Black and white photo of a child wearing a beekeeper's hat. They are looking at a beehive enclosed in a panel.

Beekeeper and beehive

Where do bees live?

A girl looking at the painting The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania. She is holding an index finger to her lips in contemplation.

Girl looking at painting

What makes art good?

Black and white photo of a library worker putting books on the shelf

Library shelves

What is the Dewey Decimal System?

Two stuffed toys, a rhino and a frog, sitting on top of a Xerox printer-copier machine.

Stuffed animals using the printer

How do printers work?

Closeup photo of the head of a sleeping brown bear. 

Sleeping brown bear

Do bears use the bathroom when they hibernate?

Black and white photo of a girl sitting at a desk holding an open dictionary. The cover reads Macmillan Dictionary for Children. A man in a suit, tie and glasses stands next to the girl, pointing at the dictionary.

Dictionary

How are words invented?

A loosely coiled black mamba snake with its tongue out

Snake

Would you want to get bitten by a black mamba?

Five glowing multicoloured lava lamps on a shelf.

Lava lamps

How do lava lamps work?

Black and white photo of two twin girls sitting on their grandpa, who is napping on a blanket on the ground. There is a picnic table and balloons in the background.

Twin girls sitting on their napping grandpa 1988

Why do we get bored?

Have you ever wondered...

Two kids doing a science experiment with food colouring on a paper plate

Science experiment

Mini Makers on YouTube

Illustrations of people reading while sitting on the words TPL Reading Challenge.

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Take the Reading Challenge!

Two pirates fighting with swords on the theatrical set of a ship

Pirates of Penzanc theatre production 1985

Ahoy, Matey!

A masked girl sits at a computer workstation in the library

Girl using computer

How Much Do You Know About Internet Safety?

A boy sits at a table holding a dropper over a container filled with a clear liquid.

Kid doing science experiment

After School Club Online: Forensic Science

A girl and a tutor sit facing each other in the library. The girl is holding an open book and the tutor is holding a notebook.

Child with tutor

Need More Reading Practice?

A boy in a red t-shirt sitting at a desk and writing on a piece of paper

Kid writing

Got Homework? Brainfuse Can Help!

A boy sitting at a table and wearing a mask. There is an open book on the table in front of him and bookshelves in the background.

Social Story

My Visit to Toronto Public Library

Two kids standing at a table covered in craft supplies, cutting pieces of paper with scissors.

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After School Club Online: Pop-Up Books 101

Things to do

Stuff We Recommend

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Meet Erin Silver, author of Plant Attack!

Illustration of a child painting on a canvas while a Canada goose watches.

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Online Workshop: Telling Stories with Pictures

Collage of four book covers: Shang-Chi and the Quest for Immortality, Ms Marvel Stretched Thin, The Totally Awesome Hulk: Cho Time, Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes 

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Online Workshop: How to Create Asian Comic Book Superheroes

A red maple leaf in a circle, placed in the centre of a collage of four Canadian book covers.

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Read Canadian: eBooks on OverDrive

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Brainfuse: Free Online Homework Help

A green cartoon smiley face with stick arms and legs, holding up a prize ribbon and standing on a podium surrounded by falling confetti.

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2025 Design a Bookmark Contest winners

"Multiverse" by kevin dooley is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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Wonder Wall: What is the multiverse?

Killer Underwear Invasion! by Elise Gravel

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Books about misinformation

A child looks at a picture of many stars shining in the darkness of space, projected on a big screen. Text in corner of screen: So many galaxies everywhere.

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A Superhuman View of the Cosmos

A paper collage of a strange green planet next to a pile of art supplies. The planet landscape features an ice cream cone mountain with a rocket ship sticking out of it. A cat sits next to a pool of water where a green creature's eyes peer out.

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Paper Collage Workshop

A painting of a rocket ship soaring among the stars, in a circle on a bright green background. The circle is flanked by illustrated icons of Saturn and the moon.

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Paint Your Own Space Adventure

An illustration of a rabbit's head, being drawn by a right hand holding a black pen.

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Drawing Toronto's City Animals

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Emoji

Guess the Book from Emojis

Paper cutout of a dragon coloured blue, purple and yellow. Created by artist Soyeon Kim.