Do you have an eReader and want to know how to borrow eBooks from the Whitby Public Library? Or are you thinking about purchasing an eReader and want to know more before you buy? If you have a dedicated eReader, such as a Kobo or Sony, come to our information session to find out more about how to borrow an eBook from the library and read it on your eReader!
Please note: this session is specifically for dedicated eReaders such as the Kobo Mini/Touch/Glo/Aura and Sony eReaders. This session does not cover tablet eReaders (such as the Kobo Arc, iPad, or Android based tablets). Also, Kindle eReaders are not currently capatible with Canadian libraries.
Registration is required. To register click on the "Register" button below, call 905-668-6531 ext. 2020; or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Do you want to practice your English language skills? We can help! Drop by the Whitby Central Library Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
For more information call Maria 905 686-2661 or email: MAbogado@cdcd.org. The Conversation Circle is run by Settlement Services of Community Development Council Durham.
Format a document, create folders and manage files.
The Library reserves the right to limit registration.
To Register click the green button below, call 905-668-6531 x.2020 or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Central Library - Lab
Downton Abbey @ Brooklin Branch
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Indulge your inner Countess or Earl!
Starting on Friday, May 3, Downton Abbey fans are invited to join us in the Brooklin Branch program room to watch the popular, award winning miniseries. Join us each week for a new episode. Downton Abbey will sweep you along with the Granthams, upstairs & down, as they navigate a tumultuous era.
Tea will be served.
Register online, in person or by calling 905 655-3191.
Sign up for a free one-on-one computer training session and we can help you on the road to becoming more tech-savvy. Training sessions are 1/2 an hour and are tailored to the area where you need help.
For example, we can help you learn to:
-Format your resume,
-Fine tune your searching skills
-Complete an online form
-Create an email account
-Search the library catalogue and manage your account
-Use the library research databases
-A specialized topic of your choice (ex: e-reader help)
Please note that we will not do transactions involving credit cards, personal information or banking instruction. Also, the library cannot offer technical support or assist with any problem a patron may have with their own personal computer/laptop.
** Please book an appointment online or by calling 905 655-3191.
It’s almost that time of year again, the one your kids have been waiting for! SUMMER! What better way is there to celebrate summer than to explore the world. Learn about different climates around the globe and have fun getting there by submarine or snowshoes!
Registration for July Summer programs begins at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
*** Please note that this date is for July programs only. August program registration will be on July 20th.
Teens (grade 7 - 12) are invited to participate in this weekly Thursday evening teen program. Join us for workshops, crafts, books, games and activities.
Registration for these programs begin on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
The Brooklin Branch presents The Ideas Cafe - The news, your views.
Seniors are invited to discuss current events and world affairs.
The group meets twice a month in the Board Room at the Brooklin Community Centre and Library.
Register in-person at the Brooklin Community Centre reception desk.
Have you taken our courses, had time to practice, and now need a refresher?
Sign up for a free one-on-one computer help session and we can help you on the road to becoming more tech-savvy. Sessions are one hour and are tailored to the area where you need help.
We can help you learn to:
-Complete an online form
-Search the library catalogue and manage your account
-Create an email account and manage your mail
-Download eBooks and eAudiobooks
-Sign up for and use Facebook
-Use the library research databases
-Use Microsoft Office
We can also review any topic that is covered in our group classes.
Please note that we will not do transactions involving credit cards, personal information or banking instruction. Also, the library cannot offer technical support or assist with any problem a patron may have with their own personal computer/laptop.
The Library reserves the right to limit registration.
Whitby Public Library is looking to the future! We want to hear from you about the opportunities and challenges that Whitby will face in the next five years and how library services can evolve to meet them. These one-hour sessions with our consultants on June 26 will be fast-paced and fun. You’ll meet other community members and have an engaging discussion about our community, the future, and library services. Refreshments will be served and there will even be door prizes!
Central - Meeting Room 2
Community Engagement Session
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Whitby Public Library is looking to the future! We want to hear from you about the opportunities and challenges that Whitby will face in the next five years and how library services can evolve to meet them. These one-hour sessions with our consultants on June 26 will be fast-paced and fun. You’ll meet other community members and have an engaging discussion about our community, the future, and library services. Refreshments will be served and there will even be door prizes!
Brooklin Branch Program Room
Senior Wednesday Travel Program
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Please join us as we travel the world through film - no passport required!
Central 1A & 1B
Community Engagement Session
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Whitby Public Library is looking to the future! We want to hear from you about the opportunities and challenges that Whitby will face in the next five years and how library services can evolve to meet them. These one-hour sessions with our consultants on June 26 will be fast-paced and fun. You’ll meet other community members and have an engaging discussion about our community, the future, and library services. Refreshments will be served and there will even be door prizes!
Brooklin Branch Program Room
Community Engagement Session
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Whitby Public Library is looking to the future! We want to hear from you about the opportunities and challenges that Whitby will face in the next five years and how library services can evolve to meet them. These one-hour sessions with our consultants on June 26 will be fast-paced and fun. You’ll meet other community members and have an engaging discussion about our community, the future, and library services. Refreshments will be served and there will even be door prizes!
Starting on Friday, May 3, Downton Abbey fans are invited to join us in the Brooklin Branch program room to watch the popular, award winning miniseries. Join us each week for a new episode. Downton Abbey will sweep you along with the Granthams, upstairs & down, as they navigate a tumultuous era.
Tea will be served.
Register online, in person or by calling 905 655-3191.
The TD Summer Reading CLub begins on July 3rd to August 17th! Participants will receive reading logs, passports and stickers. Their names will be entered into the end-of-summer draw for a pack of prizes to be announced on Certificate Day.
Reading Club members are invited to drop by each Wednesday, July 10 to August 14th, between 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. to tel us what they're reading, spin-the-wheel for a fun challenge and get a new sticker for their passport.
Summer Reading Club Kick-Off: The Road To Jellotown @ Brooklin
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Continue the family fun in this World Music Safari Adventure Show by Mystic Drumz. Travel backwards and forwards through time to gain clues to the lost location of JelloTown.
Discover the oldest drums on the planet and the latest instrument inventions. Learn about percussion instruments from history and the future.
All ages welcome!
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Mystic Drumz World Music Safari Adventures presents
The Legend of Marshmallow Island
12:30 p.m.
Join us on a musical adventure to find Marshmallow Island.
Meet all the hilarious characters who colour the show with a splash of silly.
Free tickets will be available at the Rossland Branch
starting Saturday, June 22.
You must have a ticket to attend.
Rossland Branch
Teen Summer Kick-Off - Zumba @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Kick-off your summer reading challenge Zumba Gangnam Style!
Teens are invited to join Zumba Instructor, Anne Tiffin, as she takes you through the moves. Do you prefer the Harlem Shake?!? Anne will teach those moves, too!
Teens (grade 7 - 12) are invited to participate in this weekly teen program. Join us for workshops, crafts, books, games and activities.
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person orby telephone.
Mystic Drumz World Music Safari Adventures presents
The Legend of Marshmallow Island
2:30 p.m. in Celebration Square
Join us on a musical adventure to find Marshmallow Island.
Meet all the hilarious characters who colour the show with a splash of silly.
Free tickets( in case of rain) will be available at the Central Branch
starting Saturday, June 22nd.
Central - Meeting Room 1
Non-Fiction Book Club
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Come and join us for our Non-Fiction Book Club! This month's selection is "The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific" by J. Maarten Troost.
At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost--who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock of life by racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs--decided to pack up his flip-flops and move to Tarawa, a remote South Pacific island in the Republic of Kiribati. He was restless and lacked direction, and the idea of dropping everything and moving to the ends of the earth was irresistibly romantic. He should have known better. The Sex Lives of Cannibals tells the hilarious story of what happens when Troost discovers that Tarawa is not the island paradise he dreamed of. He and his stalwart girlfriend Sylvia spend the next two years battling incompetent government officials, alarmingly large critters, erratic electricity, and a paucity of food options (including the Great Beer Crisis); and contending with a bizarre cast of local characters, including "Half-Dead Fred" and the self-proclaimed Poet Laureate of Tarawa (a British drunkard who's never written a poem in his life).
Registration is required. To register click on the green button below, call 905 668-6531 x.2020 or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Please pick your books up at the 2nd floor information desk of the Central Library. Club meetings will take place in Meeting Room 2.
Practice your video game skills
between 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Grades 4 and up.
No registration required.
Game play will be 20 minutes
per participant.
Rossland Branch
1-on-1 Computer Help
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Have you taken our courses, had time to practice, and now need a refresher?
Sign up for a free one-on-one computer help session and we can help you on the road to becoming more tech-savvy. Sessions are one hour and are tailored to the area where you need help.
We can help you learn to:
-Complete an online form
-Search the library catalogue and manage your account
-Create an email account and manage your mail
-Download eBooks and eAudiobooks
-Sign up for and use Facebook
-Use the library research databases
-Use Microsoft Office (excluding Outlook)
We can also review any topic that is covered in our group classes.
Please note that we will not do transactions involving credit cards, personal information or banking instruction. Also, the library cannot offer technical support or assist with any problem a patron may have with their own personal computer/laptop.
The Library reserves the right to limit registration.
Central Library - Lab
Teens @ Central - Summer Reading Challenge Kick-Off
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
We'll be watching the trailers for some of the biggest movies of the summer while enjoying tasty ice cream floats. Register for our Summer Reading Challenge at the kick-off and be entered into a special draw to win a summer reading prize pack! Registration opens on Saturday,June22, and can be done online, at any library branch or by calling 905-668-6531 ext. 2010.
This program is for students in grades 7-12.
Starting on Friday, May 3, Downton Abbey fans are invited to join us in the Brooklin Branch program room to watch the popular, award winning miniseries. Join us each week for a new episode. Downton Abbey will sweep you along with the Granthams, upstairs & down, as they navigate a tumultuous era.
Tea will be served.
Register online, in person or by calling 905 655-3191.
Sign up for a free one-on-one computer training session and we can help you on the road to becoming more tech-savvy. Training sessions are 1/2 an hour and are tailored to the area where you need help.
For example, we can help you learn to:
-Format your resume,
-Fine tune your searching skills
-Complete an online form
-Create an email account
-Search the library catalogue and manage your account
-Use the library research databases
-A specialized topic of your choice (ex: e-reader help)
Please note that we will not do transactions involving credit cards, personal information or banking instruction. Also, the library cannot offer technical support or assist with any problem a patron may have with their own personal computer/laptop.
** Please book an appointment online or by calling 905 655-3191.
Cruise in on Tuesday afternoons to talk about
your reading adventures, play some games,
and pick up a new sticker for your passport.
Grades One and up.
No registration required.
Rossland Branch
GO! Movie Tuesdays - Ponyo @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Families are invited to join us while we explore the world!
This week's GO! Movie is Ponyo: An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human. ~ IMDb
Please ensure your child is old enough to enjoy the entire movie. This film is rated G according to the Ontario Film Review Board.
Register online, in person or by telephone beginning on June 22nd at 10:00 a.m.
Do you have what it takes to be a pirate and sail the Spanish Main with Buccaneer Barb? Come on in and try your hand at some piratical tasks, but beware! If you fail, you may have to walk the plank. For pirates in Grades 1-3. Space is limited. Pick up your entry ticket at the Info desk beginning at 2:00 p.m. on the day of this event.
Allergy alert: Pirate grog and snacks will be served in this program.
Barb Wilson bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Central Library - Children's Program Room
Teens @ Central - Crafternoon
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Choose from our huge selection of craft supplies and let your imagination go wild! Registration opens on Saturday, June22, and can be done online, at any library branch or by calling 905-668-6531 ext. 2010.
This program is for students in grades 7-12.
Like origami?
Like scrapbooking?
Like recording memories?
Put all three together to make an amazing accordion-style travelogue.
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Grades 7 and up
Register online or in person starting 10 a.m., Saturday, June 22.
By phone after 12 noon, spaces permitting.
Rossland Branch
The registration period has not begun.
Spin The Wheel @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Reading Club members are invited to drop by each Wednesday between 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. to tell us what they’re reading, spin-the-wheel for a fun challenge and get a new sticker for their passport.
Practice your video game skills
between 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Grades 4 and up.
No registration required.
Game play will be 20 minutes
per participant.
Rossland Branch
Adventure on the High Seas @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for an afternoon of high-seas survival and adventure!
Follow the map in the hunt for Blackbeard's elusive buried treasure and survive the treacherous blue expanse!
This program is from Grades 4-6.
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Whooooosh! Build and launch your own gliding air-cushioned vehicle. Learn how a layer of air allows your hovercraft to move. Then, challenge your friends to a race.
ALLERGY ALERT! Latex balloons will be used in this program.
This program is for children in grades 4 to 6. Space is limited. Pick up your entry ticket at the Info Desk beginning at 2:00pm on the day of this event.
Central Library - Children's Program Room
Teens @ Central - Who Wants Candy?
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Do you love candy? How about chocolate? Put your candy knowledge to the test with our trivia game, make your own sweet treat, and play BINGO for a chance to win a great prize! Registration opens on Saturday, June22, and can be done online, at any library branch or by calling 905-668-6531 ext. 2010.
Allergy Alert: While we will do our best to avoid candy and chocolates with nuts, we cannot guarantee that the food we use has not come into contact with nuts or other allergens.
This program is for students in grades 7-12.
Central 1A & 1B
The registration period has not begun.
Beach Party @ Brooklin
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Summer is here! Time to celebrate. Teens are invited for games, food and fun. Dress in your favourite beach gear for this event.
Teens (grade 7 - 12) are invited to participate in this weekly teen program. Join us for workshops, crafts, books, games and activities.
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to join us at the fireplace for a half-hour of stories, songs and fingerplays.
Registration is not required. All ages welcome.
** Please note that the Drop-in Family Storytime on Friday, July 26th is cancelled. Feel free to register for The Princess and the Pig puppet show that will take place that morning.**
Starting on Friday, May 3, Downton Abbey fans are invited to join us in the Brooklin Branch program room to watch the popular, award winning miniseries. Join us each week for a new episode. Downton Abbey will sweep you along with the Granthams, upstairs & down, as they navigate a tumultuous era.
Tea will be served.
Register online, in person or by calling 905 655-3191.
Children (grades 2-4) in French Immersion can keep their French language skills sharp this summer when they join us for fun stories and activities en français.
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Cruise in on Tuesday afternoons to talk about
your reading adventures, play some games,
and pick up a new sticker for your passport.
Grades One and up.
No registration required.
Rossland Branch
GO! Movie Tuesdays - Rango @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Families are invited to join us while we explore the world!
This week's GO! Movie is Rango: Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.~ IMDb
Please ensure your child is old enough to enjoy the entire movie. This film is rated PG according to the Ontario Film Review Board.
Register online, in person or by telephone beginning on June 22nd at 10:00 a.m.
Local artist Matt Dyck will be showing us how to draw comics and cartoons. Bring your imaginations and come prepared to create a comic masterpiece!
This program is for students in grades 7-12.
Central 1A & 1B
The registration period has not begun.
Doodles and Thumbprints @ Central
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Explore the world of art created by Ed Emberley. We will use our thumbs to make different creations and find some fun ways to doodle.
(Caution: We will get messy fingers!)
For children in grades 2 to 4.
Space is limited. Pick up your entry ticket at the main floor information desk beginning at 2 p.m. on the day of this event.
Central Library - Children's Program Room
Intermediate Computers
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
3rd in our series of training courses
Format a document, create folders and manage files.
The Library reserves the right to limit registration.
To Register click the green button below, call 905-668-6531 x.2020 askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Have you taken our courses, had time to practice, and now need a refresher?
Sign up for a free one-on-one computer help session and we can help you on the road to becoming more tech-savvy. Sessions are one hour and are tailored to the area where you need help.
We can help you learn to:
-Complete an online form
-Search the library catalogue and manage your account
-Create an email account and manage your mail
-Download eBooks and eAudiobooks
-Sign up for and use Facebook
-Use the library research databases
-Use Microsoft Office (excluding Outlook)
We can also review any topic that is covered in our group classes.
Please note that we will not do transactions involving credit cards, personal information or banking instruction. Also, the library cannot offer technical support or assist with any problem a patron may have with their own personal computer/laptop.
The Library reserves the right to limit registration.
Travel to the great outdoors inside the Rossland Branch this summer.
Enjoy a wilderness campfire, play some traditional games,
and indulge in a campfire treat. complete your camping experience
by making your very own campfire to take home and enjoy.
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Grades 1, 2, and 3
ALLERGY ALERT: Graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows will be used in this program.
Rossland Branch
The registration period has not begun.
Spin The Wheel @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Reading Club members are invited to drop by each Wednesday between 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. to tell us what they’re reading, spin-the-wheel for a fun challenge and get a new sticker for their passport.
Join us for an hour of all things Wimpy Kid! We’ll have crafts, games and trivia. Plus, have your picture taken with Greg Heffley! Parents are encouraged to bring their cameras.
For children in grades 4-6. Space is limited. Pick up your entry ticket at the Info desk beginning at 2:00 p.m. on the day of this event.
Central Library - Children's Program Room
Teens @ Central - Cosplay Party
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Come dressed as your favourite Anime or Graphic Novel character and join us for an evening of games, movies, candy sushi and more. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes. See the Teen web page or library Facebook page in July for prize categories. Snacks will be provided.
This program is for students in grades 7-12.
Central 1A & 1B
The registration period has not begun.
Turquoise Dream Catchers @ Brooklin
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The South Sest Desert holds some of the most beautiful turquoise. Learn how to create a traditional dreamcatcher with the beautiful healing stone at it’s heart.
Teens (grade 7 - 12) are invited to participate in this weekly teen program. Join us for workshops, crafts, books, games and activities.
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to join us at the fireplace for a half-hour of stories, songs and fingerplays.
Registration is not required. All ages welcome.
** Please note that the Drop-in Family Storytime on Friday, July 26th is cancelled. Feel free to register for The Princess and the Pig puppet show that will take place that morning.**
Starting on Friday, May 3, Downton Abbey fans are invited to join us in the Brooklin Branch program room to watch the popular, award winning miniseries. Join us each week for a new episode. Downton Abbey will sweep you along with the Granthams, upstairs & down, as they navigate a tumultuous era.
Tea will be served.
Register online, in person or by calling 905 655-3191.
Sign up for a free one-on-one computer training session and we can help you on the road to becoming more tech-savvy. Training sessions are 1/2 an hour and are tailored to the area where you need help.
For example, we can help you learn to:
-Format your resume,
-Fine tune your searching skills
-Complete an online form
-Create an email account
-Search the library catalogue and manage your account
-Use the library research databases
-A specialized topic of your choice (ex: e-reader help)
Please note that we will not do transactions involving credit cards, personal information or banking instruction. Also, the library cannot offer technical support or assist with any problem a patron may have with their own personal computer/laptop.
** Please book an appointment online or by calling 905 655-3191.
It’s almost that time of year again, the one your kids have been waiting for! SUMMER! What better way is there to celebrate summer than to explore the world. Learn about different climates around the globe and have fun getting there by submarine or snowshoes!
Registration for August Summer programs begins on Saturday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Join us as we turn words into art! We’ll begin our program in the computer lab on the second floor, where we’ll learn the basics of WORDLE and turn ordinary words into spectacular art. Once we’ve created and printed our masterpieces, we’ll head downstairs to room one to create frames to put them in. Feel free to bring a list of words that describe something you love,such as a book, a band, a place, etc. This program is for students in grades 7-12.
Family audiences are sure to have a good time with all the fun, catchy songs,
kid-friendly jokes and magical surprisessprinkled thougout this popular show.
All ages.
Free tickets will be available at the Rossland Branch
starting 10 a.m., Saturday, June 22.
You must have a ticket to attend.
Rossland Branch
Spin The Wheel @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Reading Club members are invited to drop by each Wednesday between 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. to tell us what they’re reading, spin-the-wheel for a fun challenge and get a new sticker for their passport.
Practice your video game skills
between 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Grades 4 and up.
No registration required.
Game play will be 20 minutes
per participant.
Rossland Branch
Go North! @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Go North!
Chill out while learning about Arctic games and activities.
Take home a “cool” craft and fill your dreams with thoughts of ice and snow…in July!
This program is for Grades 1 - 3.
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Grab some friends and join us for an afternoon of fun as we bring out the board games and LEGO. Snacks will be provided at this program.
This program is for students in grades 7-12.
Central 1A & 1B
The registration period has not begun.
To The Arctic: Film & Craft Night @ Brooklin
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
It’s hot! How hot is it you say? It’s so hot, we need to GO! To the Arctic.
To the Arctic takes you on a never before seen journey through the power of IMAX lens into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. ~ IMDb
Stay and chill awhile...take a piece of the Arctic home with you!
Teens (grade 7 - 12) are invited to participate in this weekly teen program. Join us for workshops, crafts, books, games and activities. *Registration is require for this program.
Have you taken our courses, had time to practice, and now need a refresher?
Sign up for a free one-on-one computer help session and we can help you on the road to becoming more tech-savvy. Sessions are one hour and are tailored to the area where you need help.
We can help you learn to:
-Complete an online form
-Search the library catalogue and manage your account
-Create an email account and manage your mail
-Download eBooks and eAudiobooks
-Sign up for and use Facebook
-Use the library research databases
-Use Microsoft Office (excluding Outlook)
We can also review any topic that is covered in our group classes.
Please note that we will not do transactions involving credit cards, personal information or banking instruction. Also, the library cannot offer technical support or assist with any problem a patron may have with their own personal computer/laptop.
The Library reserves the right to limit registration.
Central Library - Lab
Downton Abbey @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Indulge your inner Countess or Earl!
Starting on Friday, May 3, Downton Abbey fans are invited to join us in the Brooklin Branch program room to watch the popular, award winning miniseries. Join us each week for a new episode. Downton Abbey will sweep you along with the Granthams, upstairs & down, as they navigate a tumultuous era.
Tea will be served.
Register online, in person or by calling 905 655-3191.
Children (grades 2-4) in French Immersion can keep their French language skills sharp this summer when they join us for fun stories and activities en français.
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Cruise in on Tuesday afternoons to talk about
your reading adventures, play some games,
and pick up a new sticker for your passport.
Grades One and up.
No registration required.
Rossland Branch
GO! Movie Tuesdays - Camp Rock @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Families are invited to join us while we explore the world!
This week's GO! Movie is Camp Rock: At a music camp for gifted teens, a popular teen idol overhears a girl singing and sets out to find who the talented voice belongs to. What he doesn't know is that the girl is actually a camp kitchen worker with a fear of being heard. ~ IMDb
Please ensure your child is old enough to enjoy the entire movie. This film is rated G according to the Ontario Film Review Board.
Register online, in person or by telephone beginning on June 22nd at 10:00 a.m.
Have you ever made a bracelet with safety pins? How about buttons? Here’s your chance! We’ll be turning ordinary household items into fantastic jewelry that you can keep for yourself or give as a gift.
This program is for students in grades 7-12.
Central 1A & 1B
The registration period has not begun.
Tea with Paddington Bear @ Central
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Calling all bears! Paddington would like to make some new friends! Bring your teddy bear and join him for an English Tea Party. We'll hear about his journey from darkest Peru to England. Join us for stories, crafts and some jolly good refreshments! For grades JK to 2. Space is limited. Pick up your entry ticket beginning at 2:00 p.m. on the day of this event.
Allergy alert: Food will be served at this program.
Barb Wilson bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Central Library - Children's Program Room
Introduction to the Internet
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
4th in our series of training courses
Navigate web pages using browser software.
The Library reserves the right to limit registration.
To Register click the green button below, call 905 668-6531 x.2020 askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Club members are invited to drop by each Wednesday between 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. to tell us what they’re reading, spin-the-wheel for a fun challenge and get a new sticker for their passport.
Walk, hop, slither, crawl or fly into the Rossland Branch and discover
how creative your fingers really are. Your prints are the most important part -
learn how to transform them into lots of different critters!
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Grades 3 and up.
Rossland Branch
The registration period has not begun.
Robert Davis Kids Music & Comedy Show @ Brooklin
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Take a big hunk of music and a little chunk of comedy and turn them into a whole lotta fun! Families are invited to join us at the Brooklin Branch for an entertaining afternoon. There'll be catchy songs, kid-friendly jokes and magical surprises!
All ages are welcome!
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Practice your video game skills
between 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Grades 4 and up.
No registration required.
Game play will be 20 minutes
per participant.
Rossland Branch
Campin' At The Library @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Go camping and get set for s'more fun at the Brooklin Branch, where the weather is always great inside. Come and share your spooky stories while sitting around the campfire
This program is for Grades 1-3.
Registration begins on Saturday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Put your survival knowledge to the test in this ultimate program! Make your own survival trail mix, identify the poisonous plants, test your trivia skills and make a cool craft that just might save your life. Snacks will be provided at this program.
This program is for students in grades 7 - 12.
Central 1A & 1B
The registration period has not begun.
Forest Photography @ Brooklin
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Teens (grades 7-12) are invited to bring their cameras and learn a few new tricks before embarking on a summer photography contest. Hike a Durham trail, visit a local park, walk through Cullen Gardens, or hit the back roads around Whitby. Shoot the trees, shoot the flowers, shoot the wildlife...with your camera!
Registration begins on Saturday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to join us at the fireplace for a half-hour of stories, songs and fingerplays.
Registration is not required. All ages welcome.
** Please note that the Drop-in Family Storytime on Friday, July 26th is cancelled. Feel free to register for The Princess and the Pig puppet show that will take place that morning.**
Starting on Friday, May 3, Downton Abbey fans are invited to join us in the Brooklin Branch program room to watch the popular, award winning miniseries. Join us each week for a new episode. Downton Abbey will sweep you along with the Granthams, upstairs & down, as they navigate a tumultuous era.
Tea will be served.
Register online, in person or by calling 905 655-3191.
Cruise in on Tuesday afternoons to talk about
your reading adventures, play some games,
and pick up a new sticker for your passport.
Grades One and up.
No registration required.
Rossland Branch
GO! Movie Tuesdays - Alaska @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Families are invited to join us while we explore the world!
This week's GO! Movie is Alaska: Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska. During an emergency delivery in a storm Jake's plane goes down somewhere in the mountains. Jessie and Sean set out on an adventure to find their father with the help of a polar bear which they have saved from a ferocious poacher. ~ IMDb
Please ensure your child is old enough to enjoy the entire movie. This film is rated G according to the Ontario Film Review Board.
Register online, in person or by telephone beginning on June 22nd at 10:00 a.m.
Join us to learn three different paper airplane folding techniques. We'll discover which design flies farthest, makes the loopiest flight and stays up the longest!
Space is limited. For children in grades 2 to 5.
Pick up your entry ticket at the main floor information desk at 2 p.m. on the day of the program.
Central Library - Children's Program Room
Teens @ Central - A Taste of Culture
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Have you ever wanted to visit the countries of South Asia? Here's your chance! Come and sample some of the cuisine, listen to the music and make a memento of your travels. Allergy alert: food will be served at this program.
This program is for students in grades 7 - 12.
Reading Club members are invited to drop by each Wednesday between 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. to tell us what they’re reading, spin-the-wheel for a fun challenge and get a new sticker for their passport.
Come and join us for our new Non-Fiction Book Club! This month's selection is "One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season" by Chris Ballard.
In 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats defied convention and the odds. Led by an English teacher with no coaching experience, the Macon Ironmen emerged from a field of 370 teams to become the smallest school in Illinois history to make the state final-- a distinction that still stands. Chris Ballard tells the story of the team and its unlikely coach-- a hippie, dreamer, and intellectual.
Registration is required. To register click on the green button below, call 905 668-6531 x.2020 or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Please pick your books up at the 2nd floor information desk of the Central Library. Club meetings will take place in Meeting Room 2.
Practice your video game skills
between 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Grades 4 and up.
No registration required.
Game play will be 20 minutes
per participant.
Rossland Branch
Peak Survival @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Could you survive alone in the wilderness?
Let's see if you could! Join us at the Brooklin Branch for some fun survival games and learn some new skills.
This program is for Grades 4-6.
Registration begins on Saturday July 20th at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
We provide a selection of movies, you vote to decide which one we watch! Snacks will be provided at this program.
This program is for students in grades 7 - 12.
Central 1A & 1B
The registration period has not begun.
Mountain Survivor @ Brooklin
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The sun rises slowly over the expansive mountains of North America. Teams have been dropped off in some of the most mountainous areas of North America. As your drop-off pilot flies away, you realize your team is truly alone.
Will you survive? Who will win?
Teens (grade 7 - 12) are invited to participate in this weekly teen program. Join us for workshops, crafts, books, games and activities.
Reigstration begins on Saturday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to join us at the fireplace for a half-hour of stories, songs and fingerplays.
Registration is not required. All ages welcome.
** Please note that the Drop-in Family Storytime on Friday, July 26th is cancelled. Feel free to register for The Princess and the Pig puppet show that will take place that morning.**
Starting on Friday, May 3, Downton Abbey fans are invited to join us in the Brooklin Branch program room to watch the popular, award winning miniseries. Join us each week for a new episode. Downton Abbey will sweep you along with the Granthams, upstairs & down, as they navigate a tumultuous era.
Tea will be served.
Register online, in person or by calling 905 655-3191.
Sign up for a free one-on-one computer training session and we can help you on the road to becoming more tech-savvy. Training sessions are 1/2 an hour and are tailored to the area where you need help.
For example, we can help you learn to:
-Format your resume,
-Fine tune your searching skills
-Complete an online form
-Create an email account
-Search the library catalogue and manage your account
-Use the library research databases
-A specialized topic of your choice (ex: e-reader help)
Please note that we will not do transactions involving credit cards, personal information or banking instruction. Also, the library cannot offer technical support or assist with any problem a patron may have with their own personal computer/laptop.
** Please book an appointment online or by calling 905 655-3191.
Children (grades 2-4) in French Immersion can keep their French language skills sharp this summer when they join us for fun stories and activities en français.
Registration begins on Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Cruise in on Tuesday afternoons to talk about
your reading adventures, play some games,
and pick up a new sticker for your passport.
Grades One and up.
No registration required.
Rossland Branch
GO! Movie Tuesdays - City of Ember @ Brooklin
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Families are invited to join us while we explore the world!
This week's GO! Movie is City of Ember: For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing ... and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. ~ IMDb
Please ensure your child is old enough to enjoy the entire movie. This film is rated PG according to the Ontario Film Review Board.
Register online, in person or by telephone beginning on June 22nd at 10:00 a.m.
Do you have what it takes to be a pirate and sail the Spanish Main with Buccaneer Barb? Come on in and try your hand at some piratical tasks, but beware! If you fail, you may have to walk the plank. For pirates in Grades 1-3. Space is limited. Pick up your entry ticket at the Info desk beginning at 2:00 p.m. on the day of this event.
Allergy alert: Pirate grog and snacks will be served in this program.
Barb Wilson bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Central Library - Children's Program Room
Teens @ Central - Duct Tape Extravaganza!
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Duct Tape is back! Choose from our huge assortment of colours and patterns and learn how to create something both useful and stylish. Then put your imagination to use to create a project of your own.
Reading Club members are invited to drop by each Wednesday between 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. to tell us what they’re reading, spin-the-wheel for a fun challenge and get a new sticker for their passport.
Are you creative? A survivialist? Hardcore? Join the Agressive Mobs and experience an hour of Real-World Mine Craft in real time. Build cobbletone, logs, adminium and even netherrack to take home for infdev. Together we can defeat Ender, while avoiding Creepers and those annoying Griefers.
This program is for Grades 4-6.
Registration begins on Saturday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Teens @ Central - Summer Reading Challenge Wrap-up Party
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
What better way to wrap up a summer of fun, than with a waffle party? Will you create a simple yet sophisticated waffle, or a wild and crazy one? It’s entirely up to you! There will be trivia and prizes, plus everyone who attends will receive a free book! We’ll also be announcing the winners of our grand prize draw.
Allergy Alert: While we will do our best to avoid nut products, we cannot guarantee that the food we use has not come into contact with nuts or other allergens.
This program is for students in grades 7 - 12 who have participated in the Summer Reading Challenge. For more information about the Summer Reading Challenge, please visit the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library.
Central 1A & 1B
Cave Paintings @ Brooklin
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
In caves around the world, our primitive ancestors have left messages etched, painted and stained on the walls of the caves they called home. Join us in this cool one-hour craft program and create your own cave paintings to leave a story for generations to come.
Teens (grade 7 - 12) are invited to participate in this weekly teen program. Join us for workshops, crafts, books, games and activities.
Registration begins on Saturday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to join us at the fireplace for a half-hour of stories, songs and fingerplays.
Registration is not required. All ages welcome.
** Please note that the Drop-in Family Storytime on Friday, July 26th is cancelled. Feel free to register for The Princess and the Pig puppet show that will take place that morning.**
Welcome to Kindergarten!
Where your little ones will start to learn to make new friends and their creativity will bloom!
Come join Suzy Superstar and she will teach you everything you need to know to send your new Kindergarten student off to school with a smile on their face and their backpacks on. Your new student will also be going home with a hand-made portfolio for all their lovely arts & crafts from school.
Registration begins on Saturday July 20th, at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Make A Splash With Jake - Certificate Day @ Brooklin
10:30 AM
Summer reading club members are invited to join us as we wrap up another great summer.
The perfect way to dive into summer fun! Join Jake Differ for splashing, bouncing sunny songs and stories. With Jake leading the way on guitar, flute and voice, everyone gets involved – singing, dancing, and playing instruments! Jake’s musical, funny and highly interactive live performances have delighted family audiences all across Canada for many years. His “Make a Splash With Jake” performance will include a great mix of songs, many of them audience favourites from his Parents’ Choice Award winning and Juno nominated CDs.
Remember to put your name in to win some great book prizes and pick up your Summer Reading Club certificate!
Registration begins Saturday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m., online, in person or by telephone.
Sign up for a free one-on-one computer training session and we can help you on the road to becoming more tech-savvy. Training sessions are 1/2 an hour and are tailored to the area where you need help.
For example, we can help you learn to:
-Format your resume,
-Fine tune your searching skills
-Complete an online form
-Create an email account
-Search the library catalogue and manage your account
-Use the library research databases
-A specialized topic of your choice (ex: e-reader help)
Please note that we will not do transactions involving credit cards, personal information or banking instruction. Also, the library cannot offer technical support or assist with any problem a patron may have with their own personal computer/laptop.
** Please book an appointment online or by calling 905 655-3191.
Registration begins on Saturday, August 24th at 10:00 a.m.
Drop by the Information Desk at the Brooklin Branch to register for our Fall 2013 session and to pick up your first book.
The Book Club will meet every 3rd Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
A journalist's obsession brings her to a remote island off the California coast, home to the world's most mysterious and fearsome predators-and the strange band of surfer-scientists who follow them Susan Casey was in her living room when she first saw the great white sharks of the Farallon Islands, their dark fins swirling around a small motorboat in a documentary. In a matter of months, Casey was being hoisted out of the early-winter swells on a crane, up a cliff face to the barren surface of Southeast Farallon Island-dubbed by sailors in the 1850s the "devil's teeth." Two days later, she got her first glimpse of the famous, terrifying jaws up close and she was instantly hooked; her fascination soon yielded to obsession-and an invitation to return for a full season. But as Casey readied herself for the eight-week stint, she had no way of preparing for what she would find among the dangerous, forgotten islands that have banished every campaign for civilization in the past two hundred years. The Devil's Teeth is a vivid dispatch from an otherworldly outpost, a story of crossing the boundary between society and an untamed place where humans are neither wanted nor needed.
Registration is required. To register click on the green button below, call 905 668-6531 x.2020 or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Please pick your books up at the 2nd floor information desk of the Central Library. Club meetings will take place in Meeting Room 2.
For the first time, Whitby Public Library is participating in the Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award program.
The Evergreen Award program was introduced to give adult library patrons the opportunity to vote for a work of Canadian fiction or non-fiction that they have liked the most. Voting will take place in October at the library and the winner will be announced in February 2014.
Terry Fallis, author of the Evergreen nominated novel Up and Down, will be joining us at the Central Library on Wednesday, September 18 at 7 p.m.
Terry Fallis is the author of The Best Laid Plans, and The High Road, satirical novels of Canadian politics. His debut novel, The Best Laid Plans, was originally self-published in 2007 and won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. Then McClelland & Stewart published The Best Laid Plans in September 2008. He also won the Gold Medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Regional Fiction – Canada East category. In February, 2011, The Best Laid Plans was crowned the winner of CBC Canada Reads as the “essential Canadian novel of the decade.” In November 2011, CBC-Television announced that The Best Laid Plans is in development as a six-part TV miniseries. McClelland & Stewart published the sequel to The Best Laid Plans, called The High Road, in September 2010. It was a finalist for the 2011 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, in April, 2011. His third novel, Up and Down, was published in September 2012, and it debuted on the Globe and Mail bestsellers list.
Evergreen Book Talk Event
Please join us for Evergreen Book Talks at all of our locations in September. Library staff will be discussing the book titles and refreshments will be served.
For the first time, Whitby Public Library is participating in the Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award program.
The Evergreen Award program was introduced to give adult library patrons the opportunity to vote for a work of Canadian fiction or non-fiction that they have liked the most. Voting will take place in October at the library and the winner will be announced in February 2014.
Terry Fallis, author of the Evergreen nominated novel Up and Down, will be joining us at the Central Library on Wednesday, September 18 at 7 p.m.
Terry Fallis is the author of The Best Laid Plans, and The High Road, satirical novels of Canadian politics. His debut novel, The Best Laid Plans, was originally self-published in 2007 and won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. Then McClelland & Stewart published The Best Laid Plans in September 2008. He also won the Gold Medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Regional Fiction – Canada East category. In February, 2011, The Best Laid Plans was crowned the winner of CBC Canada Reads as the “essential Canadian novel of the decade.” In November 2011, CBC-Television announced that The Best Laid Plans is in development as a six-part TV miniseries. McClelland & Stewart published the sequel to The Best Laid Plans, called The High Road, in September 2010. It was a finalist for the 2011 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, in April, 2011. His third novel, Up and Down, was published in September 2012, and it debuted on the Globe and Mail bestsellers list.
Evergreen Book Talk Event
Please join us for Evergreen Book Talks at all of our locations in September. Library staff will be discussing the book titles and refreshments will be served.
The Paper Garden is unlike anything else you have ever read. At once a biography of an extraordinary 18th century gentlewoman and a meditation on late-life creativity, it is a beautifully written tour de force from an acclaimed poet. Mary Granville Pendarves Delany (1700-1788) was the witty, beautiful and talented daughter of a minor branch of a powerful family. Married off at 16 to a 61-year-old drunken squire to improve the family fortunes, she was widowed by 25, and henceforth had a small stipend and a horror of a marriage. She spurned many suitors over the next twenty years, including the powerful Lord Baltimore and the charismatic radical John Wesley. She cultivated a wide circle of friends, including Handel and Jonathan Swift. And she painted, she stitched, she observed, as she swirled in the outskirts of the Georgian court. In mid-life she found love, and married. Upon her husband's death 23 years later, she arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors and, at the age of 72, created a new art form, mixed-media collage. Over the next decade, Mrs Delany created an astonishing 985 botanically correct, breathtaking cut-paper flowers, now housed in the British Museum and referred to as the Botanica Delanica.
Registration is required. To register click on the green button below, call 905 668-6531 x.2020 or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Please pick your books up at the 2nd floor information desk of the Central Library. Club meetings will take place in Meeting Room 2.
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday,September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday,September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday,September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Join us for this screening of the film Mr. Holland"s Opus - a story of a frustrated composer who comes to realize that his real passion is teaching and that his legacy is not a truly memorable piece of music, but the generations of young people whose lives he affects.
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday,September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Please join us as we travel the world through film - no passport required!
Central 1A & 1B
Reading Buddies @ Central
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Come and join us for our Non-Fiction Book Club! This month's selection is "Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure" by Sarah Macdonald.
In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm and told her she would return to India--and for love--she screamed, "Never!" and gave the country, and him, the finger. But eleven years later, the prophecy comes true. When the love of Sarah's life is posted to India, she quits her dream job to move to the most polluted city on earth, New Delhi. For Sarah this seems like the ultimate sacrifice for love, and it almost kills her, literally. Just settled, she falls dangerously ill with double pneumonia, an experience that compels her to face some serious questions about her own fragile mortality and inner spiritual void. Thus begins her journey of discovery through India in search of the meaning of life and death. From spiritual retreats and crumbling nirvanas to war zones and New Delhi nightclubs, it is a journey that only a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life--and her sanity--can survive. Registration is required. To register click on the green button below, call 905 668-6531 x.2020 or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Please pick your books up at the 2nd floor information desk of the Central Library. Club meetings will take place in Meeting Room 2.
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday,September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday,September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday,September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday,September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Please join us as we travel the world through film- no passport required!
Central 1A & 1B
Reading Buddies @ Central
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Reading Buddies is a program for children in grades 1-4, who would benefit from reading assistance. We match the younger children on a one-to-one basis with teen volunteers, who help them practice their reading and play literacy-based games with them.
Reading Buddies is offered from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a registered program. Registration for the program begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in person at the Children's and Adult Fiction desk at the Central Library, with phone registration available after 12:00 noon (905-668-6531 ext. 2010).
Barb Wilson 905-668-6531 X2010 bwilson@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Come and join us for our Non-Fiction Book Club! This month's selection is "Adventures in Solitude"by Grant Lawrence.
In this hilarious and captivating book, CBC personality Grant Lawrence takes a look at the BC coastline, in the small town of Desolation Sound. Young Grant's father bought a piece of land next to the park in the 1970s, just in time to encounter the gun-toting cougar lady, left-over hippies, outlaw bikers and an assortment of other characters. In those years Desolation Sound was a place where going to the neighbours' potluck meant being met with hugs from portly naked hippies and where Russell the Hermit's school of life (boating, fishing, and rock 'n' roll) was Grant's personal Enlightenment. With rock band buddies and a few cases of beer in tow, an older, cooler Grant returns to regale us with tales of "going bush," the tempting dilemma of finding an unguarded grow-op, and his awkward struggle to convince a couple of visiting kayakers that he's a legit CBC radio host while sporting a wild beard and body wounds and gesticulating with a machete. With plenty of laugh-out-loud humour and inspired reverence, Adventures in Solitude delights us with the unique history of a place and the growth of a young man amidst the magic of Desolation Sound.
Registration is required. To register click on the green button below, call 905 668-6531 x.2020 or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Please pick your books up at the 2nd floor information desk of the Central Library. Club meetings will take place in Meeting Room 2.
