If you liked Still Life by Sarah Winman, try these other amusing, engaging books with the theme of chosen family!
Recent additions to the collection

Indigenous Portal
Engage with KFPL's Indigenous programming, collections and community partnerships!
Programs, Events, Services and Recommendations
Upcoming Programs and Events
Join our paw-some book club
Give your pup a night out and enjoy some human companionship while you're at it! The Books and Barks Dog Walking Book Club is an opportunity for book- and animal-lovers to get outside and chat about what they’re reading. Bring your latest read or favourite book to share and introduce your canine companion, June 2. Registration required.
May We Suggest: Understanding bodies and consent for kids
These books help little ones learn about their bodies, that their body is their own, and how to set boundaries with other kids and adults.
Upcoming Programs and Events
What can you do about the climate emergency?
Join the growing circle of citizens who are asking big questions about what each of us can do for our shared future. Watch the Mobilizing Kingston for the Climate Emergency video presentation to get started! Borrow Seth Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency and learn more about the book here.
Continue the conversation towards a more fair, cleaner, healthier, safer, world for our next generations right here, right now. Explore a daily CO2 dashboard and consider that reversing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the only way through the climate emergency. Sign up for the Climate Emergency Unit’s newsletter and stay informed about various campaigns. Join the Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign!
Want to learn more or do more?
Local Groups, Actions and Resources:
- 350 Kingston
- Cataraqui Conservation Native Tree & Shrub Sale
- City of Kingston’s Climate Leadership Plan
- City of Kingston’s Neighbourhood Tree Planting Program
- Commuter Challenge (June 5-11)
- Cycle Kingston
- Earthub
- Little Forests Kingston
- Loving Spoonful
- National Farmers Union 316
- Sustainable Kingston:
- Support the Wolfe Island Commons Pier Revitalization Project
- Volunteer with Sustainable Kingston's community engagement team
- Switch
- Topsy Farms Rewilding Project
- Utilities Kingston Preventative Plumbing Program
- Utilities Kingston Rain Barrel Program
- Wintergreen Studios
Funding/Grant Opportunities:
Upcoming Programs and Events
Grow your garden with a plant swap
KFPL is partnering with Kingston Gardening Society for a plant swap! Share the garden love on June 4 at the Isabel Turner Branch. Registrants will set up inside the Cataraqui Room starting at 1:30 p.m. and can swap from 2-3 p.m.