TD Summer Reading Club

Celebrate the start of the TD Summer Reading Club! Register for SRC, marvel at a magical performance by acclaimed Magician Scott Dietrich, and enjoy fun activities!

Weather permitting, this event will be held outdoors.

Say goodbye to the summer with fun games and activities! Join one of the most popular live children’s shows in Canada, musical performers Terri & Rick, for a lively music show that's fun for all ages!

Weather permitting, this event will be held outdoors.

Come dressed as your favourite superhero to meet your favourite web-slinger, Spiderman!  Enjoy some super stories and songs together.

Enjoy a very special storytime with firefighters from the Municipality of Clarington Fire & Emergency Services!

Have a camping adventure, but without the mosquitoes! Sing camps songs and enjoy stories  around the “campfire”.

Go under the sea with a mermaid! Costumes welcome!

It's fun to celebrate birthdays! Let's celebrate everyone's birthdays with stories, songs, rhymes, and activities!

Ahoy Mateys! Join Captain Mackenzie and Peg Leg Robyn at our pirate ship SS Literacy for a storytime adventure like no other with  stories, crafts, a scavenger hunt and a photo booth.  Costumes welcome!

Bring the family to laugh, listen and enjoy a fun, lively puppet show!

Enjoy an interactive juggling show with puppets, music, and food! Be astounded by awesome tricks and fun for the whole family. Created and performed by local, multi-disciplinary artist, Marla Brennan.

Bring the family to laugh, listen and enjoy a fun, lively puppet show!

Make your own pinball machine, using a (clean!) pizza box and everyday materials!

Water is fun, but super interesting, too!  Have fun conducting a series of water experiments, exploring salt water density, water buoyancy, and make “magic” ice cubes!

What floats your boat? Join us on the Waverley Place grounds to learn about the historical importance of marine travel, and build your own boat to see how well you could have fared on the Great Lakes.

Water is fun, but super interesting, too!  Have fun conducting a series of water experiments, exploring salt water density, water buoyancy, and make “magic” ice cubes!

What floats your boat? Join us on the Waverley Place grounds to learn about the historical importance of marine travel, and build your own boat to see how well you could have fared on the Great Lakes.

Children can learn about cardinal directions, using a compass, reading park maps, and safety tips. Presented by Ontario Parks.

Join us for Tuesdays on the Trail to unleash your creativity with art, learn about biodiversity, and explore science! Presented with Ontario Power Generation.

Hear tall tales about the Great Lakes, learn about local waterways, and create a fish craft. The program will be held outside, weather depending.

Explore the Courtice Millennium Trail with your family, then return to the library for a nature craft!

Hear tall tales about the Great Lakes, learn about local waterways, and create a fish craft. The program will be held outside, weather depending.

Explore how activities on land can affect our watershed through use of a 3D, interactive Enviroscape model. Learn how important it is to keep our water sources clean and meet live education animals! Presented with Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA).

Come spend Saturday afternoon exploring the museum grounds! Learn about the historic and natural features of the Waverley Place Museum property while completing a nature-themed scavenger hunt together. Pack a picnic and spend extra time on the grounds after the program is finished!

Young artists can enjoy a special pottery painting experience! Choose a decorative heart, star or circle ornament and make it unique!

Presented with Crock A Doodle Bowmanville.

You don’t need to draw or paint to be an artist! Find find new ways to use paper and recycled items to create unique layered collage art.

Get creative and decorate a rubber duck! Ducks will be judged in different categories, such as best dressed, most creative, and fan favourite. All materials are provided. 

Discover the art of origami through simple, engaging folds that build creativity, focus, and confidence. The workshop will also highlight origami’s cultural roots and its role in sharing joy and connection through paper art. No prior experience is needed, and all materials are provided.

Presented with Origami Canada.

Discover: Take a trip under the sea where schools of fish, octopuses and anemones  thrive! Enjoy activties and help create a coral reef library display!

Investigate: Enjoy activities that explore the science and wonders of ocean life, and  learn how coral reef ecosystems really work.

Discover: Ahoy swashbucklers! Ye be in for a treat! Time to discover your inner pirate through stories, games and activities.

Investigate: Step into the adventurous world of real and imagined pirates as you explore tales of treasure, daring raids and life at sea.

Discover: Dive into the world of the biggest creatures in the oceans. Learn about what lurks below and make your own giant jellyfish!

Investigate: The ocean hides all sorts of giant creatures. How do you measure up against a blue whale? How big are the eyes of a Giant Squid? Just be careful one doesn’t follow you home...

Discover: Splash into a lively wetland world where frogs leap, turtles roam, and swamp creatures hide among the reeds! Create your own paper plate turtle, enjoy colouring sheets, and go on a seek-and-find hunt for hidden swamp animals.

Investigate: Explore how wetlands support a wide variety of animals and why these places are so important. Take part in a hands-on dam-building challenge, test your skills with crosswords and word searches, and complete a jumping frog craft inspired by wetland wildlife.

Discover: Are they real? Get ready to explore fascinating myths and legends from Atlantis to Bigfoot and everything in between.

Investigate: Are they real? Learn the stories behind famous mysteries, from ancient cities to modern cryptid sightings.

Discover: Bundle up for a frosty adventure in the Arctic, where polar animals and snowy surprises await! Create your own paper plate walrus, try a cool blubber STEM experiment, and set off on an exciting Arctic scavenger hunt.

Investigate: Discover how animals survive in one of the coldest places on Earth—the Arctic. Build your own shelter in a den-building challenge, express your creativity through an Arctic-themed writing activity, and design a habitat craft inspired by life in the North.

Discover: Explore the deep dark secrets of the ocean!  How does marine life thrive in this vast dark place?  Make glow in the dark crafts and learn how to keep these ocean creatures safe 

Investigate: Dive deep into the ocean to find remarkable creatures and discover how they live without light and minimal food. Create undersea crafts and learn how to keep these creatures safe.