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Did You Mean?Tell my why
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A video encyclopedia answering questions about Geography....
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—Leokum, Arkady.
1976

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Provides answers to frequently asked questions concerning the origins of common items such as china, dry ice, and mirrors....
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2004

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2004

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Presents and answers questions about lifeforms, animals and mammals....
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2004

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Presents questions and answers concerning flowers, plants, trees, birds and rodents....
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—Taylor, Barbara, 1954- author.
2013

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Presents answers to often-asked questions about our planet that fill the minds of curious readers everywhere....
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2004

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Presents questions and answers concerning health and medicine....
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—Gray, Susan Heinrichs, author.
2015

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"Young children are naturally curious about animals. Tell Me Why Skunks Smell Bad offers answers to their most compelling questions about when skunks...
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—Beaton, Kathryn, author.
2015

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"Young children are naturally curious about the world around them. I See Rainbows offers answers to their most compelling questions about rainbows. Ag...
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—Beaton, Kathryn, author.
2015

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"Young children are naturally curious about the world around them. The Moon Changes Shape offers answers to their most compelling questions about the...
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2005

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Presents and answers questions about anatomy and genetics....
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—Phillips-Bartlett, Rebecca, 1999- author.
2025

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"How do we know so much about the planet we live on? Sometimes you just have to ask why? Text paired with photos and fun illustrations make it easy to...
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—Mara, Wil.
2011

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"Provides comprehensive information on the process of earthquakes forming"--Provided by publisher....
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—Bailer, Darice.
2011

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"Provides comprehensive information on the process of thunder and lightning happening"--Provided by publisher....
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—Stewart, Melissa.
2009

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Provides comprehensive information on bees and the process of how they make honey....
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—Rebman, Renée C., 1961-
2011

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"Provides comprehensive information on the process of tornadoes forming"--Provided by publisher....
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—Mara, Wil.
2011

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"Provides comprehensive information on the process of waves forming"--Provided by publisher....
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—Marsico, Katie, 1980- author.
2015

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"Young children are naturally curious about themselves. Tell Me Why I Burp offers answers to their most compelling questions about their rumbling tumm...
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—Marsico, Katie, 1980- author.
2015

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"Offers answers to the most compelling questions about rumbling tummies. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos. Additional text features a...

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Show versus tell - a new take on an old rule

… Show versus tell - a new take on an old rule Blog Body Greetings from … groups:  You must SHOW not TELL. UGH. Truth is, rules make me itch a bit. I’m all for TOOLS NOT RULES. Here’s the … more of a free-floating sadness or anxiety, a feeling of why bother?  It pressed down on her and made it hard to get …

Celebrating Freedom to Read Week

… your freedom to read! Every February, Canadian libraries come together to raise awareness about the importance of intellectual freedom. Intellectual freedom gives us the right to decide what we …

Show, Don’t Tell: Tips and Examples

… Show, Don’t Tell: Tips and Examples Blog Body One of the writing tips you’ll here over and over again is ‘Show, don’t tell.’ This is important to master if you want to be noticed … you are conveying. How do you do it? Instead of stating something, show your characters in action and/or use dialogue …

Reading while farming

… & Food Care Saskatchewan, is also a Saskatchewan grain farmer. His family farms on 4000 acres of land - roughly the … of 4000 American football fields! He’s passionate about telling people about farming, so we’re thrilled he’ll be … A historical tale of how the Holocaust happened and why individuals or groups didn’t stop the process before it …

5 Investment Tips We Wish We Could Tell Our Younger Selves

… 5 Investment Tips We Wish We Could Tell Our Younger Selves Blog Body … as Awaken Wealth’s 5 Investment Tips We Wish We Could Tell Our Younger Selves. This content is developed from …

Why Art Galleries Are The Ultimate Date Spot

Why Art Galleries Are The Ultimate Date Spot Blog Body … especially when I’m at the museum. It’s one of the all-time greatest date spots. I have never had a lack of … testing the limits of your comfort zone. It’s okay to tell your friend that you want to skip ahead! Have fun! When …

Intellectual Freedom

… Intellectual Freedom … Regina Public Library supports … Canadian Federation of Library Association (CFLA)’s  Statement on Intellectual Freedom and Libraries . This is of such … and  Represent significant local and national perspectives. Why? Because diverse materials can help us understand the …

Writing Help at RPL

… of ways: over Zoom, through socially distanced in-person meetings, or over the phone. I meet with four to six writers a week on average. There are … learn about and benefit from learning about technique.   Telling the Truth: Creative Non-Fiction in all its Forms …

What's wrong with this picture?

… . The dad-person sits in a recliner, with Of Mice and Men open in front of him. Big Brother is in the dining-room, … I say it was eight o’clock on a Wednesday evening? So, why isn’t this family grouping around a TV in a trance-like … The Golden Bachelorette ! If that’s not criminal, you tell me what is. PS: All the books mentioned are available …

How I Improved My Photography at the Library

… at the Library Blog Body I took a photo of a rabbit on some abandoned train tracks that made the front page of Reddit … More often than not, I wasn't making meaningful photos that tell stories and frame the world in an emotional and … scroll through my camera roll back in my office wondering why my photos were mostly boring or downright terrible. Many …

Shannon Lee Simmons: Worry-Free Money

… Simmons: Worry-Free Money Blog Body If you’re anything like me, you wish someone could make it easy for you to pay off … we asked her to share some of her favourite reads, and tell us why she recommends them:   1. The Handmaid’s Tale by …

Freedom To Read Week turns 35!

… Freedom To Read Week turns 35! Blog Body Intellectual freedom means that each of us has the right to decide what we read, … Public Library is proud to support the principles of intellectual freedom as defined in the Canadian Federation of …

For writers in despair

… makes no sense, or that they can't find the words to tell the story, strong and true. Dearest Writer: I'm sending … hope and inspiration. I've also been in that floundering, "why on earth would anyone care about THIS story" place. And … sitting here and thinking of how I stay afloat in those times. Four things come to mind: Hot baths Walks Tea Floating …

Books That Became Oscar-Nominated Movies

… Books That Became Oscar-Nominated Movies Blog Body The 2020 Oscar … so many drivers perished while racing them. Go Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the … a passionate soccer fan, a man with the common touch. Why did Benedict walk away at the height of power, knowing …

Librarians Creating Personalized Reading Lists

… to know what to borrow? Never fear. RPL’s service Books4Me has your back. Answer a few quick questions about your … you an email with a personalized booklist. The more you tell us about the books you love, the better we can put … that will inspire and entertain you! How do we do it? Some reading services use algorithms to choose books based on …

8 Unexpected Holiday Reads from the Writer in Residence

… the Writer in Residence Blog Body It takes a lot to get me into the holiday mood. Not sure if I’m so different from … one of the five great choral ensembles that evening, got me thinking about books that might serve as mood changers. … shaman in Siberia so their souls could fly? This book tells you all you need to know about the evolving nature of …

Books4Me for teens and adults

… Books4Me for teens and adults Name Library Card Number Email Email Confirm Email Please … Political Biographies, European Military History etc. Tell us about authors or books you enjoy What are some of …

Goodbye Overdrive App

… suggest titles for purchase? Absolutely! Libby has Notify Me tags next to titles we don’t own. Use the tag to send us … Me tag as many times as you like. Notify Me tags also tell us what titles are in demand and what reading interests … the library will buy the title? No. It’s a way for you to tell us you’re interested in a title, but there’s no …

3 Tips for Starting Your Novel Part 3

… of scenes containing recurring characters engaged in some sort of journey. To some extent this is true (we do move … be movement and change. If you’re struggling to figure out why a scene isn’t working, try mapping it out one beat at a … simply to write every day with a target in mind and try to tell a complete novel-length story in draft form. Almost …

If you loved Tara Westover’s Educated…

… Body One of 2018’s most popular books was Tara Westover’s mega best-selling memoir, Educated . It tells the story of a young woman born to survivalists … Scientology leader David Miscavige presents a shocking tell-all memoir about her life inside the secretive and …

Let's Talk About Racism

… Body Racism and racial injustice have been all over the media in recent months.  With so many stories and opinions … be hard to know how to engage with this important, but sometimes intimidating topic. If you’re feeling overwhelmed … Somali Boy b y Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter   by David Chariandy Shame

How to (Prepare to) Write a Novel

… hypotheses, using logical reasoning and gathering experimental data might contaminate our imaginations. So I was … unwilling to take part in face-to-face sessions, an environmentalist who studies pollution levels in Saskatchewan lake … had something else in common. A bunch of things, in fact: intelligence, of course; passion, no doubt; intense …

RPL Staff Reading Recommendations

… RPL Staff Reading Recommendations Blog Body People often ask us what to read, so we decided to take a look at some of our high-demand titles and come up with some similar … like it. Some titles that you might especially enjoy are Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt and The Great …

Top Reads of 2023!

… in 2024.  The non-fiction categories are full of celebrity memoirs, including Matthew Perry’s Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing ; Pamela Anderson’s Love Pamela ; and Elliot Page’s Pageboy .  … among readers.  Michelle Good’s second book, Truth Telling: Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada …

We've got a new look!

… and we’re so excited to introduce it to you! Our new logo tells the story of who we are and what we provide to our customers and our community. It’s fresh, colourful, and more in … It looks simple at first glance, but our logo has many meanings. When we look at it, we see:  a nice, big “L” …

John Ware Reclaimed

… John Ware Reclaimed Blog Body Documenting the rich history of … Reclaimed, have been diligently researching, writing, and telling the stories of Black communities who shaped Canadian … offered hope and new possibilities.  While mainstream retellings of African-Canadian history focus heavily on the …

The Barren Grounds and Beyond

… career in 2009. Like so many of us, he has a story to tell and uses the power of the written word to bring … Indigenous children who are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg. The two go on an epic adventure to a land … to write about the foster care system for quite a long time, and I was waiting for the right story to be able to do …

Boosting Your Small Business’s Online Presence

… rise quickly – or completely – to pre-pandemic levels. Consumers have embraced ordering online during the COVID-19, and … to their old habits thanks to the convenience that e-commerce offers. As a small business owner, it is time to think … they need other cues to give them that “gut instinct” that tells them which company they’d prefer to buy from. Reviews …

Orange Shirt Day is a chance for us to engage in open conversation about residential schools

… these discussions to happen, Orange Shirt Day encourages meaningful reconciliation within our community and across … Story by Phyllis Webstad. This true story inspired the movement of Orange Shirt Day. Orange Shirt Day  explores the …   Films Muffins for Granny DVD, 88min documentary, 7 Elders tell their stories Beyond the Shadows  29min documentary, …

What's a 3D scanner, anyway?

… Body Guess what?! RPL now has a 3D scanner in our Digital Media Studio ! I jumped at the opportunity to sit down with Digital Media Specialist, Rhys Pugh, to find out: what is this … on the object, and the way the light bounces off the object tells the scanner the dimensions and even colour of the …

Privacy Statement

… Privacy Statement … The purpose of this statement is to inform customers and the public about the … U.S. Notifications delivered in this way include notices telling you when your materials are due, overdue notices, …

Cyber Safety and Digital Awareness

… safety is the responsible use of the internet and social media sites, in order to minimize security and personal … internet. The Regina Public Library supports physical, intellectual, and cultural access in a welcoming environment. We support the principle of intellectual freedom and the rights of each citizen to …

Hans Ulrich Obrist Hear Us

… Curator and art historian Dan Adler draws attention to the meaningless while casting doubt on the venerable. Lastly, art critic Jennifer Allen uncovers some of the forces at work within Burn's narrativisation of … Hear Us  also includes a first-person narrative by Burns, telling the story of his life through episodes that, …

Volunteer at RPL

… roles to suit your interests and availability, and meet the needs of our customers. We appreciate your interest … for this weekly inclusive program for adult learners with intellectual disabilities. Volunteers for this program must … and have an interest in supporting adult learners with intellectual disabilities. IELTS Academic Preparation Class: …

Who's Afraid of Purple, Orange and Green?

… and Green? … The formalist aesthetics of the modernist movement of the 1960s - which influenced many Saskatchewan … at various stages of their careers; an interesting phenomenon given that women artists were largely excluded from the intellectual discourse at the birth of the movement. Who's …

Public Selections

… arranged as though on shelves, to point to critical phenomena. Several of his photocopy works index the intellectual orientations of art-world figures such as Janice … and Phillip Monk, or even the artist and his partner Vera Lemecha. Since August 1993, when the Public Selections project …
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