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2013 NorthWords Writers Festival |
| The NorthWords Writers Festival is coming to Yellowknife on May 30, 2013 as award-winning authors and storytellers joins local writers for five days of literary events. Click here for more information about the upcoming program in Yellowknife. Also get ready for the 2013 Great Northern Canada Writing Contest. Yellowknife Public Library is excited to support this year's festival by hosting the Children’s Story Hour on Saturday June 1, from 10:30 – 11:30 am in the library meeting room. This is a storytelling and reading programs for children, ages 6 – 10 with Sylvia Olsen, Fran Hurcomb and Richard Van Camp (MC). |
TD Canadian Children's Book Week (May 4-11) |
| TD Canadian Children's Book Week is the single most important national event celebrating Canadian children’s books and the importance of reading. The theme of this year is All the Bookshelf's a Stage: Celebrating the Performing Arts Visit the TD Canadian Children's Book Week website to learn more about the theme and the contests.
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Freading ebooks for all NWT Residents |
| ebooks are now available to all NWT residents. To access the ebooks, you need a public library card and a PIN. Yellowknife residents, please contact 867-920-5642 ext. 3 for your PIN number or for any questions on accessing Freading. To get ebooks, go to: https://nwt.freading.com To learn more about Freading go to: http://nwt.freading.com/questions/index You can also access the ebooks through the library catalog at the following site – just click on ebooks: http://nwte.sirsidynix.net/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/49?user_id=PBISTRO |
Audio Book Cloud |
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Listen online to audio books in many different categories: fiction, non-fiction, classics and even Spanish language audio books! There are 1,000 books in the collection for all ages. These books are always available, never on hold, and no need to download. Click on Audio Book Cloud to access this database.
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Tumblebooks (online children's books) |
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Many of the Tumblebooks are read by the authors themselves... Check out this fantastic electronic resource from your computer today. Click here to access. Click here to view the French collection! Tumblebooks require the latest Flash plugin (8.x or later). |
Read magazines & newspapers online... |
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Canadian Reference Centre provides full text information for over 150 Canadian periodicals and over 400 international periodicals. Titles include: Consumer Reports, Macleans, Beaver, Canadian Economic Observer, Canadian Geographic, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Psychology Today, and many more. The Canadian Reference Centre also indexes and provides full text articles from over thirty Canadian and international newspapers. Click on the image to access the database. To learn how to search this database click here. If you are accessing the database from home you will need to enter your library card number (Patron ID). |
Find your next book to read... |
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NoveList Plus can help you find your next book to read. This database of over 155,000 fiction titles and 50,000 nonfiction titles for readers of all ages lets you use your favorite author to link to other books you might enjoy. Click on the image to access this database. Click here to learn how to use this database. If you are accessing the database from home you will need to enter your library card number (Patron ID). |
Daisy Audio Books! |
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Yellowknife Public Library has partnered with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). The Library maintains a CNIB deposit collection of DAISY audiobook titles in your favourite genre. |
Daycare Providers and Home-Schoolers! |
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Here is an opportunity to nurture a love of reading in the children under your care. Yellowknife Public Library has developed thematic learning kits containing picture and board books as well as multimedia and craft materials. These free resources are available on thirty day loan. Contact the library at 920-5642 to find out more! |
Travelers and photographers! |
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The Library invites you to present your photographs in our popular narrated slideshow events at the library meeting room. Please contact us for more details 920-5642. |
Upcoming Event |
April 23- : Toddler Time May 1- : Story Time June 3-15 : Food For Fines June 5 : T.A.G. Meeting June 10 : Summer Reading Club 2013 |
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