At this time of year the thought of packing lunches can cause a lot of stress. Your library can help! Visit us for these excellent books packed carefully with ideas, recipes, and inspiration for tasty lunches the little people in your life will actually eat! The school year survival book : healthy recipes and sanity-saving... Continue Reading →
NDN Book Club
Are you an Indigenous person looking to read Indigenous literature with Indigenous friends? We have started a book club just for you! Recognizing that Indigenous folks often do not join book clubs, we wanted to create a space that caters to this specific demographic. Furthermore, we are mostly reading books that are moving and uplifting... Continue Reading →
Stop Over-Thinking Your Money! The Five Simple Rules of Financial Success by Preet Banerjee
Over the last year I’ve been reading a lot of personal finance books. One that I really liked was Preet Banerjee's Stop Over-Thinking Your Money! The Five Simple Rules of Financial Success. Banerjee deals specifically with Canadian finances and accounts, so it is useful from start to finish for those of us living here in... Continue Reading →
Teens Review: Wheels by Arthur Hailey
This book is 374 pages. It is a fiction book that could also be characterized with somewhat of a thriller novel. It is very prominent with its subject of cars and automobiles. Wheels is not part of a series. Myself being in grade 12, I would suggest this to people in high school years. If... Continue Reading →
Intercultural Development Inventory
The Board and staff of Thunder Bay Public Library (TBPL) have participated in an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) process. This was administered by DiversiPro, an organization that specializes in intercultural competence development. This involves some on line assessments followed by a group discussion, personal feedback, and individual action plans. To accomplish TBPLs strategic directions, we... Continue Reading →
Cover Image: Best Kept Secrets by Sandra Brown This book is 448 pages long and is a fiction novel that could fall into genres like romance, suspense and mystery. Best Kept Secrets is not part of a series but has many other books similar by the same author. I am in grade 12 and I... Continue Reading →
Starting Kindergarten
It feels like it can’t be possible but walk into any store and you’ll see the shelves beginning to fill up with shiny new school supplies. Some children (and let’s face it, some adults) look forward to a new school year with anticipation and excitement. There are always the others, however, that face September with... Continue Reading →
Good White People The Problem with Middle Class White Anti-Racism by Shannon Sullivan
When most people think of racists they conjure up images of men in white pointed hoods burning crosses. But as Shannon Sullivan points out in her thought provoking follow up to Revealing Whiteness, racists can also be business men in suits, doctors, lawyers, accountants, and even librarians. In other words, racism is alive and well... Continue Reading →
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