Can you believe that summer is just around the corner? This promises to be an exciting summer as we unveil our first All Ages Summer Reading Program. If you are nostalgic about the great books you read during your summer reading programs, or you are envious about your kids enjoying wonderful books during the summer ... here's your chance!  Your entire family can be part of our Summer Reading Game this year. Details will be coming soon - keep an eye on #bplsummer. Another fun family program coming up is the Lawrence Hall of Science Inventor's Workshops, a hands-on program for children grades K through 8th grade and their adults to work on together. We will have one Inventor's workshop a month, each held at a different Berkeley Public Library location and facilitated by the Lawrence Hall of Science. Your family can make a catapult, build the best roller coaster ever, and more! Check on our online calendar for program dates and times. Don't miss our special Children's Book Week program on May 9th 2015 with award winning illustrator Christian Robinson, who will talk about his books and illustrations and lead a special interactive illustration activity. Read more... We look forward to seeing you at the library all summer long! #bplsummer  |
Saturday, May 2 3:30-4:00pm We will be giving away comics from 1:00pm-4:00pm while supplies last. Various locations will have different activities. Check our Calendar for details Jedi Knight @Central4th floor Children's Room At 3:00pm we'll have a special visit from a Jedi Knight. He'll do magic for the first half hour and from 3:30-4:00pm, he'll be available for photos with kids. Come for our Free Comic Book giveaway and may the force be with you!
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 Uncle Jer's Traveling Bee Show @Claremont
Saturday, May 2
3:30
Why do bees swarm? Is there a bee shortage? Why are there different kinds of honey? This and other questions are answered in an entertaining presentation for kids. See bees, beeswax, and honey frames close up, learn about pollination, honey making, and enjoy a short bee puppet presentation!
Ages four and up.
 Preschool Yoga Storytime @South
Mondays May 4 & 11
4:00pm
Stretch yourself with active yoga postures and movement activities. We will relax with a short story time after movement activity. Be prepared to move around and please bring a yoga or soft exercise mat. We will bend over backward to make this a fun program for you and your child! Ages 3-5 with a participating adult caregiver.
 Children's Author Jon Agee @ North
Wednesday, May 6
3:30pm-4:00pm
Join us for a special Children's Book week author visit! Children's author/illustrator Jon Agee has written many delightful and humorous books for children, including Terrific, Milo's Hat Trick, many popular wordplay books, and his newest It's Only Stanley, about a dog whose constant tinkering and inventing are misunderstood and shrugged off by the humans in his household. Come meet Mr. Agee and learn what it's like to be a children's book author. Ages 5 and up.
 Children's Illustrator Christian Robinson @Central
Saturday, May 9
3:30pm-4:00pm
Join us for a special Children's Book Week illustrator visit! Award winning Children's picture book illustrator Christian Robinson will talk about his books and illustrations and lead a special interactive illustration activity. Ages 5 and up.
Wednesday, May 273:30pm-4:00pm
Have you ever wanted to design your own roller coaster? Custom make a table top roller coaster with facilitators from Lawrence Hall of Science. Kids and families will design and test their coasters in order to keep their marble on track through all their loops and turns. Grades K-8. Limited to 60 participants (adults & children). Registration begins May 1st. Call 510-981-6270 to register.
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by Cari Best
illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
A picture book about an elementary school girl who is ordinary in every way, except that she is blind. Zulay doesn't want to be treated differently than anyone else, and gets her chance to prove what she can do when she decides to compete in her school's field day track competition. Information about Zulay's experience of being blind is seamlessly integrated into the story.
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
by Katherine Roy
For kids who are fascinated with sharks, here's a fascinating piece of information. Great White Sharks live off the Farallon Islands just 30 miles beyond the Golden Gate Bridge. Neighborhood Sharks is packed with facts about great white sharks' anatomy, their hunting, and the scientists who study their role in the ecosystem of the islands and the sea around them. Lush watercolor paintings illustrate this book that recently won the California Library Association's Beatty Award for books that promote an awareness of California and its people.
Brother Hugo and the Bear
by Katy Beebe
illustrated by S.D. Schindler
A humorous story about a bear with a taste for literature. Eating it, that is. When Brother Hugo is tasked with creating a new copy of the lost book by hand, he's sad and overwhelmed, as he knows that "once a bear has a taste of letters, his love of books grows much the more." A picture book for older readers found in our fiction section.
by David A. Adler illustrated by Edward Miller
Everything you always wanted to know about triangles, but didn't know who or what to ask. This non-fiction picture book is a simple yet knowledge-packed introduction to basic geometry. Kids will learn the proper terminology about types of angles, the names of the various triangles, why they are given their various names, and the difference between similar and congruent. Widely useful. For teachers as well as for parents feeding their child's hunger for STEM concepts.
I Don't Want to Be a Frog
by Dev Petty
illustrated by Mike Boldt
A young frog wishes he could be just about any other animal. Even the arguments made by his older frog counterpart are not enough to change his mind. Discovering just what a passing wolf both prefers to eat and doesn't like to eat helps the little frog realize there just may be some good things about being a frog.
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Berkeley Public Libraries
are Closed
Monday, May 18
Malcolm X Day
and
Monday, May 25
Memorial Day
All Locations
open at
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Friday, May 29
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