Read every day and you’ll be entered to win awesome prizes.
Tai Chi for Beginners
Experience the relaxing and restoring art of tai chi, led by professional instructors. Bring your own yoga mat if desired. All experience levels are welcome.
Celebrate the unique cultures, traditions, and experiences of Indigenous peoples in Calgary with the Library.
Events and programsCelebrate the unique cultures, traditions, and experiences of Indigenous peoples in Calgary with the Library.
Events and programsRead every day and you’ll be entered to win awesome prizes.
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Crowfoot Library | June 6 | 10:00 am
Experience the relaxing and restoring art of tai chi, led by professional instructors. Bring your own yoga mat if desired. All experience levels are welcome.
Central Library | June 7 | 6:00 pm
Join us for an exciting event filled with inspiring seminars, thrilling stories, and hands-on insights from some of the most talented creators in the world of outdoor, wildlife, adventure, and travel photography.
Central Library | June 8 | 1:00 pm
Join us for a special storytime featuring players from Calgary’s newest sports team, the Calgary Wild FC. Enjoy stories, rhymes, finger plays, face painting, a player and mascot meet and greet, and more.
Central Library and Online | June 12 | 11:00 am
Join Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame for an inspiring livestream in honour of National Indigenous History Month.
Judith Umbach Library | June 12 | 6:30 pm
Inspired by the work of illustrator Elo in the book “Birds of a Color,” we will create an illustration of a beautiful bird using paper collage techniques and pattern-making.
Judith Umbach Library | June 19 | 6:15 pm
Join us to learn more about Advance Care planning and the importance & role of Personal Directives.
Nose Hill Library | June 28 | 10:00 am
Do you have a child starting Kindergarten this fall? Join Calgary Public Library in celebrating the exciting journey of starting school. Games, art and stories await as we embark on a fun-filled adventure together!
Adults
Whether you are looking for tools to actively identify and oppose racism or want to read the lived experiences of others, the list below will provide a widespread look at the effects of systemic racism and oppression.
Kids grades K-3
It's a bird, it's a plane! No, it's a list of picture books for kids in kindergarten to grade three all about things that fly.
Young Adults
Here are the fairytales from your childhood...but reimagined.
Kids Grades K-6
This list of books will help you learn about anti-racism. The titles on this list are both fiction and non-fiction, and appropriate for ages 5-12.
Babies and Toddlers
Spring is just around the corner! What better way to celebrate this change in season by sharing books about spring babies with your little ones?
Kids Grades 4-6
Celebrate Earth Day with titles that will inspire kids in grades 4 – 6 to help care for the Earth.
Indigenous
Celebrate the diversity of Indigenous cultures with books by First Nations, Métis and Inuit authors.
Teens
Enjoy the books with daggers on the cover and love or kill in the story.
Indigenous
These Indigenous writers envision a future beyond the apocalypse, whether it is an imagined, historical, or real world.