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February 2025

Welcome to our monthly newsletter featuring all that's happening at your library.

Family Day at the Library

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Family Day is February 17

Join us on Family Day!  Select branches will be open special hours and offering a Family Storytime at 10:30am, followed by an EarlyON led activity at 11:00am.


Open 10:00am-2:00pm: Dorchester, Glencoe, Komoka, Lucan and Parkhill*. Open 9:00am-2:00pm: Strathroy


The Delaware and Newbury Libraries will be closed.


*The EarlyON activity will not be available in Parkhill.

Programs and Services

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March Break at the Library

March Break is almost here, and the library is ready to help keep kids entertained! 


Watch for events to be added to our online event calendar or contact your local branch to learn what's happening near you.   

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Technology Help

New device?  Questions about digital library content? We can help! The Ailsa Craig, Komoka, Ilderton, Glencoe and Strathroy Libraries are all currently offering one-on-one tech help by appointment.  To learn more, contact the branch or check our online event calendar.

Other locations offer tech support on a drop-in basis; ask at your local branch for more details.

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Try NoveList

Not sure what to read next?  Trying to track the books in a series? NoveList can help!  Search for books by mood, character, and pacing. Find read-alikes of your favourite books, and even resources for book clubs. NoveList is the reader's best friend!   


New to NoveList? Try this intro video from Niche Academy.

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Borrow Board Games

Bored? Try a new board game!  

Many of our branches offer board game collections that can be borrowed for home use. Please note board games cannot be placed on hold and are available on a first come, first served basis. 

Browse the board game collection.

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Well Water Testing

5 Middlesex County Library branches are drop-off locations for the Middlesex-London Health Unit's well water testing program.  

Testing kits can be picked up at any time from Dorchester, Glencoe, Lucan, Parkhill or Strathroy.  Sample drop-off times are limited to ensure the samples are recent.  Visit our website to view drop-off times for all locations.

Middlesex EarlyON

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Is your child entering into Kindergarten in September 2025? Join us at our Kinder Connect program. Meet new friends, participate in fun & engaging activities, enjoy songs & stories and ask questions of educators about successfully transitioning to kindergarten.  Early developmental screening also available with trained staff.


This program is intended for residents of Middlesex County and for children entering into Kindergarten for the first time in September 2025. Children who are homeschooled are welcome. Registration required:

 Register for Lucan on Feburary 26 

Register for Ilderton on February 27

Register for Komoka on March 20

Register for Glencoe on March 27

Register for Parkhill on April 3

Register for Strathroy on April 8


 For more information email earlyon@middlesex.ca or call 519-666-3227. 

Click on the book cover to place a hold.

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The Little Liar

Mitch Albom

A trustworthy boy who has never told a lie, 11-year-old Nico Krispis, duped by a German officer into leading his family and fellow Jewish residents to their doom, becomes a pathological liar, in a story that explores honesty, devotion and revenge—and the power of love to ultimately redeem us.


Suggested by Caralee, Newbury & Wardsville Supervisor

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Medicine Walk

Richard Wagamese

Struggling with mixed feelings while helping his estranged father undertake a difficult mountain backcountry journey to die, Franklin Starlight learns about his father's difficult struggles with childhood poverty and war-inflicted PTSD.


Suggested by Jaime, Ilderton Branch Assistant


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The Wedding People

Alison Espach

Mistaken for a wedding guest while staying at the grand Cornwall Inn, Phoebe Stone, at rock bottom, is determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself, and unexpectedly becomes bride's confidant and through her, meets a cast of surprising characters who help her start anew.


Suggested by Victoria, Library Assistant

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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Victoria Schwab

Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early eighteenth-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name.


Suggested by Doug, Ailsa Craig & Parkhill Supervisor

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A Gentleman and a Thief

Dean Jobb

Depicts the true story of one of the world's most successful burglars who stole jewels worth $60 million dollars from a Rockefeller, a Woolworth heiress and an oil magnate during the jazz age. 


Suggested by Whitney, Thorndale Branch Assistant


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