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Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog: The Nursery Rhyme that Changed Children’s Books
Posted Aug 1, 2023 at Arts & Culture
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Thank you for sharing your family memories of Boys & Girls House. It always lovely to hear patron stories about the branch.
100 Years of Boys & Girls House: Children's Library Services at Toronto Public Library
September 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Boys & Girls House, a former branch of Toronto Public Library. Boys & Girls House opened on September 11, 1922 and was the first dedicated children’s library in the Commonwealth. Boys & Girls House was influential on the development of children's li...
Wee Folk Tales at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Posted Nov 16, 2022 at Arts & Culture
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It would be great to see. The Boys & Girls House archives have some scripts and planning documents from an Iliad and Odyssey themed series from that era.
100 Years of Boys & Girls House: Children's Library Services at Toronto Public Library
September 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Boys & Girls House, a former branch of Toronto Public Library. Boys & Girls House opened on September 11, 1922 and was the first dedicated children’s library in the Commonwealth. Boys & Girls House was influential on the development of children's li...
Glad you enjoyed it Joanna! It was joy to research this blog for sure.
100 Years of Boys & Girls House: Children's Library Services at Toronto Public Library
September 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Boys & Girls House, a former branch of Toronto Public Library. Boys & Girls House opened on September 11, 1922 and was the first dedicated children’s library in the Commonwealth. Boys & Girls House was influential on the development of children's li...
Just read Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail during my vacation. I love it! Enjoyed imagining that I was hiking 40 miles in the mountains when I took my little morning walks around the neighbourhood.
Get Outside: Books to Inspire Wilderness Adventures
Summer is a great time to explore the world around us! And this year it's even easier with the Ontario Parks Pass program. Anyone with a valid Toronto Public Library card can borrow a free day use pass that will give access to over 100 provincial parks. Check out nature with your library card! T...
Many Little Mermaids: Hans Christian Andersen's Classic Fairy Tale
Posted Jun 27, 2022 at Arts & Culture
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A Book About a City: Picks for the 2022 TPL Reading Challenge
Posted May 16, 2022 at The Buzz...About Books
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A Book About Mental Health: Picks for the 2022 TPL Reading Challenge
Posted Apr 25, 2022 at The Buzz...About Books
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An Illustrated Book by an Indigenous Creator: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge
Posted Apr 11, 2022 at The Buzz...About Books
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Mathematical Marvels: Five Children's Math Books from 1817 to Today
Posted Mar 21, 2022 at Arts & Culture
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Amazing Abecedariums: Eight Alphabet Books from 1672 to 2010
Posted Dec 10, 2021 at Arts & Culture
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Children's Book Series at Our Osborne Collection: Anne of Green Gables, Franklin, Little Tim and More
Posted Nov 8, 2021 at Arts & Culture
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A Book About Love (Not Just the Romantic Kind): Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2021
Posted Sep 27, 2021 at The Buzz...About Books
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Hand-Held Alphabets, a "Grammatico-Allegorical Ballad" and Other Early Educational Books for Children
Posted Aug 30, 2021 at Arts & Culture
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A Book About Fame: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2021
Posted Jun 28, 2021 at The Buzz...About Books
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12 Recent Science Fiction and Fantasy Favourites
Posted Jun 7, 2021 at The Buzz...About Books
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The International Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh
Posted Apr 12, 2021 at Arts & Culture
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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder: Canada's Science Fiction Beginnings
Posted Feb 26, 2021 at Arts & Culture
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The Three Bears Before Goldilocks: The History of a Fairy Tale
Posted Jan 25, 2021 at Arts & Culture
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Hi JB, Here is our TPL Reading Challenge 2020: A Year in Review blog post: https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/bookbuzz/2021/01/2020-tpl-reading-challenge-a-year-in-review.html
I will pass on your feedback about our contest entry process to the TPL Reading Challenge team.
A Book that is Someone Else's Favourite: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2021
The TPL Reading Challenge is back for 2021! And we're kicking off our category booklists with "a book that is someone else's favourite". The question is... favourite what? Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood Priestdaddy is my favourite memoir and one of my most frequently recommended books. It ...
Hi Ann, We do not know how many people participated overall. But we did create a TPL Reading Challenge 2020: A Year in Review blog post, which has some information about our participants and the books they read. https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/bookbuzz/2021/01/2020-tpl-reading-challenge-a-year-in-review.html
A Book that is Someone Else's Favourite: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2021
The TPL Reading Challenge is back for 2021! And we're kicking off our category booklists with "a book that is someone else's favourite". The question is... favourite what? Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood Priestdaddy is my favourite memoir and one of my most frequently recommended books. It ...
Hi JB. Thanks for your comment. We haven’t had the opportunity to complete the 2020 prize draw yet and contact winners. We hope to do that next week. We will put up a post on our Facebook Group once that has been completed. For privacy reasons, we won’t be able to share their names, but they can certainly do so if they’re interested! We’re also working on getting together a recap of the 2020 Challenge which we’ll be sharing late this month or in early February. Hope this helps!
A Book that is Someone Else's Favourite: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2021
The TPL Reading Challenge is back for 2021! And we're kicking off our category booklists with "a book that is someone else's favourite". The question is... favourite what? Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood Priestdaddy is my favourite memoir and one of my most frequently recommended books. It ...
A Book that is Someone Else's Favourite: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2021
Posted Jan 8, 2021 at The Buzz...About Books
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Canada’s Wartime Science Fiction and Fantasy Pulp Magazines
Posted Jan 4, 2021 at Arts & Culture
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