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Welcome to our Youth Services Portal!
If you missed our Advent Book Calendar event, why not stop by, ask for an extended loan on a bundle of books and wrap them at home in time for the countdown to Christmas!

More than 350 area youth participated in a full calendar of programs and signed out thousands of books in July and August.  Bravo!
  • Bonjour, Mes Amis, Bonjour  French Family Story Time coming in November!!!  Join Madame White for this Wednesday after school program beginning November 9.   Enjoy stories, songs and the French language.  This drop-in program runs from 3:45-4:45pm.  No registration required, but participants must have a valid library membership.
  • ​LEGO Lounge (for children 5+) will be offered on Tuesdays from 3:45pm to 4:45pm beginning October 11.  Participants can create using the library's extensive LEGO collection and then have their creation displayed in the library.  No pre-registration is required, but participants must have a library membership.
  • Kinder Drama with Ottawa Valley Theatre Kids!!!  For children in JK and SK on Saturday, December 10 from 10-10:45am.  Register here
  • Christmas Story Time for kids in Grades 2-4!  Monday, December 12 from 3:45-4:45pm.    Register here

 Friday morning drop-in story times for toddlers and preschoolers every week until December 16. No registration required, just a library membership!  Toddlers (with a parent or caregiver) from 10-10:30 am; preschoolers (independently) from 11-11:30am.
Questions?  Contact Carolyn at youth@arnpriorlibrary.ca or 613-623-2279.
You might want to explore all of our online resources!  Some require your library card to log-in (like Kanopy movie streaming with its own Kids Portal!) and others are simply click and go.
100 Books to Share
Have you checked out our little red wagon display?  It's the home of our  "100 Books to Share Before Kindergarten" collection. 
Read all about this self directed program here.
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Carolyn Swayze,
Youth Services Librarian
613-623-2279
youth@arnpriorlibrary.ca