Winter's Eve: Love & Lights at the Didsbury Library

Mountain View Community Literacy in cooperation with the Didsbury Library ran two sessions of the Winter's Eve program on December 9th. The goal was to get moms and their preschools out of the house for a few hours of fun and education. The kids were treated to the story Winter's Eve: Love & Lights by Lisa Sferlazza Johnson. This story examines some of the various winter holidays celebrated throughout the world, including Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the Chinese New Year-Eve.
   
We sang songs, created beautiful snowflake artwork and enjoyed a sing-a-long featuring everyone's favourite, Frosty the Snowman. Each family took home a beautiful copy of one of the featured books along with their snowflake decorations. If you would like to borrow a copy of either Winter's Eve: Love & Lights or Frosty the Snowman, please contact the Didsbury Public Library.

Family Literacy Day

January 27th, 2010 is Family Literacy Day in Canada. You can win a basket of books for you and your family by stopping by your local library and checking out a book. Every time you visit, you can enter your name in the draw for one of our five Baskets of Books!

To learn more about Family Literacy Day, check out the ABC Canada website.

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"