No images? Click here Celebrate Family Literacy Day 2022! Taking the time to read together is crucial to your child’s development. Your Guelph Public Library is here to help. This year, we are excited to celebrate Family Literacy Day 2022 in partnership with the Guelph Fire Department. Join us virtually on Thursday, January 27 at 10 a.m. for a special storytime to learn how to play safe in the great outdoors. This online event is intended for children in junior kindergarten to grades 3. Registration is required to receive the live video link. Spending time in nature provides many benefits, not just for our bodies but for our minds too! Get outside and exercise both your mind and body together as a family this January. From the Archives: An index is included for this resource listing banks and various businesses, such as Guelph Soap Company, Guelph Carriage Top Company, Guelph Marble and Granite Works, and the Raymond Manufacturing Company to name a few. There is also biographical information related to businessmen of the day. A kind of who’s who of Guelph’s business community providing “Sketches of the Leading Business and Professional Men” as described by this resource. There is also a list of city officials accompanied by matching photographs. Few other resources provide images of city officials of the day quite like this item. Tech Time: LinkedIn Learning Courses Connect"Go Viral": 2022 Teen ETCH Short Story Contest Interested participants can enter the Library’s 2022 Teen ETCH writing contest by submitting a short story in 1,500 words or less on the theme “Viral”. There is no entry fee but all submissions must be received by email only to teens@guelphpl.ca by 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Short story entries must be in your own original writing, 1,500 words or less, typed and single spaced. Please do not submit your stories as a PDF. Your submission must include:
Story contestant finalists will each be paired up with a local author mentor, who will share writing techniques to help polish their submission for final judging. Prizes will be awarded to the top three submissions in each of the following categories: Grades 7 to 8, Grades 9 to 10 and Grades 11 to 12. What are you waiting for? Let the creative juices flow and start writing your short story entry today! Cozy up with a Classic Movie from Kanopy! How Can I Join the Library's Annual Campaign? Here's how you can make a tax-deductible gift to the 2022 campaign today:
Thank you to Local Cookbook Author, Emily Richards Summary: Always delicious and easy-to-follow, Best of Bridge Kitchen Simple is a welcome return to easy techniques with simple ingredients designed to take the stress out of mealtime. Short on time? Try your hand at the Skillet Egg Roll. Need an idea for Meatless Monday? Try our Mushroom Jamaican Hand pies. Try something new this month. Check out this cookbook today! |