Borrow Books or Toys

We have 100s of titles of books on parenting – from pregnancy books to being the parent of a teenager. Great selection of books on fathering, nutrition or discipline for example. Most current issues of popular authors such as Barbara Coloroso and Penelope Leach.


Membership is free with the completion of a registration form, and you can borrow any of our latest parenting books, childrens books, or toys for up to 30 days. We can help you navigate through every stage of being a parent!
Read a story to your child tonight – borrow one of our many children’s story books.


We also have an extensive Toy Lending Library. We are constantly getting new educational, play based learning toys for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten children. Building blocks, linking shapes, dozens of puzzles including giant floor-sized ones, lots of cars & trucks and imagination toys. Come and check out our selection! Again, no charge to borrow from our Ontario Early Years toy lending library.

The OEYC Book libraries have hundreds of titles on the following topics:
Adoption

• Baby care
• Breastfeeding
• Caregiver information
• Childbirth
• Child care
• Child development
• Discipline
• Divorce & blended families
• Education
• Emotional issues
• Family issues
• Fathering
• Grieving
• Health
• New baby
• Nutrition
• Parenting
• Play
• Pregnancy
• Sleep & bed wetting
• Teens
• Toilet training

Check out our toy and book lending libraries only at the following sites –

Ontario Early Years Centres	Toys	Parenting Books	Children’s Books	Videos
Lindsay
Haliburton
Fenlon Falls
Minden

• play opportunities
  
  
• pre-math skills like matching, grouping, sorting
  
  
• peer interaction, learning to play well
  
  
• creative arts & crafts
  
  
• physical activities for large and small muscles
  
  
• music and movement
  
  
• science for preschoolers
  
  
• story-telling, language games, rhymes, finger plays
  
  
• kindergarten preparation, and getting ready for school
  
  
• cultural events such holiday celebrations
  
  
• family social events such as potluck suppers, picnics
  
  
• toy lending library
  
  
• lending of children’s books/videos
  
  
• early literacy- getting ready to read, & to print your name
  
  
• social skills like learning to sit with a group at circle time
  
  
• parent education classes, books and pamphlets