Shelf Talk Staff Blog

Mindfulness – Books to Help Kids (and Parents!) Stay Calm and Present

Since I started working as the Children’s Services Librarian here at the library in 2009, I have often heard requests from parents and caregivers for books on mindfulness for kids....

Revisiting Childhood Favourites

In the past 16 months, I have spent more time engrossed in the news than possibly the previous 16 years. With all the doom and gloom that descended in 2020, I realized that I needed...

National Indigenous History Month

We respectfully acknowledge that we are on the treaty and traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg. We offer our gratitude to the First Peoples for their care for,...

National Accessibility Week

National AccessAbility Week runs from May 30 to June 5 this year. It is an opportunity to celebrate the valuable contributions of Canadians with disabilities and to recognize the...

Canadian Stories of Strength and Survival

Biographies and Memoirs

This month, our library Reading Challenge is looking at books about real people, i.e. memoirs and biographies. People read memoirs for different reasons....