Thursday, September 27, 2012

FRiday, September 28th 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: Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3
(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)

Cost: Free!!!

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

Who: Children 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

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Friday, September 21st 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: Disney's Ratatouille

(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)

Cost: Free!!!

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

Who: Children 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

Friday, September 7, 2012

First Tuesday Book Club, October 2

The next "First Tuesday Book Club" will meet on October 2 at 6:30 pm in the blue meeting room. This month we are reading Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks.

Book Summary:
In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, Brooks has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. The narrator of Caleb's Crossing is Bethia Mayfield, growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans. Restless and curious, she yearns after an education that is closed to her by her sex. As often as she can, she slips away to explore the island's glistening beaches and observe its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a tentative secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other. Bethia's minister father tries to convert the Wampanoag, awakening the wrath of the tribe's shaman, against whose magic he must test his own beliefs. One of his projects becomes the education of Caleb, and a year later, Caleb is in Cambridge, studying Latin and Greek among the colonial elite. There, Bethia finds herself reluctantly indentured as a housekeeper and can closely observe Caleb's crossing of cultures. Like Brooks's beloved narrator Anna in Year of Wonders , Bethia proves an emotionally irresistible guide to the wilds of Martha's Vineyard and the intimate spaces of the human heart.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Friends of the Library Lobby Book Sale

The Friends of the Tulare County Library have a large selection of books for sale, daily, inside the library. Books are priced at 50 cents each, and magazines are priced at 25 cents each. The selection changes daily, so come in often to see what's been newly added!