December 2020

  • Russian Folk Tales Galore!

    One day, in the magical children’s department at WPL’s Main Branch, I stumbled on one of…

  • Twas the Night Before

    Twas the Night Before

    Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, the children were celebrating from their…

  • The Most Popular Books

    The Most Popular Books

    Each year people ask our staff what were the most popular books among WPL customers. They…

  • Silver Birch

    Silver Birch

    Silver Birch Award Nominees: great reads for Grades 3 to 6 It’s the most wonderful time…

  • Punisher & Carmen Maria Machado

    Punisher & Carmen Maria Machado

    It all started with a lyric – “I have emotional motion sickness/somebody roll the windows down”,…

  • Amazon’s List of…

    Amazon’s List of…

    It’s that “list of” time of year. Amazon has released their annual lists which includes the…

  • The Last Garden in England

    The Last Garden in England

    The Last Garden in England is author Julia Kelly‘s latest book and is set around the…

  • Janet Evanovich

    Janet Evanovich

    Bestselling author, Janet Evanovich, just released her 40th book. She is known for “…spunky heroines, sassy…

  • Chanukah Storytime

    Chanukah Storytime

    Join us for a Chanukah storytime! Our friends from Rohr Chabad Centre for Jewish Life will be joining…

  • A Promised Land

    A Promised Land

    I’m a huge admirer of Barack Obama. He’s a devoted family man, super-smart, hardworking, accomplished, decent,…