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Friends of the Library Book Sale | May 3 & 4

Saturday, May 04, 2024
Vernon

Come on out to the biggest book sale of the year and support your local library!

Vernon Curling Club at 3400 39 Avenue


Friday, May 3 | 8 am to 10 am | $5.00 Early Bird Access Fee


Friday, May 3 | 10 am to 9 pm | Free


Saturday, May 4 | 10 am to 4 pm | Free



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eBook Help - Booked

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Vernon
Curious about eBooks, eAudiobooks, or any of the ORL's many electronic resources? Having trouble making Libby work on your device? Book a time with one of our knowledgeable staff. Please bring in your device, library card and PIN number, and any necessary passwords. 

Note: Kindle eReaders (including Paperwhite, Oasis) are not compatible with borrowing public library eBooks.
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Story Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Vernon
Children's Area
Family fun featuring picture books, interactive songs and rhymes. Story Time helps in the development of early literacy skills
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Stay & Play

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Vernon
After Story Time we encourage you to visit our early years play area. Have fun with your little ones and connect with other families.
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Registration is closed

Geek Out : D&D and Warhammer

3:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Elder's Circle

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Vernon
Okanagan Room
Indigenous elders and friends meet to play dice, share food and talk. Attendance is by invitation or by speaking directly to one of the elders. 
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Mah Jongg: American Version

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Vernon
Magazine Area
If you love games, you'll love American Mah-Jongg. Experienced and novice players are all welcome.
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Registration is closed

Virtual Mobile Meetup - Android (Smart Phones and Tablets)

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Android smartphone
All Locations
A set of two sessions designed to help participants learn how to navigate their Tablets and/or Smart Phones. Please register for both sessions as they build upon each other. Register all family members attending under one name.
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Romps & Rhymes & Stories

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Preschool Story Time
Vernon
Children's Area
A fun, movement-focused story time for children ages three to five. Get ready to wiggle, dance, sing and giggle at a busy, movement-focused story time. With exciting stories, puppets, and all kinds of rhymes and songs, it's a story time for getting moving and having FUN! 

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Stay & Play

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Vernon
After Story Time we encourage you to visit our early years play area. Have fun with your little ones and connect with other families.
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Digital Support One to One Tutoring

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Vernon
Okanagan Room
The Digital Support program offers adult patrons one-on-one tutoring by volunteers with The Literacy Society of the North Okanagan. One hour appointments are offered at 10 am and 11 am on Saturdays. 

Appointments can be booked at 250-542-7610 Ext. 6820, in person at the information desk at the library or online at Digital Support Literacy Society.

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Knitting Circle

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Knitting
Vernon
Community Room
The Vernon Knitters invite knitter of all experience levels and anyone interested in knitting to join them! Bring along yarn, needles and a project you are working on. You also welcome to bring your knitting questions and problems for this group of knitting fairies. Drop in.
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Story Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Vernon
Children's Area
Family fun featuring picture books, interactive songs and rhymes. Story Time helps in the development of early literacy skills
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Vernon Reads Book Club: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Book Club
Vernon
Meeting Room
Join us the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10:30 am to 11:30 am for an engaging and thought provoking discussion of the book of the month. Limited copies of the book are available at the 2nd floor Information Desk. 

In April, we read Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton. 

Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. For years, the group has struggled to break even. Then Mira stumbles on an answer, a way to finally set the group up for the long term: a landslide has closed the Korowai Pass, cutting off the town of Thorndike. Natural disaster has created an opportunity, a sizable farm seemingly abandoned. But Mira is not the only one interested in Thorndike.

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Digital Support One to One Tutoring

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Vernon
Study Room
The Digital Support program offers adult patrons one-on-one tutoring by volunteers with The Literacy Society of the North Okanagan. One hour appointments are offered at 10 am and 11 am on Saturdays. 

Appointments can be booked at 250-542-7610 Ext. 6820, in person at the information desk at the library or online at Digital Support Literacy Society.

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Get Maker Certified

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Vernon
Makerspace
This 90 minute one-on-one appointment with our technical staff will help get you started using the equipment in our Makerspace.

Materials for training will be supplied where relevant (subject to availability,) although some equipment requires removable storage devices like a USB stick, portable hard drive, etc, to save your work.

Note that in Vernon, currently only two pieces of equipment require certification before use:
  • 3D Printer
  • Cricut Maker
The rest of the makerspace equipment (including the soundbooth,) can be used without certification, after a brief orientation the first time you use them, although you *can* book this time to get extra help using any of our equipment.

Please note that if you're looking for help with the soundbooth, you need to make an additional reservation alongside this one- please see https://orl.evanced.info/spaces/Patron/Results to reserve the soundbooth for the same time.

Please review our Makerspace guidelines at the following link for more details about our policies:
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Stay & Play

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Vernon
After Story Time we encourage you to visit our early years play area. Have fun with your little ones and connect with other families.
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Dungeons & Dragons

12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Vernon
Community Room

 Join us to play Dungeons and Dragons, the greatest fantasy role-playing game in the world. Create characters, battle foes and co-operate with other players as you explore a fantasy world. Adventurers League is a drop-in, drop-out DnD format that allows players of all levels to come and play. 
 Materials are not required. All you need is an active imagination and the desire to work with others.
 This is a free, drop-in program open to all players, from highly experienced to novice.
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Story Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Preschool Story Time
Vernon
Children's Area
Family fun featuring picture books, interactive songs and rhymes. Story Time helps in the development of early literacy skills
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Stay & Play

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Vernon
After Story Time we encourage you to visit our early years play area. Have fun with your little ones and connect with other families.
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Baby Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Four polar bears cuddle together.
Vernon
Meeting Room
Baby Time is a group experience for parents or caregivers and their babies, up to approximately 18 months old. The program focuses on learning rhymes, songs, and finger plays to share together.
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Stay & Play

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Vernon
After Story Time we encourage you to visit our early years play area. Have fun with your little ones and connect with other families.
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Minecraft & Roblox

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Vernon
Community Room
An opportunity to play Minecraft (Education Edition) or Roblox with other kids. Drop-in, first come first serve for computers. This is self-lead, the library is only providing the space and technology. 
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Online Pyjama Story Time with Judy

6:30 PM - 7:15 PM
A bear in an astronaut suit reads a book in space
All Locations

Snuggle up for Pyjama Story Time.  Featuring longer books, puppets, songs  and rhymes for fun pre-bedtime singing, dancing, learning and silliness.  

Don’t forget your Stuffie!

Brought to you by Judy from Kelowna through Microsoft Teams

Registration required with Email address to receive Teams Link

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eBook Help

7:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Vernon
Curious about eBooks, eAudiobooks, or any of the ORL's many electronic resources? Having trouble making Libby work on your device? Book a time with one of our knowledgeable staff. Please bring in your device, library card and PIN number, and any necessary passwords. 

Note: Kindle eReaders (including Paperwhite, Oasis) are not compatible with borrowing public library eBooks.
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