Join us for a program of short animated films by women of Asian descent!

In Flowing Home, two sisters separated by the war between North and South Vietnam are only able to connect through the letters they exchange to relieve their loneliness.

Winds of Spring tells the tender story of a young girl who, driven by the irrepressible need for self-fulfillment, decides to leave the family nest.

In Old Dog, an elderly pug named Henry must depend on his owner for help and companionship.

In A Prairie Story, a prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis from rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia.

Showa Shinzan tells the story of a young Japanese girl's relationship with her grandfather, a postmaster and amateur geologist.

The Zoo follows the parallel lives of a polar bear cub in a popular city zoo and a Chinese boy who visits him until they’re both in their twilight years.

Surfacing explores the passions of acclaimed musician and songwriter Sarah McLachlan, using her own words and drawings to guide us through her rich creative world, the founding of the groundbreaking Lilith Fair, and her philanthropic work at the Sarah McLachlan School of Music.

55 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.

Join us for a program of short documentary films by Canadian directors of Asian descent.

Through an intimate archive of the Chow’s family lineage, A Passage Beyond Fortune offers an homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw.

Highway to Heaven takes audiences into many of the temples, mosques, and churches that call No. 5 Road in Richmond, British Columbia, home, revealing unity despite difference across these diverse cultural spaces.

In love, amma, after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a young mother writes a letter to her daughter about their family’s collective journey to acceptance

4 North A is a celebration of the fleeting joys of life and a bittersweet reminder that we don’t always get the closure we seek.

56 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.

Drop in during opening hours from  May 1 to May 12 to complete a self-directed scavenger hunt. Ages 3-8.

Passez nous voir entre le1 mai et le 12 mai  pendant les heures d’ouverture pour participer à une chasse au trésor. Pour les enfants de 3 à 8 ans.

Staff from the Greenboro Branch will come to the Ledbury Pavilion, 1250 Ledbury Avenue, the first Friday of every month from October until May, between 10:30 and 11:30. 

Each visit will include a 30-minute Family Storytime with stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver. 

Register for a library card for you and your children.  Ask for reading recommendations or tell us about YOUR favourite book from when you were a child. 

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Joignez-vous à nous le premier vendredi de chaque mois pour un programme de contes en famille au Pavillon Ledbury, 1250 avenue Ledbury.

Chaque visite comprendra un programme de contes en famille de 30 minutes avec des histoires, comptines et chansons et s’adressera aux enfants de tous âges accompagnés d’un parent ou gardien(ne).

Demandez une carte de bibliothèque pour vous et vos enfants.

Aucune inscription requise / PROGRAMME GRATUIT