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Two exciting children’s book launches are coming up at the Picton Branch Library – drop by, learn about new books and have the opportunity to buy copies.
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Kamee Abrahamian will join us on Saturday, November 9 to launch, “The Brighter I Shine” at 10:30 a.m. “For one Armenian child, birthdays are days for decorating the house with bunches of rose and mint and sumac, for eating beef dumplings with garlic yogurt, and for baking cakes with family and friends. But birthdays are also a time for telling stories—stories of ancestors and homelands, of births and new beginnings, and of the land their family now calls home. Because stories make up who we are; they are like rivers that lead into oceans, like seeds that fall from flowers, like pages of this book that come from trees. And the more stories that are told, the brighter this little child shines.”
On Saturday, November 16 at 1 p.m. Lynne Grist will launch the second book in her Key to Time series. “Treasure at Long Point” takes young readers on new time-travel adventures to the early days of Prince Edward County. Bella and Joey travel back to the days of the sailing ships, where they encounter sailors from history and a giant lake serpent and are nearly shipwrecked themselves. She will have copies for sale.
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We’re participating in several holiday events this year. On Friday, November 29, join the Friends of the Bloomfield Branch Library before the nighttime parade to write letters to Santa, create crafts, and while supplies last, pick up a book from County Kids Read. The Picton Branch will be open for Picton’s parade on Sunday, November 24 at 1 p.m. Join from noon for face painting with Cathy Sheppard of “Happy Faces the County”, songs with Bree Colton, and sale of gently used children’s books. Ameliasburgh’s annual Christmas in the Village event will be held on Saturday, December 7 and you’re invited to drop by the library during branch hours, 9 a.m. to noon, to pick up a craft kit.
We wanted to take a moment to mark the passing of Valerie Creasy. Mrs. Creasy was the fourth head librarian at the Picton Library and served from 1971 to 1996 after beginning her career as a school librarian. She was quoted in an article about the change from a whisper quiet library, “I think the change came about gradually, as the library became more than just ‘a book place’. With the advent of videos and programmes for children, the library took on a friendlier atmosphere. It became a place for everybody.” That is a philosophy that continues to this day.
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