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By Frankie Shaw
The Wellington County library system is comprised of 14 branches spread around the county, with a central library/headquarters located in Elora. Puslinch is the southernmost branch, serving a community of just over 5,000 residents. Our collection is growing and we can offer, in addition to regular books, talking books (tape or CD), video (VHS or DVD) interactive multimedia, and magazines for children and adults. We have access to all the items in the Wellington County system and we have an excellent delivery system for those who request items not found on our shelves. We can give professional help in finding employment. We also offer internet access to independent researchers. We host a weekly Story Time for children aged 3 to 5 years. It is held on Thursday mornings from 10.00 am. - 11.00am. Sessions run for 6 weeks. Phone for details and to register.  The Librarians are Janet Dagenais and Frankie Shaw
Send the library an e-mail. You can click here to go to the Wellington Library System interactive gateway to order a book. Lines from the Library (June 2006) By Frankie Shaw Back in February we decided run ‘the’ Forest of Reading’ programme to encourage readers to try different kinds of books and authors. Now that the programme has ended and the readers have cast their votes for their favourite title, some of the ‘Forest of Reading’ winners have been announced. Ken Oppel was declared the winner of this year's Red Maple Award for his book ‘Skybreaker’. The White Pine award was won by Charles de Lint for ‘Blue Girl’ and George Elliott won the Blue Spruce award with his ‘Boy Who Loved Bananas’. We are now waiting for the results of the Silver Birch award. Here in the library we had a draw for those readers who voted for their favourite ‘Forest of Reading’ book, in their respective categories. The winners were Iain Bulmer, Nicola Kitching, Meghan Olywa and Sam Rice. Congratulations to all! The summer holidays will soon be here and we are very pleased to be able to offer two programmes for our 5 – 12 year old friends: Quest for Heroes Reading Club. sponsored by the TD Bank For ages 5 – 12 yrs. Read books. Earn prizes. Enter our grand prize draw. Runs from July 1 – Aug 31. Register by July 1 at the library. Quest for Heroes Summer Fun Camp for ages 5 – 12 yrs. Every morning, 9.30 – 11.30a.m. July 17 – 21. Join us for stories, crafts, fun and games. Cost $25.00. Register in person by July 17 at the library. Studies have shown that children who do not continue to read during the summer months, lose their reading skills. Further studies revealed that children who do not read fluently by the fourth grade will never likely feel comfortable with the printed word. We have to keep those children reading, making sure that they have fun along the way.  Young Samantha Bibby is starting in good time.  Pearl Anne McTavish Dimock is all ears. Armstrong, Karen. The Great Transformation; the beginning of our religious traditions. Buechner, Frederick. Secrets in the Dark; a life in sermons Carlomagno, Mary. Give It Up! My year of learning to live better with less. Chapman, Tracy. Toys to Knit; dozens of patterns for heirloom dolls, animals, clothes and accessories. Cox, Jennifer. Around the World in 80 Dates; what if Mr Right isn’t right here? Dent Harry S. The next Great Bubble Boom; how to profit from the greatest boom in history: 2006-2010. Dornstein, Ken. The Boy who fell out of the Sky; Pan-Am flight 103. Dugard, Martin. Chasing Lance; the 2005 Tour de France and the ride of a lifetime. Fishman, Charles. The Wal-Mart Effect; how the world’s most powerful company works and how it’s transforming the American economy. Kirby, David. Evidence of Harm; mercury in vaccines and the autism epidemic. Levine, Judith. Not Buying It; my year without shopping. Mailis-Gagnon, Dr Angela. Beyond Pain; symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options of chronic pain disorders. McGraw, Dr Phil. Love Smart: find the one you want – fix the one you got. Milton, Robert A. Straight from the Top; the truth about Air Canada. Nazario, Sonia. Enrique’s Journey; a boy’s dangerous odyssey to reunite with his mother. ( Pulitzer Prize winner). Pollan, Stephen. It’s All in your Head; thinking your way to happiness. Shellenbarger, Sue. The Breaking Point; how today’s women are navigating midlife crisis. Fiction Berg, Elizabeth. We Are All Welcome Here. Burley, W.J. Wycliffe’s Wild-Goose Chase. Chiaverini, Jennifer. The Sugar Camp Quilt. Cox, Josephine. Journey’s End. Delinsky, Barbara. More than Friends. Fyfield, Frances. Safer than Houses Godwin, Gail. Queen of the Underworld. Hoag, Tami. Prior Bad Acts. McCall-Smith, Alexander. Blue Shoes and Happiness. McDermid, Val. Grave Tattoo. Morgan-Cole, Trudy. Violent Friendship of Esther Johnson. Perry, Anne. Dark Assassin Wiesel, Elie. Night. Woods, Stuart. Dark Harbor. The gardening books are out on display! -Frankie You can read more about the Puslinch Library by going to A Puslinch Diary. You can read previous Lines from the Library here: May2006 April 2006 March 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 June 2004 May 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 October 2003 September 2003 June 2003 May 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 February 2002 November 2001 October 2001 August 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 |