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Reading Assistance Dog Program
This program has been cancelled for Monday, January 23, only.
Kids and Tweens in grades K-6, improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a dog. Sign up begins at 6:25 PM and is on a first come, first served basis. Sessions are 10 minutes long.
Program Date: Monday, January 23, 6:30-8:30 PM
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Hair Clip Fun
Tweens and Teens can show off your style and creativity by designing a flower clip for your hair out of a used soda can. All supplies will be provided. Registration begins December 3 at 9:00 AM
Program Date: December 17 at 1:00 PM
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Kiwanis Storytime
On Thursday, November 10 from 7:00-7:45 PM, members of the Kiwanis Club of Canton will read stories and offer other fun activities. All ages welcome.- Login to comment
Plush Pets
Come to the library to celebrate your plush pets!Thursday, October 13 at 7:00 PM
Register beginning September 29
Children, ages 3-5 with a caregiver, are invited to this program with their favorite stuffed animal. We will share some great stories and a snack with our special pets.
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Pretzel People Party
Looking for some creative fun with food?Register for our Pretzel People Party!
Create a pretzel person with a variety of pretzel shapes. Play a pretzel game, learn some fun facts about pretzels in other countries and party down with pretzel people!
Monday, October 3 at 7:00 PM
For third-sixth graders.
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My First Burger
Baby Boy ate his first burger from a (presumably) relatively happy cow @ Zingerman's Roadhouse. Yum!
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Water Sports
Enjoyed the beautiful weather by splashing in my kiddie pool. Plan to check out some books on swimming at the CPL!
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Read a "Classic"
I read To Kill a Mockingbird again. I could read it another hundred times, but I'm going to have to buy a new copy, because mine has completely fallen apart! I've always enjoyed this story, told through the voice of a young girl in the south, about how her lawyer father defends a black man accused of a heinous crime against a white woman. A great book about empathy.
Baby Boy read a book about all the different places and times you can read. He did a great job turning the pages of Baby Bear's Books by Jane Yolen. He actually paused for a moment to point to one of the bears before returning to his manic page-turning.
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Took in some Local Culture
Volunteered at the Canton Historical Museum on Saturday. The main exhibit features Canton's farming culture.
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Traveled back in time at Greenfield Village
Even the 18th century baby-minder couldn't keep me still enough to prevent a blurry picture! We visited the Daggett Farmhouse at Greenfield Village, an 18th century farmhouse where they demonstrate what life was like over 250 years ago.
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Read The Sisters Brothers
The title is a little confusing, but the story is straightforward. Two brothers, hired hitmen, have one final job to perform. Set during the California Gold Rush, Eli and Charlie Sisters are two men to be reckoned with. Eli narrates their journey as they pursue one last target, a man who has discovered a way to speed up the search for gold and make it far more profitable.
Really enjoyed the story, but the ending of The Sisters Brothers left me a little flat.
As a family, we went camping at Van Buren State Park for a weekend. It was truly an adventure with our 10-month-old Baby Boy, but he did great and had a fabulous time splashing in Lake Michigan.
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DSO Concert
Went to a DSO concert where they featured Hollywood blockbusters.
Would like to check out some of CPL's music collection that features DSO performers, too.
(photo from flickr.com, courtesy of stevendepolo)
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Read a Few Good Biographies
I watched the movie Gypsy, and then read American Rose about the life of Gypsy Rose Lee. Her mother dreamed big, and Gypsy lived out those dreams.
Our Eleanor by Candace Fleming: I learned a ton about Eleanor Roosevelt, the Great Depression and World War II. Loved the scrapbook set-up of the book. Eleanor dreamed of a better society for everyone.
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Went to the Detroit Zoo
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It was a hot day, so most of the animals at the Zoo were sleeping, but the highlights were the penguins, seals, giraffes and rhinos. Had a great time!
Baby Boy read Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere! about (you guessed it!) penguins.
Mama is working on The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise about one of the live-in tour guides for the Tower of London. So far lots of fun bits about history and a little bit about animals.
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Something's Missing in the Children's DVD Collection
J DVDs will not be available for check-out while they are being re-labeled. The good news is that each movie should be unavailable for less than one day. If you need help finding what you're looking for, please ask one of the librarians at the Children's Reference Desk.
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