Join us by submitting your original poems for our Annual Poetry Contest! There will be two cash prizes per category and this initiative has expanded to include adults for the first time!! The theme for 2025 is family. We cannot wait to read all your work. For more details, visit the program section of our website.
North Perth Public Library
Youth Programs
North Perth Public Library
Please note: Children under the age of 10 need a caregiver to remain in the library for the duration of the program.
A fun filled program featuring songs, stories, and creative playtime! With North Perth EarlyON and North Perth Public Library.
Listowel Library Branch
Drop by to join in on the fun!
PLEASE NOTE: NO P&R ON APRIL 18
Draw an outline of a colouring page, bookmark and/or a button template for the North Perth Public Library and get volunteer hours!
Receive 8 volunteer hrs for one full outline of a colouring page, 4 hrs for a bookmark outline, 2 hrs for a button outline. Please use libraries, community, and/or exploration/adventure as the theme(s) for your creation.
Must be completed outside of school hours and have already graduated grade 8.
Colouring page must be 8.5x11 inches
Bookmark must be 2x6 inches
Button must be roughly 1.5x1.5 inches
Submissions can be dropped off in person at any North Perth Public Library branch, or digitally using this link.
Please note: NPPL staff may use their discretion if adequate standards are not met in entries submitted.
Join to explore art mediums! This program is for teens and tweens specifically.
Listowel Branch, 6:30-8pm
April 14 < REGISTER
Want to learn how to create your own escape room?! We've got you covered. Join as we solve an escape together, create your own, then solve others! So much fun to be had, all we need is you.
6+
Monkton Branch: Wednesday, March 26, 6pm < REGISTER
Celebrate Earth Day with us!! Sign up your child to receive a FREE tree to plant.
This initiative is to help beautify our surroundings, lessen our carbon footprint, and help spread the magic, wonder, and love for our planet.
Registration closed as of March 15, and pick up for your tree is April 22 at the Listowel Branch.
Enter your original poetry for a chance to win cash!!
Contest is open for submissions now until March 28
2025's theme: FAMILY.
Two winners from each category
Grades K-4
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12
Ages 18+
We are welcoming published poet Roshan James as our celebrity judge and will have community voting to determine the two winners from each category.
Community voting will take place from April 1 - 17 in the Listowel Branch. Please come on in and vote for your favourite poems!
Please note: paper copies will be accepted, however digital submissions are preferred for accessibility purposes!
YOU'RE INVITED!!
Join for a night of mocktails, snacks, poems, and music! Drop by the Listowel Branch on April 30 at 6pm!!
Event is in collaboration with the Exclusive Music Academy and will feature published poet Roshan James.
Open Mic sign up times will be available March 1 for any poet wanting to share their poems to the guests!
Come into Monkton Branch on a Thursday night in March for NHL fun!! We will have the ps5 going and it'll be the perfect activity while at the arena for hockey!!
Monkton Branch: Thursday March 27, 5pm < DROP BY
Get your sleuth on at any NPPL for the month of April!
We've got a big puzzle for you to decode throughout all NPPL branches. Come in during any of our open hours to try your best at our tricky initiatve!!
8-12 year olds... We want you! Join us as we create whimsical wind chimes together!
Listowel Branch: Monday March 31, 6:30pm < PROGRAM FULL
Are you into theatre? Costume making? Mask creation? We've got something awesome lined up for you.
Join as we craft customized masks just for your own face!
Listowel Branch: Saturday, March 29. 11am < REGISTER
This program is for ages 8+ as if requires precise scissor work!
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