Palliser Regional Library - Willow Bunch Branch

The Willow Bunch Branch of the Palliser Regional Library was established in 1973. The library was located in the Hills of Home Club, Senior Centre for many years. On April 20, 2009 the library moved to the former RM 42 office and shortly after that the library returned to its regular business hours at the new location. The Official Grand Opening for the new facility took place on June 12, 2009.

 Coming Events: 

• Drop in Programs - Early Literacy Toddler & Preschool Story Time - THURSDAYS @ 10:30AM - Early Literacy refers to the pre-reading and pre-writing skills that pave the way for actual reading and writing. Rhymes, songs, puppets, musical instruments and more for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and their parents or caregivers.
• Drop in Programs - Color Me Calm Adult Coloring - WEDNESDAYS @ 3:00PM - What do you do when life has you stressed? Pick up your crayons and color, of course! Join us for some Coloring Therapy. Coloring generates wellness, quietness and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses and creativity. Coloring pages and pencil crayons supplied please feel free to bring your own favorite coloring supplies.
• Drop in Programs - Book Club Selection -ALONE IN THE CLASSROOM by Elizabeth Hay - In a small prairie school in 1929, Connie Flood helps a backwardstudent, Michael Graves, learn how to read.  Observing them and darkening their lives is the principal, Parley Burns, whose strange behavior culminates in an attack so disturbing its repercussions continue to the present day.  Connie's niece, Anne tells the story.  Impelled by curiosity about her dynamic, adventurous aunt and her more conventional mother, she visits Connie's past and her mother's broken childhood.  In the process, she unravels the enigma of Parley Burns and the mysterious (and unrelated) deaths of two young girls. AS the novel moves deeper inthe the lives, the triangle of principal, teacher, student opens out into other emotional triangles - aunt, niece, lover; mother, duaghter, granddaughter 0 until a sudden, capsizing love thrusts Anne herself into a newly independent life.  This spellbinding tale - set in Saskatchewan and the Ottawa Valley - crosses generations and cuts to the bone. It probes the roots of obsessive love and hate, how the hurts and desires of childhood persist and are passed on as if in the blood.
• Drop in Programs - Lego @ the Library - Join the library for Lego Night to build your own lego creations with your friends!  Your creations will be displayed at the library afterwards.  Bring you creativity, and the library will supply the Legos.  Tuesdays after school until 5:30pm and the first Wednesday after school until 6:00pm.
• MONTHLY READING CHALLENGE:  MAY theme is "BOOK TO SCREEN"  - Read a book that's been made into a movie or a TV show.  Welcome to the 2018 Monthly Reading Challenge!  For this challenge, each month is assigned a theme.  Your task is to read one book per month from the library that fits in with the assigned themes.  For every book you read you will be entered to win a monthly prize that fits the theme.  All names will be kept in the draw and at the end we will draw for a leather book bag.  Contest ends December 31st.  come on it and check out your book.
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED - Why do we pre-register?  We do pre-registration to be sure that we have enough supplies for that program and to know when a program is full.   It also helps us to decide what programs we are going to keep and the ones we will change.
• FAMILY ART NIGHT - there is NO Family Art Night this month as I will be away
• FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT -  Sunday, May 20th @ 2pm - FERDINAND -  Ferdinand is a young bull who escapes from a training camp in rural Spain after his father never returns from a showdown with a matador. Adopted by a girl who lives  on a farm, Ferdinand's peaceful exisitence comes crashing down when the authorities return him to his former captors. With help from a wisecracking goat and three hedgehogs, the giant but gentle bovine must find a way to break free before he squares off against El Primero, the famous bullfighter who never loses. 
• Mother's Day - Kids do you have something to give to MOM for Mother's Day?  If not, it's okay,  Come join us Tuesday, May 8 @ 6pm - 7:30pm in the meeting room.  We will be making special Mother's Day cards.  Hope to see you there!  Register by May 1st.
• TRY IT!  - Wednesday, May 16th @ 2:30pm - we will be painting "Stepping Stones: - There will be a cost for the stepping stones as soon as I have the price I will post it.  I wil lneed to know how many are attending so we have enough stones.  
• MOTHER"S Day Tea - Wednesday, May 9 - 2pm - pm  - Celebrating Moms, Grandmothers & all the other Special Women in our lives.
• Let's Paint Night 0 May 30th -  we will be painting Stepping Stones
•  We are on FACEBOOK  - please check out our page for all things the library has going on.
• We are on PINTEREST - please check us out...

• THANK YOU to everyone who has supported all of our programs, by coming out, being a presenter or supplying your time to help out or by bringing cookies and other items.  We greatly appreciate all of you. 

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