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Listowel Branch, drop by! 

• September 2 - Sci-Fi
  • 10:30-11:30am: Storytime - Space
  • 12:00-1:00pm: Craft - Design Your Own Planet
  • 1:20-2:30pm: STEAM - Mars Rover Challenge
  • 3:00-4:00pm: Social - Mission Control
  • 4:00-5:00pm: Activity - Astronaut Academy
  • Scavenger Hunt - Alien or Earth?
  • Take & Make - Alien UFOs
• September 3 - Fantasy 
  • 10:30-11:30am: Storytime - Fairies
  • 12:00-1:00pm: Craft - Make Your Own Dragon Egg
  • 1:30-2:30pm: STEAM - King Bot's Adventure
  • 3:00-4:00pm: Social - Guild Challenge Escape Room
  • 4:00-5:00pm: Activity - Knight Training Academy
  • Scavenger Hunt - Nature's Fantastical Creatures
  • Take and Make - Create Your Own Dragon Puppet

Submit your art for a chance to win! Create and submit your artwork to be displayed for the month of October in the Listowel Branch, winners will be displayed on Oct 24^th at the Creative Canvases Art Show at the Steve Kerr Arena

All ages welcome, amateur artists encouraged!! 

Must be original art, no AI content! 

Age categories: Grades k-4, 5-8, 9-12, and a new category of amateur adults! 

Entries accepted Sept 8-30 at any NPPL branch. Winners decided by the Arts and Heritage Collective and Creative Canvases art group. 

Fill out the form to accompany your art either in person or online. 

Think you're funny?! Let's see! Come and share your hilarious jokes for the library to see! 

Can you beLEAF how funny our community is?! 

All branches, during open hours

Add your own monster to an existing art piece! Come get creation and add a creature to make it your own. 

• Atwood Branch: Tuesday, October 6, 6pm < REGISTER 
• Listowel Branch: Wednesday, October 21, 4:30pm < REGISTER
• Monkton Branch: Wednesday, October 28, 4pm < REGISTER

A fan favourite for a reason!!! Come to see the super fun and not-so-scary spooky themed story with shadow puppets! 

Drop by! 

Listowel Branch

October 31, 1pm 

Listowel Branch, Drop by

• November 6^th 
  • Scavenger Hunt - Different Kinds of Light
  • Take and Make - Suncatcher Craft
  • Storytime - Kindness / Hope
    • 10:30-11:30am
  • Craft - Pattern Art
    • 12:00-1:00pm
  • STEAM - Light Lab
    • 1:30-2:30pm
  • Social - Family Game Afternoon
    • 3:00-4:00pm
  • Activity - Lantern Olympics
    • 4:00-5:00pm

Come by and create with lego! No structure, no rules, just come, have fun, and BUILD THINGS!! 

Listowel Branch: 

• Monday, December 21 - Saturday, January 2

Explore bins of sensory fun! Join us in all branches to explore and play with sensory items. 

Drop by

• Monkton/Atwood Branch
• Tuesday, December 22^nd during open hours
• Listowel Branch
• Wednesday, December 40^th from 10am-2pm

It's back - get excited!! Your stuffy reading pals will be out in all of our branches and we just need you and your littles to come read to them!! Collect stamps for reading with each friend and collect a prize at the end. 

• Monday, December 21 - Saturday, January 2

A fun filled program featuring songs, stories, and creative playtime! With North Perth EarlyON and North Perth Public Library.

Don't have time to tackle your reading challenge this week? No problem! This program counts towards your reading challenge too. 

Listowel Library Branch

Drop by EVERY FRIDAY at 10:30am to join in on the fun. 

Let's start off right by reading 1 book to our littles every day before they enter Kindergarten! In just 4 years, one book a night will surpass 1000 books!! This initiative is to support literacy and the love of reading! 

How to join in on the fun: 

1. Get ready. Pick up a tracking poster or print them from our website.
2. Read & Track it. Colour in, or cross out for each book you read to your child.
3. Every book counts. Even if your child wants to hear the same book again and again, you can count it each time. 
4. Keep going. Can you surpass 1000 books? 
5. Share your success. Tag us @northperthlib and use the hashtag #1000BooksB4K.

Drop by to create on your own! There are no rules, no requirements, just come and have fun with the supplies provided! 

• Listowel Branch: 10am-3pm
• Saturday, September 5
• Saturday, October 3
• Saturday, November 7
• Saturday, December 5
• Monkton Branch: 10am-12pm
• Saturday, September 12
• Saturday, October 10
• Saturday, November 14
• Saturday, December 12
• Atwood Branch: 1-3pm
• Saturday, September 26
• Saturday, October 24
• Saturday, November 28
• Saturday, January 2

Listowel Branch, drop by! 

• September 2 - Sci-Fi
  • 10:30-11:30am: Storytime - Space
  • 12:00-1:00pm: Craft - Design Your Own Planet
  • 1:20-2:30pm: STEAM - Mars Rover Challenge
  • 3:00-4:00pm: Social - Mission Control
  • 4:00-5:00pm: Activity - Astronaut Academy
  • Scavenger Hunt - Alien or Earth?
  • Take & Make - Alien UFOs
• September 3 - Fantasy 
  • 10:30-11:30am: Storytime - Fairies
  • 12:00-1:00pm: Craft - Make Your Own Dragon Egg
  • 1:30-2:30pm: STEAM - King Bot's Adventure
  • 3:00-4:00pm: Social - Guild Challenge Escape Room
  • 4:00-5:00pm: Activity - Knight Training Academy
  • Scavenger Hunt - Nature's Fantastical Creatures
  • Take and Make - Create Your Own Dragon Puppet

In honour of National Suicide Prevention Month, join for an information session. 

Listowel Branch

Wednesday, September 9, 6:30pm < REGISTER

Add your own monster to an existing art piece! Come get creation and add a creature to make it your own. 

• Atwood Branch: Tuesday, October 6, 6pm < REGISTER 
• Listowel Branch: Wednesday, October 21, 4:30pm < REGISTER
• Monkton Branch: Wednesday, October 28, 4pm < REGISTER

Listowel Branch, Drop by

• November 6^th 
  • Scavenger Hunt - Different Kinds of Light
  • Take and Make - Suncatcher Craft
  • Storytime - Kindness / Hope
    • 10:30-11:30am
  • Craft - Pattern Art
    • 12:00-1:00pm
  • STEAM - Light Lab
    • 1:30-2:30pm
  • Social - Family Game Afternoon
    • 3:00-4:00pm
  • Activity - Lantern Olympics
    • 4:00-5:00pm

It's back and it's a new theme!! Join us for Music Bingo: Disney Edition. 

Let's see how smart you are at all Disney music! 

• Atwood Branch: Tuesday, November 17 < REGISTER 
• Listowel Branch: Wednesday, November 18 < REGISTER
• Monkton Branch: Wednesday, November 25 < REGISTER

Make your own small evergreen tree! We will using cardboard cones and real greenery. 

6:30-7:30pm

• Thursday, November 12 - Listowel < REGISTER
• Thursday, November 19 - Monkton < REGISTER
• Tuesday, November 24 - Atwood < REGISTER

Join us to explore the VR headset! Drop by! 

Listowel Branch: 

• • Monday, December 21, 4:30-6:30pm

Geared at ages 10 and up

Want to learn to make awesome creations using just paper? We've got you! 

Listowel Branch: Monday, December 14 < REGISTER

Monkton Branch: Wednesday, December 16 < REGISTER

Come for a tech petting zoo - aka try different tech toys every visit!! 

Drop by! 

• Saturday, September 26
• Saturday, October 24
• Saturday, November 28
• Saturday, January 2

• Saturday, September 5
• Saturday, October 3
• Saturday, November 7
• Saturday, December 5

• Saturday, September 19
• Saturday, October 17
• Saturday, November 21
• Saturday, December 19

Does you love books?! Come join us! Each participant chooses their own book related to the theme and we come together for a discussion. A fun and easy way to do book clubs! 

Monkton Branch, 4-5pm

• Wednesday, September 9
• Wednesday, October 14
• Wednesday, November 11
• Wednesday, December 9

< REGISTER 

Nothing beats being in the library after hours and we've paired that up with the following awesome activities... 

For ages 12-17

Listowel Branch, 6pm-8pm

• Friday, September 18 < REGISTER 
• VR Headset
• Friday, October 16 < REGISTER 
• Jackbox Games
• Friday, November 20 < REGISTER 
• Nerf Battle
• Friday, December 18 < REGISTER 
• Wellness Night
• DIY Hot Chocolate Bombs
• DIY Bath Salts
• DIY Crayon Candles

Have your say! We want to hear from our youth. This program will run once a month on the first Thursday of the month

Listowel Branch, 6:30-7:30pm

REGISTER

Drop by to create on your own! There are no rules, no requirements, just come and have fun with the supplies provided! 

• Listowel Branch: 10am-3pm
• Saturday, September 5
• Saturday, October 3
• Saturday, November 7
• Saturday, December 5
• Monkton Branch: 10am-12pm
• Saturday, September 12
• Saturday, October 10
• Saturday, November 14
• Saturday, December 12
• Atwood Branch: 1-3pm
• Saturday, September 26
• Saturday, October 24
• Saturday, November 28
• Saturday, January 2

In honour of National Suicide Prevention Month, join for an information session. 

Listowel Branch

Wednesday, September 9, 6:30pm < REGISTER

Are you wanting to learn about the basics of Artificial Intelligence? Safety around AI? Tips and tricks for beginners? We've got Dave from Armourey Labs coming, an AI pro. He's local, he's funny, he's educational, he's ready to help any newbies to the AI world. 

Drop by the Listowel Branch

Monday, September 14, 6:30pm

What a time this event was! So much so, we are bringing it back for 2.0! 

Join to hear short compelling stories told by community members! You will laugh, you might cry, but you will leave feeling so connected and grateful for our community! 

Drop by Listowel Branch

October 22, 6:30pm

Come by any NPPL branch to participate in a poetry activity! Black out poetry, magnetic poetry and more. 

All branches, during open hours, from October 7-13

Borrow any DVD during November 5 to receive a free bag of microwavable popcorn! While supplies last.

All branches. 

Come for a screening of NFB Canada at War series! Drop by to view it on loop. 

Listowel Branch, 10am-4pm 

Come create a weird piece of art with us for a chance to win a prize!! All art will be displayed in Listowel Branch too. 

Listowel Branch:

Wednesday, November 11, 6pm < REGISTER

Want to learn to make awesome creations using just paper? We've got you! 

Listowel Branch: Monday, December 14 < REGISTER

Monkton Branch: Wednesday, December 16 < REGISTER

Think Blind Date with a Book but this time you will get the very first sentence to decide your book title on!

We will have the books wrapped so you cannot see anything but the first sentence! The rest will be entirely hidden for you to try something new!! 

All branches, December 21-January 2

There's no agenda other than coffee and community! Come hang out with us and enjoy free coffee. 

Listowel Branch, 12-1pm

Drop by! 

• Monday, September 28
• Monday, October 26
• Monday, November 23
• Monday, December 21

Sign up to learn a new hobby each time! You won't know what's coming, but we guarantee it'll be fun. 

Listowel Branch, 6pm:

• Thursday, September 10 (date switch due to stat holiday) < REGISTER 
• Monday, October 12 < REGISTER 
• Monday, November 9 < REGISTER
• Monday, December 7 < REGISTER

Join a campaign and go on an adventure!! 

Listowel Branch: 

Saturday Campaign, every second Saturday, 12:30-3pm

• July 11
• August 8

Tuesday Campaign, every second Tuesday, 6:30-8pm 

• July 14
• August 11

Registration Required. 

This program is volunteer-led. Interested in joining? Email the Coordinator of Community Connections to voice your interest: abell@northperth.ca

*** Please note: most regular book clubs pause for the summer. 

Atwood Branch

• 3rd Thursday of each month, 1pm - Fiction < REGISTER

Listowel Branch

• 2nd last Tues of each month, 6pm - Fiction < REGISTER
• 1st Monday of each month, 1pm - Fiction < PROGRAM FULL

Words with Friends

A community book club where you can discuss books you are currently reading, provide recommendations, participate in discussions, meet new people, and have a coffee/tea and snack! 

Listowel Branch, 6:30pm 

First Wednesday of every month < REGISTER

Read, Reflect, Repeat: Reading Journaling

Have you ever wanted to keep a book log, but find you're never able to maintain it? We've got you covered. Join us for Read, Reflect Repeat, a monthly journaling club, where we come together to discuss the books we have read the past month in a fun, friendly, and creative space!

Listowel Branch, 6:30-7:30pm

First Thursday of each month < REGISTER 

Come get crafty with the North Perth Public Library! This is a program is geared for individuals (and their caretakers/support workers) to gather, craft, and meet other members of our community. It's free, it's fun, and anyone is welcome to join!!   

Listowel Branch, Second Tuesday of each month, 2pm

• Tuesday, September 8
• Tuesday, October 13
• Tuesday, November 10
• Tuesday, December 8

< REGISTER

How Does it Work?

Patrons can take up to 5 packets of seeds per visit, this will allow as many people as possible to use this service.

Take your seeds home, plant them and enjoy growing, harvesting and eating your crops. If you wish to save some of your seeds to donate to the Seed Library you can collect them at the end of the growing season or as the plants produce seeds.

How Do You Donate or Return Your Seeds?

Once you have collected seeds from your crop, set some aside for yourself and the library if you wish to return some. You must let your seeds dry before storing them in paper envelops in a cool dry place.

We will accept seeds returned in their original envelop, or an envelope labeled with the following information:

Common Name

Days to Maturity

Year Saved

Location Grown

Drop your seeds off to a staff member any time.

We will also take donations of new packages of seeds including vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit to help us add to our collection.

For more information, check out our seed lending library pamphlet. 

Listowel Branch, Last Monday of each month, 6:30pm

DROP BY!