Exciting lineup awaits children
From Storytimes and Craft Club to Stories on the Bus, fun activities await library-goers this month
The children’s library is exciting as always with regularly scheduled weekly programs.
Family Storytimes are Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. For the littler ones we have Toddler Time on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and Baby Lapsit at 1:30 p.m. Bigger kids can enjoy the Comic Club meetings on Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. or Sunday Lego club at 2 p.m. Amazing looking unicorn puppets are on the agenda at Craft Club on May 1 at 6:30 p.m.
Our PD day fun on May 4 at 2 p.m. features robots. We’re also taking our show on the road on May 4 so if you’re on public transit around 11 a.m. keep an eye out for library staff who will be providing Stories on the Bus.
Celebrate Canadian Children’s Book Week on May 7 at 10 a.m., with a presentation by Canadian author and illustrator, Elly MacKay. Enjoy more Canadian literature on May 12 at 1 p.m. when a read-through of the Hank Stinson play, “Rainbow Valley” (based on the Montgomery book) will be presented. I’m listing this with the children’s items but it all ages are welcome because everyone will enjoy this presentation.
For teens this month, feel free to express yourself at Drop-in-Drawing held every Saturday at 1:30 p.m. or join our Teen Advisory Group, May 10 at 4 p.m.
Our regularly scheduled monthly Financial Literacy program is April 21 at 2 p.m. This month’s topic is Budget Basics and Money.
On the topic of finances, there are only two Community Volunteer Income Tax Clinics left before the April 30 filing deadline. They are April 19 and 26, 5:30-8 p.m. Volunteers are on hand to help fill out low income, simple tax returns. For details call 1-855-516-4405.
Upcoming information sessions include a presentation on therapeutic touch by the Atlantic Therapeutic Touch Network on May 2 at 2 p.m. and a lunch and learn by St. John Ambulance (SJA) on May 16 at noon. SJA staff will give information on topics such as mental health first aid and volunteer opportunities. It includes how to volunteer a pet for the therapy dog program which can include bringing your dog to the library. English as an additional language tutor training will be returning starting on May 8. If interested in being a tutor, contact the P.E.I. Association for Newcomers at 902-628-6009.
The rest of the library programs are all authors, books and more books. On April 21 at 2 p.m. writer/poet Nasreen Pevjack will give a reading and performance. Then on May 9 at 10 a.m. the mid-morning book club will hold its monthly meeting. May’s title is “Evicted: Poverty and profit in the American City”. New members are always welcome. Copies of the book are available at the library.
On May 9 at 6 p.m. author Joanna Henry and photographer Alexis MacDonald (from P.E.I.) will offer a discussion on their book, “Powered by Love: A Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa”.
The other author events in May are dedicated to the authors who have been shortlisted for our very own P.E.I. Book Award. On May 15 at 6 p.m. the three authors short-listed in the fiction section will be reading from their titles. Then on May 17 at 6 p.m. the authors shortlisted for non-fiction will be on hand to showcase their books. The poetry authors and the awards themselves will be held the next week. And you’ll read all about it in my next article.