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July 2024 | What's your library card worth?


What's on this Summer


Family Activities

Science & Nature

Museum Passes

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WHAT'S NEW

Read Wildly and receive

a special thank you gift

Have you picked up your Summer Reading gear yet? Don't forget to track your library visits on your Quail Quest card-We've got this super-cute quail enamel pin for the first 500 superfans who visit us 14 times this summer! 

Cambria Library: Passport services now available

Apply for your first passport at the Cambria Library or apply to replace your lost, damaged, or old passport. Thursdays by appointment. Learn more here.

BOOKS & MORE
Summer Special

New Books

How to Solve Your Own Murder

by Kristen Perrin

Our Kindred Creatures

by Bill Wasik

All We Were Promised

by Ashton Lattimore

Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex

by Joe Schwarcz

SEE THE LIST

Staff Picks

Eileen

by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Good Enough Job

by Simone Stolzoff

Better than the Movies

by Lynn Painter

The Age of Wood

by Roland Ennos

SEE THE LIST

Feels Like Summer

My First Summer in the Sierra

by John Muir

Summer Snow

by Robert Hass

From Scratch

by Tembi Locke

Dawn Light

by Diane Ackerman

SEE THE LIST

Explore More | Staycation

Forget FOMO! Live the SLO County dream this summer: Use your library card to explore natural wonders, make memories on a day trip, or entertain friends and family.

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Even More to Explore this Summer

New Movies & TV

Summer DIY Project Inspiration

COMMUNITY CORNER

Help the County draft its Master Plan for Aging and Disability: Learn more here, or attend a town hall at the following locations: 

  • Atascadero Library | Wed., July 17, Noon – 2 PM (English)

  • Nipomo Library | Wed., July 17, 3:30 – 5 PM (Spanish)

  • San Luis Obispo Library | Thurs., July 18, 10 – 11:30 AM (English)

  • San Miguel Library | Thurs., July 18, 3:30 – 5 PM  (Spanish)


I Voted! Sticker design contest for kids: The SLO County Elections Office is holding its first-ever “I Voted” countywide sticker contest for students in grades 3-12. Entries accepted through August 21. Winning designs announced in September; for use during the November 5 General Election. Learn more at www.slovote.com.


Visited a SLO County park recently? Take a visitor survey.


Kids ride the bus for free! Through August 14. Rideshare.org

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