Stirling-Rawdon Public Library
Box 730, 43 West Front St. K0K 3E0 Stirling, ON, Canada

Celebrate #FamilyLiteracyDay virtually with FLD Honorary Chair Barbara Reid! ABC Life Literacy is hosting a national online event on January 27 at 4:30pm ET. Barbara will be doing a demonstration on how to use clay to create a picture. She will share unique techniques you can use to make different things. The event will end with a Q&A. After the event, you’ll have an opportunity to send in photos of your completed artwork for a chance to win a Family Literacy Day prize pack courtesy of Scholastic Canada! Register here: https://loom.ly/QgDPoFk

For fans of Nora Roberts, Hideaway, here's some others you might enjoy!

A good mystery that is also laugh out loud funny! Crazy hijinks, quirky characters, suspense, romance, what more could you ask for?!

This year we're promoting Family Literacy a little differently! Request your Mystery Letter Bag for curbside pickup. Just give us a call at (613)395-2837. Then decorate the included letter and take a walk around town and through your house and find different things that use your letter. Take a picture of what you find (or keep a list) and find as many things as you can! Then send us your photos or list to [email protected] or message us on Facebook to be entered to win a prize bag containing books, games, crafts, candy and more! Contest runs January 5th to 30th

Trying to brighten up your New Year! Watch for our #freebiefriday posts throughout January and February and you could win! All you have to do is comment on the post to be entered in a random draw to win a book. We have a selection of books to choose from if you were to win :)

Now that we are back to curbside pickup only, here's a refresher on how to place a hold on items through our Online Catalogue...or just give us a call or quick email :) http://stirlinglibrary.com/placing-a-hold-through-the-libr/

Let's beat those winter blues! Every Friday this January and February we're giving books away! All you have to do is watch for our #freebiefriday posts on Facebook, comment and you'll be entered to win a book! Or drop into the library on a Friday and check out a book! Easy peasy :) We have a selection of books to choose from if you are the lucky winner! So stay tuned and you could win!

If you HAD to choose, which would you pick?

Merry Christmas!

Now that we've been doing the Take & Make Craft Kits for a few months, we want to hear from you! What do you think of them? What would you like us to change? Would you like us to include a video component, where we do a video tutorial to help show you how to make the craft provided? Any other comments or questions about the kits? Let us know!

#tbt The first bonspiel held in the "new" curling arena was in 1977 during Homecoming Weekend. There were 32 rinks participating. Interested in learning more about Stirling's history? Check out our Stirling-Rawdon Past & Present Local History Site! http://vitacollections.ca/stirling-rawdon/search

Cardboard Roll Snowflake Ornament Take & Make Kits now available. Make snowflake ornaments using only a few simple materials. Pick one up today, while supplies last!

Yes, I definitely knew how this book was going to end but I enjoyed it just the same. Sometimes it's nice being a know-it-all!

Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician’s Lie, a debut novel in which the country’s most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband's murder --and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman of her innocence. The Amazing Arden is the most famous female illusionist of her day, renowned for her notorious trick of sawing a man in half on stage. One night in Waterloo, Iowa, with young policeman Virgil Holt watching from the audienc...e, she swaps her trademark saw for a fire ax. Is it a new version of the illusion, or an all-too-real murder? When Arden’s husband is found lifeless beneath the stage later that night, the answer seems clear. But when Virgil happens upon the fleeing magician and takes her into custody, she has a very different story to tell. Even handcuffed and alone, Arden is far from powerlessand what she reveals is as unbelievable as it is spellbinding. Over the course of one eerie night, Virgil must decide whether to turn Arden in or set her free and it will take all he has to see through the smoke and mirrors.

Just a friendly PSA...

Check out this event being hosted by the Heart of Hastings Hospice! If you're interested in joining send them an email. Plus the author of Mourning has Broken, Erin Davis, will be joining in on the March Book Club meeting! If you're interested in reading any of these books, we have physical copies of Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Erin Davis's Mourning has Broken in the library and all 3 titles are available in ebook and audiobook through Libby/Overdrive.

October is Canadian Library Month and we feel that it’s a perfect opportunity to recognize some of the incredible people who contribute to making our library the wonderful place it is. Every week for well over a decade, John and Phil have been devoting their Wednesday evenings to assist people with their genealogical searches here in our Local History Department. Both of these volunteers have a wealth of knowledge about researching family trees and utilizing one of the libraries subscribed resources, Ancestry. If you’ve come to a road block in your genealogy investigations or you are just starting out and don’t know how or where to begin, please drop by at 6:00 on a Wednesday evening and these gentlemen will be happy to help you out! Thank you John & Phil for your commitment to this valuable library service.

#tbt to the construction of the covered bridge in 1977. The bridge was opened on Saturday, February 25th, 1978 during the Homecoming Weekend celebrations. Source: Stirling Scrapbook 2. Second picture shows a more recent look at the covered bridge and was taken from Google Street View Interested in learning more about Stirling's history? Check out our Stirling-Rawdon Past & Present Local History Site! http://vitacollections.ca/stirling-rawdon/search

#tbt Stirling's Volunteer Fire Department circa 1912. The Village of Stirling's first fire equipment was a hand operated pump. A bucket brigade put water in its tank and several buckets were kept with the pump. A bell rang as it was pushed along. In the winter of 1908-09 a steam fire engine was acquired. The upright steam boiler was drawn by the first owner to arrive with a team. Before leaving the Mill St. Fire Hall the wood in the engine's firebox had to be ignited to provi...de the steam power. Two hose reels were manually operated. Later a gasoline driven pump replaced the steam power. About 1932 a new fire truck was purchased after hydrants were installed. In 1979, equipment for the fire department included two pumpers and a rescue van which carried a resuscitator, fire blankets and a K-12 rescue saw for cutting cement or steel. Source: September 26th, 1979 Stirling News Argus Interested in learning more about Stirling's history? Check out our Stirling-Rawdon Past & Present Local History Site! http://vitacollections.ca/stirling-rawdon/search

Book Page Star Take & Make Kits now available! Plus we still have some Magazine Basket Weaving kits and Santa Letter Writing kits so drop into the library and pick one up!

There is a book for everything . . . Somewhere in the vast Library of the Universe, as Natalie thought of it, there was a book that embodied exactly the things she was worrying about. In the wake of a shocking tragedy, Natalie Harper inherits her mother’s charming but financially strapped bookshop in San Francisco. She also becomes caretaker for her ailing grandfather Andrew, her only living relativenot counting her scoundrel father.... But the gruff, deeply kind Andrew has begun displaying signs of decline. Natalie thinks it’s best to move him to an assisted living facility to ensure the care he needs. To pay for it, she plans to close the bookstore and sell the derelict but valuable building on historic Perdita Street, which is in need of constant fixing. There’s only one problemGrandpa Andrew owns the building and refuses to sell. Natalie adores her grandfather; she’ll do whatever it takes to make his final years happy. Besides, she loves the store and its books provide welcome solace for her overwhelming grief. After she moves into the small studio apartment above the shop, Natalie carries out her grandfather’s request and hires contractor Peach Gallagher to do the necessary and ongoing repairs. His young daughter, Dorothy, also becomes a regular at the store, and she and Natalie begin reading together while Peach works. To Natalie’s surprise, her sorrow begins to dissipate as her life becomes an unexpected journey of new connections, discoveries and revelations, from unearthing artifacts hidden in the bookshop’s walls, to discovering the truth about her family, her future, and her own heart.

Wishing you a happy, healthy and safe holiday season! Please note our upcoming holiday hours :)

Hollywood drama! Good book.

Just in time for Halloween, write a 2 sentence horror story...

Here's Pearl's pick for this years Stirling Reads...Stephen King, known for horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Can't go wrong with a good Stephen King novel to get into the Halloween spirit!

#tbt Stirling Fair August 19-20, 1978. Two new attractions were added to the 1978 Stirling Agricultural Fair...the foot races and the demolition derby! Source: Stirling Scrapbook 3 Interested in learning more about Stirling's history? Check out our Stirling-Rawdon Past & Present Local History Site! http://vitacollections.ca/stirling-rawdon/search

Since we went through the Milk Carton Lantern Craft Kits so quickly we thought we would put together another one to replace it! Book Pumpkin Take & Make Kits now available! While supplies last!