Join us at the Canton Farmers Market this Sunday!

• We'll have M is for Mitten storytimes at 11:00AM and 1:00PM
• Related crafts immediately after each storytime
• Kids can play "I Spy" for the Market bird and get a sweet treat!

Check in at the information gazebo for details.

Canton can be a lot of fun! Check out, 'like', and follow these pages to keep up with great events:

• Canton Farmers Market [facebook]
• Canton Leisure Services [facebook] [twitter]
• Canton Public Library [facebook] [twitter]

Looking for a fun, easy, free activity for summer? Sign up for our annual Summer Reading program. We've got something for babies through adults. Complete your reading log by August 11^th for a really fantastic prize!

Learn about Michigan frogs and toads from the experts at Crosswinds Wetland Preserve. See and hear live frogs and toads and learn to imitate their sounds. All ages welcome! Registration begins July 14.
Program Date: July 28, 7:00-8:30PM

Teens in grades 7-12 and Tweens in grades 5-6 can create awesome creations out of duct tape July 15th from 2:00-2:45PM. All materials will be supplied.

Teens in grades 7-12 can learn to draw minicomics from Jane Irwin July 27 from 7:00-8:00PM.

Surfacing [by] Margaret Atwood by Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-

The glass lake by Maeve Binchy

Lake news : a novel by Barbara Delinsky

A yellow raft in blue water by Michael Dorris

Get together with other fourth graders and talk about a great book! Register today, and then check out the book at the Children’s Desk.
Program Date: Tuesday, July 27 from 2:00-2:45PM
Book Title: Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary

The part of the summer where we get together to sing some silly songs. Children ages two to not yet in Kindergarten and their Caregivers can join us for a morning of general silliness. We'll sing and play silly games and make silly crafts. Please register to join us on July 26th at 10:00AM.

The Dominican University Graduate School of Library & Information Science has released the results of their three-year study (2006-2009) on the impact of public library summer reading programs on student achievement. The results? Students who participate in summer reading programs at their public library score higher than their non-summer reading classmates on reading achievement tests when they return to school. Additionally, by the third grade, students who participate in summer reading demonstrate better reading skills and better standardized test scores by a significant margin.

Unleash your inner rock star or Wii athlete or enjoy some MarioKart racing during our all ages open video gaming day. All ages welcome. No registration required.
Program Date: July 19, 1:00-3:00PM

Beauty tips from Moose Jaw : travels in search of Canada by Will Ferguson

Blind descent : the quest to discover the deepest place on earth by James M. Tabor

The city of falling angels by John Berendt

On glorious wings : the best flying stories of the century by edited and introduced by Stephen Coonts

Up in the air by Walter Kirn

Summerland by Michael Chabon

Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles

Hello Summer Readers! Are you looking for a good book to read this summer? Why not check out a book that has won an award? There a ton of great books that have been recognized for how good they are and have recieved awards such as the Caldecott Award, the Newbery Award, or the Coretta Scott King Book Award among others. Plus, these books can help you complete your summer reading log.

Alive on the Andrea Doria: the greatest sea rescue in history by Pierertte Domenica Simpson

At the mercy of the sea : the true story of three sailors in a Caribbean hurricane by John Krestschmer

Endurance : [Shackleton's incredible voyage to the Antarctic] by Alfred Lansing ; photography by Frank Hurley

In honor of the new Ramona and Beezus movie, children, tweens and teens with siblings 8 and up can join us Wednesday, July 21st at 2:00PM as we celebrate that special sibling bond with games, crafts and activities! Registration is required and begins July 7th.

Are ye lookin' fer some picture books wi' seafarin' heartys in them fer yer wee buccaneers?  Look nay further!  We be havin' lots o' books t' pick from here at CPL.   Here be some suggestions:

How I became a pirate by written by Melinda Long ; illustrated by David Shannon — This be the buccanneer tale! But don't avast wi' just this one!

Pirates don't change diapers by written by Melinda Long ; illustrated by David Shannon

Hi there Summer Readers! I hope you guys are having a great time reading and having fun. Are you looking for an award-winning book to fulfill one of your activity spaces on your log? Try the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award! The ALA website describes the award by saying, "The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year." Just click here to be taken to the ALA website to see the list of Geisel Award winners and runners-up! The 2010 winner is Benny and Penny in the Big No-No by Geoffrey Hayes. Happy Reading!

High Seas adventures in fiction:

Angel Creek [sound recording] by Linda Howard

Birds of prey [sound recording] : by J.A. Jance by Jance, Judith A

Body surfing [sound recording] : a novel by Anita Shreve

High Seas adventures in nonfiction:

Alive on the Andrea Doria! [sound recording] : the greatest sea rescue in history by Pierette Domenica Simpson

Escape from the deep [sound recording] : the epic story of a legendary submarine and her courageous crew by Alex Kershaw

In the heart of the sea [sound recording] : [the tragedy of the whaleship Essex] by Nathaniel Philbrick

Mysteries with water themes:

A shark out of water : a John Thatcher mystery by Emma Lathen

Aunt Dimity and the deep blue sea by Nancy Atherton

Black water by T.J. MacGregor