Castlegar

Blueberry Creek Family Literacy & Parenting Centre, Jan. 25, 9 - 11:30 am
Songs, stories and a healthy snack for children from 0-6 and their caregivers.
Castlegar & District Public Library, Jan. 27, 1-3 pm
Book draws, face-painting, cake and fun activities for the whole family.

Grand Forks

Glanville Centre, Jan. 24th, 6:00-7:30 pm
Family Night Out! Games, stories, snacks, prizes and a free book for everybody.

Kaslo

Kaslo Public Library, Feb. 2, 9:30 am 
Storytelling For All Ages with Anne Heard.
Kaslo Public Library, Jan. 30, 7:00 pm 
Rare and Collectible Books with Ian Fraser.
Jingle Fest 2008
Compose a jingle using a familiar tune on the theme of "Winter Tales" and enter to win a gift certificate from Otter's Books.

Nakusp

Nakusp Elementary School, Jan. 25
Third Annual Book Swap and Sale.
StrongStart Literacy Celebration on Friday morning.

Nelson

Radical Reads
Kids in all 8 elementary schools and the junior high have the opportunity to recommend books to their peers and get a conversation going in the community around favourite books. The local newpaper will publish some of the recommendations, while the schools and the library will use the lists to inform their purchasing. Each school will receive books to give away.

Family Literacy Day Bingo
Nelson Municipal Library, Jan. 27- Feb. 29 (draw date)
Families do activities at home and then enter their bingo card to win one of three Robert Munsch books.

Salmo

Salmo Public Library, Jan. 26, 10:30-11:30 am
Story-time and Bookmark Contest for preschool – grade 3.
Salmo Public Library, Jan. 26, 12:30 pm
Spelling Bee for Grades 4, 5& 6 with lost of prizes.
Family scavenger hunt going on all day.

Slocan Valley

Winlaw Community Hall, Jan. 24th, 6:00-7:30 pm
Stories in Motion with Marguerite Wood and students from the Vallican Whole School.
Storytelling with Barry Gray and students from WE Graham School.

Trail

Glenmerry Community Early Learning Center (Glenmerry Elementary School),
Jan. 23, 6:00-8:00 pm
A special Family Fun Night Out for the whole family to enjoy together.

Revelstoke

Elementary School Book Drive Challenge
A book drive to support our community book exchange.
Revelstoke Public Library, Jan. 26th, 10 am
Special Story-time at the library for children 0-6.
Revelstoke Community Center, Jan. 27, 9 am
Family Literacy Day Dad’s Breakfast
Revelstoke Community Centre, Jan. 27, 10:00 AM
Food 4 Thought Youth Event - brunch and creative writing for grades 7-12.
Revelstoke Senior’s Association, Jan. 27, 1:00-3:00 pm
Senior Computer Open House Event - come and use the new computer lab