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Summer Starts This Week The official summer season begins on Thursday, June 20. Thanks to the longer days and warmer weather, now is a great time to get outside and enjoy the outdoors! This time of year usually means family vacations and road trips. Check out these books to plan your next adventure on the open road or just get inspired! Perhaps you just want to explore your actual backyard. Stop by for one of our free gardening programs, where you can learn about native bees, container gardening, and growing tomatoes and peppers successfully. |
Special Event: Author Visit Sometimes our family histories provide amazing stories! She was inspired to write the book after her daughter’s school project about Dr. Wu. Now both mother and daughter are proud to share the story of Dr. Wu, and help children understand that heroes come in all sizes, genders, and races. Shan Woo Liu will stop by Los Altos Library on Saturday, June 29 at 2 p.m. for a reading and discussion about the book, followed by a Q&A. Children and families are invited to join us! |
Find Adventures in Books Dive into the pages of thrilling tales, explore far-off lands, and meet fascinating characters along the way. Embark on a journey with a good book from the library. Check out these recommendations from our librarians: Sign up for Summer Reading today and get started earning prizes! Remember, books, eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, magazines, and more all count towards your reading goal! |
4th of July Preps Independence Day is two and a half weeks away. This gives you a lot of time to start planning and crafting ways to celebrate America’s birthday! CreativeBug offers unlimited access to more than 1,000 online art and craft class. Topics include sewing, quilting, paper, food & home, holiday & party, and more! And for history fans of all ages, the library has resources to learn about the history of the United States and why Independence Day is so important. |
Teen Entertainment The library can help teens stay engaged and entertained this summer. Our Online Library can keep them busy! Stream movies or TV shows using our free eResources, Kanopy and hoopla. Our free music service, Freegal lets users download five songs to keep every week or enjoy unlimited streaming. Teens can also learn coding (Python, JavaScript, C++) with CodeCombat or Treehouse for the advanced coders (you must be 16 or older to use Treehouse). |
Free Museum Passes for Patrons Discover & Go is a virtual museum pass program for Santa Clara County Library District cardholders that offers library patrons the ability to reserve admission passes to several dozen museums and cultural attractions throughout the greater Bay Area. Get free passes to places like the Asian Art Museum, California Academy of Sciences, Chabot Space & Science Center, the de Young, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Patrons must be at least 18 years old to reserve a pass, and must have a full-use Santa Clara County Library District library card. See the other restrictions here. |
June 19 is Emancipation Day It was on June 19 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced General Order No. 3, which ordered that all remaining U.S. slaves be freed. The 250,000 slaves were among the last in the United States, residing in states that were not part of the Confederacy. The announcement came nearly two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It became an annual tradition and Texas later adopted Juneteenth as a state holiday in 1980, followed by a number of other states. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Find programs and booklists for children, teens, and adults about Juneteenth in this blog. All SCCLD libraries are closed and services unavailable on Wednesday. Our Online Library is available at sccld.org/Online-Library/. |
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Join the Library with an Instant Free eCard
If you live in Santa Clara County and do not have a library card with the Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD), or would like additional household members to have their own library accounts, the instant free eCard is for you. eCards are available to all residents who live within Santa Clara County Library District with a valid residential mailing address (P.O. Box not accepted). You can also visit any of our libraries during open hours to convert your eCard, or apply for a full use card to check out any of our physical and digital materials and resources. Renew your library card online! If you have a library card and would like to keep it current, now you can renew your library card online! SCCLD makes it easy to keep your account current and active. No visit to the library needed if your account is in good standing and you live within the Greater Bay Area. For more information or to renew online, visit sccld.org/cardrenewal. |
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