Do you enjoy cooking, experimenting with ingredients and trying new recipes? Pick up our monthly Spice Club Takeaway Kits featuring spices and herbs from all over the world. Starting in September, kits will now be available first-come, first-served on the first Friday of the month.  

Want to learn more about the people and cultures who cook with this spice? Attend our monthly Living Library Plus events and share food and recipes with other participants. 

Need some guidance navigating the world of technology? Book a personal session with one of our Tech Coaches!  

We have two types of coaching sessions available: 

• Digital Collection Help: for help with accessing and using our eBooks and other Digital Library resources. 
• Basic Tech Help: for basic questions related to your computer or mobile device.  

Please note: Tech Coaches cannot help with computer or hardware repairs or provide ongoing tutoring sessions. 

Visit the Library on Saturdays and bring home a Family Grab & Go Craft Kit! Each kit contains the materials and instructions you need to make a fun craft or activity at home. 

Kits are available on a first come, first served basis every Saturday morning at the Children's Check-Out Desk.  

June 24: Hanging Paper Knot Birds  

July 1 : No Kits - Library Closed

July 8: Egg Carton Goldfish   

July 15: Pool Noodle Jellyfish  

July 22: Pineapple Bookmarks 

July 29: Paper Bag Otter  

August 5 - No Kit Available

August: 12 Straw Rockets

August 19: Clothespin Grasshopper 

August 26: Honey Bee Craft

September 2 - No Kit  Available 

September 9 - Pencil bookmarks

September 16 - Yarn Apple Craft

September 23 - Pride Keychains

September 30 - No Kit Available - Library Closed

October 7 - Turkey Headband

October 14 - Ontario Public Library Week Book Flowers

October 21 - Origami Fox

Octbober 28 - Coffee Filter Bats

November 4 - Tissue Paper Trees

November 11 - No Kit Available - Library Closed

November 18 - Weaving Rainbow Fish

November 25 - Hibernating Bear Craft

Developed in collaboration with Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers and educators, the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is an interactive, experiential teaching tool that explores the historic and contemporary relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the land we now know as Canada.

During this workshop, participants step on blankets representing the land and into the roles of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. You will be guided by trained facilitators, including Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers, who work from a script that covers pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization, resistance and much more. Participants read scrolls and respond to cues in the script.

The KBE concludes with a debriefing, conducted as a talking circle, during which participants discuss the learning experience, process their feelings, ask questions, share insights, and deepen their understanding.

This event complements our One Book, One Ptbo community read, Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice. For related events, please see One Book, One Ptbo.

Earn volunteer hours for participating in our monthly online discussion and contributing book reviews for your library community.

Join us for a fun and lively story time for you and your preschooler. We will help expand your child's attention span and imagination through stories and songs while focusing on early literacy skills. 

Halloween Story Time: Come in your costume and parade around the Children's Area on October 31!

Need some guidance navigating the world of technology? Book a personal session with one of our Tech Coaches!  

We have two types of coaching sessions available: 

• Digital Collection Help: for help with accessing and using our eBooks and other Digital Library resources. 
• Basic Tech Help: for basic questions related to your computer or mobile device.  

Please note: Tech Coaches cannot help with computer or hardware repairs or provide ongoing tutoring sessions. 

Spend some special one-on-one time with your baby and connect with other families. Each week, Laura will share songs, stories, bounces, and rhymes designed to support your child's development and learning. 

Stay and Play: Toys will be available for babies while you enjoy time with other caregivers after the program. 

*Register only once for the entire 6 week series

Need some guidance navigating the world of technology? Book a personal session with one of our Tech Coaches! Our Basic Tech Help will assist you with basic questions related to your computer or mobile device. If you need assistance with our digital collections, please register for our Tech Coaching: Digital Collection Help instead.

Please note: Tech Coaches cannot help with computer or hardware repairs or provide ongoing tutoring sessions.

Use your imagination to build epic LEGO creations every week! We'll supply the LEGO; you bring the ideas.  

Come out for an evening family stroll along some of Peterborough’s lovely trails while Laura shares some oral stories, songs and rhymes that connect us to the natural beauty around us. 

Please dress for the weather, we only cancel if there’s a downpour or storm. Also, please bring a headlamp or flashlight as we move into the darker months. 

Sep 12 - Meet at Millennium Park by the Silver Bean Café

Oct 10 - Meet at Ecology Park

Nov 7 - Meet at Jackson Park by the Pagoda Bridge

Build vocabulary and share the love of reading through picture books, finger plays, songs, and rhymes in this interactive program for busy toddlers and their caregivers.  

*Register once for the entire 6 week series. 

 Stay and Play: Toys will be available for toddlers while you enjoy time with other caregivers after the program. 

We're partnering with Age-friendly Peterborough in this series for older adults, focussing on learning ways to stay safe, connected, and active in our community. Each month's session will feature a presentation, discussion, and time for socializing over a small luncheon.  

September topic: Should I Stay or Should I Go? 

You may be facing some challenges living in your home. You may be wondering, "should I stay in my home or is this the time to move into senior community living?" Our expert panel will cover what home support is available and some different housing models.

Panel members: Jayne Culbert, moderator; Catherine Pink, Community Care; Glen Robson, Home Instead; Pat Dunn, Senior Women Living Together; Ron Black, Abbeyfield Lakefield; Alison Carey, Sherbrooke Retirement Residence.  

Learn about the lives of the people on your family tree using local resources. Experienced researchers from the Kawartha Branch of Ontario Ancestors will guide you to information in the Library's combined local history and genealogy collection and online tools and resources. Bring your laptop and explore free library access to Ancestry online. 

Build vocabulary and share the love of reading through picture books, finger plays, songs, and rhymes in this interactive program for busy toddlers and their caregivers.  

Register once for the entire 6 week series.

Stay and Play: Toys will be available for toddlers while you enjoy time with other caregivers after the program. 

Kawartha Wildlife Centre and the Library are excited to offer this fun, 6-week series which teaches you how to have a positive impact on the earth and care for the wildlife living among us.  Learn the importance of butterflies and bumblebees, how to safely move a turtle across the road, and much more! There will be a different hands-on activity each week. 

After completing the 6 weeks, each participant will be certified as a Peterborough Wildlife Hero! 

Please note: If you are more than 10 minutes late for a program you may not be admitted. 

Sep 13 - Mammals

Sep 20 - Invertebrates

Sep 27 - Fish

Oct 4 - Birds

Oct 11 - Amphibians

Oct 18 - Reptiles

Please note: this program has been cancelled. We hope to resume this group in early 2024. If you'd like to submit an application, you can still do so, but we may take some time to get back to you. We look forward to resuming again next year!

Teen Library Ambassadors will gain experience relevant to work and education, develop leadership and teamwork skills, earn volunteer hours, and have lots of fun along the way! We're looking for teens interested in planning, promoting, and participating in monthly programs. This commitment will include monthly meeting attendance and activities outside of our monthly meetings. Apply at Teen Library Ambassadors.

Thank you to the City of Peterborough’s Youth Council, who provide our Teen Library Ambassadors with bus passes to make their volunteer duties easier.

Learn some basic Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) words and phrases with local Anishinaabe instructor Anne Taylor.  

Anne is a cultural archivist and language coordinator at Curve Lake First Nation. If you’ve been reading our One Book, One Ptbo community read selection, Moon of the Crusted Snow, you’ll be eager to learn some of the Anishinaabe phrases used throughout the book in this session! 

For more events related to our community read, please see One Book, One Ptbo.

Spend some special one-on-one time with your baby and connect with other families. Each week, Laura will share songs, stories, bounces, and rhymes designed to support your child's development and learning. 

Stay and Play: Toys will be available for babies while you enjoy time with other caregivers after the program. 

Register once for the entire 6 week series.  

Need some guidance navigating the world of technology? Book a personal session with one of our Tech Coaches! Our Basic Tech Help will assist you with basic questions related to your computer or mobile device. If you need assistance with our digital collections, please register for our Tech Coaching: Digital Collection Help instead.

Please note: Tech Coaches cannot help with computer or hardware repairs or provide ongoing tutoring sessions.

Once a month, families are invited to come and listen to a story read in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) by an Indigenous community member, followed by a craft or activity.

Story Time Readers:

September: Angela Easby

October: Jonathon Taylor

November: Marjolaine LaPointe

An English translation of the story will be provided. Everyone is invited to listen, learn and enjoy! 

This program is offered in partnership with the Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre.

Please note: this event has been cancelled.

Curious about our new bi-weekly Teen Friday Night Hangout? Stop by and see what all the fuss is about. We’ll have our new Nintendo Switch out for Mario Kart as well as our collection of board games and LEGO for you to use. All skill levels are welcome, and the snacks are on us!

Visit the Library on Saturdays and bring home a Family Grab & Go Craft Kit! Each kit contains the materials and instructions you need to make a fun craft or activity at home. 

Kits are available on a first come, first served basis every Saturday morning at the Children's Check-Out Desk.  

June 24: Hanging Paper Knot Birds  

July 1 : No Kits - Library Closed

July 8: Egg Carton Goldfish   

July 15: Pool Noodle Jellyfish  

July 22: Pineapple Bookmarks 

July 29: Paper Bag Otter  

August 5 - No Kit Available

August: 12 Straw Rockets

August 19: Clothespin Grasshopper 

August 26: Honey Bee Craft

September 2 - No Kit  Available 

September 9 - Pencil bookmarks

September 16 - Yarn Apple Craft

September 23 - Pride Keychains

September 30 - No Kit Available - Library Closed

October 7 - Turkey Headband

October 14 - Ontario Public Library Week Book Flowers

October 21 - Origami Fox

Octbober 28 - Coffee Filter Bats

November 4 - Tissue Paper Trees

November 11 - No Kit Available - Library Closed

November 18 - Weaving Rainbow Fish

November 25 - Hibernating Bear Craft

Join guest raconteuse Mme T. each month for stories, songs, and rhymes en français! This program is suitable for all French language levels, and the whole family is welcome to participate. 

This program has been made possible by the generosity of the Friends of the Library.