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There's still time for
Summer Reading at Berkeley Public Library! Collect prizes and complete raffle tickets. August 31 is the last day. - Kids - come claim your spot on the wall of fame and get your prizes! Prizes are available while supplies last.
- Adults - get your raffle tickets filled out for exciting items like e-readers like a Kindle Fire and musical instruments like a guitar or ukulele! The drawing takes place the first week of September.
*Lost game card? Come to the service desk and we can help you. |
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Tell us about Summer Reading!
If you fill out a quick survey it will help us plan the Summer Reading Program next year.
We appreciate your help! |
Some August Events and More! |
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Thursday, August 8, 2019 - 5:30-7:00pm Come try our Vive VR system and tour the International Space Station or hang out with a humpback whale. All ages welcome. Ages 12 and under, please bring parental approval. Program repeats on August 15. |
Friday, August 9, 2019 - 4:00pm-4:30pm Mariela's music time is an educational, energetic and interactive bilingual performance for little ones filled with rhythms and multicultural music! |
Saturday, August 10 - 3:30-4:15pm Meet a variety of reptiles to meet, plot their origins on a world map, and tell about some of the features that make them so interesting. You may even get a chance to come up and see the animals up close! Ages 5 and up |
@WestAugust 14, 2019 - 4:00pm-4:45pm
Visitors from another planet!?! Science experiments help bring the story to life with special effects and chances to do some hands-on science experiments and learn about the science behind the effects.
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Pen pals at BPL
Come to the 4th floor of the Central Library and see the letters from our pen pals all over the US!
Write a letter and we will send it to a participating library.
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Back to School - Get homework and project help with California Fact Cards.
- Use Explora like a trusted encyclopedia.
- Find book suggestions with NoveList Plus.
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Book Clubs are back @Central!
This fall, join a book club. It's free and fun! Call us for more information: 510 981-6223
First meeting, Tuesday, October 1, 4:00-5:00 pm. For 6th, 7th, & 8th graders. First meeting, Tuesday, October 15, 4:00-5:00 pm. |
Look to the stars but know where you are! |
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The book list below is loaded with suggestions for finding your way in this world.
Here are some fun activities that expand on this theme.
Try geocaching! Geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunt available all around you. To play, you use a GPS unit or app to find hidden treasure boxes or caches. Groups and individuals set up caches all over the world and share the location as coordinates on the internet.
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Around the World : a Follow-the-Trail Book
by Craig Shuttlewood
Board Book. Infants and toddlers. Young readers are invited to follow the trail to discover wonders in the mountains, under the sea, in the desert, and through the forest.
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Because
by Mo Willems
Picture Book. Preschool-2nd grade. Because, because, because! There's so much to love and think about when you read this book. The six-time Emmy Award-winning Sesame Street writer and three-time Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! follows a young girl's journey to center stage through a powerful symphony of chance, discovery, persistence and magic.
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Oh No, Astro!
by Matt Roeser
Picture Book. K-2nd grade. A cranky asteroid who just wants everyone to respect his personal boundaries is knocked out of orbit by a satellite and sent on an involuntary, epic adventure through space, in a story complemented by playful illustrations and engaging space facts.
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Cool Maps & Geocaching : Great Things to Do in the Great Outdoors
by Katherine Hengel
Nonfiction. 3rd-6th grade. Learn the fun of geocaching. What to put in a secret cache, and where to hide it. Create your own compass to find a cache and write in an adventure journal. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity and it's written just for kids
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Traveling Man : the Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
by James Rumford
Biography. 3rd-6th grade.Tells of the true adventures of Ibn Battuta, a fourteenth-century traveler who, like Marco Polo, set forth on a seventy-five thousand mile journey of discovery through many lands, including Tanzania, China, Russia, and Morocco. 12,500 first printing.
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The Exact Location of Home
by Kate Messner
Fiction. 4th-7th grade. Believing his long-absent father is missing and leaving clues behind through geocaching, Zig, thirteen, relies on his love of electronics, a garage sale GPS unit, and his best friend, Gianna, to search for answers.
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Satellite
by Nick Lake
Fiction. 8th grade and up. Sixteen-year-olds Leo and the twins Orion and Libra were born and raised on space station, Moon 2 by teams of astronauts. They've been training for the trip to Earth for years. But while they may be physically ready to endure the dangerous trip to terra firma, life on the distant blue-green marble is anything but simple.
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