Author: Jessie

We are so grateful for our Summer Sponsors! Because of your generosity, we have held over 30 free programs for patrons of all ages. We still have a few left! We brought in artists, provided all supplies, fed dozens of lunches and snacks, and we get to reward our young readers with prizes and a… Continue reading Prizes

We had such a fun day! Helena Wang and Natalie Spangenberg came in to teach us how to turn our art into custom buttons. The Middles went first, and we had quite a crowd! Many of them were excited to make pins for their backpacks. Our Teens experimented with two styles of pins. Their art… Continue reading Button Workshop

Our Middles enjoyed their photography workshop today! Thank you to Keila Sherman Photography for your time and expertise! The kids took portraits of each other outside. You can check out the results below!

Our photography story hour was so fun! We played with cameras and took polaroids of our friends. Then we made frames for them! As always, we finished up with some quality play time in our family space. Thank you, Keila Sherman! Photo credits to two of our volunteens, Ava & Elliot!

Another “best day ever” for Toronto Library! Mel has so many talents. She helped with cooking class a couple of weeks ago, and jumped right in when I mentioned hosting a painting class. I am wildly grateful to have had such a fun and enthusiastic group for our first trial run at this. Keri, Hunter,… Continue reading Adults: Paint Party

We had a very talented bunch of teens (and a few tweens) for mini canvases painting this afternoon. You can view their tiny art show for the next couple of weeks when you come see us! I didn’t get photos of all of them or of all the kids. It was a busy day!

Thank you, Kathe, for your time and expertise today! I am so lucky to have you in my corner! We used yarn and plastic bags to paint flowers. They turned out SO GOOD!

Our painting story hour with Ms Kathe was so fun! We had a big group join us, and we enjoyed the process! We read a great book together, Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack. I highly recommend this book! They loved it! We explored lots of textures, painting with “anything but a paintbrush”. Then,… Continue reading Anything but a Paint Brush!

These boys ALWAYS offer to help when they’re here! They put together a new desk for us today!