Join us at the library to get your child ready for kindergarten. This is a four week series; however, feel free to sign up for the specific week(s) that your child needs.

Cost: Free.

Mondays in Elmvale Branch in June.

Topics include: Getting dressed without help, Toileting, Eating without help, and Nap weaning. ABC’s, Phonics, and Printing their name. Numbers, Shapes, and Patterns. Packing lunches and Backpacks.

The Creative Adults is a monthly program where participants make a variety of art projects and learn from occassional guest speakers.

This month, come join us for a group guided watercolour art piece with artist, Wendy McIver.

Tuesday May 19, 2pm-4pm, Elmvale Branch

Cost: $10.00

Register here

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Hope Rises

Walter Nash, working under the alias of Dillon Hope, is on the road to revenge after becoming an informant for the FBI against a global c...

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David Baldacci

The Keeper

On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Arknakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to t...

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Tana French

The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris

Hugo has led an exciting life as an FBI profiler and the US embassy's head of security, but now he's ready to embrace a quieter existence...

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Mark Pryor

The Mountains We Call Home

A powerful testament of strength, survival, and the magic of the printed word, The Mountains We Call Home is wrapped into a vivid portrai...

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Kim Michele Richardson

The Name Game

A man and a woman with the same name are looking for a fresh start only to discover they have landed the same job in this charming new ro...

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Beth O'Leary

The Novice of Holloway Hall

At twenty-eight, Vivvy Holloway is nearly the same height as when she was five. Though she hides her face behind a veil, a different colo...

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Wayne Johnston

Our Extraordinary Summer

Calista and Athena Dempsey were once inseparable until their father’s ambition drove a wedge between them. When a very public betrayal sh...

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Lori Wilde

Revenge Prey

Leonard Summers--not his real name--is on the run. A former high-ranking Russian intelligence officer who defected to the U.S. after prov...

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John Sandford

Son of Nobody

The most famous stories of the Trojan War and its aftermath are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. But these were not the only tales of the war s...

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Yann Martel

Three Summers

1957: The summer of innocence. Amongst the lemon trees, Rafaella Parisi impatiently waits for the summer visitors to arrive in her small ...

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Karen Swan

A Woman's Place

In April 1912, twenty-three-year-old Lady Victoria Oldbrooke is traveling with her beloved father from England on the maiden voyage of th...

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Danielle Steel

9 Months that Count Forever

Most pregnant women are told: 'Eat whatever you normally eat. Your baby will get what he needs from you.' But science tells a different s...

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Jessie Inchauspe

Brassy Bit of Aging Crumpet

In this disarmingly vulnerable and wickedly hilarious collection of essays, Mary Walsh chronicles her colourful--sometimes difficult, nev...

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Mary Walsh

Drained

The term "mental load" has become more familiar in recent years, but the popular understanding of the concept often reduces it down to ma...

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Leah Ruppanner

Dreamer's Daughter

A daughter's inspiring memoir of a childhood short on money, but rich in all the rest, and her eccentric and misguided father who fails s...

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Lori Thicke

Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults

No one is perfect at making friends. But many people across different types of neurodivergences may find it harder. They might feel awkwa...

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Caroline Maguire

Honest Motherhood

A hilarious and unflinchingly honest memoir from an exhausted mom who learned the hard way that we need to let...

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Libby Ward

How To Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

Jenny shares one hundred humorous, heartfelt, and genuine tools and tricks that she relies on to keep her going even when her brain isn't...

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Jenny Lawson

I Choose Me

Jennie Garth is best known for playing the iconic role of Kelly Taylor in the hit television series "Beverly Hills, 90210." Now in her 50...

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Jennie Garth

In Fertility

fter having their first child without issue, Kathryn and her husband were trying for a second. She suffered one miscarriage after another...

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Kathryn Blaze Baum

Intimate Audrey

To those who appreciate her work and legacy, Audrey Hepburn was many things. She was a child survivor of the Second World War. She was a ...

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Sean Hepburn Ferrer

Like, Follow, Subscribe

A searing investigation into the child influencer industry and the perils of childhood internet fame, Like, Follow, Subscribe is essentia...

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London Falling

A powerfully compelling account of a family devastated by the apparent suicide of their nineteen year-old son, only to discover he had cr...

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Patrick Radden Keefe

The Meaning of Your Life

Meaning in life is getting harder to find-and there's a reason for that. In The Meaning of Your Life, social scientist and happiness expe...

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Arthur C. Brooks

The New Perimenopause

I'm just not feeling like myself! This is the battle cry of the perimenopausal woman. Though menstrual cycle changes and the emotional ro...

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Mary Claire Haver

Oh She Glows Salads

A new vibrant collection of 110 irresistible plant-based recipes that will transform the way you think about salads--no more boring bowls...

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Angela Liddon

The Rolling Stones

What left is there to say about The Rolling Stones? A hell of a lot, it turns out. Bob Spitz has brought his indefatigable energy and fiv...

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Bob Spitz

Rory

The definitive biography of the most important, popular, and confounding player of the post-Tiger era, masterfully chronicled by Alan Shi...

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Alan Shipnuck

Screen People

Whether it's our reality-television-star President or our expertly curated Instagram feeds, the line between fact and fiction--between wh...

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Megan Garber

When the Body Speaks

The ultimate guide to using somatic exercise to release tension, regulate the nervous system, and facilitate healing...

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Liz Tenuto

When the Forest Breathes

Simard uncovers the ways that nature's deep-rooted cycles of renewal can ensure the longevity of threatened ecosystems. Raised in a famil...

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Suzanne Simard

When the Game Changes

An engaging and deeply moving memoir from renowned Sportsnet anchor Evanka Osmak about finding a women's hockey community just as she was...

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Evanka Osmak

Where the Earth Meets the Sky

A stunning work of natural history, science and polar travelogue, Where the Earth Meets the Sky is a chronicle of one conservation biolog...

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Louise K. Blight

Wisdom Untethered

What if the life you've been searching for is already within you? Michael A. Singer offers direct answers to life's deepest challenges: h...

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Michael A. Singer

The Forsytes

Soames meets and aggressively courts the beautiful but penniless Irene Heron, whom he marries. The season also features family events lik...

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Marty Supreme

Marty Mauser, a silver-tongued hustler with a dream that no one respects -- to become the world champion table tennis player. Hopping fro...

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Mercy

In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to the...

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Send Help

A woman and her overbearing boss become stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. They must overcome past grievances and work to...

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Shelter

On a remote coastal island, a reclusive man rescues a young girl from a deadly storm, drawing them both into danger. Forced out of isolat...

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The Spongebob Movie

Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman, a mysterious swashbuckl...

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Release Me

Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. Now she wants revenge. To save her sister she needs to get back home and destroy the system that created her....

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Tahereh Mafi

The Thorn Queen

Having won the hand of the faerie King Bram, Ivy is now Queen of England. But with his ascension to the throne, Bram unleashed the fae in...

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Sasha Peyton Smith

The Verdant Cage

For as long as seventeen-year-old apothecary Rose Allgood can remember, the towering stone Wall surrounding Noah's Valley has protected h...

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Jess Lourey

How to Survive the End of the World

Since 99.9 percent of all species that have lived are extinct, it's bound to be our turn eventually, right? So what's most likely to kill...

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Katy Doughty

Anna's Adventure Journal

Graphic Novel: When dangerous rockslides threaten Arendelle, Queen Anna leads a daring expedition into the mountains--only to discover...

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Rhona Cleary

Captain Underpants Manga

Graphic Novel: Combining humor and action with empowerment and empathy, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga features the amazing adv...

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Dan Pilkey

Inbetweens

Graphic Novel: Twin sisters Ash and Sloane are headed to animation camp -- where their courage, drive, and sisterly bond will be put to t...

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Faith Erin Hicks

Last Day Pool Party

Graphic Novel: Six very different kids' stories collide at an unforgettable last day pool party in this hilarious and relatable story abo...

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Emma Steinkellner

Mixed Feelings

While sixth-grader Sara Amini cannot find anyone who shares her Iranian-Colombian-American heritage, her best friend is abandoning her...

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Sara Amini

Once Upon a Tail

Graphic Novel: Wallace is a knightly horse who loves to follow rules. Poppy is a free-spirited dragon who loves to go on adventures. Thes...

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Audrey Perrott

Pet Placement Society

Graphic Novel: Twelve-year-old Mia is having a hard time. Her parents are arguing about overcrowding at the animal shelter they own. And ...

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Primo Gallanosa

The Bad Guys Breaking In

oin the Bad Guys on the heist that began all heists based on the Netflix animated show! Mr. Wolf has finally recruited the perfect crew: ...

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Maria S. Barbo

Forbidden Mountain

Every Anoran child dreams of the day they will enter the sacred bonding hut and match with a guardian--a spiritual guide who grants magic...

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Brandon Mull

Life on the Moon

When twelve-year-old Leo moves to the Moon with his father and stepmother, he soon discovers a conspiracy surrounding life there--human a...

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Matthew Swanson

Orris and Timble

Orris and Timble are friends. Orris is a rat, Timble is an owl, and they meet each night in an old barn to share stories. One night, Timb...

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Carmen Mok

Sharknado Warning

Max is...a shark? He doesn't know how he became one, but that strange older boy with the amulet must have something to do with it. Now Ma...

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Maddy Mara

The Monster Make

A fantastically imaginative interactive detective story for middle grade readers. With hundreds of paths to choose from and no dead ends,...

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Gareth P. Jones

Tested

When a DNA test reveals that her elite genetic status belongs to another girl, fourteen-year-old Mikayla grapples with her place in an un...

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Anna Monders

Werewolves Don't Keep Diaries

In this funny, partially illustrated early chapter book, Lou can't seem to do anything right. His body seems to be against him too-growin...

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Suzanne Sutherland

Wilderness Hacks

Two kids stranded in the wilderness must get over their annoyance with each other to overcome the roaring rapids and ferocious predators ...

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Joslin Brorsen

Worst in Show

Fil Furetto is a terrible criminal. He can't pick a lock or crack a safe, and he's hardly menacing. The only things he's good at are cook...

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PJ Gardner

You and Me and the Peanut Butter Beast

Hey, you--yes, you. Remember when we found that really deep hole and you jumped in and I had to jump in to rescue you and at the bottom o...

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Andy Griffiths

The Big Journey

Big Bear and Little Bear are going on a Big Journey to find a new home. So begins a grand adventure, as two bears set out on an epic...

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Michael Rosen

My Life as an Asthmanaut

This book teaches children about asthma and what to do if they see someone having an asthma attack. It provides a sense of belonging for ...

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Jacob Lockett

The Whale's Tale & the Otter's Side of the Story

A boastful whale and a showboating otter compete in a battle of words to prove that each is the greatest animal...

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Kate Messner

Axl the Axolotl is NOT a Frog

Introducing Axl the Axolotl! On the first day of school, Axl the Axolotl finds where he belongs in this charming story about learning to...

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JP Brammer

Camping is a Terrible Idea

A little girl loves the routines and schedules of her city life, so when her father suggests a family camping trip, she expects the worst...

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Kirsten Pendreigh

Even Steven

A child who values fairness learns there are many different ways to share...

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Carrie Finnison

A Puppy Like Yours

Children celebrate their dogs who come in all different shapes and sizes and are always the perfect companions for life's precious moment...

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Frank and Carla Murphy

Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella

fter leaving her glass slipper at the ball, Cinderella faces a stepsister’s scheme to keep the prince away, leading Cinderella to realize...

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Roald Dahl

Sloth and Moth

Sloth and Moth live together in a tree. They are close--very close. Moth lives on Sloth's back. They do everything together. They take na...

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Helen Taylor

Don't Splash Grandpa!

A group of friends enjoy a day at the pool where they try their best not disturb their chaperone, an unamused grandpa, with mixed results...

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Julie Gonzalez

Heartman

eartman isn't much of a superhero. He can fly, sure, but that's it. Everyday he goes out to fight fearsome super-villains like the GREAT ...

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Stephen Hogtun

It Won't Be Forever

It Won't Be Forever helps young children cope with separation anxiety by showing how love keeps families connected, even when they're apa...

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John Dougherty

Little O Wanted to Know

Meet Little o: a little letter who spends all her time being what others expect of her. But when Little o rolls out of her line--and ques...

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Rhea Sarason

The Mountain That Wouldn't Move

A humorous and heartfelt story about the power of changing your perspective-which is easier with a little help from your friends. Bear li...

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Sandra Dumais

It's My Bird-Day!

Pigeon gets emotional when he discovers he is not the only one celebrating their bird-day...

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Mo Willems

That is NOT a Dog

Ollie the cat has never met a dog but is afraid of them, until one day, he meets a whole slew of new friends: a cow, a hippo...

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Bea Birdsong

We Lend a Hand

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New Adult Titles in April

Hope Rises

The Keeper

The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris

The Mountains We Call Home

The Name Game

The Novice of Holloway Hall

Our Extraordinary Summer

Revenge Prey

Son of Nobody

Three Summers

A Woman's Place

9 Months that Count Forever

Brassy Bit of Aging Crumpet

Drained

Dreamer's Daughter

Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults

Honest Motherhood

How To Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

I Choose Me

In Fertility

Intimate Audrey

Like, Follow, Subscribe

London Falling

The Meaning of Your Life

The New Perimenopause

Oh She Glows Salads

The Rolling Stones

Rory

Screen People

When the Body Speaks

When the Forest Breathes

When the Game Changes

Where the Earth Meets the Sky

Wisdom Untethered

The Forsytes

Marty Supreme

Mercy

Send Help

Shelter

The Spongebob Movie

New Young Adult/Junior in April

Release Me

The Thorn Queen

The Verdant Cage

How to Survive the End of the World

Anna's Adventure Journal

Captain Underpants Manga

Inbetweens

Last Day Pool Party

Mixed Feelings

Once Upon a Tail

Pet Placement Society

The Bad Guys Breaking In

Forbidden Mountain

Life on the Moon

Orris and Timble

Sharknado Warning

The Monster Make

Tested

Werewolves Don't Keep Diaries

Wilderness Hacks

Worst in Show

You and Me and the Peanut Butter Beast

The Big Journey

My Life as an Asthmanaut

The Whale's Tale & the Otter's Side of the Story

Axl the Axolotl is NOT a Frog

Camping is a Terrible Idea

Even Steven

A Puppy Like Yours

Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella

Sloth and Moth

Don't Splash Grandpa!

Heartman

It Won't Be Forever