Asian Heritage Month Storytimes at Northern District Branch

We all know that reading out loud to children from a very young age has lots of benefits. We listen to stories at schools, at our libraries, and from all around us. The art of storytelling has historically been a great way for children to connect to their heritage. Unfortunately for those of us who immigrate to Canada at a very young age, it becomes easy to lose our language skills in our mother tongues. Moreover it becomes increasingly likely to lose that oral, dynamic connection to our heritage.

In honour of Asian Heritage Month, librarians at Northern District will host multilingual storytimes. Whether you are new to Canada and would like to listen to a story in a familiar language, or if you are looking to get exposed to a different culture, our story times will be the perfect place for you! Stories will be followed by a culturally inspired craft with instructions in English.

Urdu: Tuesday May 19, 10-10:30 a.m.

Gujarati: Wednesday May 20, 10-10:30 a.m.

Arabic: Saturday May 23, 1-1:30 p.m.

Tagalog: Monday May 25, 10-10:30 a.m.

All programs will be held in the Main Floor Program Room of the Northern District Branch. No registration is required. For more information, please call 416-393-7610.

If you cannot make it to any of these story times, remember that Toronto Public Library carries multilingual collections in over fortylanguages! Northern District carries material in French, Serbian, and Chinese. If you are interested in French story times, Northern District has been running “La Demi-Heure du Conte” / French Story time for the past five weeks as part of Ready 4 Reading.

Check out some of these great multilingual storybooks from the TPL collection!