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Do the March Break Mash! That's a unique dance to express how excited you are about March Break. We can't teach you the steps, because you have to come up with your own moves.

Dance all the way to the library (hmm, what would the Library Mash look like?) to borrow books and movies, or find fun activities and events. Come make moon dough or keychains, explore fossils or robot petting zoos, decorate cupcakes or play ping pong. You never know what unexpected and wonderful things you'll find at the library!

Looking for more March Break ideas?

 Tune in online

Mr. Eric's Musical Adventures. Start the week with catchy songs and silly fun! Available for replay until Friday, March 20.

Atelier Explorum virtuel: Physiques en fleur. Explore the art and science of physics in bloom with hands-on experiments. Wednesday, March 18 at 11 am.

You can also watch past online programs whenever you want! Learn how to transform your drawings into 3D shapes or create your own flipbook.

 Solve bookmark puzzles

And check out the 16 winning designs of the 2026 Design a Bookmark Contest. Collect them all at a branch near you!

 Play book connections

Create four groups of four while testing your book and library knowledge. You can also try previous March Break games such as book scrambles and book emojis.

 Dial-a-Story

Call our storytime hotline at 416-395-5400! Listen anytime to recorded stories in lots of different languages.

 Hang out with your favourite characters on Hoopla and Kanopy Kids

Pokémon. Big Nate. Pigeon and Knuffle Bunny. Cartoons, comics, music, movies and TV shows, all free with your library card!

 Take the 2026 Reading Challenge

Play book bingo and see how many squares you can fill! Can you read 24 books in 24 different categories before the end of the year?

 Write to us

We love hearing from you! Visit Fun Stuff to share your best jokes and riddles, come up with silly captions or stories, and ask questions on the Wonder Wall.

Test your book and library knowledge by creating four groups of four!

Game 1: At the library

Game 2: Test your book smarts

How to play:

 There are 16 words or phrases on the screen. Which ones fit in the same category? Choose four that you think form a group and click Submit.

 If you get three of them right, a message will pop up to let you know you're only one away! So close. Try again!

 You only need to solve three groups. With the process of elimination, there will be four words or phrases left at the end. Try to figure out the theme of the last group before you finish the game. Nice job!





👉 More March Break activities

Can you solve these digital jigsaw puzzles featuring some of this year's Design a Bookmark Contest winners?
 

Puzzle #1 (🧩 easy)
 

Puzzle #2 (🧩 easy)
 

Puzzle #3 (🧩🧩 medium)
 

Puzzle #4 (🧩🧩 medium)
 

Puzzle #5 (🧩🧩🧩 hard)
 

Puzzle #6 (🧩🧩🧩 hard)




👉 More March Break activities

Take the 2026 TPL Reading Challenge! You can start anytime this year. In fact, this is your sign to start today. (Unless you're reading this on December 31. You might not be able to get a lot of reading done, so better hop in your time machine and start earlier!)

How to play:

 Pick up a Reading Challenge bingo card at your local branch or download the PDF.

 Choose a square and read a book that fits the category. Try books you don't usually read and discover new authors and genres!

 Mark the square with an X or a sticker once you've read the book.

 Complete one line, three lines or the full card. It's up to you!

 Fill out an online survey by December 31, 2026 for a chance to win an awesome prize pack.  

Which category are you excited about this year? "First in a series" could be your excuse to find a new book obsession. "Character in disguise" sounds cool and mysterious, or potentially very funny. "Mythical creature"... will you pick your favourite, or discover one you've never heard of?

Not sure what to read for some of the categories? We're here to help! We'll give recommendations throughout the year, so keep checking back. You can also ask your friendly neighbourhood librarian, or use NoveList, an online database of reading suggestions. Happy reading and good luck!

Word of the day: prolific! Prolific can be used to describe a person who produces a great number or amount of something, usually works of art. So when we say an author is prolific, we mean they wrote a lot of books.

Can you think of some prolific writers? You've probably read stories by Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Robert Munsch and Mo Willems. Or you might be a fan of Dav Pilkey, Katherine Applegate, Rick Riordan or Tui T. Sutherland. It should be easy to find a writer who's written 25 or more books for this Reading Challenge category. Here are seven Canadian authors to get you started!

 Elise Gravel

 Helaine Becker

 Kevin Sylvester

 Kyo Maclear

 Paulette Bourgeois

 Robin Stevenson

 Sarah Mlynowski

Have you completed the challenge? You rock! Let a grown-up know if you want to receive a certificate, enter the prize draw, or both. You need to have a library card and to fill out this survey by December 31, 2025. Congratulations on an amazing year of reading!

Poetry isn't simply words that rhyme. There are many forms and styles, using different patterns, sounds and lengths. Read something new for this Reading Challenge category! And who knows, maybe you'll discover you've got poems inside you. (Not to worry, this is a good thing.)

Have you completed the challenge? You rock! Let a grown-up know if you want to receive a certificate, enter the prize draw, or both. You need to have a library card and to fill out this survey by December 31, 2025. Congratulations on an amazing year of reading!

Fitch & Smith Treasury by Sheree Fitch and Sydney Smith

Wacky silly poems perfect for reading out loud and twisting your tongue!

Hungry for Engineering by Kari Lynn Winters and Lori Sherritt-Fleming

Poems about pulleys? Yes! Get inspired to design and innovate with these poems about building and problem-solving.

Nightmare Jones by Shannon Bramer and Cindy Derby

'Tis always the season for scary stories. Have you ever read scary poetry, though? Each of these creepy poems is a delightful, shivery snack.

Reasons to Look at the Night Sky by Danielle Daniel

Luna dreams of becoming an astronaut. But will big changes such as her mom's new job and a substitute science teacher affect her plans to go to space camp?

Swan by Sidura Ludwig

Before she became known as the Giantess of Nova Scotia, Anna was a kid just trying to fit in at school. This novel in verse imagines her childhood struggles to find acceptance.

Did you get a Welcome Package when you signed up for a library card? We want to know what you and your family think! 

What part did you like the most? How excited were you to receive the package? Was the info for grown-ups helpful? Let us know by sharing your feedback!

Tell a parent or caregiver to fill out this survey by Tuesday, December 9, 2025. It only takes a few minutes, plus you could enter a prize draw to win a book bag packed with library goodies!

Just like exercise is good for your body, books do wonders for your mind! On the surface, this Reading Challenge category seems pretty easy, but wellness could mean different things to readers. You could read a book that makes you laugh. A feeling of wellness could also mean comfort and hope, or maybe a sense of meaning and purpose. Pick a book that gives you the warm fuzzies, or a book that makes you think about your place in the world. What does wellness mean to you? 

Have you completed the challenge? You rock! Let a grown-up know if you want to receive a certificate, enter the prize draw, or both. You need to have a library card and to fill out this survey by December 31, 2025. Congratulations on an amazing year of reading!

Gabby Gets It Together by Nathan Fairbairn and Michele Assarasakorn

In the first book of the PAWS graphic novel series, a group of fifth graders starts a dog-walking business. Humour, friendship, puppies: what else do you need for a feel-good story? 

It's Time to Lend a Hand by Ceporah Mearns, Jeremy Debicki and Nuria Muro Gio

Whether it's helping her father with the fishing nets or making sure her little sister stays safe on her bike, Siasi learns that helping others can be fun.

Together, A Forest by Roz MacLean

Take a field trip with Joy and her friends! Learn about flowers and fungi as the class explores their unique connections with nature.

Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce 

Tom is spending the summer with his aunt and uncle and feeling bored and lonely. But one night, he hears the old grandfather clock downstairs strike thirteen. He goes to investigate... and discovers the adventure of a lifetime. 

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

In this charming classic, a mole comes out of his underground home to explore the river and woods. He gets into various spots of trouble with Badger, Rat and Toad, but the four animal friends always find a way out. 

You Can Be An Activist by Charlene Rocha, Mary Beth Leatherdale and Drew Shannon

Get empowered to make a difference. Your actions and ideas matter, and you can help build a better world. Find out how in this handbook!

Canada's biggest bilingual summer reading program is back! What are you going to read this summer? Whether you like comics or cricket, space or scary stories, giraffes or Greek myths, we've got a book for you. So start that long fantasy series. Learn about seashells and call yourself a conchologist. Match wits with fictional detectives. You can read whatever you want for the TD Summer Reading Club!

Get a free notebook when you sign up at your local library starting June 21. Collect stickers for your notebook when you tell us about all the books you read. (The notebooks are also available in accessible formats! Find them in audio, braille and OpenDyslexic font.)

More things to do for your summer adventure list:  

📚 Register online on the TDSRC website. Design your own avatar, get badges, write reviews and stories, read web comics and so much more! And if you love the jokes and trivia here on TPL Kids, you can look for more on the Club site.

📚 Take the French Reading Challenge. For each book you read, fill out a ballot at your library. Each ballot is entered into our end-of-summer draw for a prize pack. The more you read, the more chances you have to win, so lisez en français cet été!

📚 Go on a StoryWalk®. Stroll around outside of a library (one of the 19 branches listed here) while reading a book on poster-sized pages. This year's book is Let's Go! / haw êkwa! by Julie Flett.



📚 Vote in the Battle of the Books every week! At the end of the summer, kids across Canada will crown one book as the champion. Last year, readers picked Amazing Night Sky Atlas by Nancy Dickmann as the winner. Which book will emerge as the victor this year? You decide!

📚 Got a little sibling? They can join the Club, too! Younger kids will also love Ready for Reading storytimes and the 1000 Reads Before Kindergarten challenge.

Speaking of challenges, if you're taking the TPL Reading Challenge, you can count books you read for the Club as well. And while you're at the library, check out free Summer Wonder events like art workshops, Lego camp and science shows. There's something different happening at each library, so ask staff at your local branch for the latest info!

Here, take this: 🎟️

It's your ticket to adventure this summer! Wait, what's that? Oh, you've got a library card? That also works. In fact, that's way better than this emoji. After all, a library card is a powerful magic key that unlocks doors to different worlds.

Visit your library to discover new books and stories, hobbies and interests, side quests and surprises. Here are nine ways to join the Summer Wonder-ful fun:  

 Sign up for the TD Summer Reading Club. Pick up a free notebook at your local branch, starting June 21!

 Meet Canadian authors and illustrators and get tips on how to tell your own stories. 

 Discover our arts programs, from improv and painting workshops to magic and puppet shows.

 Want to create comics, tinker with robots or perform in a musical? Sign up for a day camp!

 Check out programs in French where you can build a model of the solar system and make your own bath bomb or kaleidoscope.

 Explore STEM through hands-on experiments and learning about animals.

 You have what it takes to harness the power of the wind, clean the oceans and blast off to Mars! Invent and design something awesome in a Wonder Workshop.

 Spark creativity by watching our online programs and learning to draw, code or make a fun craft at your own pace.

 Learn a weird fact on the TPL Kids Wonder Wall. Look for a Wonder Wall in your library where you can post questions, too!



Keep visiting TPL Kids to share jokes and riddles, vote in polls, browse books and more! Summer Wonder runs until August 30. Adventure awaits, so we'll see you at the library!