Week Calendar

The Grande Prairie Public Library offers an exam proctoring service for written and online exams. The guidelines for the Library's service are as follows:

Exam Times
Mondays at 10:00 am
Wednesdays at 1:00 pm

(parented)

Children and their accompanying grown-up can wiggle away with stories, dance, songs, and musical instruments. Siblings are welcome.

(parented)
Children and their adults can come enjoy a story time complete with rhymes and fingerplays.

Audience: ages 2 to 3 and caregivers
Maximum: 25 people
Dates: Tuesdays, January 8 to May 21

(parented)
Enjoy interacting with your little ones in this fun-filled program with songs, musical activities, and stories. Siblings are welcome.

A quilting club is a great way to start or finish that project you have been working on!  Meeting every Thursday of each month, get together with fellow quilters and enjoy the comfort of friends while you sew.

(parented)

Rhymes, stories, and songs abound in this parented program! Siblings are welcome.

(parented)

Rhymes, stories, and songs abound in this parented program! Siblings are welcome.

(parented)
Enjoy interacting with your little ones in this fun-filled program with songs, musical activities, and stories. Siblings are welcome.

Searching for work? Not sure where to start? Book a one-on-one session for help:
            * creating / revising resumes and cover letters 

Searching for work? Not sure where to start? Book a one-on-one session for help:
            * creating / revising resumes and cover letters 

The Grande Prairie Public Library offers an exam proctoring service for written and online exams. The guidelines for the Library's service are as follows:

Exam Times
Mondays at 10:00 am
Wednesdays at 1:00 pm

(parented)
Bond with your baby over finger plays, rhymes, songs, and stories, all designed to stimulate early literacy and social development. 

(unparented)

Come learn about the world around you! This interactive story time will help kids learn about animals, nature, food, and so much more.

In the mood for some friendly competition? Kick of the weekend playing board games at GPPL. Come meet new people or bring your friends. This program is for people with disabilities. Board games provided.

(parented)

Enjoy songs, stories and musical instruments with your little ones in this engaging program. Siblings are welcome.

Enjoy your day off and make an awesome craft at the library!

Audience: ages 6 to 9
Maximum: 15 children
Dates: Fridays, January 18, February 8, March 8,  April 12, and May 10

Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, "Sugar Rush." 

Audience: Families of all ages

Looking for something to do after school? Drop by the teen area to play some games, surf the internet, read, do homework, or just relax. The choice is yours.

Work on your skills in this interactive program. Different drawing or art activities each month!

Audience: ages 8 to 12
Maximum: 15 artists
Dates: Thursdays, January 10 and February 7

Are you a Canadian immigrant? Come learn about Canadian systems and prepare for the Canadian Citizenship test in our semi-monthly classes.

Are you an anime and manga fan? Read the manga and then join to watch the anime and discuss what you liked and didn’t like. In February we are reading/watching Bleach.

Audience: ages 10 to 16

Maximum: 15 people

The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is a group for teens ages 12 to 18 to suggest and plan teen programs, find creative ways to share favourite books and movies, and share ideas on how to continue to make GPPL a great place for teens.

Baffled by computers? Come learn computer basics at GPPL! This seven-week course will cover everything you need to know to use your mouse and keyboard, manage your files, browse the internet and utilize popular websites.

Do you love to write? Join this teen writing club to develop your creative writing skills, share your work, and meet other writers!

Be your own Valentine!  Treat yourself to gel polish nails, make yourself a Valentine, create paper roses, blend your own rollerball, and sculpt a beautiful heart, all while enjoying our chocolate fountain.

Join the Knitters' Circle and spend an evening working on your latest project with other knitters or crocheters.  Don't have a project started yet? Bring your knitting needles or crochet hooks and some yarn and start something new.

Join us as we prepare for Valentine's Day! We will be making valentines cards for one of our local senior's lodges. GPPL staff will deliver the cards to the lodge before Valentine's Day.

Come and practice your English conversational skills in a small group setting. We will guide you through some interesting topics such as food, shopping, job search, travel, Canadian current events, housing and more.

(parented)

Join us for an assortment of bedtime stories and rhymes for the whole family.

Audience: families of all ages
Maximum: 25 people
Dates: Thursdays, January 10 to June 20

Curious about meditation?  This practice helps to relieve stress, anxiety and depression, providing a balance in our lives. Please bring a yoga mat. Drop-in program. Beginners welcome.

Aspiring or published, all are welcome to join this group of people who love to write.  Swan City Writers meet on the first and third Tuesday of every month. 

You’re trapped in a party planning office with no phone or Internet access. Can you escape, or will you be stuck there all night long? Registration required.

Play and explore virtual reality with the Oculus Go.  Take the Oculus Go for a test drive and experience the cool new headset that is making VR fun and accessible.

Learn how to use your iPad and iPhone this winter. Enjoy a quick lesson to learn a new skill and then the rest of the hour will be dedicated to answering and demonstrating solutions to your questions.