Camrose Public Library

Welcome to the fifth episode of our Read Aloud of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie. Knowing now that Albert Inglethorp has an alibi and could not have bought the poison, where can the investigation go next?

If you would like to read The Mysterious Affair at Styles yourself, it is available here: The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie

Email us your thoughts, theories and predictions, we'd love to hear them! You can contact us at [email protected].

Books can do more than take you to new places, in historical fiction they can transport you across space and time. . All of the books can be found within our collection, so come by and check them out. 

• The Icecutter’s Daughter by Tracie Peterson (Book 1 of Shining Water Series) Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca)
• With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca)
• Hope’s Highest Mountain by Misty M. Beller (Book 1 of Hearts of Montana Series) Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca)
• The City of Palaces by Michael Nava Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca)
• The Number of Love by Roseanna M. White (Book 1 of The Codebreakers Series) Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca)
• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen  Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca)
• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca)
• Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca)

In our Tales and Travels series, we visit a new country each week and discuss one folktale and a little about the origins and culture surrounding it.

This week we are off to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, where we will hear the tale of Ampata and the Sun King. Enjoy the story alone, or check out our companion materials. We have a read-along booklet of the folktale and an activity packet that can be downloaded for your enjoyment. A full transcript is also available!

Happy travels!

Welcome to our fourth episode of our Read Aloud of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie. With the inquest officially under way new suggestions and suspicions are brought to light. Email us your thoughts, theories and predictions, we'd love to hear them! You can contact us at [email protected].

Earlier this month we got the chance to speak with the incredible Danny Ramadan.  Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ-refugees advocate. 

His debut novel, The Clothesline Swing, won multiple awards. His children’s Book Salma the Syrian Chef, continues to receive accolades. Both books were translated to multiple languages. 

His short stories and essays appeared in publications across North America and Europe. 

Ramadan’s forthcoming novel, The Foghorn Echoes (2022), and his memoir, Crooked Teeth (2024), to be released by Penguin Random House. 

Through his fundraising efforts, Ramadan raised over $200,000 for Syrian LGBTQ+ identifying refugees. 

Ramadan graduated from UBC with an MFA in Creative Writing, and lives in Vancouver with his husband, Matthew Ramadan.  

If you're interested in his fundraising event you can find more information here: RBC Presents: An Evening in Damascus 2021

This is the website for Rainbow Refugees: Helping LGBTQ+ Refugees Resettle in Canada - Rainbow Refugee Vancouver

Welcome to our third episode of our Read Aloud of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie. The mystery continues to develop and we are starting to get a glimpse into Poirot and Hastings' suspicions. Email us your thoughts, theories and predictions, we'd love to hear them! [email protected]

In our Tales and Travels series, we visit a new country each week and discuss one folktale and a little about the origins and culture surrounding it.

This week we are off to Scotland, where we will hear the tale of Molly Whuppie. Enjoy the story alone, or check out our companion materials. We have a read-along booklet of the folktale and an activity packet that can be downloaded for your enjoyment. A full transcript is also available!

Happy travels!

Non-fiction can be a tough genre to get into, especially for teens! We've accepted the challenge and compiled a  list of titles full of many different themes that are bound to be more exciting to read than most textbooks. All of the books can be found within our collection, so come by and check them out. 

• Evil Masters: The Frightening World of Tyrants (Laura Scandiffio) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club (Phillip Hoose) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Turning 15 On the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights to March (Lynda Blackmon Lowery) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Vincent and Theo (Deborah Heiligman) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets (Sarah Miller) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Queer: A Graphic History (Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• The Pregnancy Project (Gaby Rodriguez) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories From Refugee Girls Around the World (Malala Yousafzai) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• The Monsters Know What They're Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeons Masters (Keith Ammann) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death (Caitlin Doughty) (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))

Welcome to our second episode of our Read Aloud of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie. As the mystery begins to unfold and the investigation is now underway, we would love to hear your thoughts, theories and predictions. We will share some of our favourites at the beginning of the next episode. Email [email protected] to submit your thoughts with us!

These two chapters contain a few images to help you visualize the vivid descriptions a little easier. Click on this link to see them: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uWMLWCzJl_RM6ZYxBws14iA21Wf-p6rl?usp=sharing 

In our Tales and Travels series, we visit a new country each week and discuss one folktale and a little about the origins and culture surrounding it.

This week we are off to Mexico, where we will hear the story of The Rabbit in the Moon. Enjoy the story alone, or check out our companion materials. We have a read-along booklet of the folktale and an activity packet that can be downloaded for your enjoyment. A full transcript is also available!

Happy travels!