Toddler Time Ocean Storytime and Crafts!
2023-12-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-12-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-12-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-01-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-01-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-01-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-01-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-01-31 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center, 35 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Toddler Time Ocean Storytime and Crafts!
Wednesdays 10 – 11am
Come join us at the Sanctuary Exploration Center across from the Santa Cruz Wharf each Wednesday morning to do some ocean-themed crafts, listen to a story, and explore the Exploration Center!

La Selva Beach Book Discussion Group
2023-12-14 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-11 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-24 10:30 - 12:00 | La Selva Beach Library, 316 Estrella Avenue, La Selva Beach, CA, 95076, United States
La Selva Beach Book Discussion Group

2nd Thursdays, 10:30an – 12pm
The LSB Adult Book Discussion group meets on the second Thursday of the month from 10:30a to 12:00p. The group will meet virtually via Zoom during the remodel. All adults are welcome.
Registration required: https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/7587480

Rescue Readers at the Santa Cruz SPCA Tuesdays
2023-12-19 16:00 - 16:30 | Santa Cruz SPCA 2601 Chanticleer Ave Santa Cruz, 2601 chanticleer ave, Santa Cruz, CA, 95065, United States
Rescue Readers at the Santa Cruz SPCA
4 – 4:30pm
Tuesdays: September 12, 26, October 10, 24, 31, November 14, December 5, 19
Thursdays: September 14, 28, October 12, 26, November 2, 16, December 7, 21
Come read to our cats and dogs at the Santa Cruz SPCA! Students can build confidence and fluency with their reading while our rescued shelter animals are soothed by the rhythms of language and nuzzle closer. Bring your own books or use some of ours! What a great way to spend time with our animals and gain their trust. Book now!
Do you have an emerging reader on your hands who might benefit from practicing their reading with a non-judgmental animal audience? SPCA Rescue Readers will give your reader the chance to practice their reading aloud to both dogs and cats, but it also offers comfort and stress relief to those shelter animals at the same time. It is a win-win for everyone!
We have only one student or one family of students signing up for each Rescue Readers session. They happen on alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-4:30pm. Students can read to both cats and dogs as long as they have a parent accompany them. (Maximum number of readers is 10)
Register: https://spcasc.org/events/fall-2023-rescue-readers/

Rescue Readers at the Santa Cruz SPCA Thursdays
2023-12-21 16:00 - 16:30 | Santa Cruz SPCA 2601 Chanticleer Ave Santa Cruz, 2601 chanticleer ave, Santa Cruz, CA, 95065, United States

Preschool Storytime at Garfield Park Library
2024-01-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-01-17 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-01-24 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-01-31 10:30 - 11:00 | Garfield Park Library, 705 Woodrow Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
Preschool Storytime at Garfield Park Library
January 10 – April 24, 10:30 – 11am
Join us at the Garfield Park Branch Library for storytime! We’ll share stories, songs, and rhymes in a safe environment.
Do-it-yourself craft kits will be provided every week.
Ages 2 – 6

Preschool Storytime at Scotts Valley
2024-01-12 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-01-19 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-01-26 11:00 - 11:30 | Scotts Valley Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley, CA, 95066, United States
Preschool Storytime at Scotts Valley
Fridays 11 – 11:30am, through May 3

Join Librarian Emily for stories, songs, and lots of fun for preschoolers and their caregivers in our beautiful, newly-renovated Scotts Valley Library Branch every Friday at 11am.

Preschool Storytime La Selva Beach
2024-01-24 11:00, 2024-01-31 11:00 | La Selva Beach Library, 316 Estrella Avenue, La Selva Beach, CA, 95076, United States
Preschool Storytime La Selva Beach
Wednesdays 11am – 12pm, January 24 – May 8

Join us for Preschool Storytime La Selva Beach, a fun interactive storytime. We’ll read books, sing songs and use rhythm and movement.
This event is suitable for children ages 3-6 years. There will be an arts and crafts project to take home.
This event will be held outside on the back patio. Please wear sun protection!
Masks are encouraged, in consideration of our youngest children who are not yet able to be vaccinated.
https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/11366818

Preschool Storytime at Capitola Library
2024-01-24 11:00 - 11:20, 2024-01-31 11:00 - 11:20 | Capitola Library, 2005 Wharf Road, Capitola, CA, 95010, United States
Preschool Storytime at Capitola Library
Tuesdays 11 – 11:45am, January 24 – May 1

Join us for Preschool Storytime at Capitola Library.

StoryTime is a weekly early literacy program for families with children ages 0-5 years old. Music, movement, stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and songs are a fun way for your child to learn while spending valuable social time with other children and their caregivers. Please arrive on time. Let’s play and learn together!

https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/11939363

International Holocaust Remembrance Day
2024-01-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Capitola Library, 2005 Wharf Road, Capitola, CA, 95010, United States
International Holocaust Remembrance Day with Holocaust survivor and speaker Gitta Ryle
Thursday, January 25, 6:30 -8pm & Saturday, January 27, 2 – 3pm
Santa Cruz Public Libraries and Temple Beth El invite the public to be part of an important and timely conversation in preparation for the observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day with Holocaust survivor and speaker Gitta Ryle in our Capitola Branch.
Gitta Ryle has been presenting for years about her story and journey to forgiveness and mental well-being at schools, houses of worship, juvenile centers, and other organizations around the country, turning trauma into teaching. This event with Gitta Ryle is an invaluable opportunity to hear first-hand her remarkable story of survival and forgiveness.
Every January the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides.
Thursday, January 25, 6:30 – pm : The Remembrance will take place at the Capitola Branch Library Ow Family Community Room. Registration for this event is required.
To register visit https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/11719758.
Saturday, January 27, 2-3pm: As we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, young readers and their families are invited to this special reading and discussion of the book The Double Crossing with author Sylvia Patience. Light refreshments will be provided. The book will be available for purchase and signing by the author.
About The Double Crossing
In 1939, shortly before World War II breaks out in Europe, thirteen-year-olds David and Hannah attempt to escape Nazi Germany, along with over nine hundred other Jewish refugees, on the historic voyage of the St. Louis. Together, they discover a Nazi spy plot, and dare to interfere, nearly at the cost of Hannah’s life. When the ship is forced to return to Europe, the passengers are divided between four countries. Despite their wishes, David and Hannah are sent to different destinations … perhaps separated forever.
Learning about these refugees of nearly a century ago will give young readers insight into today’s refugee crisis. It will help them understand why sometimes people must leave their countries, and what can happen to them when forced to return to regions they are trying to escape. https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/11842112

The Double Crossing Reading and Discussion with Sylvia Patience
2024-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Capitola Library, 2005 Wharf Road, Capitola, CA, 95010, United States
The Double Crossing Reading and Discussion with Sylvia Patience
Saturday, January 27, 2-3pm
As we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, young readers and their families are invited to this special reading and discussion of the book The Double Crossing with author Sylvia Patience. Light refreshments will be provided. The book will be available for purchase and signing by the author.
About The Double Crossing
In 1939, shortly before World War II breaks out in Europe, thirteen-year-olds David and Hannah attempt to escape Nazi Germany, along with over nine hundred other Jewish refugees, on the historic voyage of the St. Louis. Together, they discover a Nazi spy plot, and dare to interfere, nearly at the cost of Hannah’s life. When the ship is forced to return to Europe, the passengers are divided between four countries. Despite their wishes, David and Hannah are sent to different destinations … perhaps separated forever.
Learning about these refugees of nearly a century ago will give young readers insight into today’s refugee crisis. It will help them understand why sometimes people must leave their countries, and what can happen to them when forced to return to regions they are trying to escape. https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/11842112

Author Talk with Sylvia Patience Author of The Double Crossing
2024-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Capitola Branch Library, 2005 Wharf Road, Capitola, CA, 95010, United States
Author Talk with Sylvia Patience Author of The Double Crossing
Saturday, January 27, 2 -3pm
As we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, young readers and their families are invited to this special reading and discussion of the book The Double Crossing with author Sylvia Patience. Light refreshments will be provided. The book will be available for purchase and signing by the author.

Aptos Library Grand Opening
2024-01-29 08:00 - 17:00 | Aptos Branch Library, 7695 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA, 95003, United States
Aptos Library Grand Opening
Saturday, February 3, 1 – 5pm
Celebrate the opening of the new Aptos Branch Library! Tour the beautiful new building and enjoy the many new features including a community room, conference room, teen room, children’s room, study rooms, dedicated outdoor patio spaces for each age group, and displays from the Aptos History Museum. Enjoy refreshments provided by the Friends of the Aptos Library. Celebrate while enjoying performances by Kuzanga Marimba (1:30-2:30), Musical Me (2:30-3:00), and James Chan Magic (3:30- 4:30).
Santa Cruz Public Libraries is thrilled to welcome the community back to their new Aptos Branch Library! The Grand Opening Celebration for the new Aptos Library will be on Sunday, February 4, 2024 from 1:00PM-5:00PM.
We invite the community to tour the beautiful new building and enjoy the many new features including a community room, conference room, teen room, children’s room, study rooms, dedicated outdoor patio spaces for each age group, and displays from the Aptos History Museum. Come and enjoy refreshments provided by the Friends of the Aptos Library. Celebrate while enjoying performances by Kuzanga Marimba (1:30-2:30), Musical Me (2:30-3:00), and James Chan Magic (3:30- 4:30) and face painting with Brenda from Brenda Leach Art.
Come get a library card and check out materials at our new beautiful facility in lovely Aptos!
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¡Las Bibliotecas Públicas de Santa Cruz se alegran de darle la bienvenida a la comunidad a su nueva sucursal de Aptos! La gran celebración de inauguración de la nueva biblioteca de Aptos será el domingo 4 de febrero de 2024 de 1:00 p. m. a 5:00 p. m.
Invitamos a la comunidad a recorrer la hermosa biblioteca nueva y a disfrutar de las nuevas sala comunitaria, sala de conferencias, sala para jóvenes, sala para niños, salas de estudio, espacios de patio al aire libre dedicados para cada grupo de edad y exhibiciones del Museo de Historia de Aptos.
Ven y disfruta de refrigerios proporcionados por los Amigos de la Biblioteca Aptos. Celebra mientras disfrutas de las actuaciones de Kuzanga Marimba (1:30-2:30), Musical Me (2:30-3:00) y James Chan Magic (3:30-4:30) y pintura facial con Brenda de Brenda Leach Art.
¡Ven a obtener una tarjeta de la biblioteca y presta materiales en nuestras nuevas y hermosas instalaciones en Aptos!

Watsonville Reads
2024-02-01 | Watsonville Public Library, 275 Main St Suite 100, Watsonville, CA, 95076, United States
Watsonville Reads
Watsonville Reads is a community engagement program that aims to bring people together through the shared reading experience of books tied to a particular theme. This year’s Watsonville Reads theme is “Bringing Awareness to Japanese and Japanese Americans History, Culture and Heritage”. Watsonville Reads will feature book discussions, craft-making programs and writing workshops.
We have selected two books that are representative of our selected theme and are intended to inspire and foster lively discussions:
“The Buddha in the Attic” by Julie Otsuka
“Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford.
We have the books available in English in our collection as individual copies at both the Main and Freedom Libraries or as part of our book club kits at the Main Library.
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Watsonville Reads es un programa de participación comunitaria que tiene como objetivo unir a la gente a través de la experiencia compartida sobre la lectura relacionada con un tema en particular. El tema este año es “Crear conciencia sobre la historia, la cultura y el legado japonés y japonés americano”. Watsonville Reads ofrecerá charlas sobre libros, programas de manualidades y talleres de escritura.
Hemos seleccionado dos libros que son representativos del tema elegido y que pretenden inspirar y fomentar animados debates:
“The Buddha in the Attic” by Julie Otsuka
“Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford
Tenemos los libros disponibles en inglés en nuestra colección como copias individuales en la Biblioteca Principal y la Sucursal Freedom o como parte de nuestros kits para clubs de lectura en la Biblioteca Principal.
