Hamilton Library Facts
If you have a question, can you ask someone who works at the library?
Yes
Green, red, or yellow, shine these fruit up before eating them. People say one of a day keeps the doctor away.
Apples
Books
OF COURSE!
This character is described in his first book as "part dog, part man, and all hero."
Dog Man
This insect says Summmmmm in German and barrrrrrrr in Hindi as it goes about its busy business gathering pollen.
Bee
True or false: you can only return a book to the library branch you borrowed it from.
False. You can return it to any branch!
They grow in bunches, are bright yellow, and have a famously slippery peel.
Bananas
Passes to the Hamilton Art Gallery
Yes! We also have Hamilton Parks passes you can borrow and you can get into Hamilton Civic Museums for free with your library card!
A wolf is the main character in this group of "guys", who try their best to do good deeds .
Bad Guys
This water bird says Hap-hap in Hungarian and coin-coin in French.
Duck
What does it cost you to create a library card? $0, $1, $25, or $1,000?
$0
They have a hard shell, so hard you'l probably need a sharp knife to get at the sweet milk and white fruit inside.
Coconut
Skydiving lessons
Nooooo but you can come to fun programs where we have kids activities, clubs and performers!
Which book has a talking spider that amazes everyone by writing messages in a web?
Charlotte's Web
Wake up with chicchirichì in Italian or koko koko in Arabic.
Rooster
HPL's Mascot is named Scout. What kind of animal is Scout?
Fox
You can peel them, but they're so small it's hardly worth it. They grown on long vines.
Grapes
Original maps of Hamilton from over 150 years ago
Yes! The Local History and Archives Department has lots of items that tell us about the history of Hamilton
The main character in this book series is an animal who isn't allowed to drive the bus but is told to take a bath, ride a roller coaster and go to school in others.
Pigeon
Listen for a friendly ya-ong in Korean or nyaa in Japanese from this cuddly pet.
Cat
How many library branches are there in Hamilton: 2, 23, or 230?
23. (Does everyone know what a branch is?)
You might not know they're a berry, because we use them like vegetables in pizza and salsa.
Tomatoes
Hot dogs for sale
No but we wish we had them! You can find cookbooks at the library though
What rhymes with egg and is the main character's name in Diary of a Wimpy kid?
Greg
This mud loving farm animal says chrum chrum in Polish and Grrrr in Spanish.
Pig