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By Frankie Shaw
The Wellington County library system is comprised of 14 branches spread around the county, with a central library/headquarters located in Elora. Puslinch is the southernmost branch, serving a community of just over 5,000 residents. Our collection is growing and we can offer, in addition to regular books, talking books (tape or CD), video (VHS or DVD) interactive multimedia, and magazines for children and adults. We have access to all the items in the Wellington County system and we have an excellent delivery system for those who request items not found on our shelves. We can give professional help in finding employment. We also offer internet access to independent researchers. We host a weekly Story Time for children aged 3 to 5 years. It is held on Thursday mornings from 10.00 am. - 11.00am. Sessions run for 6 weeks. Phone for details and to register.  The Librarians are Janet Dagenais and Frankie Shaw
Send the library an e-mail. You can click here to go to the Wellington Library System interactive gateway to order a book. Lines from the Library (April 2006) By Frankie Shaw  There’s a big discussion going on at the moment, in places where the printed word is of prime importance, about the value of ‘levelled books’, sometimes known as ‘supplementary readers’. Most of us can remember the ‘Dick and Jane’ books of our early childhood. They’re the latest ‘hot spot’ in the long-running ideological war over how to teach kids to read. Proponents see ‘levelled books’ as tools for building reading skills and, throughout the English-speaking world, teachers have been making use of these specially formulated books, which correspond to a child’s ability to ‘de-code’ the text and so help to build confidence as they move from level to level. These ‘supplementary readers’ can be seen mostly in school classrooms and libraries and have spawned a whole new market in the publishing world. Detractors, however, see them as a publishing weed, crowding out more authentic kids’ books. They claim that these books, of which there are now as many as 20 levels, are becoming a panacea; that children are not likely to read a regular book, which is more of a challenge because of unfamiliar words; that these ‘levelled books’ probably won’t inspire because their content is limited, and that kids won’t develop a love of reading. Take at look at these books in our ‘Reading Alone’ section and see if you agree or disagree. Books recently added to our shelves: Non Fiction: Kingsley Jo. Alice through the Looking Glass; a mother and daughter’s experience of anorexia. Carter, Tom. Write Your Own Legal Will in 3 Easy Steps. Carter, Tom. So, You’ve Been Appointed Executor. Creative Homeowner. Porches and Sunrooms. Better homes and gardens. Yard and Garden Basics. Pape, Gordon. Retirement Time Bomb. Fiction: Burke, Richard. Redemption. Goldsmith, Olivia. Dumping Billy. Iles, Greg. Turning Angel. Johansen, Iris. On the Run. Patterson, James. 5th Horseman Roberts, Nora. Quinn Legacy. Steel, Danielle. The house. Don’t forget that you can access our catalogue on the internet at www.wclib.ca. You can read more about the Puslinch Library by going to A Puslinch Diary. You can read previous Lines from the Library here: March 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 June 2004 May 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 October 2003 September 2003 June 2003 May 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 February 2002 November 2001 October 2001 August 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 |