Copy of Leprechaun Reader

Listen to a story by phone any time of day for FREE by calling Dial-A-Story at 416-395-5400. There are stories for younger children (7 and under) and for older children (up to 12). Dial-a-Story is available in 16 languages: English, French, Cantonese, Gujarati, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Tagalog, Urdu. ☎️ 

April Bookshelf

The Story Store takes orders from kids and turns them into hilarious stories! 

Join author, Mo Willems, for Lunch Doodles! Grab some paper, and crayons. 

Join Dav Pilkey to create and have fun with some of your favourite characters 

See the World of New Mouse City's most famous writer, Geronimo Stilton!

a story that is written about imaginary characters/events

text that is about real events or based on facts.

choose to draw, type or learn; have fun and get creative!

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*Audiobooks via Audible 

Research tip!💻 When starting to do research or finding out about a topic it helps to do some background reading. This helps you get an idea of keywords for further research, gives a basic understanding of the topic, and can lead you to develop more questions. 

A great way to do this is reading a short article or even a children's book. Here's a new picture book that explores Coronavirus🦠 You can read it online. 

This information literacy challenge comes from the News Literacy Project. It's good to be informed about COVID-19 and get accurate news about what is happening, but sometimes it feels like information overload. This quiz will let you look at information on all types of media platforms and decide WHAT TYPE of INFORMATION you are encountering. 📜