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.
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
Think you can ace categories like books, sports, movies, TV< music?! Let's see what you've got! Join us for a family friendly evening of trivia wherever you can get internet!!
Virtual: Tuesday, February 25, 6:30-7:30pm < REGISTER
Drop by the library to create some ooey, gooey slime to take home!!
Monkton Branch: Thursday March 13, 3pm-5pm
A drop in "Choose Your Own Adventure" with Case Closed and the NPPL! This is an interactive, yell-out-loud reading adventure that is bound to be anything but boring!!
Monkton Branch: February 20 and/or 27, 6pm
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 is available now and will run until 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 from March 1 - 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!
Submission portal opening on March 1.
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!
St. Patrick's Day Take & Makes
Grab a kit to craft at home! Available at all three branches beginning March 1 and until quantities last. No holds, first come, first serve.
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 6, 13, 20, 27, 5pm < DROP BY
Come into any NPPL branch to find a lucky leprechaun hidden and claim your treasure!
Initiative runs from Saturday March 8-15 during each branch's open hours!
DIY Sprayed Book Edges: Kids Edition
Turn a book into art! Bring your own or use some of ours to get crafty and creative with books.
Please note: these books will not be readable after you're finished! They will be decorative and not functional, so if you are bringing books, please keep this in mind.
Listowel Branch: Monday March 10, 12:30pm < REGISTER
Who has dreamt of building a massive fort out of huge cardboard boxes?! We have!!! Which is why this is coming to the Listowel Branch on March Break!
Join us!!!
Listowel Branch: Wednesday March 12, 10:30am < REGISTER
This program is for youth 7-12 years old!
A crowd favourite for good reason!
Join us for a story and craft, then leave your stuffy behind for a sleepover in the library. See what they get up to without adults around!!!
Pick up is all day Friday
Listowel Branch: Thursday March 13, 11am < REGISTER
Calling all 8+ year olds! We have the AWESOME author Sylvia McNicoll joining us to bring an interactive, fun session about her books!
The Great Mistake Caper
Story adventuring with Sylvia McNicoll
Draw from the X box of error and find out what famous inventions began as mistakes. Spin the wheel of mistakes and learn how to turn misfortune into hysterical memories. Bring your inner actor and prepare to have fun.
Join us on your March break!
Listowel Branch: Friday March 14, 1pm < REGISTER
All ages are welcomed, however please note that 8+ is the target audience.
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 < REGISTER
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!
Join us on your March Break for an interactive and engaging session with Pawley's Reptiles!
Most of these animals can be touched or held, while others that are more fragile will be displayed in clear plastic containers. A wide variety of animals come for the show including bearded dragons, spiny tailed lizards, geckos, chameleons, skinks, monitor lizards, boas, pythons, colubrid snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, turtles, tortoises, and many more!
Kin Station: Tuesday, March 11, 11am < FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON! (Stay tuned)
Please note:
This is a family friendly event, all ages are welcome.
No food is permitted in this event to protect the animals. Thanks for your understanding.
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