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Summer reading is astronomically popular! We knew that people liked the Berkeley Public Library's summer reading program but wow! Over 2000 people have signed up so far. Look below to find fun events, activities, book suggestions, and ways that the Berkeley Public Library can help you have a stellar summer. ENJOY! |
Out of This World Fun all Summer Long |
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West Branch
Wednesday, July 24, 4:00pm
Hands-on, educational workshops where you can meet live bees and learn about how they live and their importance to the environment. Ages 4 and up.
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Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch Tuesday, July 23, 4:00pm
Children age 7-10 can sing with professional singer-educators from the San Francisco Opera Guild!
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Claremont Branch Friday, July 26, 4:00pm
Little Rabbit runs into trouble in the big forest.
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Wednesday, July 31, 3:30pm In the Light and Shadow STEM Workshop, kid designers gain a deeper knowledge of light and its ability to move through different materials by designing their own shadow puppets using high-tech tools. Ages 4-8. Space is limited. Call 510-981-6223 beginning July 15 to register. |
Tuesday, August 6, 4:00pm Send a little peace around the world. Help us fold 1,000 origami cranes to send to Japan in the spirit of peace and brotherhood. We will have a reading from the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, and we will have the treat of beautiful koto music by Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto and friends. If you don't know how to fold, we'll show you. Ages 8 and up for folding due to difficulty, but younger kids are welcome to listen to the story and enjoy the music! |
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Make your own balloon race track and learn about thrust!
Thrust is the force that helps rockets get off the ground and break free of Earth's gravity. |
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Mango Languages is a beautifully designed tool that uses real-life situations and actual conversations to help you to learn new languages. Learn conversational skills for 34 different languages and 15 different ESL courses. Create a free Mango account and start learning today. Free with your Berkeley Public Library card! |
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Whether you are in town or out of sight, it's easy to use your online library account. Have your library card number on hand. · Go to MY ACCOUNT on the Berkeley Public Library web page. · You can renew checked out items so long as no one else has placed a hold on them or they are not labeled “Lucky Day”. · You can freeze holds so they won’t be delivered while you are out of town. Holds must be frozen before your turn comes up. |
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Earth Space Moon Base
by Ben Joel Price
Picture Book. Preschool- grade 1. Offbeat rhymes and colorful, retro-style illustrations evoke a funny little world where a spaceman, a robot and a cheeky monkey use a most unusual method to protect Earth from hungry, googly-eyed moon aliens.
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A Kite for Moon
by Jane Yolen
Picture Book. Preschool-grade 1. Dedicated to Neil Armstrong and released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing, a celebration of friendship and a child's curiosity finds a kite-flying little boy promising to visit a lonely Moon before pursuing a career as an astronaut.
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Astronaut Annie
by Suzanne Slade
Picture Book. Grades K-2. When Annie has a career day at her school, each member of her family wonders if she will choose their career path--her grandfather the news photographer, her father the mountain climber or her mother the basketball player--until she reveals a dream that is all her own
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The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon : the True Story of Alan Bean
by Dean Robbins
Nonfiction. Grades 2-5. Journey to the Moon on the Apollo 12 mission with astronaut and artist Alan Bean! As a boy, Alan wanted to fly planes. As a young navy pilot, Alan wished he could paint the view from the cockpit. So he took an art class to learn patterns and forms. But no class could prepare him for the beauty of the lunar surface some 240,000 miles from Earth. In 1969, Alan became the fourth man and first artist on the moon.
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To the Stars! : the First American Woman to Walk in Space
by Carmella Van Vleet
Nonfiction. Grades 2-5. Shares the story of renowned astronaut and distinguished scientist Kathryn Sullivan, describing how she defied the conventions of her childhood to pursue interests previously limited to boys and how she became the first woman to walk in space.
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Dark Side of the Moon
by Jeramey Kraatz
Fiction. Grades 4-6. Spreading the word of the dangers still threatening Earth, Benny Love and his Moon Platoon friends track down Elijah West's long-missing research partner and wonder if he is trustworthy enough to be part of the team protecting the planet from a next wave of alien invaders.
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Visit us in person for more summer fun! |
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