Special Event
Women in World War II
Friday May 22, 7pm at the Elmvale Community Hall
Cost: $20.00
Tickets: Buy a ticket
We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes is a 50 minute documentary film that tells the extraordinary story of the 40,000 young women who volunteered on Canadian farms and helped win the Second World War. After the screening there will be a special Q&A with the filmmakers and a chance to acquire film autographed copies of Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes, Shirleyan English and Bonnie Sitter’s amazing book.
After two years in the making, the film is ready to be experienced! Now is your time to see on the big screen the film that’s selling out everywhere and has won awards for Best Documentary, Best Documentary Short, Best Canadian Documentary, and Best Film About Women. Don’t miss the chance to buy your ticket and enjoy a magnificent event featuring the ones who taught us that: Service comes in many forms.
This event is sponsored by: Centre Flos Women’s Institute, Elmvale Community Recreation Association, Flos Agricultural Society, Friends of Springwater Public Library, and the Simcoe Federation of Agriculture.
Women in WWII
Collections
New in March: Adult
New in March: Young Adult/Junior
New In February: Adult
New in February: Junior
Our Collections
Did you know that we have a wide and diverse book collection? We have a wide variety of children’s pictures books, middle grade novels, young adult (teen), adult fiction and non-fiction.
Dyslexia Collection and Decodables
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. Up to 20% of the population has dyslexia, which is described as an unexpected difficulty in learning to read.
Elmvale and Midhurst Branches host a decodable book collection. Decodable books help children learn to read by isolating one sound at a time. As they read through the books, they gain fluency and confidence.
Look for the decodable sticker!
Accessible Collections
We have a variety of materials such as large print, audiobooks, Playaways (self-contained audiobooks) and Wonderbooks (children’s books with the audio built in).
DVDs and BluRays
Your internet is down? Don’t worry, we have lots of DVDs and BluRays for your entertainment.
Magazines
We have a curated collection of magazines at Elmvale and Midhurst branches which are available to check out. These include Better Homes and Gardens, Consumer Reports, Food Network, Wired, and Sports Illustrated for Kids. We have many more magazines and newspapers on our digital resource PressReader.