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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 (July 2005) By Frankie Shaw Initiated in 2002, the White Pine Award reading programme offers high school teens the opportunity to read the best of Canadian young adult fiction titles. Students read 10 nominated books and then vote for their favourite title. Based on this voting across the province, the most popular book is then designated the White Pine winner. The goals of the White Pine award reading programme are to promote reading for pleasure, to make students aware of quality Canadian young adult titles and to provide opportunities for youth to discuss the nominated titles in a meaningful manner. (This could swell the ranks of book clubs at some future point and enhance the discussions) The White Pine Award for 2005 has gone to Marnelle Tokio's first book “More Than You Can Chew”. This semi-autobiographical novel, sometimes funny, mostly tragic, will interest anyone, student or adult, who has either suffered from, or is curious about eating disorders. Marnelle, now working on her second book while doing a book promotion tour, is the cousin of well-known Puslinch Roads Superintendent, Jim Howlett. Of interest to our adult members will be the EverGreen award. Organized along similar lines to the White Pine , now adult library patrons will have the opportunity to vote for the work of Canadian fiction or non-fiction which they have liked the most. 10 titles are offered and will be voted on during Ontario Library week (October 17th -23rd), either on-line or through ballet boxes at the library. The winner will be announced in November 2005. Some of these titles are now among my favourite books. Give them a try! We have a list of this year’s nominated books, together with reviews, on display at the library, but in case you prefer to order on-line, the nominated titles are; Fiction: Crow Lake by Mary Lawson, Displaced Persons by Margie Taylor, In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson, Midnight at the Dragon Café by Judy Fong Bates, Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens, See Jane Run by Jane Fielding and The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart. Non-fiction. The Closer We Are to Dying by Joe Fiorito, Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire and Walk to New York by Charles Wilkins. We have all of these books on our shelves and will be happy to reserve them for you. If you order them on-line ( www.county.wellington.on.ca click on library) be sure to specify pick-up at Pu. Don’t forget that our ‘Summer Fun at the Library’ camp will take place every morning during the week starting July 18th. This will be a great opportunity for children aged from 5 – 12 to participate in all kinds of interesting things to do. Please register before July 7th to avoid disappointment. As well, 'Blast Off'', our reading programme for children of all ages up to 12, will be run continuously through the summer months. Children will get enthused by the theme related prizes on offer and will be encouraged to keep up with their reading skills. This programme will blast off at the beginning of July and continue through until the last week of August. Please phone the library at 763-8026 for further details. New additions to our shelves; Non-fiction Bailey, Gwen. Dog Gone Good: a problem solver for owners and trainers of dogs behaving badly. Bourrie, Mark. Many a Midnight Ship; true stories of Great Lakes shipwrecks. Chaskey, Scott. This Common Ground; seasons on an organic farm. Collett, Peter. The Book of Tells; from the bedroom to the boardroom: how to read other people Harary, Keith. Who Do You Think You Are?;revised and expanded edition of the Berkeley Personality Profile. Jeswald Peter. How to Build Paths, Steps and Footbridges. Junor, Penny. The Firm; the troubled life of the House of Windsor. Miller, Alice. The Body Never Lies; the lingering effects of cruel parenting. Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Coming to Our Senses; healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness. Kramer, Peter D. Against Depression. McCullough, D. 1776. McMurtry, Larry. The Colonel and the Little Missie; Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and the beginnings of superstardom in America. Milner, George. Moundbuilders; ancient peoples of eastern North America. Nelson, Miriam. Strong Women, Strong Hearts; proven strategies tailored specifically for women. Naves, Elaine. Shoshanna’s Story; a mother, a daughter and the shadows of history. Ravage, Barbara. The G.I.Handbook; how the glycemic index works. Saul, John R. The Collapse of Globalism and the Re-invention of the World. Spurlock, Morgan Don’t Eat This Book; fast food and the supersizing of America. Wilson, Tony. Buying a Franchise in Canada. Fiction Brown, Dale. Act of War. Calman, Claire. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die. Coben, Harlan. Innocent. Cook, Robin. Marker Connolly, John. Black Angel. Evanovich, Janet. Full Bloom. Fowler, Karen. Jane Austen Book Club. Gonzales, Bea. Mapmaker’s Opera. Kaminsky,Stuart. Denial Koontz, Dean. Velocity. Leonard, Elmore. Hot Kid. Phillips, Arthur. The Egyptologist. Rollins, James. Map of Bones. Sandford, John. Broken Prey. Enjoy your summer! Try some EverGreen titles and get into the voting mode! -Frankie You can read more about the Puslinch Library by going to A Puslinch Diary. You can read previous Lines from the Library here: 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 |