Gravenhurst Public Library
180 Sharpe Street W. P1P 1J1 Gravenhurst, ON, Canada

**APRIL 9 UPDATE** Provincewide Stay-At-Home Order has not changed our services. Read below to see what you can currently do at GPL! Here we go again! We have entered a Provincewide Shutdown. Our region is expected to remain in this shutdown for at least four weeks. During this time, we will continue to offer curbside pick- up service, returns, virtual programming, and access to our Digital Library! Returns will be accepted at the return slot 24/7. Returned items are quaran...tined before being checked in and will stay on your account for 7 days. We are asking for public health guidelines to be followed when picking up your items which include wearing a face covering, staying 2m from others and staying home if you are sick. Learn more about our Library services and restrictions during this shutdown: https://www.gravenhurst.ca//explore-/library-covid-19.aspx Learn more about Curbside Pick-up: https://www.gravenhurst.ca//expl/curbside-information.aspx Stay safe out there!

Our catalogue and online resources including Libby and Overdrive are still not working. We are working on these issues and will update everyone as soon as they are fixed. Thank you for your patience.

Kate is reading a story by Stuart McLean tonight for story time. Enjoy

For this week's preschool Story Time, we are discovering dinosaurs! Watch the Story Time video on our social media pages and YouTube Channel, and pick-up a Story Time kit, filled with crafts, finger plays, and more! Get ready to stamp and stomp about in your very own dinosaur feet! Email [email protected] for more details, or call the library to schedule a curbside pick-up appointment starting Monday May 10th!

Please call 705-687-3382 with any questions and requests, thank you.

Currently, we are having difficulties with our online catalogue and online resources including Overdrive and Libby. We will let you know when everything is working again.

Mother's Day is coming up fast! We still have a few Mother's Day card kits available. Let us know if you'd like one by calling us at 705-687-3382 or messaging us.

Apple donuts anyone?

Luis Llama is very special, join us to find out his Lion Drama! By Ross Williams.

A new contest on the The Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce page.

Kate is back for another adult Storytime.

A new program that is available in Muskoka

Exciting news! We've updated our online catalogue! Let us know what you think. https://gpl.ent.sirsidynix.net/client/en_GB/default

We've just made up a few new Santa Letter kits! Let us know if you'd like one

There is still time to join this exciting event! Email the library at [email protected] and we'll send you the link.

Come read about a Mountain of Friends by Kerstin Schoene. Thank you to Fitzhenry and Whiteside for allowing their titles to be read online.

Curbside Pickup Information

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Something new at the Library and just in time for Christmas. Let us know if you’d like one! Many Christmas books and movies are ready to be checked out as well!

Kate is back for another adult Storytime tonight! Enjoy

Join Rachel and I (and Quincy) for some fun with science!

Come help us find Little Ghosts Boo! By Elaine Bickell and thank you to Philomel Publishing for allowing their titles to be read online. Thanks for joining us.

some days it's hard to get comfy...

Today we are reading Because of you by B.G Hennessy and Illustrated by Hiroe Nakata. Thank you to Candlewick Press for allowing their titles to be read online. Come join us!

These are a few of the book pumpkins that were created! Thank you to everyone who shared there pumpkins with us. We hope you enjoyed it

Please note our drop box will be closed from 4:30pm tonight until 9:30am tomorrow. Open from 9:30-4:30 on Tuesday and closed again over Tuesday night. We’ve re-tiled the floor and we have to avoid the area until Wednesday morning. If you need an extension on your items let us know. We are currently not charging any late fees on any items.

A little take and make available now! Let us know if you'd like one.

All of our technical issues have been resolved and everything should be working now.

Need something printed? Email it to us and we'll happily print it for you.

These Masters of the Macabre will send chills down your spine as you read these creepy chronicles. Stories set in the past, present and future will leave you with a haunting presence long after you have turned the last page. Find the perfect read for a dark night in October. Try one, if you dare! https://www.gravenhurst.ca//explore/recommended-reads.aspx

Whoops, better keep reading

There is still time to register for tonight's virtual author talk with Erica Bauermeister! Email the Bracebridge Library for your link to the talk.

We have a few checked in right now!! Let us know if you'd like one.

We have a couple of storytimes in a bag left that feature Fall and Halloween books. Full of fun stories to read out loud. Call us to pick up yours. 705-687-3382

Join the Bracebridge Library for a Virtual Author Talk with Erica Bauermeister this Thursday October 22. email Bracebridge Library for more information.

Bear has a new friend, let's find out who it is! By Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. Thank you to Little Simon for allowing their titles to be read online.