Friday, April 20th 2-5pm! Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library!!!

Family Fun @ the Visalia Library!!! Join us every Friday for free Kinect gaming, movies and over 15 board games that families can enjoy playing together! When: Every Friday 2pm-5pm Movie @ 2pm & 4pm: Lion King 1 1/2 (children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)

Kinect Adventures! 3-5pm (Kinect is for ages 6-13) 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. 713.2731

Mystery Readers, May 15

The next Mystery Readers' Book Group will meet on May 15 at 6:30pm at the Visalia Library (upstairs, in the "blue" meeting room).

May's topic is "Foreign Intrigue," so read a mystery by a U.S. author who writes mysteries taking place in foreign countries or read a mystery by an author from another country.

For more information, please contact Sheryll at 713-2709.

Tuesdays @10am- Baby and Toddler Time! Visalia Branch

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!

Wednesdays @10am--Preschool Storytime

Wednesdays @10am--Preschool Storytime

Join us for stories, songs and fingerplays at our preschool story time every Wednesday @ 10AM.

*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

Friday, April 20th 2-5pm! Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library!!!

Family Fun @ the Visalia Library!!!
Join us every Friday for free Kinect gaming, movies and over 15 board games that families can enjoy playing together!
When: Every Friday 2pm-5pm
Movie @ 2pm & 4pm: Happy Feet Two
(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)

Kinect Sports! 3-5pm
(Kinect is for ages 6-13)
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. 713.2731

Board of Supervisors Names Adult Literacy Day

Allen Ishida, Diamond Bulosan, Sue Gillison

Tulare County Board of Supervisors Chairman Allen Ishida declared today as Adult Literacy Day at its weekly board meeting.

Representing the Tulare County Library Literacy Program were County Librarian Brian Lewis and Program Manager Sue Gillison.  Ms. Gillison introduced to the Board Diamond Bulosan, as an outstanding example of the work program participants can do.  Ms. Bulosan has obtained her GED and has recently been accepted as a student at the College of the Sequoias for the fall semester.

The proclamation noted that the program has “successfully completed and celebrated twelve years of literacy services to the adults in Tulare County.”  It also stated that the County of Tulare is pleased with the success of adult literacy programs within Tulare County and wishes to commend and publicly acknowledge the efforts  of the program administrators, volunteer tutors and learners in their future endeavors.”

Book Sale, May 19

The BIG Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held on May 19th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 pm on the north/east lawn, near Locust St. Come and see our great selection of fiction, non-fiction, videos, and lots of children's books.

For more information, please call Sheryll Strachan at 713-2709

And remember, we have a large selection of books for sale everyday inside the library.

Socrates Cafe, April 10

Every second Tuesday of every month, the Visalia Library will be hosting a Socrates Cafe* at 6:30 pm in one of the library's meeting rooms.

The next meeting : April 10

This month's topic: Peace

*Socrates Cafe is a gathering of people who--with the help of a facilitator--engage in lively conversation about philosophical questions, posing questions, listening to others, raising challenges, and considering alternative answers.

First Tuesday Book Club, May 1

Date: 5/1/2012

Start Time: 6:30 PM

End Time: 7:45 PM

Location: Visalia Branch Blue Room

Things That Keep Us Here
by Carla Buckley

Everything seems quiet on Ann Brooks's suburban cul-de-sac. Despite her impending divorce, she's created a happy home and her daughters are adjusting to the change. She feels lucky to be in a supportive community and confident that she can handle any other hardship that life may throw her way. But then, right before Thanksgiving, a crisis strikes that turns everybody's world upside down. Suddenly her estranged husband is forced back onto her doorstep, bringing with him his beautiful graduate assistant. Trapped inside the house she once called home, confronted by challenges she never could have imagined, Ann must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where the simple act of opening a door to a neighbor could jeopardize all she holds dear. The choices she makes will impact the lives of those around her irrevocably and linger in the reader's memory in this marvelous first novel, written with authority, grace, and wisdom. Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more. (RandomHouseReadersCircle.com)

Free movies all Spring break week in the Children's Wing of the Visalia Branch!!!

Looking for free family friendly activities around town during Spring break?
Come and enjoy free movies all this week in the Children's Wing of the Visalia Branch Library!!!

Tuesday
@ 2pm: Hop
@ 4pm: Muppets

Wednesday
@ 2pm: Happy Feet 2
@ 4pm:Hugo

Thursday
@ 2pm: Muppets
@ 4pm: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Friday
@ 2pm: Hop
@ 4pm: TinTin

Cost: Free!!!
Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch
*Parents must stay with children under the age of 14.*