Add a Huron County Library card to your back-to-school list

Add a Huron County Library card to your back-to-school list

Get ready to head back to school by registering for a Huron County Library card! Access a wide variety of FREE resources to support learning for ALL ages!

The Huron County Library offers a variety of Online Resources that provide card holders 24/7 access from home. Find tools to support literacy, creativity and research supports, including:

  • PebbleGo is packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for K-3 students of all abilities. To access from home, a username and password is required. Contact your local library branch for this information.
  • Tumblebooks offers resources for children in K-6, including animated talking picture books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction books, playlists, graphics novels.
  • CloudLibrary provides access to over 120,000 eBooks and Audiobooks for download or streaming.
  • CBC Corner is a digital portal that brings unique Canadian and local content, including news, TV and radio shows, podcasts, kids, content, a language learning app and so much more!
  • Mango Languages is a powerful learning platform that delivers fast and effective language learning.
  • Canadian Reference Centre can support research projects through its database that includes leading Canadian and international periodicals, reference books, biographies, and images.
  • Never stop learning through kanopy’s The Great Courses which offers enriching courses by the world’s greatest professors and experts on history, science, religion, health, travel, and more.
  • The Huron County Library supports life-long learning through Contact North, which brings distant learning options to local residents, and Gale Courses, which offers six-week personal and professional courses led by expert instructors.

The Huron County Library’s Object Library offers a wide variety of items to support hands-on learning, including:

Of course, the library also offers a great collection of books on an endless variety of topics for all ages and interests! And if you’re looking for in-person opportunities, each of our 12 branches offers programs and events for all ages to come together to learn something new while having lots of fun!

Summer Reading Week 8: Mail Around the World

Summer Reading Week 8: Mail Around the World

Dear Summer Reading Kids,  

After getting active and engaged in some international games, we’re taking a look across the world to New Zealand with our theme “Mail around the world”!  

Get your pens and papers ready, because this week we are going to write some super cool letters to our friends all the way on the other side of the world in a library in New Zealand! The Wellington Library is in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. They live in the North Island, also called Te Ika-a-Māui, in the language Māori! Wellington is right beside the Tasman sea, which is the ocean. In our letters we will ask questions about life in New Zealand, draw pictures for our new friends, and tell them about our lives in Huron County! 

We will be reading a book called A Letter to my Best Friend by Yangsook Choi, a story about a boy who writes a letter through pictures to his best friend who lives all the way across the world in a country called Korea.

For anyone who can’t make it this week, we have something special for you too! This colouring sheet is a fun way to spend time, print it off at your library or at home! You can also try to write a letter to a friend or family member and see if you can bring it to them or send it in the mail! You can also check out our week 8 online reading list to find a book about letters or mail that you’ll love! 

As this is our last week, it’s a chance for us to say goodbye to our new friends, as well as giving out our final prizes for reading excellence! 

Thank you all for an amazing summer, 

Sincerely,  

Nadine and A.J.