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1 October 2018 Happy October! October is Canadian Library Month. This year we will be celebrating Ontario Public Library Week with programs and events for the whole family. We have special story times, fun with our green screen, an author reading and more! 1 on 1 Tech Training Our Information and Digital Services Librarians offer FREE one hour 1-on-1 Tech Training. Sessions are available Monday Friday. Book your session at Microsoft Excel Class coming next month! BPL will be offering a FREE class on Microsoft Excel for Library members. The 5 week program will run Friday mornings from 10:30 AM -11:30 AM. Space is limited. RSVP. In this Issue Kids Tweens and Teens Adults From the Library Friends of the Library Kids

2 Weekly Library Programs Family Storytime Mondays, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Spend time together enjoying great stories, songs and rhymes with this 8 week program. Fun for the whole family. Tech Tuesday Tuesdays, 3:30 PM 4:30 PM Lego, Cubelets, Ozobots and more! Come play with our awesome tech! No registration required. Family Storytime Wednesdays, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Spend time together enjoying great stories, songs and rhymes with this 8 week program. Fun for the whole family. Don't miss our special Library themed storytime on Wednesday Oct 17th! PS4 Gaming Thursdays, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Ages Calling all gamers! Come play a variety of PS4 games at the Library. Games and controllers will be provided. Little Van Gough Go s Fridays (no program on Oct. 26), 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Registration required During this busy 6 week program, you and your child will explore a variety of music and movement and enjoy some messy creative artwork to take home (ages 2-4). Special Library Programs Pumpkinfest Saturday, October 20, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

3 There will be pumpkin games, pumpkin prizes, pumpkin food, and a BYODP contest (bring your own decorated pumpkin)! PA Day Movie Friday, October 26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Movie: "Storks" Paws for Stories Monday, October 29, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - Registration required An opportunity for children (ages 4-10) to read stories to a trained therapy dog in a one-on-one setting! Each child will get a 15 minute appointment with Louie the Golden Doodle to read stories and enjoy his company. Tech Tip It can be hard to find the right balance with technology. The library has some great resources for parents who are looking to help their children find how technology fits in their lives. Here are a couple of the books we have in our collection that can help: Tech Generation by Mike Brooks and Jon Lasser 52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone Obsessed Kid by Jonathan McKee Tweens and Teens

4 Tween and Teen Library Programs Teen Book Club Tuesday, October 2, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Teen Book Club will be meeting every other week. The theme of this month is fantasy books. Teen Dungeons and Dragons - For beginners! Thursdays, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM New to DnD? We ve partnered with Dr. Comics to bring a new beginners DnD club to the library! We ll be starting from scratch: building characters and setting out on our first campaign. Join in every Thursday after school starting September 13th! Teen Read Week October With every checkout during Teen Read Week, Teens will receive a ballot for a chance to win a gift certificate for Momma Bears Ice-cream and Sweets Shop. Pumpkin spice latte anyone? Thanks to the Friends of BPL for sponsoring the prize. Ontario Public Library Week Photo Contest Enter the OPLW Photo Contest to win awesome prizes! Go to accessola.org for more information. Contest runs Oct Pick a book to match your outfit and take a photo of you or in a group. 2. Tell us how you use your library card or why you love your public library. 3. Share your photo on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the hashtag #OPLWBookOutfit. Adults Adult Programs Literature and Libation Tuesday, October 2, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

5 Ages We ll be talking about Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie this month. Don t forget to sign up to get a copy of November s book Grunt by Mary Roach. Tech Talk: BPL's Online Resources Tuesday, October 16, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - RSVP To celebrate Ontario Public Library Week we ll be talking about all the awesome FREE online resources you can access with your library card! Author Night with Patricia Stott-Prince Wednesday, October 17, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Please register Everyone is welcome to hear local author/historian Ms. Patricia Stott-Prince speak about the research and writing of her book: Muskoka Falls the village, Copies will be available for purchase and signing. BPL Book Club Wednesday, October 24, 7:00 PM - Please register BPL Book Club new date this month to avoid Hallowe en. Come and share biographies you have enjoyed. Year of Learning: Learn about Dentures and Denture Care Saturday, October 27, 10:00 AM Please register Learn everything you wanted to know about dentures with Angela Moise from Highland Denture Clinic in Bracebridge. From the Library Ontario Public Library Week In celebration of Ontario Public Library Week, we are offering Amnesty Week from Oct This is your chance to return any of those long-overdue BPL materials. Upon check-in, the cost of the item and related fines owing will be deleted from your account. (Please note: this does not apply to fines owing for material returned prior to this Amnesty Week.) Sign up for a Behind the Scenes tour with Library CEO, Cathryn Rodney. Tour our Carnegie building and learn about the Library s future expansion plans Contact Cathryn for your tour

6 at Can you match our staff members with their baby pictures? If you guess right you could win a prize! We ll draw for the winner from the ballots with the highest scores at the end of the week. Appreciation Tea Thursday, October 18, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM at the Bracebridge Public Library. Join us as we honour of patrons who have contributed financially, by volunteering or in a special way to the Bracebridge Public Library. RSVP. Green Screen Friday, October 19, 10:00 AM - Noon Drop by to get in a picture of you in book with some of your favourite characters with our green screen! Thank you! A big thank you goes out to Bracebridge's cinema organization, Spinning Reels, for their donation to the Library of $1000. This money will be used to purchase new DVDs for our collection - all available to borrow for free with a Bracebridge Public Library card. Featured Library Service Did you know we have a Visiting Library Service? We have a great group of volunteers who choose, deliver, and return books for people who are not able to make it into the Library. Want to volunteer? Contact the library for an application and information on getting a police check. Know someone who needs the service? Have them call Ruth at to get matched with one of our volunteers. The Staff Shelf Ashleigh is our Children s Librarian! She is responsible for the children and teen programs and collections. Here s what is on her shelf this month: Reading: Watching: Listening:

7 "Mr Flood's Last Resort" "New Tricks" "Images of Wellness" Friends of the Library Thanksgiving Book Sale Saturday, October 6, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM All proceeds go toward Library special projects & purchases. What's in it for them? Pumpkinfest Bake Sale Saturday, October 20, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM by the Friends of the Library All proceeds go toward Library special projects & purchases. Friends' Annual General Meeting Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 PM at the Bracebridge Public Library Everyone is welcome to attend Friend s Annual General Meeting. Meet the current executive and learn about the many ways the Friends support the Bracebridge Public Library. Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children. Reading fuels passion, interest and ambition Nick Cave Bracebridge Public Library 94 Manitoba St. Bracebridge, Ontario P1L 2B