Bowen Island Public Library's e-Newsletter • July 2024 | Space Centre: Roving on the Moon Tuesday, July 16 | 2:00-3:30 pm | Ages 7-12 Registration required - still some spots left! Join H.R. MacMillan Space Centre experts to learn about the Moon’s unique environment. Participants will launch their own lunar mission and create challenges using Ozobot coding robots. This hands-on STEM based activity will introduce participants to principles of robotics and coding. Ages 7-12 – Drop off your child for this 1.5 hour event. Please register all children attending. Register for this Event
| | Old General Store 100th Birthday Celebration & Picnic Saturday, August 10, 2024 | 12-3 pm Constructed in 1924 for the Union Steamship Company, and now the home of the Bowen Library, our largest and most iconic heritage building is 100 years old this year. Join us in celebrating this beautiful building and those who saved it from demolition in 1984. Saturday August 10th from 12pm to 3pm we invite you to bring a picnic to the Library lawn and enjoy music, displays, art, games, activities, a giant birthday cake and a community photo. You are encouraged to dress in 1920’s attire, and to bring your own picnic or order a grab and go lunch from local food vendors (more info to come). Schedule of events: - 12:00–1:00 pm Picnic on the lawns
- 12:30–1:30 pm Games
- 1:30–2:00 pm Birthday cake and speeches
- 2:00 pm Community photo
See this Event in our Calendar Photo from Bowen Island Museum & Archives
| | Search for the Shrinking Mouse! Drop in to search for the shrinking Summer Reading Club mouse! Each week this summer the mouse will get smaller, so look carefully! Find the mouse and enter a prize draw at the front desk!
| | Butterfly Story Walk Tuesday, July 9-August 3 Drop by the library next week to stroll around the gardens and enjoy an interactive picture book! This story walk follows Señorita Mariposa, written by Mister G, and illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero. Follow along with the song! Listen to Mister G's album Choco Lalala, which features "Señorita Mariposa", or his Latin Grammy award-winning album Los Animales — available to borrow on CD at the Library.
| | Curious Clay Creatures (Ages 5-8) Tuesday, July 9 | 1-2 pm 2 spots left!
Please register before Saturday, July 6, 2 pm Build a mysterious creature out of clay, led by Sara Skuce from The Burrow! Ages 5-8 – Drop off your child for this 1-hour event. Please register your child. Register for this Event
| | Curious Clay Creatures (Ages 9-12) Tuesday, July 9 | 2:30-4 pm 1 spot left!
Please register before Saturday, July 6, 2 pm Build a mysterious creature out of clay, led by Sara Skuce from The Burrow! Ages 9-12 – Drop off your child for this 1-hour event. Please register your child. Register for this Event
| | Telegrams to Instagram: Technology Through Time Tuesday, July 23 | 2:00-3:30 pm | Ages 5-12 Registration required! Explore technology from the past and learn about how technology has developed from telegrams to Instagram. Ages 5-12 – Guardians welcome to attend. Please register child attendees. Register for this Event
| | Wildlife Clues with Metro Parks Tuesday, July 30 | 2-4 pm | Ages 5-14 Registration required! Nature has many stories to tell. Get curious with Metro Vancouver park interpreters and learn how to read animal tracks, follow bird calls and identify other wildlife clues! Discover what these animal signs reveal about the mysterious creatures of Crippen Regional Park. Ages 5-14 - Child drop-off is encouraged. Any parent or guardian who would like to attend with their child, please include yourself as a guest/attendee in the registration form. Space is limited. Register for this Event
| | Theatre Workshop (Ages 5-8) Tuesday, August 6 | 1-2 pm Registration required! Learn some serious (and not-so-serious!) acting skills from local thespian Calder Stewart. Ages 5-8 – Drop off your child for this one-hour event. Please register your child. Register for this Event
| | Theatre Workshop (Ages 9-12) Tuesday, August 6 | 2:30-4:00 pm Registration required! Learn some serious (and not-so-serious!) acting skills from local thespian Calder Stewart. Ages 9-12 – Drop off your child for this one-hour event. Please register your child. Register for this Event
| | Curious Crafts (Ages 5-8) Tuesday, August 13 | 1-2 pm Registration required! Create a curious craft with Wendy Harding. Craft supplies provided. Ages 5-8 – Drop off your child for this one-hour event. Please register your child. Register for this Event
| | Curious Crafts (Ages 9-12) Tuesday, August 13 | 2:30-4 pm Registration required! Create a curious craft with Wendy Harding. Craft supplies provided. Ages 9-12 – Drop off your child for this 1.5-hour event. Please register your child. Register for this Event
| | Leif David the Magician Sunday, August 18 | 2-3 pm | All Ages Registration required! Hold onto your bookmarks, folks! This summer, Leif David will bring the magic of books to life as he hits the road as a performer for the Summer Reading Club at libraries all across the province! Experience the wonder and excitement of a magical performance right in the library! This 45-minute-long children’s magic show is packed with amazing magic and comedy. This show is brimming with audience participation, and audience volunteers will join Leif David on stage to help him perform the magic for everyone! All ages – Parents/guardians choosing to attend with their child must please register themselves as a guest/attendee, along with their child/children, as we have limited space. Register for this Event
| | Summer Reading Club Medal Ceremony & Party Tuesday, August 27 | 1-3 pm | Ages 5-12 Registration required! Come celebrate your reading achievements this summer with a special SRC medal ceremony and party! Mayor Andrew Leonard will be giving out medals! Register for this Event
| | TumbleBooks: Read-along eBooks for Kids TumbleBooks is an online K-6 children’s ebook database, available for free through your browser. This entertaining site for children presents full colour pages of narrated and animated eBooks for families to read along with together. It’s all controlled by you or your child from a simple interface. eBooks for middle grades are also available, as well as graphic novels, non-fiction, and titles in other languages. All Tumblebooks eBooks are instant-access (no wait times or holds), and no logging in is required—just go to TumbleBooks from the Bowen Library website and start reading! Find Out More & Access TumbleBooks
| | Summer Reading Club! Register in the Library for the 50-Day Reading Challenge! SRC includes a 50-day reading challenge where kids track their reading for 50 days to win a medal at the end of the summer! Throughout the 50-day challenge, kids can collect stickers for every 7 days of reading and enter draws for prizes. Sign up for the SRC Newsletter, and never miss a program announcement! Sign up for our SRC newsletter (click the "Summer Reading Club News" checkbox). Get our weekly event announcements in your inbox, and never miss a chance to register for our upcoming SRC special presentations this summer. Free Events, Guest Presentations, & In-Library Activities! Soon you'll be able to register on our Events Calendar for special weekly events (July & August), including guest presenters and workshops! Kids can also drop in to the Library anytime to interact with a new “curiosity” each week. Learn More About Summer Reading Club
| | Teen Summer Reading Bingo Try the Teen Summer Book Bingo! Books can be hard copies, graphic novels, ebooks, audiobooks and braille. Make a row or fill in the whole card, then bring your finished card to the Library to receive a prize! Download the card or pick up a printed one at the library. Find lots of reading recommendations for teens on our web page. Learn More & Download the Bingo Card
| | Closed Sunday, August 4 The Library will be closed Sunday, August 4, on the BC Day long weekend. Come visit us Saturday, August 3, 10 am-4 pm, or Tuesday, August 6, 10 am-5 pm, or another time. Regular Open Hours
| | See our Recommended Reading page for more reading suggestions and new adult books.
Click the following featured book titles to see them in our catalogue and place a hold. | New Children's and Teen Books | See our Recommended Reading page for more Kids & Teens book suggestions and booklists.
Click the following featured book titles to see them in our catalogue and place a hold. | Body Positivity Books for Kids Learn all about the amazing things bodies of all types can do with this booklist. See Full Booklist | | Featured @ the Mini Book Store Come pick up books for all ages at the Mini Book Store, curated and organized by Friends of the Bowen Island Library Society volunteers, with all funds raised supporting the Bowen Library. The Mini Book Store is located in the Library's main (south) entrance foyer. | Here's some of what we're up to on Facebook & Instagram. Check it out, give us a follow, and tag us @bowenislandpubliclibrary on your Bowen Library-related posts! | Do You Know Someone Who Would Like to Receive This e-Newsletter? Anyone can sign up to receive the Bowen Library e-Newsletter. They can go to bipl.ca/news or, if you forward this email to them, they can simply click this button to sign up: Sign Up
| | Library Open Hours - 10 am-5 pm Tuesday & Wednesday
- 10 am-7 pm Thursday
- 10 am-4 pm Friday & Saturday
- 12 pm-4 pm Sunday
- Closed Monday
- Book return open at all times.
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