The Moose Jaw Public Library (MJPL) Summer Reading Club begins June 15 and runs until August 31 and includes reading challenges for every age group.
The Adult Summer Reading Club encourages participants to explore the library, the city, and Saskatchewan. A challenge pamphlet is available from the information desk.
The Youth Summer Reading Club includes a challenge booklet, reading logs, and scratch-to-win tickets. Summer reading will be linked with the MJPL’s regular youth Dungeons & Dragons game on the library Discord channel. Scratch-to-win tickets can be earned by defeating D&D monsters and logging reading hours.
The Children’s Summer Reading Club uses the Reader Zone app to track time spent reading or listening to books. The club package is available from the MJPL children’s desk and includes activities and clock bookmarks. Prizes will drawn at the end of the summer.
National Indigenous History Month
June is National Indigenous History Month, with National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. The library is highlighting online resources with information about Indigenous history, Treaty 4, and Truth and Reconciliation:
- Residential Schools Land Memory Atlas — https://residentialschoolsatlas.org/
- National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation — https://nctr.ca/
- The Canadian Encyclopedia Indigenous Peoples Collection — https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/collection/aboriginal-peoples
- About Treaty 4 — https://treaty4gathering.ca/about/
- Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada — https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/
MJPL Adult Programming
June’s Book Club selection is American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. The club will meet Wednesday, June 1 at 2:30 p.m. to discuss the novel, which is about a mother and son forced to flee Mexico and reach the United States as undocumented immigrants.
Magic the Gathering continues its twice-monthly Saturday battle gatherings — June 4 and June 18 at 2:00 p.m. Decks are available for those wishing to learn the game.
The Avid Knitters club is meeting on Tuesday, June 7 and Tuesday, June 21 at 2:30 p.m.
Still to be announced is a date and time to come for a poetry reading with Saskatchewan author Katherine Lawrence. Beloved Moose Jaw poet Robert Currie will be introducing Lawrence and hosting a Q&A.
June’s MJPL Movie Club selection is Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) — a French film by Céline Sciamma about the relationship between an aristocratic woman with little control over her life, and the artist commissioned to portray her. The film will be shown on Monday, June 13 at 6 p.m.
Lastly, the Purely Canadian Book Club will discuss Rez Rules by Clarence Louie on Thursday, June 23 at 2:30 p.m. The book is a memoir by Chief Clarence Louise of the Osoyoos Indian Band, detailing his nearly 40 years as the band’s leader and their journey from poverty to financial independence.
Youth Programming
The teen digital D&D club (ages 13 to 19) meets every Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. on the library Discord channel: https://discord.gg/HAs8rff.
The teen digital anime club meets on the same server, Saturday, June 18 at 7 p.m. This month, teens will be watching Penguin Highway (2018). A free Japanese Tokyo Treat Box will be provided for early registrants. Registration closes June 11.
The teen eBook club meets on the Discord on Tuesday, June 28 at 4 p.m. This month’s selection is The Book of Secrets by Melissa McShane.
Children’s Programming
Children can drop by the children’s department on June 4 and 5 to build a Lego Mania creation that will be displayed in the library window.
On Saturday, June 18 at 2:30 p.m., a Summer Reading Club launch party featuring Moose Jaw’s own Magic with Chris will take place on the lawn in front of the library in Crescent Park.
Storytime in the Park! will run every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. for children two and up, beginning June 29 and ending August 31.
Lastly, there are Take ‘N Make kits available from the library circulation desk while supplies last. Designed for ages three and up, this month’s Take ‘N Makes are an ice cream cone from June 8 to 21, and a cute bumble bee from June 22 to July 5.
