Resources for Parents & Caregivers

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Is your child starting kindergarten this year?

A Kindergarten Book Bag comes with helpful resources and fun Library books to help your whole family prepare for the transition to kindergarten.

Visit your nearest Library location starting May 1, 2025 to take a keepsake Kindergarten Book Bag home with you.  

Kindergarten Book Bags are not available at Prototype: Skyview, Memorial Park, and Rocky Ridge libraries.

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Discover the joys of reading together as a family

The Family Reading Pick for 2025 is The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown. It includes a booklet with discussion questions to spark lively conversation, related activities, and more staff-recommended titles to read aloud as a family or in your classroom.

Explore the 2025 Family Reading Pick
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Fire safety starts with you

Learn about home safety and the life of a firefighter with colouring sheets, puzzles, and games in the new Fire Safety Activity Book.

Pick up your copy at any Calgary fire hall or Calgary Public Library location.

Download your Fire Safety Activity Book PDF

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