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Swing into the Odi-Verse, an ode to the library mascot's various cosplays!

Experience the Odi-Verse with these fun activities:

4th floor of Central Library
July 19-23: During library open hours

Come enjoy stories and active songs!

Join us on the Taylor Greene to sing, dance, and move along to favorite kids songs.

Join Children’s Librarian Miss Julie for stories, songs, fingerplays, and lots of fun!  This program is designed for children ages 2-4.

In this highly interactive, music-based storytime program, children have the opportunity to play musical instruments, learn beats with rhythm sticks, and dance and move to the sounds. All ages are welcome to attend.

STORIES, IMAGINATION & MORE

Each week we will practice our early literacy skills by:

· using our imagination,

Learn signs to use with your child! Signing fun with songs, stories, and finger plays as well as tips for using sign language as a preverbal communication tool with your little one.

Join us in the library's spacious community room where we can all safely space out for a Storytime with Miss Melissa or Miss Jennifer appropriate for preschoolers.

Ages 0-3

Bond with your baby/toddler through books, bounces, fingerplays, and movements!

Join in as we read, sing, dance, and play at Toddler Storytime!  Come and build essential early literacy skills and foster a love of reading. Designed for children ages 1-3.

Join Ms. Carrie, on Zoom, Wednesday mornings for virtual stories, songs, and fun that foster early literacy skills.

Dance, sing, laugh, and enjoy engaging stories with Carrie The Librarian! This program is recommended for ages 2-5 but all ages are welcome at this fun weekly program. 

Mind and Body Fitness is done mostly standing or in a chair. No mats required.
Space is limited to 25 people per class.

Be sure to get to the library a little early, this class fills up fast!

Zovargo will bring the Zoo to YOU! Animal ambassadors will provide education on the different animals they bring. Zovargo programs focus on conservation, animals and their habitats, and promoting sustainable behaviors.

Ages 0-3

Encourage social skills through play while meeting other caregivers!  

This bilingual program is designed for preschool children to experience both English and German in a fun, engaging setting. During each session, we will read stories and sing in both languages. 

Are you a Tinker? Do you like to work with different machines? Are you fascinated by tools and how something works? With these S.T.E.A.M.

Toddler Story Time in Kensington Park will be held at 10:30am. There will be stories, songs, and bubbles! Join the fun!

It is how it sounds: Show & Tell!  Every child has the opportunity to share something in the course of the program!  If your child isn't much of a speaker yet, no worries!  He can show everyone

Join us for Toddler Storytime Outdoors with Mrs. Suzanne!  We'll have fun reading a book, singing songs & dancing to get our wiggles out.

We will pass out "tickets" right before storytime.

When Emilia’s favorite beach gets filled up with trash, she calls on her alien friend and library friends, to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Craig Newton will entertain kids with fun music for preschoolers while demonstrating many different instruments.

Learn tips and tricks from professional organizers Sherry Gangel and Paula Gangel of Bee Organized. Bee Organized will provide great takeaways on how to downsize and declutter. 

Free program - no registration is required!

Are you unsure of how to share pictures from your phone? Are you baffled by Word?

Need tech help and tech resources?  The City of San Diego and SDFF is offering Free Digital Navigator services.  Drop-in or call for assistance. 1 (800) 350-6945

NEED TECH HELP AND TECH RESOURCES?!

The City of San Diego and the San Diego Futures Foundation are offering FREE Digital Navigator drop-in services.

In partnership with the San Diego Unified  School District, Lunch @ Your Library will provide free hot lunches to children ages 0-18.

Join Ms. Jessica for an interactive Storytime featuring books, music, movement, and crafts to encourage Early Literacy skills.

Lunch will be served to ages 0-18.

Free Summer Lunch at San Diego Public Library. Monday-Friday from 12-1 PM. Ages 0-18. Join us!

Once the shock of the bombing of Pearl Harbor subsided, the women of San Diego had to deal with a number of issues at home in San Diego.

Join us for Pre-school and elementary story time and craft. 

Zovargo provides conservation education programs with live animal ambassadors.

If you have a love for writing and would like to develop your skills, this workshop is an excellent place for you. You will write short stories and poetry, share your work with others and discover other's work.

Be a part of four fun-filled days learning how to achieve a sustainable future for you and the world.  Discover about the impact you have on the world and how the world has an impact on you. 

Classes will be held every Wednesday
starting June 28 for six weeks. Classes
are structured for children 6-12. Come
and learn about the art and culture of
Breakin’ presented by Cypherst8.
Sessions are approximately 45 mins

Join us on the Patio outside the children's room for arts and crafts after school every Wednesday at 2pm.

Activities are designed for school age children.  Young kids may require parent assistance.

All are welcome to attend this monthly meeting of the Friends of the Rancho Peñasquitos Branch Library.

In this art-centered camp, campers will learn basic drawing and painting techniques to create their own masterpieces!  Art supplies will be provided.

Space is limited, registration is required.

Join us for story-inspired stretches, music, and child-friendly props! We conclude by using our breath to transition from silly to calm. Please bring a mat or towel.

Ages 3-8.  

Celebrate Comic Con week with us at the Library!

We will be creating our own Superhero and Anime themed buttons.

Join Ms. Ann for a lively and thoughtful discussion of The Magician's Elephant by Kate Di Camillo. Snacks will be provided. Looking forward to seeing you! 

Discover more about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through activities, demonstrations, and experiments at our Discovery Club program. For ages 6-12. Siblings are welcome. 

Join us each week to play and explore two new play-anywhere, paper-and-pencil games to help sharpen your young mathematician's strategic thinking and logic skills. Bring the family, and stop in anytime to join the fun!

Why be BORED when there is BOARD Game Club every Wednesday, 3:00-5:00?  Come on down to the Children's and teen area where you will find classic board games as well as steam based games.  Bring your friends - or make new ones.

Need to finish some homework, work on a project, study for a test, or just relax and read a book away from the distractions at home?

Don't stop learning this summer!  Stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We've got games, learning activities, STEAM crafts, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by our Homework Center to hone your skills.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Center to hone your skills.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Center to hone your skills.

Don't stop learning this summer!  Stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We've got games, learning activities, STEAM crafts, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!  Stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We've got games, learning activities, STEAM crafts, and more fun ways to learn.

Calling all LEGO Builders!

Put your engineering and problem-solving skills to the test by taking part in unique LEGO building challenges or let your imagination run wild and build your own special LEGO creations.

Each week's L

Join us for a lively discussion of this month's book selection, "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the RB Branch Library.

Make a top out of cardboard and learn about the forces that make it spin. (For ages 5 & up).

Did you know a lot of the magic in the world of Harry Potter is rooted in real science? Explore how the Harry Potter books and movies reflect concepts in genetics, chemistry, herbology, and more.

This is an in-person workshop.

Teens ages 12-17 can come to the Community Room to play board games, card games, and more! Hang out with your friends and cool off from the summer heat. 

You can bring your own game, or we have the following in stock:

 Bring along family and friends for a fun afternoon to play with assorted game boards and puzzles provided by the Paradise Hills Branch Library.   

Join us every Wednesday at 4pm for Kid's Arts and Crafts. Every week a librarian staff member will instruct children on how to create something new that they will then get to take home.

Prepare to be amazed as Mad Science explores the science behind magic! Learn how magicians use the principals of science to develop illusions.

All ages welcome. No registration necessary.

Join your children's librarian for stories, songs and fun activities by the sea on the grass at Ellen Browning Scripps Park at La Jolla Cove. 

Create cosplays using the clothes in your closet to dress up as an original Pokemon trainer, a ninja from a village in the Naruto series, or create accessories to become your very own Magical Girl!  Discover the magic of th

"Find Your Voice" with Sharon Katz, South African musician and activist who will show the 9-minute trailer of the documentary "When Voices Meet", followed by an interactive music and dance performance, a Question & Answer period, and a discuss

CREATE - SHARE - PLAY!

Do you love competitive board game classics like Jenga, Dominoes, Uno, Monopoly, or maybe relaxing by working on a jigsaw puzzle? Drop by the Legler Benbough Teen IDEA Lab with your friends on Wednesdays and Thursdays to play!

The Teen Game Room is open! Come check out our Nintendo Switch and PS4. Teens regularly play Smash Bros., Mario Kart, Gang Beasts and more. 

Registration encouraged, but not required.

This is the hands-on workshop for anyone looking to use comics in a classroom.

Come meet author Misa Sugiura, who will be reading and signing her latest middle-grade fantasy book Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind.

Come let your voice be heard, and learn what’s going on in your community. Local representatives present updates at every meeting. This is a great way to become active in your neighborhood and maybe meet some of your neighbors!

Blockbuster YA fantasy author Erin A. Craig (Sisters of the Salt series) & debut YA fantasy author Amanda Linsmeier share the stage at the Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Branch Library for a free in-conversation event & book signing.