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I Found It at the Library...... 16
READ a lot of Books on the Job...... 18
Summer Programs for Children and Teens...... 20
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Whitehots Library Services 30 Furbacher Lane, Units 1-2, Aurora, Ontario L4G 6W1 T 905-727-9188 F 905-727-8756 july - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2010 Reading to … at any age 5 If you are like me, you look forward to the days of Message summer to tackle a pile of “good reads” that you’ve filed away over the busy winter months. Maybe it’s from the acting the longer days, or the pleasure of reading outdoors, or just the slower pace, but a good book on a summer’s Director day – rain or shine – is a real treat. So keep enjoying your library over the summer. Attend a program. Read a good book. Check out a video game. Join the online book clubs. Listen to a story on the dial a story line. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And keep letting us know what we can do better in order to share the joy of reading with every resident. The summer means time for a good book – or two or Anne more… Happy reading- see you in the fall. Murphy Excuse me now; I’m right in the middle of a great Ac t i n g Di r e c t o r o f book… Li b r a r y Se r v i c e s
Reading is alive and well everywhere! Reports from across Canada and the United States indi- cate a real resurgence in books, reading and public libraries. In Mississauga, library use increased again last year to an all-time high of 8.2 million items borrowed. Book sales are strong. Book reviewing is booming. Kindles, iPads and Sony Readers sales are soaring. Authors continue to find their audiences. Reading really is alive and well! Grow Up With The Arts! This is good news at the Mississauga Library System as we celebrate reading to succeed at any
The summer means
time for a good book � Community Courses for children, youth and adults – or two or more… are taught by practicing artists in professionally equipped studios. Fall Session begins September 18, 2010 age over the current year. I hope you continue to Winter Session begins January 15, 2011 discover the joy of reading at your public library. In Registraton begins July 1, 2010 Mississauga, we read more than the national aver- age. We use our libraries more. We even love our � Exciting interactive theatre performances for library more! The employees of the Mississauga children and families. Library System, along with the Library Board, the Friends of the Library, as well as the Mayor and Council, are proud to provide our city with a library service that gives all residents the joy of reading. A CHRISTMAS CAROL DOODLEPBOPS LIVE! MISS SPIDER ROOM ON THE BROOM To purchase tickets or register: It’s summertime – and the reading is easy…. www.livingartscentre.ca or call 905.306.6000 4141 LIVING ARTS DRIVE, MISSISSAUGA ON L5B 4B8
6 2010 Reading to … at any age July - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS staff and the support of an appreciative city council, the Message Mississauga Library System is moving forward. The from the Library Board has set 8 strategic priorities for 2010: 1. Developing a transit-oriented city 2. Ensuring youth, older adults and newcomers thrive board chair 3. Completing our neighbourhoods 4. Cultivating creative and innovative businesses 5. Living green 6. Building a sustainable business plan 7. Continuing to be an employer of choice 8. Focusing on leadership
These plans are tied to the Library’s master plan, Future Directions as well as the City’s Strategic Plan. Staff and Darrel the Library Board have numerous initiatives to make CA RVA LHO these strategic priorities happen. Li b r a r y Bo a r d Ideas or suggestions on how to improve our public library Ch a i r are always welcome. Comment forms are available in all locations and there is web access to the Library Board as well. If you appreciate the services of your library – tell As the Library Board adjourns for the summer months your councillor…tell your friends and neighbours…and I wish you all a great summer and many trips to your show your appreciation by the simple act of joining the local library. The Library Board is a volunteer board Friends of the Library. appointed by City Council. Monthly meetings are open Have a great summer full of good books, good views or to the public. Agendas and minutes are available on-line good listens borrowed from your Library! and at all library locations.
The Mississauga Library System is one of the largest in the country, serving 730,000 residents and employing nearly 400 employees to staff its 18 branches 7 days a week throughout the year. There are 300,000 residents with library cards and many more who use Library Summer The Mississauga Library System is
one of the largest All locations of in the country the Mississauga Library System hoursat the library close Friday nights at 6 p.m. from May 2, 2010 to October 8, 2010. services over the year. Over 4 million visits are made All locations close on Sundays from May 23, 2010 to by library users, borrowing over 8 million items each October 10, 2010. year. The Library’s collection exceeds 1.4 million items and over 100,000 new items are added annually. The The Mississauga Central Library continues to be Library’s on-line catalogue and website are heavily used open Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., except for holi- day weekends. Churchill Meadows, Courtneypark, every hour of every day. and Erin Meadows Branches open at 10:00 am on weekdays from June 28, 2010 to Public libraries are changing more rapidly than ever September 3, 2010. before as they strive to meet more varied needs of more people in more ways with more innovations. Your For more information visit the Library’s Library Board of volunteer citizens are proud to be website at www.mississauga.ca/library or contact your local branch Library. responsible for a great library service. Thanks to the dir- ection of skilled managers, the dedicated and committed july - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2010 Reading to … at any age 7 Leaders &Libraries magical. There is great power in the work we do each day with children—as parents, teachers and commun- ity members—to foster a lifelong love of learning. And our libraries play a valuable role in making that magic happen.
As a child, I loved books. As an adult, I appreciate the time I can find to read for pleasure. And as a parent, there can be no more rewarding experience than an evening spent reading aloud to your child, nurturing his or her imagination.
For tips on how to encourage your child’s inter- est in reading (including boys and teens), visit the www.peelschools.org and look for tip sheets in the “Parents Boost Learning” section.
Forget your “library Tony Pontes voice Di r e c t o r o f Ed u c a t i o n Pe e l Di s t r i c t Sc h o o l Bo a r d ” All the places I would go ….. Give us a As a child, I spent many hours reading all kinds of stor- ies, particularly ones about adventure. I remember my Shout mother warning me that all my late-night reading would one day result in my need for prescription eyeglasses. I guess Portuguese old wives’ tales really do have some Follow us on facebook merit.
As a newcomer to Canada, I appreciated the value of The Library is now on Facebook the local public library. Having free access to thousands of books my family couldn’t afford opened me up to a www.facebook.com/pages/Mississauga-ON/Mississauga- world of learning—a world of opportunity. Library-System/6726533844 and on Twitter I have learned a great deal about leadership from books— twitter.com/mississaugalib those specifically on the topic, but just as much from the Become a Library fan today! Join the conversation novels I have read. I owe just as much of my learning to - send us a tweet! books like Michael Fullan’s Motion Leadership as I do to the Harry Potter series. When I visited classrooms as an elementary super- Follow us on twitter intendent, I saw teachers work with children to bring the gift of reading, a process that is nothing short of 8 2010 Reading to … at any age July - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS Mississauga canada day Literary Festival huge celebrating books, authors and readers Sunday, September 19, 2010 Non-Fiction used book sale The Living Arts Centre/Mississauga 4141 Living Arts Drive History 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Art New Location Something for everyone! Author readings, meet authors face Cooking Same to face, used book sale, vendors, community groups, music, book truck parade and much more! Watch the Festival web Fiction Great Deals site regularly at www.mississauga.ca/library for up to the The Friends of the Library host minute news! If you would like to be a part of this year’s Computers their annual Canada Day used book Festival, contact the Community sale this year in The Great Hall of Development Office at Self-Help the Mississauga Civic Centre on 905-615-3200 x 3606 for Children’s Thursday, July 1, 2010 from 1 p.m. more details. – 5 p.m. The Festival is brought •DVDs - 3 for $7 • VHS - 3 for $2 •Paperbacks $1 ea • CDs - 2 for $1 to you by the Mississauga •Kid's Books - 2 for $1 Library System, The Living Arts Centre/Mississauga Special Interest and Friends of the Library. Medical For more information, call the Friends hotline at 905-615-3200 Media Sponsor: Mississauga x 3604 or email the Friends at News. [email protected].
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Celebrating 175 Years For more information and a complete schedule of events All Summer Long! please visit www.pc175.com july - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2010 Reading to … at any age 9 FF A == The story starts in 1868 as the graduating class of a TT women’s college decides to form a book club. Throughout S S
SS = = the next 64 years, we read about the lives of these women K PI C as their worlds evolve and as the world evolves around them. The story takes place over four generations: the book club women get married, have children, endure floods and other hardships, suffer through presidential administrations, face the polio outbreak, World War I, the Great Depression and pages and pages of small-town Ohio late 19th-century scandals. All of this takes place around the biweekly Wednesday afternoon meetings of the Waynesboro Woman’s Club.
The large-format paperback edition that is seen above is a more recent imprint. It is the edition I read, and contains 1176 pages. The story is engrossing right from the start. I was drawn into these women’s lives and could not put this book down. I lugged this book around everywhere for a month, and as I got more involved in these characters’ lives, I grew sadder as the passage of time saw them take ill and die. The deaths of the last two founding book club members, Sally Rausch and Anne Gordon, had me in tears. As I read the last pages of the novel at work, I was thankfully alone upstairs in the staff room and had a good bawl as I read of the pass- ing of Anne Gordon. I cannot recall if I ever cried after finishing a book.
If you have the time and patience to fall into the lives of two dozen post-American Civil War women and their Craig Rowland beloved book club, you should read “...And Ladies of Mi ss i ssau g a Ce n t r al Li b r a r y , the Club”. Helen Hooven Santmyer did not write many Sc i e n c e a n d Bu s i n e ss De pa r t m e n t . TAF books, only four others, and I plan to read them all.
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= P Doing some I I thoroughlyS enjoyed reading “...And Ladies of the Club”C byK Helen Hooven Santmyer. Originally published in 1982 in a small edition of two thousand copies, the novel became a #1 bestseller two years later. I originally heard about this book while I was still in high school and saw it in paperback form. I used to shelve books back at the old Central Library on Dundas Street West and this was the thickest paperback I had ever seen in my life (and still is). At over 1400 pages, this brick of a book caused a stir just by its heft alone. Its author, Helen Hooven Santmyer, spent fifty years writing it, and Don’t know what to do became a bestselling author at the age of 87. I had long with those unwanted books? wanted to read the novel someday, yet school, university Donate those gently used books to the Friends of the and a myriad of much shorter books attracted my atten- Library for their book sale. Books can be dropped tion elsewhere. Since I knew I would be recuperating off at any branch of the Mississauga Library System. at home from minor surgery early this year, I felt that For more information, call the Friends hotline at then was the best time to start reading “...And Ladies of 905-615-3200 x 3604. the Club”. 10 2010 Reading to … at any age July - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS FF A == TT
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P= I C K Ross chooses to view changes to 19th century French society through the eyes of artists scrabbling to win public and official recognition. We are introduced to two artists of very different social positions and artistic temperaments. Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier is the most recognised and collectable artist of the Second Empire of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte. He is a member of the Academie and frequent contributor to the Paris Salon, the annual exhibition of art works by graduates and members of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie. His story is told in contrast to that of Edouard Manet, seventeen years younger and studio-trained. Both seek to establish themselves as artists by having work shown in Paris’ prestigious Salon, the annual display of France’s finest artists sanctioned by the government. Success in the Salon ensured commissions and sales, and promised a lucrative career.
The Judgement of Paris is worthy of our attention because it raises so many questions about the arts in Canada today. Who or what directs change in artistic sensibility? What role should government play in supporting artists – a question of relevance given the Canadian government’s current financial position on the arts – or should artists be entirely independent of government involvement? Is artistic sensibility driven by class consciousness? And perhaps most importantly, is being avant-garde a neces- Simon Jensen sary and sufficient reason for artistic change? Mi ss i ssau g a Ce n t r al Li b r a r y Ci rT c uAlaFt i o n De pa r t m e n t
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= P Service through MentionIC K theS term the sixties, and most would recall a Reading period of political upheaval in western society. It was a decade in which a world superpower would lose an Technology unpopular foreign war, when university campuses were the breeding ground for social change, and when spe- The Mississauga Central Library, Sciences and Business Depart- cial-interest groups that had hitherto been marginalized ment houses an Optelec ClearView Video Magnifier. It uses a demanded to be heard. In its need to be both modern video camera to magnify items placed and relevant, Western art addressed itself, not to the on its reading table onto a (black & elite, but to the working classes and bourgeoisie. white) television monitor. Easy to use, it is especially useful for enlarging the Canadian-born author Ross King writes eloquently small print of books and magazines, about the sixties in his award-winning study The viewing photographs, writing cheques, Judgement of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the letters and so on. World Impressionism. But it is the 1860’s that Ross inves- The ClearView, donated by Joan Leish- tigates, though clear parallels can be drawn between man, ensures that library customers with low the decades a century apart. A failed war in a far-off vision can continue to enjoy the love of land, political leadership that is both unscrupulous and reading. Don’t let low vision keep you from enjoying the things you love in hidebound, social unrest that undermines the country’s life. 12 2010 Reading to … at any age July - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS programs for adults
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Dial a Story offers stories, free of charge, to children. Call the Dial-a-Story Line at 905-615-3500 press 4, then 5. Hear a new story every week. The Library has added stories in other languages to its dial a story ser- vice. For more information, please ask staff.
july - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2010 Reading to … at any age 13 's It GameOn @ the Library
The Library has added video games for the Ninten- do Wii, Microsoft XBox 360 and Sony Playstation 3 to its borrowing collection. Your free library card An Advertising is your key to 14 branch libraries and the Library's 1.2 million items. To meet the needs of its residents, Opportunity the Library provides access to materials in many The Mississauga Library System partners with formats: print and audio books, magazines, com- the Mississauga News to publish “Link”, a very ics, graphic novels, electronic databases, CDs and informative magazine promoting various library DVDs. Due to popular demand, the Library added programs, author series, book clubs and library video games to its list of circulating items. services. Studies show that the video gaming industry now To advertise in this publication, please call reaches to almost every market including young 905.273.8211. children, teens, adults and seniors with a wide range of strategy, recreational, educational and athletic games. Hand-eye coordination, following instruc- tions, the ability to pick up clues from a multi-me- MississaugaMiss Library System yysstttem MississaugaMiss Library System y SSy r aarry ary SysteSystem t eemm ry SSyyssst ssauga Libr LibrLib ary dia environment, planning and anticipating conse- Mississauga Library System MississaugaMMississ Library System
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Three A+ students. Which one has ADD? Underachievement? • Attention Span in short • Difficulty Organizing and • Impulsivity Completing Work • Distractibility • Asperger’s Syndrome • Learning Difficulties • Psycho educational testing “You can’t change the wind but ... you can adjust the sails.” Neuro-feedback plus coaching in Learning Strategies can provide a lasting improvement in learning. Research results are available. Phone to obtain further information and a brochure. Dr. Lynda M. Thompson, Co-author with pediatrician William Sears of the A.D.D. Book: The ADD Centre www.addcentre.com july - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2010 Reading to … at any age 15 I found it at the library
I Found it at the Library I Found it at the Library Canadian Pride Canadian Stories The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a The Disappeared by Kim Echlin Continent by Andrew Nikiforuk Fall by Colin McAdam A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and Come Thou Tortoises by Jessica Grant the Politics of War by Rick Hillier The Colour of Lightning by Paulette Jiles Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Thought You were Dead by Terry Griggs Trudeau 1968-2000 by John English February by Lisa Moore Who We Are: A Citizen’s Manifesto by The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon Rudyard Griffiths Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro A History of Canadian Culture by Jonathan The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood Vance The Last Shot by Leon Rooke L.M. Montgomery by Jane Urquhart Norman Bethune by Adrienne Clarkson I Found it at the Library I Found it at the Library Romance and Social Adventure Understanding The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell The Tall Man by Chloe Harper Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada The Peep Diaries by Hall Niedzviecki The Believers by Zoe Heller Zeitoun by Dave Eggers The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life by Brian All the Living by C.E. Morgan Brett Love and Obstacles by Aleksandar Hemon The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon Four Freedoms by John Crowley The Wayfinders: Love and Summer by William Trevor Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore World by Wade Davis Under the Dome by Stephen King Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition by Kenneth Grahame
16 2010 Reading to … at any age July - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS I Found it at the Library I Found it at the Library Money and Travel War Histories Why Your World is About to Become a Whole Lot Smaller by Jeff Rubin The Gamble by Thomas E. Ricks FREE: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson War Child: A Child Soldier’s Story by Emmanuel Jal The Price of a Bargain by Gordon Laird King’s Dream by Eric Sundquist The Lost City of Z by David Grann A Shadow on the Household by Bryan Prince Beyond Belfast by Will Ferguson The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans The Warsaw Ghetto by Barbara Engelking I Found it at the Library I Found it at the Library The Faith The End of the River by Brian Harvey New Friends The Well Dressed Ape by Hannah Holmes Fred Astaire by Joseph Epstein Grass, Sky, Song by Trevor Herriot The Bard: Robert Burns a Biography by Robert Crawford Sea Sick by Alanna Mitchell The Letters of Samuel Beckett by Cambridge University Press Mothers and Others by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Angels and Ages by Adam Gopnick The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins Not Yet: Not Yet by Wayson Choy Hope for Animals and Their World by Jane Goodall Enter Mourning by Heather Menzies The Third Man Factor by John Geiger My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt The Case for God by Karen Armstrong The Boy in the Moon by Ian Brown After the Falls by Catherine Giliner
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a lot of books on the job...? So many books - so little time. Unless you are a librar- existing one checked and renewed, and then the phone ian, right? Then you must have all the time in the world rings! to read all those books. And just the newest and the best. And only the ones you really like. All day. Every “What is the distance to Ottawa?” “When was the day. Wrong! QEW built?” “How do you address a letter to the Prime Minister?” “When is the next City council meeting?” A librarian’s working day is very full of more than great Last year, library staff answered thousands of reference books. And (true confession time!) sometimes you really questions asked in one of the 18 branches around the don’t want to read another thing when you do get home. City. Information is our business - and are we busy! A long walk sounds better. A day in the garden is just the thing. But reading at work - in the library? Think But that means keeping up to date. And that takes time again! as well. Whether it’s a staff meeting to review issues or changes or a workshop on the latest computer data- First, most library staff are clerical staff, employed to bases or upcoming children’s programs, all 400 library help keep the place - really a big, hopefully comfort- employees regularly spend some time on their training able warehouse - in order and inviting to use. There and skill development to better serve the public. are displays to change or keep tidy, programs to plan, community information to unpack and display or post, This endless learning also includes learning new jobs. new books to process, and magazines and newspapers! Staffing across the System requires time to recruit, to Always more magazines and newspapers! And that’s all hire, and to orient new staff members. Managing and before the lights are turned on and the doors opened. supervising up to 20 staff requires regular one-on-one meetings with each employee to review and to plan Then the real work begins. Last year, 8,234,000 items work. As a result of giving staff training and assessment were checked out and almost the same number checked serious attention, the Mississauga Library System annu- in across the System. The returned items need to be ally gets top marks for customer satisfaction from local checked and re-shelved. The outgoing items need to residents. Excellence does take time. be “scanned”, checked for condition and status in the Library’s computer system, maybe fines determined and And of course there is the steady, relentless flow of collected and recorded, maybe a new card issued or an new material. The best sellers must be quickly handled and out to waiting users. All new items are routinely 18 2010 Reading to … at any age July - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS reviewed by staff in order to keep up on what the library has and what the public may be looking for. Each library adds about 10% of what it holds each year. A branch with 60,000 items would expect to get about 6,000 new items, about 100 a week. It would be wonderful to have the time to enjoy all or even many of the new items but work calls.
Duties include reviewing the entire collection regularly to pull out the same number of items as a branch might For 30 years, Music for Young Children® (MYC®) has been one of the world’s leading music-learning systems—and an innovative add. These withdrawn items include lost or damaged way to learn music in a fun, interactive social setting. videos, CDs, magazines and books (these will be re- Keyboard, Singing, ear training, sight reading, creative movement, ordered for the branch if necessary) as well as duplicate rhythm, music theory and music composition are the key copies of once popular items, older or dated item (a 3 components of every MYC class. When you want the best music experience year old travel guide will be pulled as new ones arrive), for your child, the answer is Music for Young Children. and items that have not been used recently (these may Call us or visit MYC online to learn more about go to another larger location if warranted). But method- opportunities throughout North America. ically removing items of thousands of items is physical, dirty, and time consuming work. And the phone is ring- Mississauga MYC Teachers: ing again... Mississauga South Brenda Cornacchione 905.271.0477 Erin Mills Gwen Fedorowich 905.820.8437 Sure, sometimes you actually find a great undiscovered Michelle Fedorowich 647.893.2598 treasure you can’t wait to read. And then the long walk Elizabeth Dettweiler 905.607.3125 or the day in the garden will have to wait. OK, there are Square One Area Chandrika de Almeida 905.615.9886 Churchill Meadow Esther Ng 416.816.3142 some real rewards to working around all those books. Heartland Teresa Moser 905.858.4154 By the way have you read the one about..... mycmississauga.blogspot.com
www.mississauga.com June 2010 - Special Edition The Mississauga News is #1 It’s been a banner year for The News was also named The Mississauga News. This among the three finalists for past March, The News earned Best News Story and General the title of Canada’s Best Excellence by the Ontario All-Round Newspaper from Community Newspaper the Canadian Community Association. Newspaper Association. In that same competition, which honours the best in local papers across the country, The News also picked up a second- place nod for Best Editorial Page and a Blue Ribbon for scoring high marks with the contest judges. As well, The News won a Suburban Big Win — The News Newspaper of America award earned the title of Canada’s for Best Breaking News story. Best All-Round Newspaper The SNA awards celebrate the from the Canadian top community newspapers in Community Newspaper North America. Association. july - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2010 Reading to … at any age 19 Summer Programs for children & teens at the Library
TD Summer Reading Club: Destination Jungle! TD Club de Lecture d’Été: Destination Jungle!
Attention Junior Adventurers! Get your backpack and your compass ready and travel to exotic lands, explore tropical environments and embark on an adventure of discovery of faraway places with this year's TD Summer Reading Club's Destination Jungle! Register for the adventure by visiting your local branch library or simply by logging on to the Library’s website at www. mississauga.ca/library and checking out the Jungle link! Visit the Library to pick up your travel kit, collect prizes along the way and join in on other thrilling escapades. Surf the web, monkey around and share your favourite reads on our on-line Reading Club. The adventure begins this summer on Friday, July 2, 2010 at your local library! Drop-In Programs Storytimes feature stories, songs, and rhymes for children and their caregivers. Programs run at various times for various age groups throughout the summer. All drop-in programs are free, and filled on a first-come, first -served basis. Please be advised that space is limited at all these programs. Registered Programs Ready, Set, Read! Reading Workshops Registration begins at all locations starting Monday, June For the third year in a row, the Library partners with the 14, 2010 unless otherwise indicated. For professional Dufferin-Peel Separate School Board to offer a program performances, children under 4 years of age must be designed to promote literacy and reading activities accompanied by a paying adult; admission for infants throughout the summer. This free one hour program is free. Please note that parents are responsible for their targets children currently in Grades 1 to 3 and is run by children’s supervision at all times in the Library. Where certified teachers. Children will develop their skills applicable, PLEASE REGISTER EARLY as space using books geared to their individual reading levels. is limited in all programs; registration fees are The program begins the week of July 5, 2010 and runs non-refundable. Library programs are for everyone for six weeks. Parents’/caregivers’ accompaniment is - if a participant requires personal support in order to required. For more information on availability, dates participate, a support person will be admitted to the and times contact your local Library. program at no charge. 20 2010 Reading to … at any age July - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS Mississauga Thursdays Nothing: The Play Thursday, Jul 8 Midday Merriment Central Library, Jul 8 – Sep 2 All ages St. John Ambulance: Family Storytime 10 am-10:30am $2 What Every All ages Children’s Rise and Shine Baby Babysitter Should Free Department Storytime Wednesday, Jul 28 Know 905-615-3500 Ages Birth-18M 2 pm-3 pm 9 am-4 pm Tuesdays ext 3512 Free Sorcery Ages 11Y – 14Y Jul 6 – Aug 3 Safari $55 2 pm-2:45 pm Tuesday, Jul 20 Ages Please call Drop-In: Destination Non-Registered Programs 10 am-10:45 am 5Y+ 905-568-1905 to Jungle Mondays Fun with Math: Make $3 register. Ages 6+ Jul 5 – Aug 30 your own Math Free 10 am-10:30 am Game! Thursday, Thursday, Ages 3Y-6Y (must be Aug 5 Jul 15 Thursdays accompanied by an 2 pm-2:45 pm Teen Do- Jul 8 – Aug 5 adult) Books n’ it-yourself 2 pm-2:45 pm Free Bingo! Workshop Drop-In: Books and Ages 6Y+ 2 pm-4 pm Crafts for Teen Registered Programs Free Ages 12Y+ 11Y+ Free Free Wednesday, Jul 7 Thursday, Aug 19 2 pm-2:45 pm 2 pm-2:45 pm Thursday, Jul 22 Reptile Party Registered Programs Rise and Shine Sizzling Summer Teen Do-it-yourself Ages 6Y+ Wednesday, Jul 7 Toddler Storytime Safari Hunt! Workshop $3 2 pm-3 pm Ages 18M - 36M Ages 6Y+ 2 pm-4 pm Snakes, scorpions, Free Free Ages 12Y+ Thursday, Jul 8 and other critters! Free 2pm-2:45 pm Ages 4Y+ 2 pm-4 pm The Magic of $3 Drop-In: Monday Thursday, Jul 29 Roberto Movie Matinee Mississauga Teen Do-it-yourself Ages 4Y+ All ages Central Library, Workshop $3 Free 2 pm-4 pm Readers’ Den Wednesday, Jul 14 Ages 12Y+ Wednesday, Jul 14 Department 2 pm-3 pm Tuesdays Free 10 am-11 am Teen Programs How to Draw Jul 6 – Aug 31 2 pm-3 pm 905-615-3500 Manga! 2 pm-3 pm Thursday, Aug 5 Mad Science ext 3544 Ages 7Y+ Safari School: Teen Do-it-yourself Workshop: $2 Destination Jungle Workshop Destination Jungle Ages 5Y+ Registered Programs 2 pm-4 pm Ages 5Y+ Tuesday, Jul 20 Free Ages 12Y+ $4 Mississauga Central 2 pm-3 pm Free Library hosts do-it- Mad Science 7 pm-7:30 pm Thursday, Jul 15 yourself workshops Ages 6+ Bedtime Safari 2 pm-2:45 pm and programs $4 Family Storytime Puppet Play for teens on Churchill All ages Extravaganza the last three Meadows Branch Wednesday, Jul 21 Free All ages Thursdays of 2 pm-3 pm 905-615-4735 $2 July and first Tie-dying: Create Wednesdays Thursday of August your own Tie-dyed Jul 7 – Sep 1 Wednesday, Jul 21 from 2-4 p.m. No T-shirt 10 am-10:30 Non-Registered Programs 2 pm-3 pm experience required. Ages 6Y+ am Mondays Comedy Mime Show All programs will $2 Rise and Jul 5 – Jul 26 All ages be held in Meeting Shine Family 2 pm-2:30 pm $3 Room CL3, 2nd Floor Storytime (Administration All Thursday, Jul 22 wing). For ages 12Y ages 2 pm-2:45 pm and up. Space is Free Munsch-Ado-About limited. july - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2010 Reading to … at any age 21 Wednesday, Jul 28 Fridays Non-Registered Programs Tuesdays 2 pm-3 pm Jul 9 – Jul 30 Jul 6 – Aug 10 Wednesdays Green Thumb! 2:30 pm-3:00 pm 2 pm-2:45 pm Jul 7 – Aug 11 Ages 6Y+ Drop-In: Midday Drop-In: 2:30 pm-3:30 pm $2 Merriment Family Destination Jungle Drop-In: Tropical Storytime Ages 6Y+ Travellers All ages Free Ages 6Y+ Free Free Wednesdays Jul 7 – Jul 28 Thursday, Jul 22 Registered Programs Thursdays 7 pm-7:30 pm 2 pm-3:30 pm Tuesday Jul 6 Jul 8 – Aug 5 Drop in: Family Gameology: Play to 7 pm-8 pm 2:30 pm-3 pm Storytime your heart's content Princes, Midday Merriment All ages at the library Princesses, Kings & Family Storytime Free Ages 12Y-16Y Queens dress-up All ages Free; register in Clarkson Branch party. Free Friday advance 905-615-4840 Enjoy stories, crafts & Jul 16 games. Registered Programs 2 pm-3 pm Thursday, Jul 29 Ages 3Y+ (Child must Tuesday, Jul 13 Manga Mania 2 pm-2:45 pm Non-Registered Programs be accompanied by 2:30 pm-3:15 pm Ages 8Y-12Y Munsch-Ado-About- Tuesdays a paying caregiver) Jungle craft: make Free Nothing: The Play Jul 6 – Jul 27 $2 2:30 pm-3 pm a mask All ages Drop-In: Destination Ages 7Y+ Registered Programs $2 $2 Jungle Wednesday, Monday, Jul 5 Thursday, Aug 5 Activities, Stories & Jul 7 2 pm-3 pm Friday, Jul 23 2 pm-4 pm Games 11 am-11:45 am Comedy Mime 1 pm-3 pm The Story Tent Ages 6Y+ Jewel Case Show Garbage Life presented by Free Notebook Craft All ages Ages 9 - 12 EcoSource Ages 6Y+ $3 Free Ages 6Y-8Y Tuesday, Aug 24 $2 Free; register in 2:30 pm-3 pm Monday, Jul 12 advance Destination Jungle: Wednesday, Jul 14 2 pm-2:45 pm TDSRC Awards & 11 am-11:45 am Puppet Play Celebration Light Switch Cover Extravaganza Tuesday, Jul 27 Ages 6Y+ Craft All ages 2:30 pm-3:15 pm Free (for TDSRC Ages 6Y+ $2 Drumming workshop participants and $2 Ages 7Y+ their parents) Monday, Jul 26 $2 Wednesday, Jul 21 2 pm-3 pm Thursday, Jul 8 11 am-11:45 am Mad Science 10 am-10:45 am Door Hangers Craft Workshop: Special Author Visit: Ages 6Y+ Courtneypark Destination Jungle Helaine Becker $2 Branch Ages 6Y-12Y Ages 7Y to 12Y 905-615-4745 $4 Free Wednesday, Jul 28 11 am-11:45 am Thursday, Jul 8 Picture Frame Craft Non-Registered Programs 2 pm-3 pm Ages 6Y+ Monday, Jul 19 Beautiful Beads $2 1 pm-3 pm Ages 6Y-12Y Fun with Math: Make $2 your own Math Cooksville Game! Thursday, Jul 15 Branch Ages 3Y-6Y (must be 2 pm-3 pm accompanied by an Reptilia 905-615-4855 adult) Ages 5+ Free $3 22 2010 Reading to … at any age July - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS Thursday, Aug 12 Thursday, Jul 8 Thursday, Aug 5 Tuesday, Aug 3 7 pm-7:30 pm 2 pm-3 pm 2 pm-3 pm 2 pm-4 pm Erin Meadows Drop-In Family Creature Quest - Fairy Princess The Story Tent Branch Storytime come see their crew Party: Come presented by 905-615-4750 All ages of cool animals. It’s dressed EcoSource Free educational and as your Ages 6Y interactive! favourite – 8Y Non-registered Programs Friday, Jul 2 – Jul 30 Ages 4Y+ Fairy or Free Monday, Jul 5 and 10:30 am-11am $3 Princess for Jul 12 Drop-In Family stories, crafts Wednesdays 11 am-12 pm Storytime Wednesday, Jul 14 and treats! Jul 7 – Aug 18 Chess – Drop in and All ages 2 pm-3 pm Ages 3Y+ 2 pm-3 pm Play Free Fun with Math: Make $3 Registration Drop-In: Destination Ages 8Y+ your own Math limited to 30 Jungle Free Friday, Jul 9 and Jul Game! Ages 6Y+ 23 Ages 3Y-6Y (must be Thursday, Aug 12 Free Mondays, Jul 5 – 2 pm- 3 pm accompanied by an 2 pm-4 pm Aug 9 Gamers’ Galore, Wii adult) The Story Tent Registered Programs and More Free presented by 2 pm-3 pm Tuesday, Jul 6 Ages 10Y+ EcoSource Drop-In: Destination 2 pm-3 pm Free Thursday, Jul 15 Ages 6Y – 8Y Jungle Library Craft Time 2 pm-3 pm Free Ages 7Y+ Ages 6Y + Friday, Jul 16 and Mad Science Free $2 Jul 30 Workshop: 2 pm- 3 pm Destination Jungle Tuesdays, Jul 6 – Jul Frank McKechnie Tuesday, Jul 20 Chess Drop in and Ages 5Y+ 27 Branch 2 pm-3 pm Play $3 Registration 10:30 am-11:30 am Library Craft Time Ages 8Y+ limited to 25 905-615-4660 Drop-In: Destination Ages 6Y + Free Jungle $2 Ages 4Y – 6Y Non-registered Friday, Aug 6 Free Programs Tuesday, Aug 10 11 am-12 pm Mondays 2 pm-3 pm Wednesdays, Jul 7 Draw, Doodle, Jul 5 – Aug 16 Library Craft Time –Aug 11 Sketch & 10:30 am-11am Ages 6Y + 10:30 am-11:30 am Squiqqle: Get some Thursday, Jul 22 Family Storytime $2 Knitting Circle tips to improve your 2 pm-3 pm skills Come party with in the Park - Learn to knit; Tuesday, Aug 17 Ages 8Y+ Miss Mandy and All ages improve skills; 2 pm-3:15 pm Free discover the world of Free complete a project; Journey through the share patterns, ideas music! Tuesday, Jul 13 Amazon Rainforest and stories. Friday, Aug 13 Ages 2Y – 7Y 2 pm-3 pm Ages 6Y + Please bring own 2 pm-3 pm $3 Registration Fun with Math: Make $3 needles, yarn and Fold ‘n Fly – Paper limited to 25 your own Math project ideas. Airplane: Learn to Game! All ages make and fly paper Thursday, Jul 29 Ages 3Y-6Y (must be Free airplanes. 2 pm-3 pm Ages 8Y+ Fire Truck Visit! Meet accompanied by an Free our city's firefighters adult) and see a fire truck Free; register in advance Wednesdays, Jul 7 Registered Programs up close!
–Aug 11 All ages Monday, Jul 19 Tuesday, Jul 27 3 pm-4 pm Free 11 am-11:45 am 2 pm-3pm Teen Drop-In: Books, Diego’s Rainforest If You Love games, music, Adventure: Puppet Percy friends and fun. Show Jackson… Ages 12Y+ Ages 4Y – 6Y Ages 10Y+ Free $2 Free july - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2010 Reading to … at any age 23 Thursday, Jul 15 Wednesdays Thursday, Jul 29 Tuesday, Jul 20 2 pm-3 pm Aug 4-18 11 am-12 noon Mississauga’s Animal Malton Branch Make a Jungle 7 pm-7:30 pm Magical Entertainer Services Presents 905-615-4640 Diorama Sweet Dreams Vincent Pet Care and Safety Age 4Y+ Family Storytime Ages 3Y+ (featuring several $2 All ages $3 pets). Non-Registered Programs Free 2 pm-3 pm Mondays Thursday, Jul 22 Ages 5Y+ Jul 5 – Aug 9 2 pm-3 pm Thursdays Mississauga 40 kids limit. 2 pm-2:45 pm Create a Rain Forest Jul 8– Aug 12 Valley Branch Free DEAR (Drop Collage 2:30 pm-3:30 pm Everything and Age 4Y+ Just for Teens 905-615-4670 Tuesday, Jul 27 Read) $2 Hosted by 2 pm- 4 pm All ages Meadowvale TAG Non-Registered Programs The Story Tent Free Thursday, Jul 29 Ages 11Y+ presented by Thursday, 2 pm-3 pm Free EcoSource Jul 8 Tuesdays Jungle Fabric Ages: 6Y – 8Y 2 pm-3 Jul 6 – Aug 10 Printing and Painting 20 kids limit Registered Programs pm 2 pm-2:45 pm Age 4Y+ Free; register Monday, Jul 5 Summer Reading $2 in advance. 9 am-4 pm Summer Club: Destination St John Reading Jungle Thursday, Friday, Jul 16 Ambulance: Program Kick- All ages Aug 5 10 am-11:45 am What Every off! Free 2 pm-3 Teen Board Babysitter Should Meet Author pm Gaming Know Helen Becker Wednesdays Roar Afternoon Ages 11Y-14Y Ages 7Y-12Y Jul 7 – Aug 11 Like a (hosted by $55 Please call Free 2 pm-2:30 pm Lion Crafts Mississauga 905-568-1905 to Family Story Time Age 4Y+ Valley Teen register. Wednesdays All ages $2 Advisory Jul 7 – Jul 28 Free Group) Thursday, Jul 15 10:30 am-11 am Ages 12Y+ 11am-12 noon Storytime for Little Thursday Free Meadowvale Creature Quest Explorers Aug 12 Library Come join Creature All ages 2 pm-2:45 pm Quest and their Free Summer Reading 905-615-4715 crew of cool Sheridan Branch Club Members’ animals. Thursdays 905-615-4815 Party Non-registered Programs Ages 4Y+ Jul 8 – Aug 12 All ages Wednesdays $3 2 pm-3 pm Free; register in Non-registered Programs Jul 7 – Aug 11 Drop-In: Destination advance 2:30 pm-3:30 pm Wednesday, Jul 21 Jungle Tuesdays TD Summer Reading 10:30 am-11:30 am Ages 7Y-12Y Jul 6, Jul 20, Aug 3 & Registered Programs Club Fun with Math: Make Free Aug 17 Thursday, Jul 8 Drop in: Destination your own Math Teen Book Club 2 pm-3 pm Jungle Game! Registered Programs 6 pm-7 pm Jungle Trek Craft Ages 6Y+ Ages 3Y-6Y (must be Ages 12Y+ Tuesday, Jul 6 Age 4Y+ Free accompanied by an Free 2 pm-2:45 pm and 3 $2 adult) pm-3:45 pm Wednesdays Free; register in Tuesday, Jul 6 Reptile show Jul 7-28 advance 3 pm-3:45 pm All ages 10:30 am-11am Drop-In: Bingo! $3 Rise ‘n Shine Thursday, Jul 22 Ages 3Y+ Family 11-12 noon Free Tuesday, Jul 13 Storytime Mad Science Workshop: 2 pm-2:45 pm All ages Destination Jungle Applefun Puppetry Free Ages 5Y+ Ages 3Y+ $4 $3 24 2010 Reading to … at any age July - august 2010 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS Tuesday, Jul 27 Free Free Wednesdays Drop-In: Destination 3 pm-3:45 pm Thursdays Wednesday, Aug 4 Jul 14 - Aug 18 Jungle Drop-In: Make-a- Jul 8 – Aug 5 2 pm-2:45 pm 2 pm-2:45 pm Ages 6Y+ Puppet Workshop! 2 pm-2:45 pm Wild Wild West: Drop-In: Jungle Free Ages 3Y+ Drop-In: Destination calling all cowboys Explorer Adventures Free Jungle & cowgirls! Ages 6Y+ Thursday, Jul 22 Ages 6Y+ Come dressed Free 2 pm-2:30 pm Wednesdays Free up! Stories and Drop-In: Mandarin Jul 7 – Aug 25 activities Thursdays Jungle Adventure Midday Merriment Tuesday, Ages 6Y-12Y Jul 15 – Aug 19 Family Storytime Family Storytime Jul 6 and Free 2 pm-2:30 pm All ages 3 pm-3:30 pm Aug 3 Jr. Jungle Explorer’s Free All ages 1 pm-3 Friday, Jul Family Storytime Free pm 16 All ages Registered Programs Calling all 2 pm-4 pm Free Tuesdays or Thursdays Gamers! Teen Game The Story Tent Thursdays Jul 8 – Aug 5 Afternoon presented by Registered Programs Jul 6 – Aug 12 The Jungle Ages 11Y-17Y EcoSource Tuesday, Jul 20 Pre-selected times Adventures of Free Space is limited to 1 pm-3 pm Canadiana Jones! 20 The Story Tent 3 pm-3:45 pm Ages 9Y-12Y Registered Programs presented by Ages 5Y+ Free Wednesday, Jul 7 EcoSource Free 11am-11:40 am Ages 6Y – 8Y Friday, Jul 23 Silly Miss Tilly and Free Fridays 10:30 am-11:30 am Destination Jul 9 – Jul 30 Fun with Math: Make Jungle Show: Dr. Tuesday, Aug 17 Game Day! your own Math Livingstone, where 2 pm-2:45 pm 3 pm-3:45 pm Game! did you go? Reptile Party Ages 3Y+ Ages 3Y-6Y (must be Ages 3Y-12Y Ages 6Y+ Free accompanied by an $3 $3 from 10:30 adult) am-7:30 Registered Programs Wednesday, Jul 14 pm Tuesday, Jul 13 2 pm-2:40 pm Woodlands Reading Buddies 3 pm-3:45 pm Creature Quest: Branch Program Reptilia come join their crew Grades 2 – 4 Ages 3Y+ of cool animals. 905-615-4825 Must Register in $3 Educational and Advance, Space is Interactive Non-registered Program Limited Tuesday, Jul 20 Ages 4Y+ Free 3 pm-3:45 pm $3 Wednesdays Comedy Mime Show Jul 14 – Jul 28 Thursday Jul 15 Ages 3Y+ Wednesday, Jul 21 2 pm-2:30 pm 2 pm- 3 pm $3 2 pm-2:45 pm Drop-In Family Silly Amazing Amazon Free Felted Jewellery: for Safari Storytime Adventure beginners All ages Free Fun, Hands-on Streetsville Everyone South Common Space is limited to Crafts’n more 15. Branch encouraged Ages 6Y+ Branch to come Ages 10Y-12Y 905-615-4785 $2 905-615-4770 $2 Register in dressed for advance Adventure. 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