Summer conjures up images of lazy days reading on the beach, in a hammock, or on the back deck. You might also be up for an adventure! If you need some inspiration for what to read, or for a new adventure, come to your Library.
The Adult Summer Reading Game is a unique way you can celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. All you have to do is pick up a bingo card at any Library location, and choose your challenges. To complete one row on the bingo card, for example, you’ll be required to borrow and read a work by a Canadian Indigenous author, borrow an audiobook, read or listen to a Stuart McLean title, and bring a friend to the Library. After completing a row, drop off your card at any Library location to be entered in a draw. You could win a prize from one of our generous sponsors: Towneplace Suites Marriott, The Community Auditorium or Magnus Theatre. There are four different bingo cards, and you can play as often as you like! The game is on all summer -- be sure to have your cards in by August 30th.
For the children, the ever-popular TD Summer Reading Club is back again. Sign up for weekly reading incentives, and a wrap-up celebration. At the beginning of the summer children get a booklet to track their progress, then visit the library once a week to tell us about what they’ve been reading, and collect a sticker and prize. The TD Summer Reading Club runs at 2,000 public libraries across Canada, and is a unique way to keep kids reading throughout the summer. The program is led by Toronto Public Library in partnership with Libraries and Archives Canada, with sponsorship by TD Bank. Visit the website at www.tdsummerreadingclub.ca for all sorts of fun activities and useful resources, including jokes, reading suggestions for all levels, reviews, colouring sheets and more. You can submit your own review or joke as well.
The Big Boreal Adventure is a fun way to explore our area, for both children and adults. It’s a free, nature-based scavenger hunt, designed to get people outside, exploring the City. Pick up a guidebook from one of our Library locations to get started. The Adventure involves finding posts with Guidebooks include a map indicating where all the posts are. You may have seen these posts in City parks. The guidebook includes interesting information about each location you’ll visit, and a space to do a rubbing from the stainless steel plate on each post. Go to www.bigborealadventure.ca for more information.
We also have nature kits available to be signed out, to enhance your adventures! Each kit includes a story book with a nature theme, a non-fiction nature book such as a bird identification guide, a magnifying glass, binoculars, a compass, a booklist of recommended titles, and a nature activity sheets for you to do. Kits can be signed out for three weeks using your Library card. Ask at the staff desk for whichever Nature Kit is available for borrowing that day or place a hold from the catalogue -- look up “Big Boreal Adventure Kit”.
If you’re into history, The Big Boreal Adventure Goes Historical is for you! Similar to the main adventure, there’s a guide book you can pick up at any Library location. It includes maps for tours of five different areas of the City, with fascinating information about historical buildings and events. Discover the story of the bell at Hillcrest Park, Connaught Square, and the Pagoda and many more!
Summer hours start today at your Library, and will be in effect until Labour Day. We’ll be closed on Sundays, Mary Black and Waverley will be closed Saturdays, and all locations will close at 8 pm when usually open until 9 pm. Visit our website for full hours: www.tbpl.ca/hours
See you at your Library soon!
Joanna Aegard
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