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Whether you inhale books for pleasure or information, or love to use technology to listen to music, watch shows, or to get your reading fix, we have something for you!
Need help with homework or searching for fun things to do? Ask one of the Youth Services staff - we love to help you find what you need.
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Outreach When you are out and about in Whistler you may find the library in surprising places. Our partnership with Arts Whistler sees our book bike, BOB (Books on Bike), out on the village stroll during the spring, summer, and fall. Make sure you say hi if you see us out and about! |
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Do you like to join in fun activities, read, and make new friends? We have something for everyone!
Registration is now open! Click here or give us a call at 604-935-8436 to sign up.
The BC Summer Reading Club is a free literacy program designed to engage school-aged children, ages 5-14, with libraries and reading, throughout the summer. Each year, libraries across the province deliver programming and activities inspired by a theme -- this year it is "Imagine the Possibilities!" Children can also pick up a BC Summer Reading Club Reading Record at their library to help them track their reading throughout the summer, and collect stickers and a medal for their reading achievements!
The BC SRC is sponsored by the British Columbia Library Association and public libraries throughout British Columbia, with generous support from the Province of British Columbia, through Libraries Branch, Ministry of Education and CUPE BC. Additional support is received from Public Library InterLINK and BC Libraries Co-op.
Join us on Thursday, June 27 at 10am for our Summer Program Kick-Off Dance Party on the Library Plaza, then pick up your BC Summer Reading Club Reading Record!
RLC is a province-wide program for students in grades 4 and 5 that promotes the "sport of reading." In teams of six, children read and become familiar with a set of six selected books, and then compete as a team in a series of quiz challenges. Click here to learn more.
Each year, students at our local schools participate in choosing and voting for their favourite books, both fiction and non-fiction. Voters should read a minimum of five books in the category (fiction or non-fiction books) in which they are voting.
The library has copies of all the Red Cedar titles, and many are available in eBook and eAudiobook.
TumbleBooks is a great resource for kids and is available online without a library card. Check out the wide variety of options below. Happy tumbling!
Picture books: Animated, talking picture books teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books and adding animation, sound, music, and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read or have read to you.
Read-a-longs: Narrated chapter books with highlighted text so kids can follow along. The books are flexible enough for confident readers to read on their own too.
eBooks: Full-length Early Juvenile and Juvenile Fiction chapter books for kids from grades 2 to 6. Ideal for independent reading, whether for school or for pleasure.
Graphic novels: A fantastic way to help encourage readers of all abilities and preferences to read in an exciting and accessible way.
Non-fiction: This section features both animated story books and longer length eBooks in reading levels from kindergarten to grade 6. There's a large selection of genres from which to choose: history, science, ecology, geography, historical science, biological geography, and more.
Math Stories: This is a great way to introduce new concepts to children! From simple patterns and numbers, to fundamentals of geometry and pi, or from the basics of coins and money, to budgets and economics.
Language learning: Features story books in Spanish and French, and is ideal for both English language learns and second language students. In addition, many of the Language Learning books have English counterparts.
National Geographic videos: There are a wide variety of subjects on video from wildlife profiles to Exoplanet exploration.
Puzzles and games: Provides entertaining and educational activities based on your kids' favourite TumbleBooks. There are puzzles, memory games, crosswords, match-the-sentence games, and more!
Playlist: You can make your own playlist or use one of the pre-made playlists. This feature allows you to build a play list of TumbleBooks which you can play one after another - perfect for storytime.
