Exeter Branch Library March Calendar

The Exeter Branch Library  has a busy March scheduled for our Exeter community! Please come in, check out a book, participate in our activities or pass by to just say "hi"! We would love to see you in our library!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!!!

The Exeter Branch Library will be celebrating Dr. Seuss! Children receive prizes for participating in activities.

More Children's Movies During Spring Break at Visalia Branch Library!

Come by the Visalia Branch Library Children's Wing for more movies during Spring Break! Check out the selections that we'll be showing and the March calendar of events below.

Tuesday, March 31st

2:00pm: Hop

4:00pm: The Emperor's New Groove

Wednesday, April 1st

2:00pm: Big Hero 6

4:00pm: It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

Thursday, April 2nd
2:00pm: Penguins of Madagascar

4:00pm: Song of the Sea

Friday, April 3rd

2:00pm: Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast

4:00pm: Annie (2014)

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Mystery Readers Meeting, March 18

Mystery Readers Book Group  

Sponsored by The Friends of the Library 
(559) 713-2709

For March: We will all be reading Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky

Next Meeting
March 18 at 6:30pm

Come and bring a friend!!

Meets every third Wed. of the Month

In the blue meeting room, upstairs

Royalty Storytime Rescheduled

Miss Tulare County had an emergency and will not be attending Royalty Storytime next Wednesday, March 4. This event has been rescheduled for April.

We will still be having storytime at our regular time of 10:00am in the Children's Wing of the Visalia Branch Library on that day.

Please call the Children's Desk at 559-713-2731 with any questions.

Read Across America @ Dinuba Branch Library, March 3 - 6

Join the Dinuba Branch Library next week as we celebrate Read Across America. Dr. Seuss themed crafts, storytime, movie and giveaways. Children who attend the events may win a Dr. Seuss book of their very own.

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Seuss-a-brations at Tulare County Library Branches!

Join us for Dr. Seuss inspired events during the first week of March! Please contact your local branch for details.

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Three Rivers Branch Presents "How to Attract Birds to Your Native Plant Garden," March 12

Yosemite blue bird via Wikimedia commons

Our Three Rivers Branch Library will be hosting its March community program, "How to Attract Birds to Your Native Plant Garden", on March 12 at 6:30pm. Learn how to make your native garden a refuge for birds by providing the proper food, shelter and water sources. Melanie Keeley, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park Horticulturist will be presenting. All are welcome to attend.

Three Rivers Branch Library is located at 42052 Eggers Dr., Three Rivers, CA 93271-0216. Please call (559) 561-4564 or visit the Three Rivers Library page for more information. 

Independent Film Series, March 24

The Independent Film Movement Series will be showing its next film, Traitors, on Tuesday, March 24. 

Synopsis: Malika, leader of Traitors, an all-female punk rock band, has a strong vision of the world, her hometown of Tangier, and her place in it. When she needs money to save her family from eviction and to realize her dreams for the band, Malika agrees to a fast cash proposition: a smuggling run over the mountains for a dangerous drug dealer. But her companion on the road is Amal, a burnt-out young drug mule who Malika decides to free from her enslavement to the dangerous drug dealers. The challenge will put Malika's rebel ethos to the test, and to survive she will have to call on all her instincts and nerve

Directed by Sean Gullette | Morocco | 2013 | Arabic, French & English with English subtitles | 83 min.

The film will be shown at 6:00pm in the upstairs "blue" meeting room at the Visalia Branch Library. Movies are shown on the 4th Tuesday of each month. This event, and future events in this series, is free and open to the public. Absolutely everyone is welcome.

For more information, visit the Reference Desk or call (559) 713-2723.

Tulare County Women Contributed to Valley History

Women of Tulare County, an exhibit highlighting the contributions of ten Tulare County women, opens at the Visalia Library on March 10 to coincide with Women's History Month. This exhibit showcases these extraordinary women of Tulare County from 1855 to the present through a series of posters. Women featured include Josephine Allensworth, Anna Mills Johnston, Eleanor Calhoun, Ina Stiner, Annie Mitchell, Mary Garcia Pohot, Rose Ann Vuich, Jean Shepard, Lali Moheno, and Ester Hernandez.

This exhibit on display on the second floor of the Visalia Branch of the Tulare County Library outside of the Annie R. Mitchell History Room runs from March 10 through June 4. Exhibit hours are from 1:00pm - 5:00pm, Tuesday - Friday. An opening reception will be held on Wednesday, March 11 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm in the Visalia Library's Blue Room.  Women of Tulare County is presented by the Annie R. Mitchell History Room volunteers and staff.

For more information on this exhibit, please contact Lisa Raney at 713-2723 or the reference desk at 713-2703. The Visalia Library is located at 200 W. Oak Ave, Visalia, CA 93291.

The Tulare County Library serves all the citizens of Tulare County with locations in fifteen communities, five book machines, and an online presence at www.tularecountylibrary.org.

Monthly Friends Meeting, March 12

The Friends of the Tulare County Library will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, March 12, at 6:30 PM in the library's upstairs (purple) meeting room. Absolutely everyone is welcome to attend, including and especially current Friends, prospective Friends, and anyone who is interested in learning more!

Please contact Sheryll at 713-2709 for more information.

Royalty Storytime with Miss Tulare County, March 4

This event has been cancelled. Please refer to this post for more information.

How does story time with royalty sound? That's just what we'll have at the Visalia Library on Wednesday, March 4 at our normally scheduled story time at 10:00am.

Tara Broderick, Miss Tulare County 2014 will be our special guest at Story Time. She will read her new book titled Princess Lucy: Believe In Yourself.

Please call the Children's Desk at 559-713-2731 with any questions.

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First Tuesday Book Club Meeting, March 3

For March, we'll be reading A Painted House by John Grisham.

Summary: Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers—and two very dangerous men—came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Luke’s world. A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip and suspicion. A beautiful young woman ignites forbidden passions. A fatherless baby is born. And someone has begun furtively painting the bare clapboards of the Chandler farmhouse, slowly, painstakingly, bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white. And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secrets that could shatter lives—and change his family and his town forever.

We will be meeting in the Visalia Branch Blue Room to discuss this book on March 3 from 6:30pm - 7:45pm.

Women of Tulare County Exhibit to Open in Visalia on March 10

Women of Tulare County, a poster exhibit highlighting the contributions of ten Tulare County women, will be opening at the Visalia Library on March 10 to coincide with Women’s History Month. This exhibit showcases the contributions of ten women of Tulare County from 1855 to the present through a series of posters. Women featured in the exhibit are Josephine Allensworth, Anna Mills Johnston, Eleanor Calhoun, Ina Stiner, Annie Mitchell, Mary Garcia Pohot, Rose Ann Vuich, Jean Shepard, Lali Moheno, and Ester Hernandez.

This exhibit will run from March 10th through June 4th and be on display outside of the Annie R. Mitchell History Room on the second floor of the Visalia Branch of the Tulare County Library. Exhibit hours are from 1:00pm - 5:00pm, Tuesday - Friday and an opening reception will be held on Wednesday, March 11 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm in the Visalia Library Blue Room.  Women of Tulare County is presented by the Annie R. Mitchell History Room volunteers and staff.

For more information on this exhibit, please contact Lisa Raney at 713-2723 or the reference desk at 713-2703. The Visalia Library is located at 200 W. Oak Ave, Visalia, CA 93291.

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New County Librarian to Start Monday, February 9

Please join us in welcoming new County Librarian, Darla Wegener! She will be starting on Monday, February 9.

As County Librarian, Wegener will be responsible for all aspects of the Tulare County Public Library's programs and services, including the review and management of the library's $5 million annual budget. High on the list of program priorities is a commitment to maintaining and growing the "READ TO SUCCEED" Adult Literacy Program, which provides one-on-one tutoring services and conversation circles at the Literacy Center. The Librarian also directly supervises the Deputy County Librarian, Literacy Coordinator, Department Secretary, as well as indirectly supervises a library staff of 40 located at all 15 library branches.

You can learn more about Darla in this article published yesterday in the Visalia-Times Delta.

Visalia Hosting Children's Valentine's Day Movie Marathon

Valentine's Day Movie Marathon

Saturday, February 14th
Visalia Branch Library Children's Wing

10:00 Beauty and the Beast
12:00 Gnomeo and Juliet
2:00 The Book of Life
4:00 Madly Madagascar

Children's Crafts at Tulare County Library Branches Feature February Celebrations

The February crafts for each week are:

February 3 through 7 – Groundhog puppets

February 10 through 14 – Valentine's Day and love pins
February 17 through 21 – Mardi Gras masks
February 24 through 28 - Presidents' Day (Lincoln's and Washington's face masks)

These crafts will be held at different times each week at the Alpaugh, Earlimart, Ivanhoe, Lindsay, Orosi, Springville, Strathmore, Three Rivers, Tipton and Woodlake branch libraries.

For more information on days and times of the crafts at each individual branch, please go to:

Alpaugh                    (559) 949-8355

Earlimart                   (661) 849-2525

Ivanhoe                     (559) 798-1264

Lindsay                      (559) 562-3021

Orosi                          (559) 591-5830

Strathmore                 (559) 568-1087

Tipton                         (559) 752-4236

Woodlake                   (559) 564-8424

Romance Novels for Sale

The Friends of the Library are selling sets of romance novels at the great price of $1 just in time for Valentine's Day. Each set contains 3 novels bound in colorful ribbon with candies attached. Please look for them on display in front of the circulation desk.