they are passionate about.

This month’s speaker is Kathryn Adams, who shares the story of her mother, Evelyn Donnelly Toms, a child migrant whose story is detailed in the memoir Childhood Interrupted: A Child Migrant’s Story. The book details the bravery and tenacity Evelyn exhibited to avoid her pre-determined future as a domestic servant. Her migration from England to Canada in 1945 is what would become the heart of a touching memoir about overcoming adversity and making the best of a bad situation.

UPCOMING EXPERTS:

  • Feb. 15: Amber Walker-Bolton shares the story of her research on ring-tailed lemurs and conservation programs in Madagascar.
  • March 15: Hayley Linfield discusses her recently published book Rail Ties: A Story of Love and talks about the G2G Trail.

Registration is required for this program by calling 519-524-9261 or emailing the branch.

Tech Time – Bayfield

Tech Time – Bayfield

by | Dec 17, 2022

Book a 30-minute, in-person session at Bayfield Branch, to get help with how to use library e-resources, how to use your new device and/or how to use your email account. Please bring your device(s) and any information to help with your question (error messages/email information, etc.)

REGISTRATION: Please contact the branch to arrange a session by emailing bayfieldlibrary@huroncounty.ca or calling 519-565-2886.