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.  

July: 

2: Sometimes I Feel Like a … Animal Mask 

9: Watermelon Magnet 

16: Stick Mosquito 

23: Popsicle Puppet 

30: Pool Noodle Boats 

August: 

6: Parrot Pal 

13: Lemonade in a Glass 

20:  Paper Pineapple Craft  

28: School of Paper Fish 

September: 

10: Handmade Hug (Grandparents Day) 

17: Paper chain snake 

24: Rainbow Wand (Pride) 

October: 

1: Pinecone Hedgehog 

8: Clothespin Turkey (Thanksgiving) 

15: Itty Bitty Book (OPLW)  

22: Diwali Elephant Bookmarks 

29: Ghost Straw Puppet 

Explore new books, authors, and genres as you complete our 2022 Reading Challenge. Read or listen to one book from 12 categories before the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2022.  

 
Once you've completed your 12 book challenges, please submit your form online or in-person to enter our draw to win a prize. You can track your reading in a favourite app or use the check-out history in your library account. 

Spend an afternoon expressing yourself through collage in an interactive activity with One City Peterborough. This is one of three drop-in events to help you gain artistic confidence alongside people from all walks of life. 

Check out these other dates if you can’t make this one: 

• Friday, September 2 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the FOL Community Room 
  This is a First Friday event 

• Tuesday, September 20 | 1:00 to 4:00 pm in the Multipurpose Room

Adults, teens and children 6+ with an adult 

Technology is necessary for so many parts of our lives, including banking, shopping, socializing, and even accessing healthcare. In this series, you will learn to get more comfortable with computers, learn the basics of internet browsing and email, and explore tools for basic tasks like creating a household budget or responding to a volunteer job posting.  

This course is ideal for volunteers or older adult learners and those needing basic computer skills for employment. Registrants should commit to attending most of this 8-week series. 

This course will provide you with basic skills essential to the modern workplace including  

• Video conferencing 
• Managing emails 
• Goal setting, time management skills, and tips for online learning   
• Skills for creating better relationships and improving teamwork 

This course is ideal for those entering or re-entering the workforce. Registrants should commit to attending most of this 8-week series. 

Our community partner, Fleming College - Skills on Demand, offers courses in a variety of subjects including math, computers, communications, and sciences, and can help you move forward with goals such as entry into post-secondary, employment, apprenticeship, or refreshing and gaining the essential skills required for today’s in-demand careers. 

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

Develop your Spanish speaking and listening skills and learn Spanish in a fun and interactive environment from native Spanish speakers. Our partners at the New Canadians Centre will lead this weekly conversation group. 

The New Canadians Centre Peterborough (NCC) is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to supporting immigrants, refugees and other newcomers in the Peterborough and Northumberland regions. 

Fly away with us on our magic carpet as we explore the sights, sounds, and stories from near and far cultures, regions, and countries.  

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

Drop by the Story Corner for an hour of creative colouring and drawing. We will provide art supplies each week and some guided drawing activities.  

Older siblings are welcome to join. 

This program has been cancelled.

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.  

Oct. 5: Staying Safe at Home

There are risks and potential dangers in and around a home and they become more prevalent as we age. You will receive a copy of a home safety audit and learn how you can reduce your risk of falling and other accidents. We will show you safety tools and supportive aids available to help you stay safe. 

Speakers: Glen Robson, Home Instead Senior Care

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. 

Use your imagination to build epic LEGO creations every Wednesday! We’ll supply the LEGO bricks, you bring the ideas.  

Older siblings are welcome to join. 

Writing Circle is discontinued for July and August of 2023. Please register again for our Fall 2023 sessions starting on Tuesday, August 1.

Join other writers in a safe place to share your writing, receive feedback, offer advice, and discuss issues you may be experiencing with your writing. Our meetings occasionally feature mini writing workshops, led by professional writers, to provide insight into the writing process and craft.

We’re taking on timely topics and titles at our new Non-fiction book club. Each month, we’ll send out a list of suggested titles for you to consider reading, then at the meeting, we’ll discuss what we’ve read.  

Suggested titles will include titles in our physical and digital collections - available on a first come, first served basis.  

October: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 

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

Register once for the entire 6-week series by going to the first date in the series in our Events Calendar: September 15, 2022.

Stay and Play: Toys will be available for babies to explore as you enjoy time together with caregivers after the program.

Our Tech Coaches will be at the Wellness Centre every Thursday morning to help you with technical skills related to eBooks and other Digital Library resources as well as basic questions related to computers and mobile devices.  

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

Explore technology questions and solutions with our Library Tech Coaches! We can help with technical skills related to computers and mobile devices.  

Please note: Tech Coaches cannot help with computer or hardware repairs or provide ongoing appointments to be used as tutoring sessions.  

Explore technology questions and solutions with our Library Tech Coaches! We can help with technical skills related to computers and mobile devices.  

Please note: Tech Coaches cannot help with computer or hardware repairs or provide ongoing appointments to be used as tutoring sessions.  

How? Why? Where? What happens when? If you are a curious kid who always wants to know the answers to these questions, you’ll love this hands-on, interactive STEAM program. Every week, we’ll explore something new – curious?  

Older siblings are welcome to join.

Get your creative juices flowing through writing activities, prompts, and games with other young, aspiring authors.

Explore the role of art in breaking down barriers between diverse populations in our community through a panel discussion and art demonstration led by Brian Nichols, a retired psychotherapist. 

Panel participants include:  

• Christian Harvey, Executive Director, One City 
• John Climenhage, artist  
• Stephen Legari, a museum-based art therapist, psychotherapist and arts-in-health advocate 

Do you enjoy cooking, experimenting with ingredients and trying new recipes? Sign up for our new monthly Spice Club takeaway kits featuring spices and herbs from all over the world. We’ll also hold occasional meetings to share our favourites and chat about what we’ve been creating in the kitchen! It’s the perfect program for foodies of all kinds. 

October 7: Garam Masala – to celebrate Diwali on October 24

November 4: Cumin – celebrating Mexico and Dia de los muertos

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

Register once for the entire 6-week series by going to the first date in the series in our Events Calendar: September 16, 2022.

Stay and Play: Toys will be available for babies to explore as you enjoy time together with caregivers after the program.

We’re celebrating Peterborough’s arts community by embracing creativity on the first Friday evening of each month (yes—we're now open until 8 pm on Fridays, too!). Stop by the Library and get creative before heading out to the downtown art crawl. Come with friends or bring the family! 

First Friday Peterborough is a self-guided tour of downtown galleries, studios, shops, and cafés that takes place on the first Friday of every month (except January), between the hours of 6 pm to 10 pm. 

Bookend Shelf Art 
Celebrate Canadian Library Month and create artistic bookends – one for the Library and one for yourself! We’ll supply paint and brushes; you bring your creativity and other supplies to add to your design. Come early so you don’t miss out on this make one, take one activity- supplies are limited.