Essex County Library
360 Fairview Avenue West, Suite 101 Essex, ON, Canada

More virtual spring program highlights! Check our calendar of events for more programs and details here https://bit.ly/2QW6STh *Build a Bug House... *Tween Reads *Family Scavenger Hunt See more

What does "dinosaur" mean? Where would you find them? Play our family fun dinosaur trivia over the long weekend! 1. Click on the link to start playing https://kahoot.it/challenge/03535303 2. Gameplay starts at 10am and goes until 9am Monday morning! 3. Save the link to find out where you stand with your score or check our web site for results!

Feel Good Friday For those of us who love to travel, it's been an especially hard time. If you could go anywhere, where would it be? We're paying so don't worry about the cost

Browse our "shelves" and place a hold http://ow.ly/IWyJ50D5FNW or give us a call!

"When it comes to mental health, now more than ever, every action counts." On this Bell Let's Talk Day, you can find ways to help here https://letstalk.bell.ca/en/ways-to-help along with additional information and links. #letstalk

Lunch Time Puzzler! https://jigex.com/qqGS

COVID-19 Response: Essex County Library Effective Monday, December 14 Windsor-Essex will move into the Grey Lockdown zone. The Essex County Library will move to providing curbside pickup at the following locations: Amherstburg Town of Amherstburg - Town Hall News... Essex Town of Essex Kingsville Town of Kingsville Lakeshore (Toldo) Town of Lakeshore LaSalle Town of LaSalle Leamington Municipality of Leamington Tecumseh Town of Tecumseh Home delivery service place holds on resources online or by calling your local branch. Items will be delivered directly to your home (return postage included) Essex County Library: Your Virtual Resource Support 24/7 web services https://bit.ly/3fN6PkQ Shop online for books, movies, music and more! Our WiFi service is available outside each branch for access through your personal device Call your local branch with any questions or information requests https://bit.ly/3qXKW7Z Please join us online for a variety of activities and programs Thank you for supporting the library and helping our communities stay healthy and safe

Magazines have moved to the Libby app. For more information check https://www.overdrive.com/ZINIO-transition or call your local branch https://bit.ly/3afTob7 https://essexcountyon.rbdigital.com/

Mystery Story Teller: Clue #2 Our mystery story teller used to work at the library. Who could it be? You can guess, but we won't tell *Video Premiere Wednesday, December 16 at 10 am.

Join us for our online author event with Luba Lesychyn Monday November 23rd at 7 pm! Here is a link to some of the history explored in "Theft Between the Rains" http://ow.ly/CyZ550CpAPv Register through our Upcoming Events http://ow.ly/c82D50CpAPw on our website and an invitation will be sent to you!

We may not be open for browsing but you can still do curbside pick-up! If you have holds or are just looking for something new, give our branches a call and we will be happy to find you something. https://bit.ly/3qXKW7Z

We sincerely apologize that we will not be able to post the Zentangle introduction tonight. There are a few technical issues we did not foresee. Stay tuned to our social media accounts and website as we will be bringing it to you in the near future. Thank you! In the meantime, check out titles from our collection on this topic: https://bit.ly/3fhtyWa

This Wednesday, December 16 at 10 am we will have a guest story teller! We're keeping it a surprise but here's one clue: this person is a long-time supporter of the library

A lot of people will be out shopping today. We thought it would be nice to take a moment and share the best gift you ever received. Stay safe!

Lunch Time Puzzler! https://jigex.com/jtv6

Grey is such a drab colour. Let us help make this time for you merry and bright! Our virtual library is open 24/7 and we've got "specials" running all the time! Overdrive and hoopla for eBooks, Audiobooks, movies, TV shows and music RB Digital for thousands of magazines Kanopy for movies, documentaries, kids programs... Pressreader for newspapers from 100 countries, 60 languages Freegal for access to over 9 million songs And a large selection of databases including Ancestry, Tumblebooks, Kids Infobits and more. Check it all out here https://www.essexcountylibrary.ca/client/en_US/home/? Choose curbside pick-up or mail delivery. Call your favourite branch for more information. Happy shopping!

Many of you predicted the winner. With over 2,000 votes cast in just over 1 week, Coffee Crisp takes it over Dairy Milk 61.5% to 38.5%! We hope you had as much fun as we did. Check out this classic commercial from 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfMh8ChjY2U chocolate bars rule!

We hope that you're enjoying our Family Storytime videos. Here are some tips on how you can choose great storytime books for the classroom and in your own home!

Check out the amazing lineup for this year's Bookfest!

What are your favourite winter books to read to your children?

Join Miss Sherry over at our Essex branch for anothe fun edition of Family Storytime. Today she'll be reading "Mixed: A Colorful Story" by Arree Chung: In the beginning, there were three colors . . . Reds, Yellows, and Blues.... All special in their own ways, all living in harmonyuntil one day, a Red says "Reds are the best!" and starts a color kerfuffle. When the colors decide to separate, is there anything that can change their minds? See more

The Kingsville branch will be closed to the public today only from 9 am-4 pm. Curbside pickup will be available for your holds. The branch will reopen to the public from 4 pm-8 pm. Thank you for your cooperation. Town of Kingsville

Whoops, looks like we had too much turkey and forgot about tonight's trivia! Don't worry, we've got you set with Classic Toys and we're giving you plenty of time--the game will run until tomorrow morning at 10 am. Ready to get your game on? Let's play! https://kahoot.it/challenge/01464338

Looking for some fun library programs this month? Check out our calendar of events and see what's coming your way http://essexcountylibrary.evanced.info/signup/calendar *if on a mobile device, click on "all locations"

Last Sunday we asked what your favourite Canadian chocolate bar is. We started with 16, 2 remain. Time to choose! Coffee Crisp: A Canadian classic that dates back to the 1930's. Coffee Crisp consists of a crispy thick wafer with cream coffee flavoured fill and covered in delicious milk chocolate. "Time for a Coffee Crisp break. How do you like your coffee? Crisp!" Dairy Milk: Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bars originate from 1905. This classic chocolate has been famous for a long time! Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bars are made in Canada at the Cadbury Chocolate Factory on Gladstone Avenue in downtown Toronto. Time to vote! https://forms.gle/MzpY7aPcYd8tn91CA

Welcome to our new followers! If you don't have an Essex County Library card, today's a good day to sign up for one of our Digital Access Cards. This card will give you access to our entire digital collection. Get more details here https://bit.ly/2SMcmNW

Round 3 of Choctober Madness starts tonight. 4 strong contenders, which do you choose? Voting will close Sunday, October 11 at 6 pm. At 6:30 we'll post the 2 finalists and have that final vote for best chocolate bar in Essex County. Go vote! http://ow.ly/ew7S50BP4Jq

Another beautiful fall morning. If you're out and about and snapping photos, you should enter our Fall Bucket List contest! Thanks to everyone who has entered, looks like you're having a great time. Check our bucket list items here https://bit.ly/33L2LgB then share pics to: [email protected]

Do you love classic horror movies? Thrills, chills and a scream or two can make any Friday night a good night to stay in. Check out kanopy's 31 Days of Horror for classic movies like Christopher Lee's "Count Dracula". Boo! https://essexcounty.kanopy.com/frontpage

October is Star Wars Reads month! Check out our new group ECL Fandomonium http://ow.ly/jz4N50BObRs for games, trivia, fun library titles and more. Oh yeah, for all you Halloween tricksters it's Contest time! *comic by Scott Nickel

Thank you for your support. Stay safe!