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The library will be closed:
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in observance of César Chávez Day |
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Storytime Kit: Magical Creatures
Monday, March 1st, 12:00pm
Pickup up a kit at the Main library during curbside hours
Sparkle and shine! Our latest kit includes everything you need to make a unicorn friend sure to bring magic into your home.
Can't come by to get a kit? You can still join in the fun by visiting the Storytime Kits webpage (and catch up on past ones too). https://bit.ly/wplstorytimekits
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Self-Care Kits for Teens: Home-Made Stress Ball Kit
Monday, March 1st, 12:00pm
Available at the Main Library during curbside hours
Take a break and care for yourself with our Self-Care Kit for Teens. Stop by the Main Branch and pick up our latest kit which includes: a home-made stress ball kit and handouts for meditation and stress management. Our Self-Care Kits for Teens are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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My First Book Club
Mondays beginning March 1st, 3:00pm
To register visit: https://bit.ly/wplfirstclub
If you need help filling out this form call us at 831-768-3404.
Know a virtual learner who would enjoy participating in an engaging book club? Watsonville Public Library’s “My First Book Club” program meets online weekly to read a picture book, have a discussion, and enjoy a fun activity. School aged children in grades 1st-5th are encouraged to participate. This program will be presented in English.
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STEAM Kits: Wheel Racer
Monday, March 8th, 12:00pm
For more information: https://bit.ly/wplsteam
Our Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) kits are available for pickup at the Main Library during curbside hours. Limit one kit per household, while supplies last.
For ages 8 -13.
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Fun on the Run for Adults: Coloring with Pencils
Tuesday, March 9th, 12:00pm
Available at the Main Library during curbside hours
Relax and color inside the lines ~ play with color pencils on pre-made coloring sheets. Kits will include: color pencils, pre-made coloring sheets, and coloring tips.
Available on a first-come, first-serve basis while supplies last.
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Storytime Kit: Weather
Monday, March 15th, 12:00pm
Pickup up a kit at the Main library during curbside hours
Somewhere over the rainbow... a new craft kit awaits! Color scraps of paper to create a beautiful window decoration.
Can't come by to get a kit? ~ you can still join in the fun by visiting the Storytime Kits webpage (and catch up on past ones too). https://bit.ly/wplstorytimekits
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STEAM Kit: Stroboscope
Monday, March 22nd, 12:00pm
For more information: https://bit.ly/wplsteam
Our Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) kits are available for pickup at the Main Library during curbside hours. Limit one kit per household, while supplies last.
For ages 8 -13.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Virtual Game Session
Wednesday, March 24th, 6:00pm
To register for this program visit: http://bit.ly/3r3dOL1
Miss playing games with your friends? Want to socialize and be creative? Feel like experiencing the life of a dwarven warrior? or elven priestess? Defeat an imaginary foe? Charm your enemies? Then roll the dice and learn your fate when you join us for a virtual single session of Dungeons and Dragons game. For ages 13+
This program will be presented in English.
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Spring Break Riddle Rally
Monday, March 29th, 12:00pm
Pickup up a packet at the Main library during curbside hours
Calling all riddle fanatics: The Watsonville Public Library presents an outdoor riddle activity!
Complete riddles that guide you through a walking tour of historical downtown Watsonville at your own pace. For ages 8+
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MotherSong with
Joya Winwood
First Friday of the month Access Recording via |
 Bilingual
Baby Laptime
Wednesdays at 10:30am |
Storytime
in Spanish Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. |
Toddler Time Thursdays at 10:30am |
1000 Books before Kindergarten This program encourages parents to read 1,000 books with their children before age 5 and build early literacy skills with vocabulary development and connecting words to pictures. Sign-up and participate online with the Beanstack tracker app on your phone or through a computer. If you participated in the online Summer Reading Program, you just need to log in and select the new challenge. |
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Library Cards are Free! With our library you can have access to many resources: |
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Mobile WiFi Hotspots
Interested in checking out a mobile hotspot that will enable you to access the internet and browse the web? Hotspots are now available for check out at the Watsonville Public Library. |
Recently Added to Our Collection |
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Colonyside
by Michael Mammay
Forced out of retirement by the government to find a CEO’s missing daughter, disgraced recluse Carl Butler soon discovers that this isn’t an open-and-shut case as attempts are made on his life, leading him to trust no one but himself.
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Concrete rose
by Angie Thomas
A gang leader’s son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one’s brutal murder, in a poignant exploration of Black coming-of-age set 17 years before the events of the award-winning The Hate U Give.
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Perfect pigeons
by Katherine Battersby
A flock of pigeons that prides itself on the perfect unity of everyone looking alike and flying in precise formation confronts a bespectacled, cowboy boot-wearing outskirter who embraces doing his own thing, showing the others that everyone does not have to be the same to belong together.
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Irishman /DVD
A longtime mob associate relates his descent into a life of crime, his position as both a hit man and head of the Teamsters union in Wilmington, Delaware, and his inside knowledge of payoffs, mob hits, and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
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