STEAM Junior

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Kids aged 6-7 who are interested in science, technology, engineering, art, and math are first introduced to a topic and supporting ideas behind it. After learning about the topic, participants will be given a problem and challenged to engineer a solution or create an example.

Registration is required and begins September 24.

Registration required.

Upcoming sessions

Tuesday, October 22 - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM — Friends' Activity Room — NASA Detective

Kanopy Kids' Film Fest

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Kanopy Kids has a diverse selection of educational and entertaining content that ranges across movies, TV Series, animated storybooks, live-action, and Animated favorites. We will be featuring this resource by playing selected films one Sunday each month. Our selections expose you and your children to award-winning movies and documentaries that promote family engagement and information literacy. Discussion questions and additional resources will be provided to encourage further conversation at home.

Feel free to bring a comfy blanket from home to curl up on the floor and enjoy the flix. 

Kanopy is a digital resource which is free to Canton Public Library cardholders.

Upcoming sessions

There are no upcoming sessions available.

Nature Painting

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Patrons will be shown how to create their own natural masterpiece. We will combine several natural materials to make a project of their choice to enjoy at home or give to a loved one. Registration is required and open to kids aged 3-5 years old with their caregivers. 

Registration required.

Upcoming sessions

There are no upcoming sessions available.

STEAM Curiosity

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Kids aged 8-12 who are interested in science, technology, engineering, art, and math are first introduced to a topic and supporting ideas behind it. After learning about the sessions' topic, participants will be given a problem and challenged to engineer a solution or create an example  individually or in teams. 

Registration required and begins September 24

Registration required.

Upcoming sessions

Tuesday, October 22 - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM — Community Room — NASA Detective

Hype Worthy New Middle-Grade Books

June 25, 2019 | Boydl

These new middle-grade books are so good, we want to get up and dance! Enjoy one or more of these titles that are so good, you might want to read them twice. Check these out now before the word gets out! 

Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai

When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn't speak English, and he's often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao.

To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky, the bakery his father had planned to open before he unexpectedly passed away. The only problem is his mother has laid down one major rule: the brothers are not to use the oven while she's at work. As Jingwen and Yanghao bake elaborate cakes, they'll have to cook up elaborate excuses to keep the cake making a secret from Mama.

In her hilarious, moving middle-grade debut, Remy Lai delivers a scrumptious combination of vibrant graphic art and pitch-perfect writing that will appeal to fans of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham's Real Friends, Kelly Yang's Front Desk, and Jerry Craft's New Kid.

Shouting at the rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Also available in: audiobook

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's always lived with her kindhearted Grammy, but now she's looking at their life with new eyes and wishing she could have a "regular family." Delsie observes other changes in the air, too--the most painful being a friend who's outgrown her. Luckily, she has neighbors with strong shoulders to support her, and Ronan, a new friend who is caring and courageous but also troubled by the losses he's endured. As Ronan and Delsie traipse around Cape Cod on their adventures, they both learn what it means to be angry versus sad, broken versus whole, and abandoned versus loved. And that, together, they can weather any storm. For fans of Fish in a Tree and Wonder

Climate and Environmental Justice Themed Chapter Books

June 17, 2019 | Boydl
Elsie Mae has something to say by Nancy J Cavanaugh
Me and Marvin Gardens by 1970- A. S. (Amy Sarig) King
The last by Katherine Applegate

New LGBTQIA+ Youth Reads

June 17, 2019 | Boydl

Middle Grade

P.S. I miss you by Jen Petro-Roy
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker

Out of this World Books for Kids

June 17, 2019 | Boydl

All of these titles have one thing in common, space. Dive in to read about an adventure in outer space, books about the solar system, and much more! 

Nonfiction

Space travel by Jerry (Consultant) Stone

Summer Read-a-long Titles for Families

June 17, 2019 | Boydl

It doesn't matter if you are taking a long trip, or reading it chapter by chapter before bedtime, it is always great to enjoy a story together as a family. We have some fun suggestions below to read or listen to together this summer. 

Dragons in a bag by Zetta Elliott
A dash of trouble by Anna Meriano

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