Posts tagged 'Fun'

September/October Programs

On September 1, regularly scheduled programs will resume. [Read more]

Louis Pearl, the Bubble Man!

Who can resist bubbles? Be amazed this week. [Read more]

National Bookmobile Day

Our Bookmobile celebrated in Davenport and Bonny Doon. [Read more]

Food Storytimes at Whole Foods in Capitola

KidReach (Youth Services Outreach) is partnering with Whole Foods Market in Capitola to bring storytimes to the community. Storytimes all have a food theme. We started in January with a pizza storytime and pizza snacks from the Whole Foods Pizzeria. February was stories about Chinese food in honor of the Lunar New Year. The next storytime is on Thursday, March 25 at 10 AM. Come celebrate Ireland, hear stories about potatoes, and see and sample the many varieties of potatoes and potato foods. [Read more]

Origami Workshop

Learn origami and Japanese while you play. [Read more]

Tiger by the Tale

Celebrate the Lunar New Year and the year of the Tiger at the Library! [Read more]

Kids' Book Sale!

The Friends of the Library are having a one day blow out book sale for kids on January 30 from 11am - 3pm at the Central Branch Library! [Read more]

Pokemon in the Library

Santa Cruz Library user, Trebor, 11 years old, has been collecting Pokemon figures since 2005. He has agreed to put 120 pieces from his collection on display at some of our libraries this year. You can see Trebor's collection at one of these branches: Central Branch 5/31/09 - 8/30/09 Live Oak Branch 9/1/09 – 11/29/09 [Read more]

Recycling Wizard Comes to the Library

Brent Gifford...The Great Blindini...and his Wonder Dog, Yankee are bringing their special magic to the Library this summer. [Read more]

If it is May, it must be Everest

If you are going to climb Mt. Everest this is the month to do it. Actually, it takes three months to do the climb but most people reach the summit in May. Sir Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) were the first to reach the top on May 29, 1953. At this very moment, Apa Sherpa is climbing the mountain for a record 19th time and he is hoping to reach the summit in mid-May. It usually takes a long time to climb down, too, but Jean-Marc Boivin (France) descended from the top in 11 minutes in 1988 by paragliding. [Read more]

April is National Frog Month!

In honor of our amphibious friends we have put together some resources to help you learn more about frogs. So hop on over to our Frog page and discover websites and books that will lead you to froggy games, froggy facts, and froggy art. You can even learn how to say "frog" in many different languages! [Read more]