Tay Township Public Library
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Newsletter Volume 20 Issue 2
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We hope everyone is having a great 2023 so far. We had an awesome start with new programs in January and more to come in February. We would like to thank everyone who attended the Internet Safety Workshops for Seniors with Jennifer from Gateway Learning, scoll down for more information on her One on One digital device coaching.
We want to feel the love, tell us how we're doing and what you love about your library most by sending us an email!
There is so much more in branch, don't take our word for it, plan to visit your Library today!
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February is Black History Month, look for displays in each branch on this important topic. |
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Virtual Programming and Take-Home Kits |
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Pajama Storytime LIVE! on Facebook and Instagram Every Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Join library staff as we read our favourite books and sing a song. Don't forget to comment while watching live so we can say Hi!
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Storytime Activity Kit Each month we offer an activity kit that matches the book/theme of one of our Pajama Storytime Live! events. Stop by your branch around valentines day to pick up a snailentines day craft, then watch Pajama Storytime February 15th for a special storytime.
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Love Monster Take-Home Kit Pick up Starts Feb 11th Make your own cuddly creature to snuggle up with this February with a little Love Monster! Suitable for all ages. Please register by calling or emailing.
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Taste the World Season 2 Registration full! This very popular spice blend program is here for round 2! Each month for 6 months we will be featuring a new spice blend with recipe cards. Ages 10 and up. Pick up starts February 25th this month!
February – Za’atar - Middle Eastern March – Colombo Powder - West Indies April – Italian Seasoning - Italian |
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Game Nights New! Tuesdays @ 5:30 p.m. in the Port McNicoll Branch Thursdays @ 5:30 p.m. in the Waubaushene Branch Join us for Game Night with video games, board games and even some outdoor play! (Weather permitting) Great for all ages. Drop in - no registration required.
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Digital Device Coaching for Seniors
One/One Coaching with Instructor January – March 2023 Waubaushene Branch: Tuesday afternoons
Port McNicoll Branch: Wednesday afternoons Victoria Harbour Branch: Thursday afternoons
Join Jennifer for one on one device coaching. Learn how to use your device and ask questions. Please bring your device(s), the power cords for each device, a USB cable if you want to transfer things from one device to another and your usernames and passwords. Registration required, this is not drop-in.
To register for a session please contact Jennifer Ellis. (705)-209-5699 | ed@gatewaycentreforlearning.ca |
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Covid-19 and Flu Vaccine Pop-up Clinic More Dates coming soon. Watch our Facebook and Instagram for new dates or visit smdhu.org/getvaccinated
For individuals 12+ receiving their dose 1, 2, 3 or booster and kids 5-11 for paediatric dose 1 and 2. The SMDHU will have the Bivalent Booster and Flu Shot available. These are walk-in clinics while supplies last. |
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Learn to Play Chess Fridays, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Victoria Harbour Branch, registration required Never played, but always wanted to? Not played in a long time and need a refresher? Learn to play chess with one on one instruction. Available for teens/adults/seniors. Contact us for more information!
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Safe Independent Choices for Youth Program by Elizabeth Fry Society Victoria Harbour Branch Saturday, Feb. 4th 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Delivered in small groups for youth 12 to 20 years old in Simcoe County, this program helps build strong emotional and social skills, and the confidence to make safe and healthy decisions! Topics include: Social & Internet Safety, Independence, Healthy Choices, Healthy Relationships and Human trafficking. This class earns you 4 hours of community service. For more information on our program: Contact the Program Facilitator Michelle Green Call or Text: (705) 818-1686 sic@elizabethfrysociety.com To register please contact us!
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Socially Booked Club Meets the first Thursday every month at 10:00 am. The location changes each month to support local businesses. This volunteer run club invites all book lovers for conversation about the books you're currently reading! Contact us for more info on how to attend.
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NEW! Book Rec Club (Recommendation+Recreation) Meets the third Thursday of every month. Victoria Harbour Branch 2 pm - 3 pm No registration required. All adult book lovers welcome for light refreshments and to talk about what you are reading, what you have read, and what you would like to read. Meet new people and make/get book recommendations!
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Borrow a Pass
Click here to visit our website for more information, or click the images to place your holds! |
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The Simcoe County Museum pass provides entrance to the museum for up to 7 people! Visit the museum for a wide variety of events, exhibits and programs for all ages throughout the year!
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The Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre has provided the Tay Township Public Library with Family Day Passes! This gives you FREE entrance to the Marsh for up to 2 adults and 2 children.
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Visit any Ontario Park for FREE by borrowing an Ontario Parks Vehicle Permit from the library! Permits allow park entry to any provincial park for one vehicle (excluding busses) and its passengers for the whole day (not for overnight use).
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The Huronia Museum has provided the Tay Township Public Library with 3 Museum Passes! This gives you FREE entrance to the Museum for up to 2 adults and 2 children.
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Courtesy of the Marjorie Young Volunteer Association, $5 bundles of books and DVDs are available - you will get a great selection of whichever genre you like to read or watch the most! We also have a used book sale cart in each branch where you can browse and make a donation of your choosing to the library.
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Apps to read on the go!
Click on the App icons to learn more about Libby for borrowing Ebooks and AudioBooks, and PressReader to view your favourite newspapers and magazines, all on your own device! |
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| Meet Libby. |
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Library Board Information |
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Library Board Members: Heather Walker (Chair) Janet McFadden (Vice Chair) Laura Adams Gerard LaChapelle (Council Representative) Sandy Talbot (Council Representative)
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Have You Downloaded Our App? |
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New Titles for your holds!
Click the images to display in our catalogue or search for them in the Simcoe County Libraires App to place holds. |
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Spare Price Harry
For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief. |
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Wartime at Bletchley Park Molly Green
September 1939. London is in blackout, war has been declared, but Dulcie Treadwell can think only of American broadcaster Glenn Reeves, who left for Berlin without being able to say goodbye. Posted to Bletchley Park, Dulcie must concentrate instead on helping the war effort by cracking the German Enigma codes. Just as she's proving her worth, a spiteful act of jealousy leads to Dulcie's brutal dismissal. Is it too late for Dulcie to clear her name and keep saving innocent lives through the job she loves? |
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Friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing : a memoir Matthew Perry
The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. |
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I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki
Baek SeheeBaek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgmental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends, performing the calmness her lifestyle demands. But if she's so hopeless, why can she always summon a yen for her favorite street food: the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like? |
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Deep House A DreafulWater Mystery Thomas King
Thumps DreadfulWater has finally found some peace in small-town Chinook since the pandemic. Sure, his beloved cat is still missing and his relationship with Claire is more than uncertain, but at least he can enjoy some relaxation from the comfort of his home. And now that the local businesses are starting to open their doors again, everything can go back to normal. But when Thumps unintentionally discovers a body at the bottom of a treacherous canyon, he is tangled once again in an inexplicable mystery. |
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The Promise
Emma Heatherington
One terrible moment changes everything for teenagers Kate and David. Brought together during the darkest of times of the Troubles, a spark of hope is ignited between them -- a hand held in the darkness, a promise whispered. Neither of them will ever forget those moments. It's another ten years before David and Kate meet once more, and their lives are now so different. The promise they made to each other on that fateful day still binds them, but now they have so much more to lose. With so much at stake, have they missed their once chance at happiness? They only way they will ever know is to risk everything to be together. Is that too high a price to pay for love?” |
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My Fade is Fresh Shauntay Grant
With so many beautiful hairstyles to choose from like perms and locs, a little girl decides to get the freshest fade on the block. |
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Song in the City Daniel Bernstrom
A charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city. |
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Tilly and the Lost Fairy Tales Anna James On a wintery visit to Paris, Tilly and her best friend Oskar bravely bookwander into the land of fairy tales to find that characters are getting lost, stories are all mixed-up, and mysterious plot holes are opening without warning. Can Tilly work out who, or what, is behind the chaos so everyone gets their happily-ever-after?
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Big Shot Jeff KinneyAfter a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. But in sports, anything can happen. When the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?
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Black Adam [DVD & BluRay]
Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods -- and imprisoned just as quickly -- Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world. |
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Bros [DVD]
Universal Pictures proudly presents the first romantic comedy from a major studio about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both very busy. From the ferocious comic mind of Billy Eichner and the hitmaking brilliance of filmmakers Nicholas Stoller and Judd Apatow, comes Bros, a smart, swoony and heartfelt comedy about finding sex, love and romance amidst the madness. |
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