Library
Harcourt Memorial Church Library is…
- an up-to-date collection of books, videos, magazines, audio tapes and puzzles.
- for all ages- babies to grandparents, and everyone in between.
- in Room 106 - down the stairs and turn right, through the French doors.
- self-serve- just follow the instructions posted in the library to sign out any item for 3 weeks.
- open whenever the church is open.
In the collection- all the authors you expect to find- C.S.Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, Henri Nouwen, John Dominic Crossan, John Spong, Diana Butler Bass, Ralph Milton, Rowan Williams, Veggie Tales - to name a few.
If fiction or biography is your thing, there are several mystery series- by Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael) , Margaret Frazer (Dame Frevisse) , C.J. Sansom (Matthew Shardlake) , and others, as well as novels such as - The Red Tent, Belonging, and bestsellers by Alexander McCall Smith and Jan Karon. Biographies of Desmond Tutu, Mordecai Richler and others might interest you.
The shelves beneath the high window hold adult fiction and biography, as well as all the audio visual, video, and DVD material.
CHILDREN AND TEENS
The large wood cube near the door is full of picture books for little ones, all stored in red tubs alphabetically by author. Just move a tub to the floor and search for a book that appeals. (Please return the tubs to the shelves.)
The wood cube near the windows holds reading books for older children- authors like Ken Oppel, Madeleine L’Engle, Sigmund Brouwer are just some of the well-read writers. There is also a Reference shelf for children on the cube, with Bible dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference tools.
The teens have their own hideaway up the stairs in Room 202-203, so shelves of books they might enjoy are there for the borrowing. Titles like Don’t Eat the Pasta If It Wiggles; The Landing; The Smart Girls Guide to Boys; An Inconvenient Truth can be found.
For Adults
The shelves to the right of the high window hold the adult Reference material- Bibles, concordances, Bible dictionaries, atlases, and the like. There is a complete set of The Interpreter’s Bible on the bottom shelf.
Continuing to the right are all the non-fiction subjects, which are catalogued by the Dewey Decimal System- the same as the Guelph Public Library. This non-fiction section extends right to the doors.
Magazines are in a wall rack beside the couch.
The library is a quiet, comfortable place to read, relax, study, meditate… whatever. Please enjoy all that it has to offer.
