We had SO many awesome book character pumpkins painted this year! Thanks to all of you who came out and worked so hard on them. View them all here and then vote for your favourite one below. One vote per person please!
We’re very excited to be launching the 2024 WeRead Community Challenge! This is an opportunity to read books in community and to challenge yourself and set reading goals for the year.
Pick up a challenge form from the LC to join:
Read a book from one of the monthly themes and tell us about it HERE to receive a sticker and join for our end of month book party! We’ll have snacks, games and prize draws at the book parties. Collect all 8 stickers throughout the year to join in for our end of year event!
Want to challenge yourself further? Check out the WeRead Super Challenge! With this challenge board you can customize and set your own reading goal for the year. Set a goal of a total number of books, or number of books you’d like to read each month and keep track of your completed books here:
There’s bookmarks too – a great way to collect your stickers AND keep track of your page!
Come by the LC to pick one up or if you have any questions about the challenge!
Need a good book to read? Come see us!
This month’s book themes are Mystery and Fall in love with a New Series and Fall into New Rhythms. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons and find a great read today!
Read a book from one of these themes in October to collect a sticker and join for the WeRead book party for snacks, games and prizes at the end of the month!
Calling all master builders! Complete at least 3 builds in a team of 2 or 3, and upload your builds on Padlet under your group. The winning team will receive a Lego Advent Calendar that you can come and build in the LC. Come to the LC during lunch to get making!
Tis the season for pumpkins! Come to the LC on Oct 15th and 16th to paint a pumpkin to look like a book character. We will vote on the pumpkins Oct 21st-24th, and the winner will receive a Fall Cozy Kit!
Happy September and welcome back to school! We’re very excited to have the Learning Commons back up and running and to welcome you to the MC library blog. This a place where you can learn about upcoming library events, activities, contests and book themes!
Read a book from one of this month’s themes and tell us about it to win a prize from the library prize bin (stickers, fidgets, candy) and enter a draw for library tote bag! This month’s themes are…
Check out the bulletin board outside the LC for some of our staff members favourite reads! Match the staff member to their favourite book correctly and submit a ballot for a chance to win a candy jar next week! 🙂
Looking for more info on our May activities? You’ve come to the right place!
This month’s book themes are Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Graphic Novels. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons and find a great read today!
Read a book from one of these themes in May to collect a sticker at the end of the month and join for the WeRead book party for snacks, games and prizes!
With Mother’s Day this month, we’ve got some great opportunities in the LC to make something for your mom or the mother figures in your life. Come make a jewelry dish or a card!
Looking for a 3D print challenge? Look no further – check out this month’s Boat Float Challenge for your opportunity to design, print, and float! Sign up in the LC and come for an info session on May 27.
The LC needs you! Help us redesign a new book drop! Submit a design anytime before May 24. Winners will get their design featured and will get to participate in the construction of their very own design. Will yours be the winning one?
Welcome, all budding writers and novelists! Here in the LC we’ll be hosting The Writer’s Table, where you can have space to work on your latest short story, poetry, or novel. If you’re working on a short story, we’d love to enter your story in the Vancouver Writer’s Fest Youth Writing Contest. Come see us in the LC for more details!
Looking for more info on our April activities? You’ve come to the right place!
This month’s book themes are Free Verse and Our Planet and Grow your Faith. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons and find a great read today!
Read a book from one of these themes in April to collect a sticker at the end of the month and join for the WeRead book party for snacks, games and prizes!
To celebrate poetry month, there are 5 poetry prompts in the LC all month – come write a poem in response to that prompt, and share your poem on the form/padlet for an invite to our Poetry Cafe on April 26th! We’ll have a special treat for the authors of our 5 favourite poems from the month! There are also 3 poetry workshops this month to write a poem in, and Poem in Your Pocket, where you can take poems and carry them in your pocket with new ones each week.
We’ll print cards with the winning photo/poem to sell at the ICC fair!
*Reminder: All photos must be taken BY YOU and since this contest started.
Enjoy some time in nature, take a photo and write a haiku about/inspired by your photo. All submissions due before Earth day (Apr 22nd).
Reading can take you places – where will reading take you this month?
This month’s reading themes are Book Fair Favs and Reading Around the World. Come check out the books on display in the Learning Commons, or click through to browse the collections on Destiny!
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If you read a book from one of these themes in February, you can collect a sticker at the end of the month for the WeRead Community challenge and join us at the book party for snacks, games and prize draws!
Join us in the LC for the first two weeks of March on a Maker Passport Challenge for a chance to win a candy jar!
Let the making continue over March Break with two fun challenges: a Tic Tac Toe board and a Photo Contest!
French Language Week is this month! Join us in the LC for French Game Day for a fun Kahoot, and join us for a fun game of Wordle (en francais, of course), all week!
Looking for info on February activities? You’re in the right place!
This month’s reading themes are Black History Month, Books on Love, and Kindness Matters. Come check out the books on display in the Learning Commons, or click through to browse the collections on Destiny:
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If you read a book from one of these themes in February, you can collect a sticker at the end of the month for the WeRead Community challenge and join us at the book party for snacks, games and prize draws!
If you played around with Tinkersketch last month, this will be a challenge right up your alley – creating a colouring page or a sticker!
Try your hand at creating a stop motion! Use lego, clay, or paper to recreate a book scene, or spin a wheel for a random scene. The winning team will get a movie basket filled with popcorn, candy, and pop, to be enjoyed when we have our movie viewing day, when we will watch all our stop motions. Come to the LC to sign up!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Looking for info on January activities? You’re in the right place!
This month’s reading themes are 2023 Wrapped, Biographies, and Non-Fiction. Come check out the books on display in the Learning Commons, or click through to browse the collections on Destiny:
If you read a book from one of these themes in January, you can collect a sticker at the end of the month for the WeRead Community challenge and join us at the book party for snacks, games and prize draws!
The new year is a great time to try something new. Check out 4 opportunities to try something new this month – as well as a chance to win a gift card!
Did you know we have some awesome cookbooks just in the library? All you need to do for this challenge is check one out, try out a new recipe and share a photo with us on the Padlet. Submit a photo any time before Jan 30th!
Come immerse yourself in the cozy world of fibre arts and make a mini macrame weaving! Sign up for a tutorial on January 16 or 23 (just one per person) – spots are limited.
TinkerSketch is a challenge to respond to a daily drawing prompt. The goal is to make time (even if it’s just a tiny bit) to celebrate your creative self and jump start creativity through sketching. It’s up to you how you interpret the prompt, the only requirement is to sketch something! We’ll have a table set up for the month of January, and you can come any day to respond to the prompt!
Come tinker and explore, or create and code while you learn more about robotics! No experience necessary. When you sign up we’ll ask you to indicate the level of experience you have. We’ll sort you into a group and assign you a robot to work with based on your comfort level and experience.
Looking for info on December activities? You’re in the right place!
This month’s reading themes are Secret Santa Book Exchange and Library League Picks! Come fill out a Secret Santa gift tag or check out the books on display in the Learning Commons this week!
Want to book in a great holiday read? We’ve got you covered!
Simply fill out a gift tag to tell us about your reading preferences, and the library league will help choose a book and wrap it for you. Come collect your book and take it home (starting next Wed) for the holidays!
We’re doing some Christmas crafting over the next week to bless our neighbours at Food for Life! Food for Life offers a meal to anyone in the community who needs one, every Wednesday night. We’re hosting a little Christmas market just before their Christmas meal where guests can choose from items we’ve crafted in the Learning Commons this month. Join in for one or more of these crafts to share some Christmas joy with Food for Life guests!
We’ll be making: (See images above for details)
