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Kids Events

Let’s Celebrate a Summer of Reading Success!

We’re wrapping up this year’s TD Summer Reading Club with a special celebration to honour all our amazing readers! Join us for an exciting Fire and Ice show presented by Mad Science, enjoy face painting, tasty treats and strike a pose in front of our festive photo backdrop. As a special memento of your summer reading success, you’ll receive a Polaroid photo to take home. 

Need a break from the noise? Step into our Quiet Corner, where kids can enjoy calming, hands-on activities and experiments in a peaceful setting.

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Grow Newsletter

Grow - for families and children

Subscribe to the Grow newsletter. You’ll receive the latest information on our programs and services for children of all ages.

An adult and two children sitting on a couch with an opened book. The KFPL logo is behind. Text is overalyed on the image: "1000 Books Before Kindergarten. Read it and Reap!"

1000 Books Before Kindergarten (1BBK) is a free literacy program for newborns, babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. The goal? Read 1000 books with your little one before they start Kindergarten. Get started now!

Illustration of a school bus and open book. The text reads Storytime on a School Bus.

Kids Events

Storytime on a School Bus

Help your child with the big transition to school by climbing aboard a real school bus for stories, songs and more! This program is for children ages 3 to 5.

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Every Child Ready to Read

Every Child Ready to Read

Before children can learn to read, they must develop a range of early literacy skills. Learning begins the moment they are born, through language and play. Find out about the five simple practices that will help you raise a reader.

Ask an Author with Lindsey Carmichael

Kids Events

Book giveaway contest!

Submit a question about nature and biodiversity for a chance to win a copy of Lindsey Carmichael's The Boreal Forest: A Year in the World's Largest Land Biome!

To celebrate Science Literacy Week, Lindsey will choose five of your questions and share her answers on the KFPL YouTube channel starting Monday, September 21, 2020. 

The contest is open to library card holders of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library under the age of 12. The contest closes September 13, 2020 at 5:00PM.

To enter the contest, fill out the form!

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Kids Events

Stay wild everyone!

We're wrapping up our our Words from the Wild Youtube series. Join Elizabeth for the last time to learn about biodiversity, meet a real-life biologist, and see some cool footage from her research trips in the field this summer. And then enjoy her bonus episode about Herpetology to learn all about reptiles and amphibians. 

If you're just discovering Words from the Wild as summer draws to a close, you can still enjoy Elizabeth's adventures and animal facts. There are 17 episodes avaialble on our Youtube channel!

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Children's online programs

Kids Events

September is just around the corner...

Registration for online fall programs opens on September 5, 2020!

Children can enjoy their favourites, including Family Storytime and Rhythm and Rhyme. Preteens can borrow a ukulele and learn a new skill in Uke Can Do It!, or pick up an art supplies kit and exercise their creativity in Art of Illustration. And look for special events including Kingston WritersFest Guest Storytimes and our Ask an Author series.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to ensure that you catch the latest episodes of our programs!

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