Children's News & Events @ Berkeley Public Library
June 2016


Summer Reading starts June 17
Read for the Win!


Summer reading is a family affair. Kids read, parents read, and if there's a baby in the family, somebody reads to the baby. Dogs like to hear books, too.

Sign up for Read to Win online and download and print your game card! We start officially on June17and ends September 4, 2016, but go ahead now and start playing!

The foggy days of a Berkeley summer are just around the corner. The cure-all is to eat a piece of Elisa Kleven's Sun Bread and dream about Nina Crews' One Hot Summer Day, and find a book that becomes a companion for a while.

How do you find that book? Come browse the shelves. Explore. Ask a Librarian. Will it be the intense page-turning How To Catch A Bogle by Catherine Jinks, or how Nicholas searches for buried heirlooms in If You Find This, by Matthew Baker?  Perhaps a great family read-aloud like Katrina Nannestad's When Mischief Came to Town, set on an island in Denmark in 1911 where an energetic girl joins her grandmother for the summer.

No foggy doldrums at the library! It's summer! We offer dazzling programs, and a range of reading and listening material, so make a library visit part of your weekly summer plans. See you there!

For a curated collection of  books focused on this Summer's Reading theme, Read to Win, read more.

Engineering Fun with Lawrence Hall of Science


STEM Summer Slide with Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)! We joined with the Lawrence Hall of Science to provide three great opportunities for kids and their families. Design and build things.

LHS Inventor's Workshops are drop-in, hands-on, single station, engineering activities designed to engage families with children in grades K-8. The drop-in style  lets families engage in the engineering challenges at their own pace.

Roller Coaster Engineers @North
Friday, June 10  
3:30pm
Make a table-top roller coaster. Kids and families will design and test their coasters, loops, twists, and all. Participants take home their projects. Ages 5 - 13
 
Wobble Bots @Claremont
Saturday, June 11
3:00pm
Make wobble bots. Become an electrical engineer, controlling electrical current and discovering the properties of conductive materials.Due to materials, projects do not go home. Ages 5-13

Stomp Rockets @Central
Tuesday, June 21
3:30pm
Make stomp rockets. Explore the high-flying world of rocket science. Design and test your very own stomp rocket. Ages 5 - 13.

Free Summer Fun for Families

Magical Moonshine Theater @Claremont
Saturday, June 4 @ 4:00pm
Meet Chanticleer the Rooster in an acclaimed award winning puppet, mask and musical performance with medieval costumes that brings the tale of a rooster and a clever fox to life! Ages 3-7.



Pajama Storytime & Stuffed Animal Sleepover @West
Wednesday, June 22
6:45-7:30pm
Have you ever wondered what happens in the library at night? Put on your pajamas and grab a stuffed animal friend for bedtime stories, asmall snack, and then leave your furry friend at the library overnight. When you return to pick up your stuffed animal, you'll be surprised to see what happens at the library after dark! Ages 3-up.


Circus of Smiles
@South on Thursday, June 23 @3:00-3:45pm
Circus entertainment at its most hilarious! See clowning, juggling and acrobatics. Fun for the whole family!

@North on Tuesday, June 28 @3:30-4:00pm
Circus entertainment at its most hilarious! Come and see clowning, juggling and acrobatics. Fun for the whole family! (After the North Branch performance kids get to learn a couple of the tricks seen in the show!)


Tony Border's Puppets @West
Saturday, June 25 @10:15am
Run with the animals! (Or, Animal Olympics) is a fun-filled puppet show where the animals learn their amazing abilities. Who is the world's best long AND high jumper? Come and learn about amazing animals and have a laugh filled experience, too. Ages 3-7.

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In This Issue
Summer Reads
Dreaming of the beach, or just what summer will bring? Here are some titles worth considering:


All You Need For a Beach
by Alice Schertle
Does a single grain of sand make a beach? In this poetic picture book, the makings of a beach build warmly upon each other.


Tar Beach
by Faith Ringgold
This master artist and storytellertakes you to a different kind of beach in this unique and memorable picture book.

My Mixed Up Berry-Blue Summer
by Jennifer Gennari.
Twelve-year-old June Farrell spends the summer at her Vermont home getting used to the woman her mother is planning to marry and practicing her pie-baking skills, as she hopes to win the blue ribbon at the fair.



Calvin Coconut: Extra Famous
by Graham Salisbury
Isn't Hawaii the ultimate summer paradise? Calvin and his friends have the opportunity to earn some money by appearing as extras in a zombie movie being filmed on a nearby beach.


Waves: From Surfing to Tsunami
by Drew Campion
Why does the sea have waves? Find here how they form, what moves them, why they are important, the different types of waves, and how some other animals use them.


Great Moments From the Summer Olympics
by Matt Christopher
Read for the win is our summer reading theme, and it is an Olympic summer. Fascinating stories of people from all over the world competing in track and field, gymnastics, and swimming. 
Discover & Go


Looking for some fun, free and low-cost places to visit this summer? Need to entertain visitors?

Use your Berkeley Public Library Card and book a date with Discover & Go!
Visit:
  • Bedford Gallery
  • di Rosa
  • Lindsay Wildlife
  • SF Dungeon
  • USS Hornet
  • USS Potomac
  • & Many More!
Friends Book Sale
June 11-12

Great prices on Children's Books & More!
 
Library Closures

All
Berkeley Public Library locations
are closed
all day

Friday, June 3rd

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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.