Children's News & Events @ Berkeley Public Library
January 2015

Happy New Year!
Make this time of year a time to try new things! Create something new at our Pop-up Designer Kids workshops.

Search Novelist For Kids for a new book recommendation or to discover a new genre. Touch a bug or watch a musical magician! Join us for a story time or book club and make new friends.

There is plenty to explore and discover at your Berkeley Public Library! See all events.

January Events for Kids!
Pop-up Designer Kids
Engineering meets art in these two free workshops for kids. Make pop-up cards and pop-up art. Pop-up designs use scissors to make exact cuts. Ages 8 and up.Pop



Pop-up Basics @Central
Friday, January 15
4:00-5:00pm
Fourth floor Children's Room
Learn basic techniques for making pop-up designs. Cut simple shapes and combine those cuts to make fabulous art! 


Pop-ups Light Up @Central
Friday, January 22
4:00-5:00pm
Fourth floor Children's Room
The House in the Night: Make an illuminated pop-up scene with a scratch card and your own hand-made electric circuitry.




PacAm Ensemble String Trio @Central
Saturday, January 9
2:00-3:00pm
Fifth floor Art & Music 
Three young musicians from the Bay Area perform Beethoven string trios and original compositions by their cellist, Berkeley High School alumni William Cayanan. Join us for the premiere of The A&M, celebrating the Art & Music department!

Dora Sorell:
Dora Sorell: "Tell the Children"

Dora Sorell, Auschwitz survivor @North
Wednesday, January 13
3:30-5:00pm
Meet Auschwitz survivor, Dora Sorrell. The Nazis destroyed her family and community.  We provide a unique opportunity to hear from one of the few remaining survivors of the The Holocaust. Ages 10 and up. (This event is repeated @Central on January 30)

Unique Derique @ Claremontmagic
Wednesday, January 15
4:00-4:30pm
Unique Derique brings circus arts, hambone body percussion and juggling to you and yours. Catch this hilarious, clowning, family-fun performance! Ages 4 and up.


Jungle James Animal Adventures @ Tarea Hall Pittman South Branchbugs
Monday, January 25
4:00-4:30pm
Meet all manner of reptiles, insects, and amphibians (and learn a little about them and where they come from) with Jungle James and his crew! It's an animal adventure! Ages 5 and up.

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In This Issue
May We Suggests?
Dear Yeti
by James Kwan


In this charming picture book, two young hikers write letters inform the Yeti of their search for it.  But when they get lost in the snow, the kind and shy Yeti finds them. Recommended for ages 3 -6.

The Yeti Files
by Kevin Sherry
This new chapter book series for younger readers will have kids laughing! Recommended for grades 1st-4th.

Meet the Bigfeet

Meet Blizz Richards! He's a great guy. Oh, yeah...he's also a yeti. But don't tell anyone. He and creatures like him have promised never to be seen by the outside world! But an evil man with an evil plan will stop at nothing to prove Bigfoot really exists.

Can Blizz and his devoted team save their furry friend before their secret gets out for good?

Monsters on the Run

Yeti Blizz Richards and his gang of cryptids set out to find a friend for Vanessa, the Loch Ness Monster, even though it means traveling back in time to the dangerous Cretaceous Age looking for plesiosaurs.

Unfortunately Vanessa proves to be rather timid about meeting other dinosaurs.


The Abominables
By Eva Ibbotson

A century after a yeti captures Lady Agatha Farlingham and takes her to a hidden valley, tourism threatens their peaceful existence.

Young Con and Ellen take these educated and civilized yetis on a wild, adventure-filled journey across Europe to Lady Agatha's home in England.
Recommended for grades 4th-6th.

Library Closures

All Berkeley Public Library locations
 are closed

Friday
January 1, 2016
and
Monday
January 18

All locations open
 an hour later
at 11:00am
on
Friday, January 29

Special Thanks
Most free events at Central Library, South and West Branch Libraries are sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library.

Events at North Branch Library are made possible by a generous gift from the Pace Trust, in support of the North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library.