My Live Interactive Video Preschool/Kindergarten Storytimes, good for kids ages 4 to 6, are fun, kinetic, and humorous experiences!  I make it a point not just to read books, but to perform them as well!

Come one, come all to this story time designed for toddlers. Little ones and their caregivers will enjoy songs, rhymes, and books with captivating illustrations. 

Party Bridge for ages 16 - Adult. Experience necessary.

You can save lives by participating in the Red Cross Blood Drive at Rancho Peñasquitos Branch Library!

Blood supplies are dangerously low. All blood types needed now. Your one donation can save up to three lives. 

The San Diego Public Library has partnered with the nonprofit Home Start to offer free basic tax return preparation to qualified individuals. Appointments are required!

Tech Help Sessions

Want to improve your computer skills or learn how to navigate the internet?

Ages (3-5)

Laugh and learn with stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts to promote early literacy. 

Look! Over there! Coming out of that library! It's  . . . BOOKMAN! Using the superpower of reading, BOOKMAN has magically traveled all around the world – even into space!

Come test your skills against others during our weekly video game time. We have plenty of consoles and games to choose from. Video game time will be every Tuesday from 3 pm-5 pm, there will be a capacity and time limit for each participant/group.

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Kids K through 8: having trouble with that homework?  Need a little help?  Our friendly Coaches will provide assistance!  They'll guide you through math and science assignments, sit with you as you try to sound out words while readi

Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!

Children can build with LEGOs and display their creations in the library.

Poet Jim Moreno, Coordinator for the San Diego/ Tijuana ReEvolutionary Poets Brigdage will teach students that they are our future leaders by writing poetry from different genres: social justice, existential, hip hop, rap, free verse, and more.&nb

STEAM pirates are invited to come raid the STEAM treasure trunk and play in the library's community room from 4-5pm every other Tuesday.  It is full of 22 of the latest librarian-approved activities to get kids thinking and learning.  Gr

We're partnering with SD Nights to bring you a virtual Sketch Night! Learn to draw a cartoon or comic book character with library staff from the Carmel Mountain and City Heights Branch Libraries. Classes will be on Zoom, so RSVP is required.

The Branch Out Academy program introduces youth tree
stewards to the benefits of trees. These one-hour trainings
teach students how to plant and care for trees in our
urban environment. Finish a training and take home a tree

Join us via Zoom for Virtual Teen Graphic Novel Club! We will have a  discussion on the assigned graphic novel and share our favorite books.

Join us every Tuesday from 5pm-6pm for Create! At the Library, featuring a new craft each week.

For now, this program will only be available as a take-home kit (while supplies last). 

Are you the next Judith Polgar? Do you aspire to become the next Beth Harmon? Can you dethrone Magnus Carlsen and become the Chess World Champion? Or, do you simply want to enhance your memory and prevent Alzheimer’s?

Monthly speakers on a variety of topics of interest to gardeners.  The group tours members gardens and goes on outings to interesting nurseries and farms. 

An evening of music with Holly Hofmann (flute) with Mike Wofford (piano).  Holly Hofmann and her many flutes bring exciting jazz to our stage.

Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case becomes an obsession after she disappears and he fights to learn the truth about her.

The Scripps Ranch Book Discussion Group invites you to join us on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Copies are available for check-out at the library.