Please note that the day of our Tamil storytime for the month of January has changed. All ages may enjoy a storytime program in Tamil presented by Sivakami Rajendran.

Program Date: Thursday, January 12, 7:00 PM in the Purple Room

Into board games like Settlers, Carcassonne, or Puerto Rico? Drop by Saturday, February 4 between Noon and 5:45 PM for our monthly Board Gaming League of Canton meeting. Play some of the hottest games and meet some new folks!

Interested in writing? Join other adults to share your work, get feedback and discuss the craft of writing. We will meet on Saturday, January 28 from 2:00-3:00 PM in the Purple Room.

Kids, ages 5-8, come to this program where we'll share a longer picture book, enjoy some hot cocoa and make a wintery craft. Register online beginning December 5.

Program date: Monday, December 19, 7:00-7:45 PM

Into board games like Settlers, Carcassonne, or Puerto Rico? Drop by Saturday, December 10 any time between Noon-5:30 PM for our monthly Board Gaming League of Canton meeting. Play some of the hottest games and meet some new folks!
[photo by viZZZual.com]

Celebrate the season with joyous music and cheer presented by the musical group Harpbeat. This interactive program is for children ages 4-9 with their caregivers and is funded by the Target Store Early Childhood Reading Grant and the Friends of the Canton Public Library.

Program Date: December 15, 7:00-8:00 PM

Wine and Mysteries Book Discussion, which meets monthly at Vintners Winery, will not be meeting in the month of December. Have a festive, safe and fun Christmas holiday! A few recommended titles to help you enjoy this season are:

The Christmas cookie club: a novel by Ann Pearlman

Hot toddies: mulled wine, buttered rum, spiced cider, and other soul-warming winter drinks by Christopher O'Hara; photographs by William A. Nash

November 21, 6:30-8:30 PM. Scrabble on our insane 10x10-foot board.

This time our Lunch and Learn is all about de-stressing! We're traveling to the high school Thursday, November 17, during A, B, and C lunches to bring you video and board games! Just bring your lunch to the Salem presentation room (2112) to relax during lunch.
[Photo courtesy of flickr user Joo0ey]

River cruising offers unsurpassed styles and elegance of the world's best river cruise ships. Join us on November 17 at 7:00 PM as we armchair travel once again with the professionals from AAA of Canton. We're going on a luxurious river cruise, featuring small elegant ships designed to navigate inland rivers for an exclusive travel experience anywhere in the world. This could be your perfect winter getaway.

November 20-26 is National Game and Puzzle Week. If you are looking for some post-Thanksgiving-Day fun, join us on Saturday, November 26th in the Community Room at 1:00 PM for Family Game Day. We'll have many board games here for you to play. You'll also get to make a version of Speed Scrabble to take home with you!

Starfish Family Services presents a workshop for parents on the importance of pretend play. Learn to identify and use elements and strategies for supporting pretend play in your household. Childcare will be provided by licensed Starfish Family Service staff. Register online now or by calling Nichole Welz at 734.397.0999 x 1252

Program date: November 10, 9:30-11:30 AM

November 9, 6:30-8:45 PM join us at our monthly Animanga Club meeting for our annual Cosplay Contest! Dress as your favorite, stylish anime character and you could win a prize. Or, just come along to watch anime and support your friends! Meeting in the purple room.
[photo by Nina Yasmine]

We now offer a printable PDF version of our monthly program calendar. This version includes all library sponsored November 2011 programs.

The hunter (author Sandy Arno Lyons) and the skeptic (Robert Elmouchi) will discuss hauntings in the Great Lakes as well as Lyons' book entitled Michigan's Most Haunted: A Ghostly Guide to the Great Lakes. Lyons wrote her book after traveling our great state and visiting known haunts. Did she have any real encounters? Come hear the spine-tingling tales on November 1 at 7:00 PM in the Community Room.

On November 16 and 17, the library will be hosting a diaper drive to benefit the Detroit Area Diaper Bank. For a fourth straight year, the number of children living in poverty is up and many families in our community struggle to provide clean diapers for babies, the handicapped and elderly. Last year we collected over 26,000 diapers to help Michigan families. We need your help to stuff the truck donated by Fat Chef in a Little Coat catering. Bring diapers, any brand or size, baby through adult, to the library on November 16 and 17. Open packages are acceptable; if diapers are loose, please indicate size on the package.

Susan Carmody of Perfectly Placed LLC and Mary Vangieson, the Wayne County Resource Recovery Coordinator, offer an introductory presentation to help participants learn the basics of organizing and recycling in their kitchens… just in time for holiday entertaining. This is the second presentation by Susan and Mary in their series about organizing and recycling. Bring your plastic shopping bags and receive a free, reusable shopping tote on November 2 at 7:00 PM in the Community Room.

Have you always wanted a permanent floral arrangement for your entry hall or elsewhere in your home? Are you interested in creating an arrangement of fresh greens for the holidays? Come and see a flower arranging demonstration in the Community Room on Thursday, November 3 at 7:00 PM.

Connect to others by converting a free WordPress blog page into a webpage — no HTML taught or needed. Join us forWordPress to Webpage on Friday, November 4th from 10:00-11:30 AM. If you've ever wanted to create your own webpage but found HTML too complicated, give this program a try!

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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