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