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Engaging babies in the library : putting theory into practice

2016

Book

"Public libraries across the nation continue to transform themselves into learning centers for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. There are many res...

Serving homeschooled teens and their parents

—Lerch, Maureen T.

2004

Book

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Inspiring teens, tweens, and families to make a difference in the world : programming to advance the sustainable development goals

—Struckmeyer, Amanda Moss, author.

2025

Book

"The seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identified by the United Nations encompass an ambitious range of issues--world hunger, gender equa...

Library youth outreach : 26 ways to connect with children, young adults and their families

2014

Book

"The outreach methods detailed by the authors of this book range from simple actions to detailed processes. Each of the 26 chapters provides helpful i...

A Librarian's Guide To Engaging Families In Learning

2021

EBook

"Public libraries can increase their impact on knowledge development, innovation, and social change by promoting parent and family engagement in child...

Including families of children with special needs : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians

—Feinberg, Sandra, 1946-

2014

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Serving grandfamilies in libraries : a handbook and programming guide

—Gough, Sarah, 1984-

2014

Book

Gough, Feehan, and Lyons have taken everything learned from their research on developing GrandFamily Resource Collections and leading grandfamily prog...

The big book of stories, songs, and sing-alongs : programs for babies, toddlers, and families

—Maddigan, Beth.

2003

Book

Anyone who works with the very young will delight in this charming treasury of age-appropriate programming ideas for children from as young as 6 month...

Serving teen parents : from literacy to life skills

—Klor, Ellin.

2011

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The family-centered library handbook

2007

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Library programming for families with young children : a how-to-do-it manual

—Nespeca, Sue McCleaf, author.

1994

Book

Discusses the importance of family library programming and how to implement it....

Connecting fathers, children, and reading : a how-to-do it manual

—Herb, Steven.

2001

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The big book of reading, rhyming and resources : programs for children, ages 4-8

—Maddigan, Beth.

2005

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Diversity programming for digital youth : promoting cultural competence in the children's library

—Naidoo, Jamie Campbell.

2014

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Becoming a media mentor : a guide for working with children and families

—Haines, Claudia, author.

2016

Book

Media mentors guide children and their families in choosing and using the technology and digital media in their lives. Haines and Campbell describe wh...

Running a parent/child workshop : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians

—Feinberg, Sandra, 1946-

1995

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More family storytimes : twenty-four creative programs for all ages

—Reid, Robert, 1965-

2009

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Family storytime : twenty-four creative programs for all ages

—Reid, Robert, 1965-

1999

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8 Unexpected Holiday Reads from the Writer in Residence

… Probably arises from that tricky balance between observing and recording life and actually living it (the hard part). In any case, in the … to write Harlequin romances (which I once evaluated and edited) or Hallmark mysteries, I decided to attend the …

Start DIY Family Storytime With These Resources

… Library have pulled together this guide to help you learn and play together. Find our full instructional video … or watch them below. Below are some additional resources and ideas to help get your family started. Happy storytelling! Opening and Closing Songs Opening and closing your storytime with a …

Pride Reading Roundup!

… the eyes of others, to explore adventures, places, times, and – most importantly – perspectives outside our own experience. And they give us a jumping off point to start a … roundup of reading to get us started! For kids and families: 2SLGBTQIA+ for Kids 2SLGBTQIA+ Picture Books …

How Should You Talk to Children About COVID-19?

… COVID-19? This is something I have been grappling with, and I have been on the lookout for tips and resources to help. A helpful and comforting message I have seen came in a letter written to students and school families by Greg Enion, Director of Education for Regina …

John Ware Reclaimed

… people in the Prairies dates back to at least the 1800s (and as far back as the 1600s in other parts of Canada); but a handful of scholars and artists have taken on the work of shedding light on …

Support For The New School Year

… parents everywhere try to remember their times tables, and whether i does indeed come before e except after c. All … is going to be a school year unlike any we’ve experienced, and, whether you are opting for in-person, remote or … . And as always, mental health should be a priority for all families, so if you are feeling overwhelmed, we have print …

How To Find The Next Great Series

… Sure, I would grab books when my class went to the library, and I loved a good read-aloud, but I have very few memories … when I was very young. That is, until I reached grade four and fell in love with The Baby-Sitters Club , a series about a group of young female entrepreneurs and the hijinks and drama they encounter while starting up …

Mandolin

… Mandolin Submitted by lreynish on Thu, 05/17/2018 - 21:10 Service Info Mandolins are eight to twelve stringed instruments in the … that are doubled in unison pitch. An eight stringed mandolin would have four courses of strings. The mandolin is …

What's a 3D scanner, anyway?

… does it work? A: A 3D scanner shines light on the object, and the way the light bounces off the object tells the scanner the dimensions and even colour of the object. The scanner then creates a 3D … of graphics programs. Q: For the tech crowd, what hardware and software does the Digital Media Studio use? A: Here is …

Writing Help at RPL

… to take an opportunity to share with you a bit about myself and what I can offer to beginner and established writers in Regina and the surrounding communities. What does the …

Free legal information and resources at the library!

… Free legal information and resources at the library! Blog Body If you have legal … a few times per month to help you find legal information and teach you how to use legal resources. Their staff can refer you to organizations and lawyers that provide you with the legal advice you need, …

Stream the best in movies and documentaries

… Stream the best in movies and documentaries Blog Body We are excited to announce that Regina Public Library has launched Kanopy , an on-demand streaming service that offers the best in world cinema, independent films and documentaries. Kanopy has everything from popular …

The Joy of Book Clubs

… my book club. There’s nothing like catching up with friends and talking about books. Last month, we started meeting online, and while I missed the food, I was happy to see that even … through the online environment, we still connected, laughed and talked for over an hour and a half. For those of you who …

Cozy Cooking

… time of year in Saskatchewan are the smells, both outdoors and indoors. The tang of fallen leaves, the smell of freshly … grain truck, the crisp freshness in the early morning air (and the occasional light snowfall), all combined with the … to get cozy in my kitchen. I love to whip out my cookbooks and dive headfirst into all the comforting recipes I can …

12 days of Bookmas

… The snow is falling, a fire is burning in the fireplace, and we're ready to curl up and read. This year we asked our Collections team to tell us … teammate, Daphne is a former student who died mysteriously, and every time someone thinks about her, she will return and …

Library Therapy: Finding Joy Through Empathy

… for more than 20 years. Chris describes Matty as his son, and Matty sees Chris as his dad. The two go to the library as part of Matty’s important routine, and routine is critical for someone like him and his level of autism. For Matty’s family, the library …

How I Improved My Photography at the Library

… the Library Blog Body I took a photo of a rabbit on some abandoned train tracks that made the front page of Reddit . This photo was seen by tens of thousands of people. It's a simple picture in many ways—a … balanced composition with a coordinating colour scheme and a built-in story about a rabbit in Saskatchewan. It's …

Soulslike lore and more!

… Soulslike lore and more! Blog Body The Hero’s Journey is arguably the most popular approach to storytelling and is as old as written language, like in The Epic of Gilgamesh , written over 4000 years ago, and evolved with human civilization in stories like Beowulf …

Children Are Reading More Graphic Novels And These Are the Greats

… Children Are Reading More Graphic Novels And These Are the Greats Blog Body Graphic novels are a popular format for getting children excited about reading and help develop important literacy skills. Oh, and they're thrilling! And while images of superheroes might …

Learning Shouldn’t Be a Luxury

… working at the library, it was a place of escape, joy, and opportunity. Growing up, she says, “In our world, books … the library with her mother to sign up for her first card, and it changed the way she sees the world. “Coming through … and accomplish everything,” Jessie says about the services libraries provide. Watch her talk about her personal …

Turn Old Memories Into New Gifts

… Blog Body My mom’s been on a decluttering mission lately, and one of the biggest challenges has been the boxes of old family photos, papers, and home movies that have taken over a corner of the basement. Every now and then she pulls out a box of photos and we go through …

Celebrate International Women's Day!

… action to #BreakTheBias by celebrating women’s achievements and continuing the fight for gender equality. I always like … to reflect on the women who inspire me in my own life, and ask myself how I could be doing more to lift up our … especially voices that have been historically marginalized and left out of the conversation for too long. It’s been …

10 Ingredients You Need To Write A Short Story With Your Kids.

… Write A Short Story With Your Kids. Blog Body Choose a time and place. The best time is when everyone can be together and comfortable around the kitchen table or other favourite … editing, so everyone can hear ‘their’ voice. Spelling and grammar mistakes don’t matter. Brainstorm the kind of …

Uncover Your Family Story

… some interesting projects you can do from home right now, and at RPL we want to make that easier for you. Have you … you can access from home using your library card number and PIN. We expect home access to Ancestry Library Edition … exciting opportunity to dig in to those census, immigration and church records, and uncover the missing pieces of your …

Fighting summer slide

… income divide in how damaging summer slide is for students, and that summer slide has long-lasting negative effects on … to prevent summer slide - namely, making sure that children and teens spend time in the summer reading and learning, … choose their next read here . This summer, we hope that families in Regina remember that there’s lots of fun …

Borrowing Toys: Library To The Rescue!

… time of year for little kids. Store windows, catalogues, and letters to Santa all keep the focus on the promise of … can count to 60 in order to pace out one minute – and you can bet he becomes my personal stopwatch when I tell … of December to trust that Christmas is truly on its way, and it’s a source of frustration for the little dude that …

The Benefits of Pancake Science (and Online Programming)

… The Benefits of Pancake Science (and Online Programming) Blog Body When the COVID closures … even with all these questions, I decided to take the plunge and register my children. For the first session, they tried … suggestions for drawing challenges, shared drawing tips, and got the participants to share their drawings with the …

How Parents Can Teach Through Play

… card, showing that you’re never too young to start learning and get familiar with new perspectives and experiences. That early learning has now become a weekly … together at the library. Sheila is a life-long library fan, and she believes introducing her son to educational playtime …

Little Bird TV Series and the Sixties Scoop

… Little Bird TV Series and the Sixties Scoop Blog Body Tansi, The “Sixties Scoop” saw thousands of Indigenous children taken from their homes and families, placed in foster homes, and often adopted out to …

How a City Councillor Found His Voice at the Library

… at the library. In 1976, John immigrated to Canada from Poland. Living with his grandparents at 15 years old, he spoke very little English. This barrier made it hard to make friends and adjust to life at a new high school in a different …

Listening to the Classics

… Leo, Jane, Franz, James J, Virginia, Samuel. That lot. And pardon my air of familiarity, even if it is in jest. As … known them personally! Besides, who is going to sit down and plop open a dust-covered, damp-smelling tome written by … the stream? So maybe the books aren’t really dust-covered and mildewed but the metaphor is there: they ought to be! …

If you loved Tara Westover’s Educated…

… for the apocalypse. Tara’s family lived in isolation and she did not go to school with other children. When one … her way out of her tragic circumstances, showing a courage and resiliency that has inspired many. We are two months into 2019 and the library’s holds list for Educated continues to be …

10 Family Literacy Tips

… as a family. It’s more fun than the gym (in our opinion) and it creates a foundation for your children’s literacy development, future success in school and well-being throughout their lives. Here are some simple … the books you read together. Make reading together fun and relaxing Help your child notice print everywhere. Sing …

Give the joy of reading

… Give the joy of reading Blog Body RPL storytimes and children’s programs are staple activities for families from all over Regina. Besides being a fun way to … these programs also create opportunities for caregivers and parents to help their children develop early literacy …

Family Road Trips

… made up of me fighting in the back seat with my sister, and complaining when my dad played the same Bruce Springsteen tape over and over again. At the time, I thought long car rides were … to try some out. Safe travels and happy reading to all the families going on adventures this summer! Blog Images Short …

National Indigenous Peoples Day

… to celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada. We’re excited to invite families to learn more about Indigenous traditions, music, …

One good scare: horror recs for Spooky Season

… evenings are getting cooler, the leaves are changing color, and that can only mean one thing – spooky season has … they can conjure the spirits of the dead using an embalmed hand. It’s all fun and games, until they break the number one rule. When Evil …

How to Find Hope at the Library

… 19 days in the neonatal intensive care unit. Today, Blake and Sarah are doing much better, but the mother is thankful … hospital.” Finding these small comforts is important for families going through challenges. Hope shouldn’t be a … things help us center ourselves when life seems chaotic. “Libraries are connection points for new families and kids to …

Smells like back to school season

… Smells like back to school season Blog Body It’s September, and that means families are scrambling to get into the routine of bus schedules, bag lunches, and getting to know new teachers. To make the back-to-school …

What's wrong with this picture?

… Ulysses . The dad-person sits in a recliner, with Of Mice and Men open in front of him. Big Brother is in the … Web . Ah, it sounds like the height of domesticity and familial joy in this end-of-history world. One template, … is something wrong here. Something drastically perverted and nasty. Didn’t I say it was eight o’clock on a Wednesday …

Yes, we do stuff like that

… same: I’m constantly surprised by the programs we offer – and I’m not the only one. I know this because nearly every … we do stuff like that all the time . We’ve hosted food and drink tastings, DIY bicycle repair clinics, after-hours … interactive family storytimes, murder mystery games, and literally thousands of other unique programs. Even now …

Library hosts culture exchange for families

… Library hosts culture exchange for families Submitted by kbalkwill on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:21 … from Regina’s Indigenous, Nigerian, Ukrainian, Chinese, and Indian communities. Participants will enjoy stories, conversation, and share popular foods from each culture. Attachment …

What’s your #RPLStory?

… moved a lot. I went to eight schools between kindergarten and my high school graduation, and for a VERY shy and anxious introvert, that was not an easy thing. No …

Going Down the Summer Slide

… of 20 percent of their school-year skills in reading and 27 percent of their school-year skills in math during … lot more, so the loss is greater. Children from low-income families are also disproportionately affected by the summer … animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, and eBooks and graphic novels for children. 2. Make time to …

Children and family

… Children and family … We have resources and activities for kids of all ages. Early Literacy Tips … fun tips to help prepare your children for learning to read and write: Download a printer friendly version Creating …

The not-so-challenging challenge: Bullet journaling techniques to track your reading

… started. Building your tracker Think of your tracker as a hand-written spreadsheet: the information you gather here … for your reading goal. You’ll see your progress accumulate, and this visual can help motivate you to keep going and let you know when you’ve hit your goal. You can use a …

Join the first global book club with #BigLibraryRead!

… club with #BigLibraryRead! Blog Body More than 19,000 libraries around the world are participating in Overdrive’s online digital book club #BigLibraryRead and Regina Public Library is one of them! From April 1st – … with no waitlists or holds. Homes by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung is the inspiring true story of the al …

New friends in Saskatchewan

… our customers with services like one-on-one job coaching and English language tutoring, as well as with our diverse … on topics like job searching, English language learning, and information about family literacy and programming. We’ve had help from partners in the …

Community Supports

… library card. Food Boxes Good Food Box by REACH Affordable and nutritious food boxes can be ordered and picked up at Sherwood Village, Sunrise, George Bothwell, Glen Elm, and Regent Place branches. Good Food Boxes are available to …

DIY family resources

… Library have pulled together this guide to help you learn and play together. Click here for the full instructional … or watch them below. Below are some additional resources and ideas to help get your family started. Happy storytelling! Opening and Closing Songs Opening and closing your storytime with a …

Free rapid-access counselling at Regina Public Library

… stress, grief, relationship conflict, parenting, and other life challenges. Attachment …

Olympian to speak on balancing fitness, family

… Marathon Mom, will share her secrets to balancing fitness and family during a public talk at Central Library on …

Cyber Safety and Digital Awareness

… Cyber Safety and Digital Awareness … Cyber safety is the responsible use of the internet and social media sites, in order to minimize security and … information, support, and referral services to help keep families safe online. Includes a self/peer exploitation …

Reading and Video Resources

… Reading and Video Resources … Reading Resources Books New Indigenous … Read for Reconciliation: Family Book Club in a Bag eBooks and eAudiobooks Overdrive/Libby Indigenous collections … Métis Community : an oral history project honouring Métis families of Indian Head and the Qu’Appelle Valley. We're …

Ancestry Library Edition

… is one of the largest genealogy collections available today and an important research tool for both the beginner and expert. Here you will find content such as: census data, church, court and immigration records. Get started today on your family …

Books4Me for children

… - Select - 0-5 6-8 9-12 What was the last book you read and loved? What type of story are you looking for? Adventure … Tales Friends Funny Historical Mystery Real Life, People and Things Love Stories Scary Stories Science Fiction Sports … used this service before? Yes No … Are you looking for new and exciting books to read? We can help! Answer the …

Hours of Operation on Public Holidays

… Thursday, December 25, 2025 Christmas Day All RPL locations and hotlines will be closed Digital services and collections remain available. Regular hours will resume … 27. Friday, December 26, 2025 Boxing Day Most RPL locations and hotlines will be closed. George Bothwell Branch will be …

Community Commons

… Library This is a space for many things: Conversation and idea-sharing Collaboration and connection Reflection and contemplation At times, the Commons may be: Lively, …

English as an Additional Language Resources

… large world languages collection at Regina Public Library, and collect print in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Panjabi, … Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese and more. When searching our catalogue, you can filter by … have translation tools that will translate newspaper and magazine articles into other languages. Access eBooks …

Read Together Regina

… Together Regina … Reading to your baby is very important and we want to help you get started. That's why we've … Mother Baby Unit to give every newborn baby a set of books and resources to help support their early literacy skills … Hospital Mother Baby Unit with a Read Together Regina bag. Families from Regina, whose babies were born at home can …