Spring Forward - Sunday, March 9
Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 9 at 2 am. Move your clocks one hour ahead before you head to bed. It's also a good time to check and/or replace the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
Turner Park Branch - Large Format Printer Unavailable
The large format printer at Turner Park is currently unavailable. Please utilize our other Makerspace locations if needed. We will advise once it is restored to service.
Roadwork near Barton Branch
Starting Monday March 17, the City of Hamilton begins roadwork on Wilson Street and Sherman Avenue. The construction will be completed in stages until December 2025. There may be traffic delays if you are planning to visit the Barton Branch.
Storytime
Find a collection of daily literacy-building activities that you can share with your child on our March 2025 Literacy Calendar.
Download a Colouring and Activity book created by the Group of Six, young artists from Six Nations, Grand River Territory. Learn about culture, language, ceremonial traditions, stories and crafts that celebrate Indigenous life and history.
For bedtime or quiet time, listen on the telephone as HPL staff read children's stories.
Dial 905-546-3200, and choose "Option 4" to listen to:
English |
French (en français) |
| They Say Blue (Press 1) | Appuyer sur le 21 pour Le Costume de Malaika |
| Little You (Press 2) | Appuyer sur le 22 pour Dors bien petit chevalier |
| Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox (Press 3) | Appuyer sur le 23 pour Les Trésors de Monsieur Monsieur |
| Moon Wishes (Press 4) | Appuyer sur le 24 pour A la pêche avec grand maman |
| You Hold Me Up (Press 5) | Appuyer sur le 25 pour Une Mitaine pour deux |
| My Heart Fills with Happiness (Press 6) | |
| Once Upon a Northern Night (Press 7) | |
| Harry’s Hiccups (Press 8) | |
| Angus All Aglow (Press 9) | |
| What Matters (Press 10) | |
| It’s Time for Bed (Press 11) | |
| Picture the Sky (Press 12) | |
| Nibi’s Water Song (Press 13) | |
| Friends for Real (Press 14) | |
| In The Sky at Nighttime (Press 15) | |
| What’s My Superpower (Press 16) | |
| Sweetest Kulu (Press 17) | |
| Fox and Squirrel Help Out (Press 18) | |
| Boxitects (Press 19) | |
| Hermit Thrush shared with HPL by Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg (Press 20) I Sang You Down From the Stars (Press 48) |
