Fort Erie Public Library
136 Gilmore Rd l2a 2m1 Fort Erie, ON, Canada

Want a chance to win one of these awesome prizes? Check our social media pages first thing tomorrow! And May the 4th be with you...

Can you believe it is already May? Neither can we! Start the new month off with a new kids craft kit - a hedgehog. Call your local branch to request your kit for curbside pick up.

"It has a great plot, good characters, and a world that feels as real as our own." Check out teen volunteer Nathan's full review of "The Winter Duke" by Claire Eliza Bartlett on our blog: http://ow.ly/3MwD50EBb2N Teens, do you need to complete your volunteer hours? Check out our blog for the requirements: https://blog.fepl.ca/?page_id=761 ... Email Ashley with any questions at [email protected].

Kids and teens, keep logging your reading minutes during our last few days of our spring reading challenge! Logging minutes will automatically enter you in a chance to win our grand prizes. We will be taking a short break from reading challenges as we ramp up for our summer reading program. Summer reading will start in mid-June, and participants will be able to enter for a chance to win some great prizes. Keep reading in the meantime, and get ready for our biggest challenge of the year!

Tuesdays are a great day to pick up a new teen craft kit! Stop by the Centennial Branch to pick up this week's craft - homemade lip balm! Curbside pickup is available from 9:30am until 5:00pm.

Pick up this week's kids craft kit - a paper plate lion! Call your local library to reserve your kit for curbside pick up. Available at all branches.

"This book was a great read, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone wanting some nice, fantastical reading with a hearty dose of magic and a few heaping spoons of comedy." Check out teen volunteer Nathan's full book review of "All the Stars and Teeth" by Adalyn Grace on our blog: http://ow.ly/riFJ50D8I5Z Teens, do you need to complete your volunteer hours? Check out our blog for the requirements: http://ow.ly/4z6S50D8I61... Email Ashley with any questions at [email protected].

Kids, show your loved ones you care with this week's craft kit - a heart bouquet! Call your local library to reserve your kit for curbside pick up. Available at all branches.

Pictured here is the Argyle Boarding House. Christine Edwards (Jackson) ran this very popular boarding house on the north side of Jarvis St. It was quite the fashionable place with about eleven regular borders and at times as many as forty to sixty sitting down for the supper meal. This photo is dated 1970. #localhistorythursdays #FEhistory #tbt

Today is pick-up day for our teen craft - brown sugar body scrub! Stop by the Centennial Branch, or Crystal Ridge Branch if you requested a location change, to pick up your kit. Curbside pickup is available from now until 5:00pm. Any kits not picked up by the end of the day will be offered to the waitlist.

Registration is now open for our March Break Activity Boxes! Reserve your kit on Eventbrite for pick-up day on March 11. Click on the links below to sign up: Ages 0 to 6: http://ow.ly/sOc250DrfLE Ages 7 to 12: http://ow.ly/YW7S50DrfLG... Ages 13 to 17: http://ow.ly/rwQ250DrfLF

Kids & teens participating in #ReadingGoals challenge can unlock prizes & earn mini animal erasers! Pick up curbside at any branch & 2021 Reading Challenges sticker book. Log your reading at fepl.beanstack.com or the Beanstack Tracker app. Animal varieties will vary at each branch.

The LiNC collection has grown! Grimsby, West Lincoln, Port Colborne, Welland libraries have all joined us! What does this mean? More books! We now have access to these library collections. When searching our catalogue to place holds you can select to search the Libraries in the Niagara Cooperative (LiNC) which will show you everything available from all libraries in the LiNC. You can place holds on these titles and they will be sent to your desired branch for pick up!

We have a new craft kit available today - a moon and hanging star! Reserve your kit for curbside pickup by calling your local library. Available at all branches.

Find out what new materials have been ordered in the children and teen departments with the new edition of New at the Library! Ask for your booklet for curbside pick up, or check out our online edition. Browse new purchases and place your holds to be one of the first to borrow new materials. Online version: http://ow.ly/mSQu50DrmzC

Today is pick-up day for our first teen craft of 2021! Stop by the Centennial Branch, or Crystal Ridge Branch if you requested a location change by yesterday, to pick up your yarn hanging kit. Curbside pickup is available from 9:30am until 5:00pm. Any kits not picked up by the end of the day will be offered to the waitlist.

Celebrate Black History Month by reading books featuring Black characters! All month long, we will be recommending books that celebrate Black voices and stories. Place your holds on titles today!

Thank you to our community for writing letters and cards for members of the Canadian Armed Forces Canadian Armed Forces! We have received over 100 letters, and they have been stamped and mailed out over the weekend!

Seen here is are Mayor Dr. Mencke and E. England at a celebration of Jarvis Street being paved. This photo is dated 1928. #FEhistory #localhistorythursdays #tbt

Start 2021 off with our first kids craft kit - a frosted donut! Call your local branch to reserve your kit for curbside pick up. Available at all branches.

Have you streamed Taylor Swift's new album Evermore? It's now on hoopla for all your streaming needs while you walk through enchanted looking forests (or the Sugar Bowl park)

Take a stroll in Sugarbowl Park on November 23 to read this month's story walk! Revisit a childhood favourite at your own pace. The story walk will be up from 10:00 until 4:00pm, and it is open to all ages.

Happy New Year! We will be closed the next few days for the holiday and will resume with curbside pick up Monday January 4th 2021! If you run out of materials during our closure you can always borrow from our apps 24/7 at www.fepl.ca/ebooks.

The community loves reading challenges! Since launching our online reading challenges this summer, we have logged over 1,300 hours of reading. Check back in 2021 for more reading challenges.

We have early registration open for our first tween/teen kit of 2021 - a yarn wall hanging! If you want to pick up your kit at the Crystal Ridge branch, email [email protected] by 4:00pm on Monday, January 4, 2021. Pick up day is Tuesday, January 5, and any unclaimed kits after that time will be offered to the waitlist. Colours will vary. Register on Eventbrite today: http://ow.ly/uQ3E50CVCrz

Check out this week's craft kit - a Dixie cup yarn owl! To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

This book came in just in time for Diwali, which is celebrated tomorrow! Place your holds now for Binny’s Diwali by Thrity Umrigar

It's getting chilly! Pick up this week's craft kit to make your own pair of mittens. To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

Craftapalooza was delayed because of high winds yesterday, but it continues today! Stop by the Centennial branch until 5:00pm today to snag any remaining unclaimed craft kits. First come, first serve, and no holds. Bring home a craft to ring in the new year!

How much do you think you know about different sports? Try your hand at sports trivia! Brush up on different sports & activities, and participate for a chance to win prizes. Register on Eventbrite and a Zoom link will be sent the day before the tournament: http://ow.ly/hd0F50CavM7

Hanukkah is starting and we have books for the season! . Place your holds online, or by calling or visiting your branch.

Follow along for 3 fun card designs using buttons! Registration for next week’s adult craft kit will open at 9:30 am Saturday morning!

Start off the new year with a new reading challenge for kids and teens! Register on the Beanstack Tracker app or at fepl.beanstack.com to participate in our #ReadingGoals challenge, running during January and February. Kids and teens who register can also pick up a sticker book and sticker pack to track the badges they unlock when they log their reading minutes. Track your reading through Beanstack, and when you unlock a new badge, add the corresponding sticker to your book. ...Keep an eye on our social media in January to see our adorable mini-prizes! Sticker books and packs will be available for curbside pickup at all branches starting in January. Happy reading!

We will be closed later this week due to the holiday! If you run out of reading materials when we are closed you can always borrow from our apps! Visit : www.fepl.ca/ebooks to download our apps and start borrowing!

Thank you to our community for making the library's craft kit program a success! Since we started the program in June, we have designed, prepared, packaged, and distributed over 2,300 kits to children, teens, and adults. Be sure to pick up our 2021 craft kit leaflet to see all of the crafts kit we are offering next year.

Pick up the last kids craft kit for 2020 - an ornament! Check back in the new year for more kits. To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

Happy Holidays! We will be closed for the holidays but if you run out of reading material you can always borrow from ours apps 24/7! Visit www.fepl.ca/ebooks to download our apps and start browsing!

A school snow sculpture contest was held just in time. Turtle Takes First at Fort Erie Senior Elementary School. Photo dated March 7 1979

Pictured here is Bertie Station which was originally built in 1900 in Ridgeway. Originally sited on Ridge Rd, between Hibbard St. and Disher St. In December 1975 it was moved to the Historical Railway Museum. This photo of unidentified people is undated.

Pick up this week's kids craft kit to make your very own gingerbread person! To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

Thank you to everyone who has dropped off cards for Canadian Armed Forces personnel! You have until December 12 to drop them off, and we will mail them out for you. Address your cards and letters to: Any Canadian Armed Forces Member... PO Box 5004 Stn Forces Belleville, ON K8N 5W6 See more

Our adult craft kit this week is a sweet embroidery sampler ornament! Registration for our next adult craft kit opens at 9:30 am Saturday morning

Pictured here is the Fort Erie Race Track. The first race happened back in 1897. This photo is undated. #localhistorythursdays #FEhistory #tbt

Back with another edition of everyone's favourite guessing game: Guess the Author Wearing the Mask! Comment below with your guess!

Stop by your local library to stock up on books for the upcoming holiday season! Browse cookbooks for new recipes, pick up a December reading planner, and be the first to snag some new books

Kick off winter with a new kids craft kit - a winter wreath made of snowflakes! To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

A day late and a buck short but its Local History Thursday! Pictured here is The Commercial which was built in 1830 and originally operated by Henry Ort until 1851 when George Cease took over operation. This photo is undated. #localhistorythursdays #FEhistory #tbt

Today’s adult craft kits is a countdown calendar! Each day has a prompt for reflection or discussion they make great conversation starters or journalling prompts

Today is pick up day for the tween/teen craft kit - scrunchies! Watch this video to learn the steps to make your very own hand-sewn scrunchie.

Check out this week's kids craft kit - an autumn leaf that you can personalize with decorations! To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

Make sure you are logging your minutes for our last kids and teens reading challenge! Keep logging until December 12 to be automatically entered for a chance to win one of our grand prizes. Log your reading on the Beanstack Tracker app or at fepl.beanstack.com. Ages 0-6: Activity book and two board books Ages 7-12: Three short chapter books Ages 13-17: Holiday favourite book and mug

Chief Operator at the traffic dept, Mrs. E. Emery, gives advice to operators on the switchboard. Operators no longer use dials to make a call, instead numbers are "key pulsed" with buttons marked in the same way as the dial on the phones. Photo dated 1965. #localhistorythursdays #FEhistory #tbt

This week’s craft kit for adults contains everything you need to make this soft and whimsical pom pom wreath! If you didn’t sign up for a kit, you can still follow along at home with this video!

Many members of the Canadian Armed Forces will not be able to spend the holidays with their families this year. Send them holiday greetings and well wishes to: Any Canadian Armed Forces Member PO Box 5004 Stn Forces Belleville, ON... K8N 5W6 If you would like for a possible letter to be returned, include your return address inside the letter. Drop your letters off to your local library by Saturday, December 12, so they can be stamped and mailed out. Or, add postage to your own letter and drop it in a mailbox. Letters only. Gifts will not be accepted.

This photo from our Local History Archive shows soldiers at the Cruikshank Plaque Presentation. The date of this photo is unknown. #tbt #throwbackthursday #localhistory

Today is about honouring all the men and women who have served, and continue to serve Canada during times of war, conflict, and peace. Books are a powerful tool for learning, honouring, and understanding our history. Here are three great titles for all ages.

Lest we forget. This photo depicts a Remembrance Day service on Jarvis street and Central Avenue from 1968. Though our ceremonies look different this year, we will still take time today to remember and honour the sacrifices of our soldiers and their families.

Today is pick-up day for those registered for the Crochet 101 kit! Watch this tutorial and consult the written instruction in the kit to get started.

This week's kids craft kit is a rainbow fish, inspired by the class picture book "Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister! To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

Track your reading for fun or as a part of our fall/winter reading challenges using the November reading planner! This month's planner includes an area for your favourite quotes and a dot graph to track your reading for each day in November. Pick up at any of our branches.

Cinnamon Stick Candle Holders this lovely cozy DIY casts beautiful shadows and will lightly scent your home with cinnamon! If you registered your kit is available for pick up today, or you can follow along at home using this video! Registration for next week’s adult craft kit will open at 9:30 on Saturday!

Niagara Boulevard Looking South. This photo is dated 1920's. #localhistorythursdays #FEhistory #tbt

Chilly weather and dark skies are a perfect time to stop by your local library. Browse our new books, find new authors, or perhaps check out a cookbook or a craft book, and learn a new skill!

Ready to know what our mini-prizes are for the last kids and teen reading challenges this year? Stickers! Log your minutes on the Beanstack Tracker app or at fepl.beanstack.com to unlock prizes. Visit your local library to claim your prize. Stickers vary at each branch.

It's November, which means it's time for NaNoWriMo, also known as National Novel Writing Month! National Novel Writing Month is an annual event in which participants commit to writing a 50,000-word novel in 30 days! Get involved by signing up at http://ow.ly/MU5f50C9ocn or by joining our virtual Writers' Group at http://ow.ly/c9gQ50C9ocs

Stop by your local library to grab this week's kids craft kit - a coffee filter butterfly! To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

Are you ready for Halloween tomorrow? Stop by the Centennial branch tomorrow between 9:30 and 2:00 to trick-or-treat for some sweets. Have a safe, healthy, and Happy Halloween!

Person in R2D2 Costume. This photo is from the Fort Erie Times paper dated August 9, 1978 #localhistorythursdays #FEhistory #TBT

Get ready for the last kids and teens reading challenges in 2020! Pre-register today for our Snuggle Up reading challenges. Colder weather is the perfect time to curl up with a good book. Log your reading between November 1 and December 12 to unlock prizes, and be automatically entered for a chance to win a grand prize! Use the Beanstack Tracker app or log your reading at fepl.beanstack.com. Already have an account? Simply log in and click to register.

Teen volunteer Mia read and reviewed Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis! "A survival book that follows Ashley Hawkins and her adventures through the forest, fighting to stay alive after finding her boyfriend with another girl." Read Mia's entire review on the blog: http://ow.ly/S12p50C3303... Place the book on hold: http://ow.ly/Jmn650C334Q Interested in earning volunteer hours? Find out how here: https://blog.fepl.ca/?page_id=761

Our last Halloween-themed kids craft kit is available today - a creepy spider! To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

Due to inclement weather, the scheduled story walk today has been cancelled

Laura recommends this awesome modern macramé book by @createaholic! It's full of beautiful and modern craft ideas like plant hangers, wall hangings, and jewelry -- she wants to make every project in this book!

Missing your book club? There's still time to read our October title, The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante for our virtual book club. Find us on Facebook as Hooked On Books or email [email protected] to join! We'll be meeting virtually on Friday, Nov 6 @ 11 am. This book can be downloaded here as an ebook:... https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13498930 See more

We have some awesome craft kits planned for the next few months. We've made some changes to make things easier to remember, and we want to make sure everyone understands how they work! Here's what we're doing: All registration will now open on Saturday at 9:30 am for the following week. Register by calling any branch, or going to our website and choosing 'Event Registration' under the 'Events' menu. Or you can bookmark this page: http://ow.ly/IudY50C070N... We've added more spots for everything! We'll be making more kits for every craft (sometimes twice as many!). All craft kits are free! Teen Craft Kits are every other week, with pick up on Tuesday at Centennial only. Adult Craft Kits will be every week in Nov & Dec, with pick up on Thursday at Centennial only. Kids Crafts will continue to be first come, first serve, with new crafts every Monday, at all branches. Any questions? Please email ltrabucco@fepl or adunk@fepl, or give us a call at any branch.

Pictured here is the Point Abino lighthouse. This photo is dated 1920's. #localhistorythursdays #FEhistory #TBT

Back with another edition of: Can you guess this author wearing the mask? Share your guess with us in the comments below!

Registration is now live for this week's tween/teen craft - a graveyard terrarium! Spots are limited, so reserve your kit today: http://ow.ly/gyUK50BLkyB

This week's kids Halloween craft kit is a mummy! To reserve your kit, call your local branch, or email [email protected] and indicate your pick-up branch. Available at all branches.

Think you're a movie buff? Put your knowledge to the test and answer questions about some of your favourite films! Brush up on your knowledge of Disney and other films released since 2000 for a chance to win prizes! Register on Eventbrite and a Zoom link will be sent the day before the tournament. Good luck!

Register for a Halloween-themed story walk! The walk will begin at 10 AM, & we will meet out front of the Centennial Branch. Can't make it? The story will be up until 4 PM. Feel free to wear your Halloween costume! Claim your spot on the guided tour by registering on Eventbrite: http://ow.ly/RfNy50BL1zQ

Have you been logging your reading minutes during our SPOOK-tober reading challenges for kids and teens? Then you are automatically entered for a chance to win a grand prize! The last day to track your reading on the Beanstack Tracker app or at fepl.beanstack.com is October 31. Happy reading! Ages 0 to 6: Two picture books and a board book Ages 7 to 12: New release book and jumbo Halloween pens... Ages 13 to 17: New release book and Halloween tumbler

The first annual Harvest Fest Multicultural Theme Day was a marked success. Activities were held in Crystal Beach. This photo is dated September 26, 1979. #localhistorythursdays #FEhistory #TBT

The Halloween crafts continue with this week's kit - a little bat! The kit includes stickers and other accessories to personalize your craft. To reserve your kit, call your local branch or email [email protected]. Available at all branches.

We are closed today Monday October 12th for the Thanksgiving holiday. We hope you enjoy some extra time with your family, relaxing, or reading a good book! Run out of material & need something to read, watch, or listen to? Check out our apps here: www.fepl.ca/ebooks