Wednesday, May 4th @ 10AM: Preschool Storytime!

Join us for stories, songs and fingerplays at our preschool story time every Wednesday @ 10AM. This week we celebrate mothers!

*No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732

Tuesday, May 3rd @ 10AM: Baby/Toddler Time!

Every Tuesday at 10AM, we will have a special time for babies (0-2) to play and interact with one another while building literacy skills!

Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library! Movies! XBox 360 Kinect Fun! Games!!!

When: Every Friday 1:30pm-5:30pm

Movie starts @ 2pm & 4pm in homework room
This week's movies:
2pm-Shrek Forever After

4pm- Shrek Forever after

(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)

Kinect game of the day: Kinect Adventures

Board Games available to play in Children's Wing:

Candy Land, Chess, Checkers and Backgammon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect 4, Dominoes, Go Fish card game, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, Regular playing cards, Scrabble, Sorry!, Uno

Cost: Free!!!
Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch
Who: Children, teens and parents (adults must be with a child in order to attend this program) *Parents must stay with children under the age of 14.
*No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732

Wednesday, April 27th @ 10AM: Preschool Storytime!

Join us for stories, songs and fingerplays at our preschool story time every Wednesday @ 10AM. This week we celebrate bugs!

*No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732

Tuesday, April 26th @ 10AM: Baby/Toddler Time!

Every Tuesday at 10AM, we will have a special time for babies (0-2) to play and interact with one another while building literacy skills!

Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library! Movies! XBox 360 Kinect Fun! Games!!!

Family Fun @ the Visalia Library!!!

Join us every Friday for free Kinect gaming, movies and over 18 board games that families can enjoy playing together!
When: Every Friday 1:30pm-5:30pm
Movie starts @ 2pm & 4pm in homework room

This week's movies:

2pm- Tangled

4pm- Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)

***check out the Spring Break Movie Madness post for other movies being shown all week!***

Kinect game of the day: Kinect Adventures

Board Games available to play in Children's Wing:
Candy Land, Chess, Checkers and Backgammon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect 4, Dominoes, Go Fish card game, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, Regular playing cards, Scrabble, Sorry!, Uno

Cost: Free!!!

Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch

Who: Children, teens and parents (adults must be with a child in order to attend this program) *Parents must stay with children under the age of 14.

*No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732

Spring Break Movie Madness in the Visalia Library Children's Area!!!

Tuesday:2pm- Tangled

4pm- Open Season 3

Wednesday:2pm- Tangled

4pm- Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Thursday: 2pm- Tangled

4pm- Open Season 3

Friday: 2pm -Tangled

4pm- Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

*We will also be having Family Fun Friday 1:30-5:30pm. X-box 360 with Kinect and lots of board games that can be played in the Children's Wing during that time. Check out that event post for more details.

Cost: Free!!!

Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch
Movies start @ 2pm & 4pm in homework room.

Children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.
Who: Children, teens and parents (adults must be with a child in order to attend this program) *Parents must stay with children under the age of 14. *No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732

Wednesday, April 20th @ 10AM: Preschool Storytime!

Join us for stories, songs and fingerplays at our preschool story time every Wednesday @ 10AM. This week we celebrate Easter and bunnies!

*No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732

Tuesday, April 19th @ 10AM: Baby/Toddler Time!

Every Tuesday at 10AM, we will have a special time for babies (0-2) to play and interact with one another while building literacy skills!

ADULT LITERACY DAY, LITERACY AWARD WINNER, HONORED AT BOARD MEETING

Heather Freitas, HHSA Visalia Office Self Sufficiency Counselor III (2nd from right) receives Literacy Advocate Award from County Librarian Brian Lewis. There to honor Mrs. Freitas were HHSA representatives (left to right) Donna Ortiz, TulareWORKS Division Manager; Selene Juarez, Visalia Office Supervisor, Karen Hansen, TulareWORKS Employment Services Unit Manager, and Jackie Whitney, Visalia District Office Manager.


The Board of Supervisors proclaimed Adult Literacy Day for Tulare County at the BOS meeting yesterday, and also recognized Library Literacy program participants for their accomplishments. Chairman Mike Ennis presented the Board’s proclamation to County Librarian Brian Lewis and Literacy program manager Pat Habeck.

In accepting the declaration, County Librarian Brian Lewis said, “The importance of literacy cannot be overstated. We have a 41 percent illiteracy rate right here in Tulare County. The Library Literacy program works steadily to reduce that figure, often with such community partners as Health and Human Services, the Sheriff’s office and the Visalia Rescue Mission.”

Mrs. Habeck then introduced a new citizen, to whom Supervisor Worthley gave a United States flag. She also presented a GED student to the board, stating that these two individuals represented the more than 700 Literacy Center customers who have participated in the program since its inception eleven years ago. In addition to the learners, there are over 100 tutors who volunteer their time and knowledge to the Literacy program.

The Board also recognized Literacy Advocate Award winner Heather Freitas, a Self Sufficiency Counselor III for the Visalia District Office of HHSA. The presentation to Mrs. Freitas took place on the steps of the Board’s chambers after the meeting. “Heather’s awareness of the value of literacy to her clients makes her a leader in HHSA’s efforts to combat this great problem,” said Mr. Lewis in giving the award to Mrs. Freitas.

The Literacy Advocate Award is part of the three year old joint HHSA/Literacy Center effort to provide functional literacy skills to TulareWORKS clients. The aim of the partnership is to better prepare HHSA clients to participate in the workforce.

Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library! Movies! XBox 360 Kinect Fun! Games!!!

Family Fun @ the Visalia Library!!!
Join us every Friday for free Kinect gaming, movies and over 18 board games that families can enjoy playing together!

When: Every Friday 1:30pm-5:30pm

Movie starts @ 2pm & 4pm in homework room
This week's movie: Yogi Bear
(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.) Kinect game of the day: Kinect Sports

Board Games available to play in Children's Wing:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Candy Land, Chess, Checkers and Backgammon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect 4, Dominoes, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Go Fish card game, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, Regular playing cards, Scrabble, Scrabble Slam card game, Skip-Bo, Sorry!, Uno, Wits and Wagers

Cost: Free!!!

Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch

Who: Children, teens and parents (adults must be with a child in order to attend this program)

*Parents must stay with children under the age of 14.
*No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732

Independent Film Night, April 21

The library will host a free showing of the independent film, Nurse. Fighter. Boy, on April 21st at 6:30pm in the upstairs "blue" room.

Film Synopsis:
Jude is a single mother who descends from a long line of Jamaican caregivers. Silence is a 'past his prime' boxer who fights illegally to survive. Ciel is a boy who delves into music, conjuring dreams for his mother. During the last week of summer, a late-night brawl finds the fighter in the nurse's care causing their three fates to be forever entwined.

Directed by Charles Officer

Canada | 2009 | Drama | English

Running Time: 93 min.

Mystery Readers' Meeting, April 20

The next Mystery Readers' Meeting will be held on April 20 at 6:30pm at the Visalia Library (upstairs, in the "blue" meeting room). This month's theme is: Death and Taxes (or finance or taxes). For ideas on which authors and titles to read, please see April's reading list on the Friends' web page.

Wednesday, April 13th @ 10AM: Preschool Storytime!

Join us for stories, songs and fingerplays at our preschool story time every Wednesday @ 10AM. This week we celebrate kittens!

*No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732

Tuesday, April 12th @ 10AM: Baby/Toddler Time!

Every Tuesday at 10AM, we will have a special time for babies (0-2) to play and interact with one another while building literacy skills!

Wednesday, April 6th @10am: Preschool Storytime!

Join us for stories, songs and fingerplays at our preschool story time every Wednesday @ 10AM. This week we celebrate Zoo Animals!


*No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.
Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732

Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library! Movies! XBox 360 Kinect Fun! Games!!!

Family Fun @ the Visalia Library!!!
Join us every Friday for free Kinect gaming, movies and over 18 board games that families can enjoy playing together!

When: Every Friday 1:30pm-5:30pm

Movie starts @ 2pm & 4pm in homework room
This week's movie: Toy Story 3
(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.) Kinect game of the day: Kinect Sports

Board Games available to play in Children's Wing:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Candy Land, Chess, Checkers and Backgammon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect 4, Dominoes, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Go Fish card game, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, Regular playing cards, Scrabble, Scrabble Slam card game, Skip-Bo, Sorry!, Uno, Wits and Wagers

Cost: Free!!!

Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch

Who: Children, teens and parents (adults must be with a child in order to attend this program)

*Parents must stay with children under the age of 14.
*No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2732