Journey to the heart Land Librarian Review: Step right up and test your strength and your sense of humour. Helen and Troy are on a journey through magical america in order to end a curse placed upon them by an ancient God. They must endeavour upon a pilgrimage throughout out the United States to save […]
*PAINT*less. Jeez. đ Yes, you can. You CAN have street art with no spray cans, no brushes, no markers or stencils. So, uh, what's that look like, then, you might ask? Well, for one thing, it usually doesn't go by the name of graffiti. Same guerilla art heart, different exterior, and often seen more as […]
Turntable image from openclipart.org What's an AudioSplice? The Basics: I've taken little snippets of a handful of songs and smashed them together into a sort of sonic puzzle for you to figure out. There is also a theme that links the songs somehow for you to work out, to help you along and make it […]
Whether it be in books, movies, or on TV, there is always a character that you donât know what to make of. Instead, you have this weird mix of feelings for them. You like them, you hate them, you want them to change, but then again, you donât. Sometimes you canât stand them, and yet […]
The Green Man by Michael Bedard Reviewed by Edmee, age 19 âYou canât turn around in our family without running into a poet,â says O, the protagonist of Michael Bedardâs The Green Man. Bedardâs enchanting story follows fifteen-year-old O, a strong-minded and charming girl with a father obsessed with Ezra Pound and an eccentric aunt […]
Hey everyone! Welcome back for Mini-Writing Contest Number 5. đ To start, let me ask you a few questions. Where do you like to keep things? Do you have a special place where you hide the things you want to keep forever? Is it out in the open where everyone can see, or is it […]
Awesome video that takes a crack at the timeless puzzle, which came first: the chicken or the egg? Finally! A plausible explanation! But the T-Rex came first, amirite? For more, check out the IFL Science article
Oh the thrills of Jurassic Park – a movie classic. That scene with the T-Rex still scares me! (It's embedded below.) De-extinction is a possibility, but even if we could bring back species, would it be the actual animal? We have no idea how the animal behaved, how it interacted with the local ecosystem and […]
Pet Ham [photo from Isle of Wight County Museum] Perhaps you heard about the brief case of the caimen in High Park's pond. Here's another peculiar pet, one that is more eccentric than exotic: a cured ham. You might say it is a cure-ious pet. That's right. If you ever find yourself in Virginia, […]
Cross posted on TPL Teens. What?! A Word Out bookclub featuring an amazing graphic novel set in our very own Toronto? I know, I know, you want the details right… Brian Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim: Precious Little Life" is #1 of a series of 6 graphic novels. Set in Toronto, Scott even visits TPLs Wychwood Branch and […]