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Let’s face it – how you learn, work, and live has changed drastically over the past few months. And we’ve changed too. With a variety of digital and in-person services, we’re here to help you connect, learn and grow.

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All Day Baking: Savoury, Not Sweet cover
All Day Baking: Savoury, Not Sweet
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Today I Feel... An Alphabet of Feelings cover
Today I Feel... An Alphabet of Feelings
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Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement cover
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
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Time Is A Flower cover
Time Is A Flower
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Bewilderment cover
Bewilderment
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Where On Earth? Geography As You've Never Seen It Before cover
Where On Earth? Geography As You've Never Seen It Before
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Your Life Depends On It: What You Can Do to Make Better Choices About Your Health cover
Your Life Depends On It: What You Can Do to Make Better Choices About Your Health
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ABC of Feelings cover
ABC of Feelings
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How To Talk to a Science Denier cover
How To Talk to a Science Denier
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Before We Stood Tall: From Small Seed to Mighty Tree cover
Before We Stood Tall: From Small Seed to Mighty Tree
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The Weekday Vegetarians cover
The Weekday Vegetarians
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Sometimes I Am Furious cover
Sometimes I Am Furious
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Becoming Sugar-Free cover
Becoming Sugar-Free
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Snoozefest: The Surprising Science of Sleep cover
Snoozefest: The Surprising Science of Sleep
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Demystifying Disability: What to KNow, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally cover
Demystifying Disability: What to KNow, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
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You Are Home cover
You Are Home
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Beautiful World, Where Are You cover
Beautiful World, Where Are You
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A Black Hole is Not A Hole cover
A Black Hole is Not A Hole
A Black Hole is Not A Hole details
Small Knits: Casual & Chic Japanese Style Accessories cover
Small Knits: Casual & Chic Japanese Style Accessories
Small Knits: Casual & Chic Japanese Style Accessories details
You @ the U: A Guided Tour Through Your First Year of University cover
You @ the U: A Guided Tour Through Your First Year of University
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Baked To Perfection cover
Baked To Perfection
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois cover
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
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1984: The Graphic Novel cover
1984: The Graphic Novel
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The Fox and the Forest Fire cover
The Fox and the Forest Fire
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Chakra Rituals: Awakening the Wild Woman Within cover
Chakra Rituals: Awakening the Wild Woman Within
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Red Planet: Life in Our Deserts and Hot Spots cover
Red Planet: Life in Our Deserts and Hot Spots
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Mushroom wanderland
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We Have a Playdate cover
We Have a Playdate
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The Ultimate History of Video Games Vol. 2 cover
The Ultimate History of Video Games Vol. 2
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Be Who You Are
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Central Library
1 Atkinson Street, Richmond Hill
Telephone: 905-884-9288
Tuesday: 9:30 am-9:00 pm
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Oak Ridges Library
34 Regatta Avenue, Richmond Hill
Telephone: 905-773-5533
Tuesday: 10:00 am-9:00 pm
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Richmond Green Library
1 William F Bell Parkway, Richmond Hill
Telephone: 905-780-0711
Tuesday: 10:00 am-8:00 pm
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Richvale Library
40 Pearson Avenue, Richmond Hill
Telephone: 905-889-2847
Tuesday: 10:00 am-8:00 pm
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