Home and Garden
CYS Green Thumb
The beautiful edible garden: design a stylish outdoor space using vegetables, fruits, and herbs by Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner ; photography by David Fenton and Jill Rizzo
Dead snails leave no trails: natural pest control for home and garden by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
High-impact, low-carbon gardening: 1001 ways to garden sustainably by Alice Bowe
Homegrown harvest: a season-by-season guide to a sustainable kitchen garden by Rita Pelczar, editor in chief
I garden: urban style by Reggie Solomon and Michael Nolan
Public gardens of Michigan by Miriam Easton Rutz
Teen Green Thumb Book Suggestions
Hey Teens! It's Connect Your Summer 2013 and here are some awesome suggestions to help you earn your Green Thumb Badge. Enjoy! 
Grow your own pizza!: gardening plans and recipes for kids by Constance Hardesty ; illustrations by Jeff McClung
Plants vs. zombies [electronic resource (video game)]
The green teen: the eco-friendly teen's guide to saving the planet by Jenn Savedge
Generation green: the ultimate teen guide to living an eco-friendly life by written by Linda Sivertsen and Tosh Sivertsen
47 things you can do for the environment by Lexi Petronis with environmental consultant Jill Buck
Kids Green Thumb Book Suggestions
Hi Kids! Are you looking for some fun summer reads to help you earn your Green Thumb Badge during Connect Your Summer 2013? Here is a list of some great books for you to enjoy:
Potatoes on rooftops: farming in the city by Hadley Dyer
Vegetables!: life on a produce farm by Ruth Owen
Life on a cattle farm by Judy Wolfman ; photographs by David Lorenz Winston
Food and farming by Jen Green
Our farm: four seasons with five kids on one family's farm by written and photographed by Michael J. Rosen
Visit Michigan Gardens
Green Thumb Flower Matching June 23 to 29, 2013
Have you earned your Green Thumb Badge yet? No? Good! Come to the library anytime during the week of June 23 to 29, 2013 and earn your badge by entering our Name the State Flower contest. Entry forms and state flower pictures will be at the Children's Reference Desk and one lucky winner will be drawn from the correct answers. Good luck and see you soon!
Summer Seed and Plant Exchange
Join us Tuesday, June 25, 2013 from 6:00 to 7:00 PM for our Summer Seed and Plant Exchange. If you've got some extra flower or vegetable plants or seeds that just didn't make it into your garden, bring them along and trade them in for something new! Be sure to stay for our concurrent program on Soil Testing presented by MSU. No registration required.
MSU Extention Service: All About Soil Tests
Our MSU Extension Service Soil Testing Informational Program will take place Tuesday, June 25, 2013 from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Learn about the positive impacts soil testing can have on your yard and garden and how to go about doing it. Also bring a plant or some seeds for our concurrent program Summer Seed and Plant Exchange! No registration required.
How to Raise a Butterfly
On July 16 from 7:00-8:00 PM, local expert and butterfly lover, Stephanie Faust will share with us how to find eggs, nurture caterpillars and then once emerged from their cocoons, release butterflies back into the wild. We will also explore how to create the perfect butterfly garden to attract our beautiful fluttery friends.Introduction to Pinterest
Pinterest lets you create and share virtual "boards" full of inspiration and ideas about your passions and hobbies. Through images and links posted by other users (or by you), you can plan a wedding, collect recipes, share crafting know-how and more with your friends online! Join us on Saturday, February 2nd at 3:00 PM to learn more about this fun website and start pinning.Prerequisites: Basic Internet skills and either an email address or a Facebook or Twitter account (required for participation-attendees without these accounts will still be able to observe).
Holiday Entertaining Tricks and Tips
Canton Farmers Market: Harvest Celebration
Join us on Sunday, October 14 from 9:00 AM-1:00 PM at the Canton Farmers Market's Annual Harvest Celebration. Held at the historical Preservation Park, this celebration will include crafts, stories, and Halloween Parade, so come dressed in your finest costume garb. See you there![After our trip to the pumpkin patch by knitsteel is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0]
Door to Door Organics
Join Door to Door Organics for a light lunch and to learn about using and eating organic, healthy, local options. Door to Door has partnered with local farmers and growers to provide the freshest, healthiest food. Come share the bounty on Wednesday, October 17th at 12:30 PM in the Purple Room.Registration is required.What We're Reading: September 2012
21st century houses: 150 of the world's best by [editor] Robyn Beaver
The borrower: a novel by Rebecca Makkai
Carlisle versus Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the forgotten story of football's greatest battle by Lars Anderson
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CPL at The Canton Farmer's Market
Outdoor DIY Projects
Birdhouses: from castles to cottages—20 simple homes and feeders to make in a weekend by Alison Jenkins
The bat house builder's handbook by Merlin D. Tuttle & Donna L. Hensley
Starfish Family Services: Backyard Science
Books by Bloggers
Earn your Geek Out badge with one of these books from some of the Internet's most popular bloggers:
Let's pretend this never happened: (a mostly true memoir) by Jenny Lawson
Sleep is for the weak: the best of the mommybloggers including Amalah, Finslippy, Fussy, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, Mom-101, and more!: a blogHer book by edited by Rita Arens ; forward by Stacy Morrison
Preserving Summer's Bounty
The preservation kitchen: the craft of making and cooking with pickles, preserves, and aigre-doux by Paul Virant with Kate Leahy
Can it, bottle it, smoke it: and other kitchen projects by Karen Solomon
Backyard harvest by Jo Whittingham
Just Grill It
Emeril at the grill: a cookbook for all seasons by Emeril Lagasse ; with photography by Steven Freeman
Veggie burgers every which way by Lukas Volger ; photographs by Christina Heaston
Good times, good grilling: surefire, fun food for great grill parties by Cheryl and Bill Jamison
Storytime at Canton Farmer's Market
On Sunday, June 24, CPL staff visits the Canton Farmer's Market to host a storytimes and crafts. The Canton Farmer's Market is open from 9:00 AM-1:00 PM. Storytimes are at 10:00 AM and Noon. For all ages.