Braille Books in the Library

May 16, 2018 | jonesw

The Canton Public Library has a growing collection of children's books available in Braille. Check out one of the titles below or browse the collection at the library. 

Young Readers

Counting by Fleur Star

Uses print and braille to teach young readers to count.

YA for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

May 9, 2018 | jonesw

In 1992, the month of May was designated Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Celebrate by reading a YA book by an author of Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry this month! Some selections are listed below. 

American born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
The astonishing color of after by Emily X. R. Pan

After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a bird.

Share A Story: Transportation Storytime

May 9, 2018 | jonesw

Did you miss our transportation storytime this week? Don't worry! Here are stories, rhymes, and more so you can have a vroomin' storytime at home!

From Storytime

Road work ahead by Anastasia Suen

Share A Story: Socks and Shoes Storytime

May 5, 2018 | jonesw

Did you miss our socks and shoes storytime this week? Don't worry, here are stories and rhymes so you can have a stompin' storytime at home!

From Storytime

Duck sock hop by Jane Kohuth

Ducks dance their socks off at their weekly sock-hop.

Celebrating Ramadan

May 2, 2018 | jonesw

Ramadan begins this year on Wednesday, May 16th and ends on Thursday, June 18th. Check out a book to learn about this Muslim holiday and its traditions!

Nonfiction

Ramadan by R. J. Bailey

Share a Story: Rain Storytime

April 19, 2018 | jonesw

Did you miss our Rain storytime this week? Don't worry, here are stories and rhymes so you can have a splashy storytime at home!

From Storytime

Blue on blue by Dianne White

Rhyming text and illustrations depict the swell and quieting of a storm.

Drawing With Code

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Learn how to use blocks of code to create simple shapes and designs. Work together to complete drawing challenges using loops and functions, then you'll have a chance to experiment with your own designs!

A limited number of computers are available. If you have your own laptop computer at home, please bring it for use in this program. For ages 9-12. Registration is required and will begin on July 24. 

Registration required.

Upcoming sessions

There are no upcoming sessions available.

Most Challenged Books of 2017

April 10, 2018 | jonesw

The American Library Association released its list of the most frequently challenged and/or banned books of 2017. Which challenged books have you read?

For more information please visit the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. 

Thirteen reasons why : a novel by Jay Asher

Reason for challenges: suicide

When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Reason for challenges: profanity, sexually explicit

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

DIY Green Screens

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Green screens are used in movies and TV to place a real subject in front of an exciting digital background. Create your own green screen using a pizza box, then experiment with adding backgrounds into a short film. 

This program is for ages 9-17. Registration is required and will begin on June 21. 

[Green Screen at VPL's Innovation Lab by Richard Eriksson is licensed under CC BY 2.0]

Upcoming sessions

There are no upcoming sessions available.

Just One Day

March 29, 2018 | jonesw

A lot can happen in 24 hours! Check out a book that takes place over the course of a day or night. 

Before I fall by Lauren Oliver

After she dies in a car crash, teenaged Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.

Dope sick by Walter Dean Myers

Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices.

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