Young readers in grades 1 to 3 are invited to join us for Reading Buddies—a fun, supportive program where teen volunteers and library staff provide one-on-one reading support and engaging literacy activities.
Upcoming Programs and Events
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
Wildlife Wonders with Sandy Pines
Join a Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre educator to learn about the wild animals in your neighbourhood through a series of interactive games and activities. For ages 6-12.
Library Kiosk
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:
Read 2022 Trillium Book Award finalists
This year marks the 35th anniversary of recognizing excellence and fostering diversity of Ontario’s writers and writing. The depth of creativity and excellence span from international love stories to gripping poetry, capturing the minds of booklovers across Canada and around the globe. Enjoy these selections from the shortlist and watch for the winner in June!
May We Suggest: Explore new worlds with portal fantasies
In a portal fantasy someone travels from one reality to another, often by means of a particular object – think of the classic stories Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. (Science fiction variations may involve alternate realities, the multiverse, time travel, or wormholes – but we’ll look at those another day!)
