Week Calendar

Stay and Play (ages 0-6)

Come to “Stay and Play” Explore our toys, puzzles, building blocks and more!

Playing helps children use their imaginations to create stories and develop important narrative skills.

Join us at Sebastopol Regional Library for Baby Time! We'll read, sing, bounce, tickle, and play music. This program is intended for babies and their caregivers.

Welcome to outdoor Storytime at Central Santa Rosa Library! Please bring your coziest outdoor blanket to sit on and enter the library's front door to access the Reading Garden.

Join your local librarian in singing, reading, and playing together to build early literacy skills and a joy of reading. 

This drop-in program features a variety of hand's on STEM and engineering activities for children 5 and up to explore and tinker with.

FAMILY STORYTIME IN THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN

Join us for a Family Storytime outside of the Petaluma Library in the Children's Garden!

Learn and practice early literacy skills with books, music and movement!

Join your local librarian at Ives Park Thursdays at 10:30am for Neurodiverse Storytime! We'll sing, read, play music, and parachute or handle scarves!

 Cuentos en español para la familia en Bayer Farm! Con Miss Marlene y Miss Serena

¡Únase a nosotros en Bayer Farm para escuchar historias, cantar canciones y hacer actividades en español!

Join Children’s Librarian Betsy for in-person storytimes in the Rincon Valley Library forum room.  We will model the early literacy practices of talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing that will help your child get ready to read.&nbsp

Join Miss Charity and the BiblioBike at Giorgi Park for Family Storytime.  Stories, Songs, and Movement.  

Please bring your own chairs and blankets.

No need to register in advance.

Register here: 

Local nonprofit Better Beginnings for Babies understands the challenges, changes, and successes of breastfeeding.

Yoga for Kids

Breathe in, breathe out, and be silly. Learn yoga poses and play games with instructor Ozlem Ozdener. For ages 6-12 years.

Yoga para niños

Zun Zun Tunes present The Water Beat! 

Sing, dance, and enjoy music while learning about responsible water use and ways to conserve in this bilingual presentation.

Please REGISTER NOW for:

June’s Let’s Talk English Conversation Classes on WEDNESDAYS

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

First Class Meets: June 1, 2022  at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Zun Zun Tunes present The Water Beat! 

Sing, dance, and enjoy music while learning about responsible water use and ways to conserve in this bilingual presentation.

Welcome back to Family Storytime at the Windsor Library!

We welcome families with young children back to in-person storytime to read, move, and learn together. Be ready to sing, dance, and play with your child!

Zun Zun Tunes present The Water Beat! 

Sing, dance, and enjoy music while learning about responsible water use and ways to conserve in this bilingual presentation.

¡Zun Zun Tunes presenta El Ritmo del Agua!

This program is intended for beginning readers. 

Practice reading with a 4PAWS certified therapy dog to improve reading skills and confidence. 

This is an In-Person event. 

Come Read to a Dog at Rincon Valley Regional Library. Practice reading with a 4PAWS certified therapy dog to improve reading skills and confidence. 

This program is intended for beginning readers. 

Join us in the discussion of Sacre Bleu: A comedy of art by Christopher Moore

We meet once a month on the first Tuesday of the month at 12:00 pm. This is a hybrid event. You may join us at the library or via zoom. 

The Friends of the Santa Rosa Libraries are hosting a June Book Sale!

Explore the brand new Sonoma County Library BiblioBus! This mobile library will be in front of Charles Street Village senior housing from 1-2pm.

A Place for Us by Fatima Mirza

Book Club:Join us to discuss this book IN PERSON at the Rincon Valley Library. Pick up a copy of this month's selection at the Reference Desk while supplies last.

Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) is a local nonprofit organization serving youth 0-25 with housing, counseling, career and education exploration programs.

Advanced Spanish conversation class

Read The Last Story of Mina Lee, by Nancy Jooyoun Kim and join us in person at the Windsor Senior Center (9231 Foxwood Drive, Windsor) for the discussion on Monday, June 6th at 2:30 pm.

Read to a Dog

Come and read out loud to the dogs of PALS (Paws as Loving Support). These well-trained dogs love to listen to stories in English and Spanish. 

Teen Anime Club

Come join other Anime fans every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2:30-4pm!

Come meet other Teens who enjoy watching Anime and discussing Manga.

Anime Workshop with Oliver Chin*

In this two-hour workshop, author and artist Oliver Chin will teach you how to draw in the Japanese comics and animation (manga and anime) style. All materials provided.

Zun Zun Tunes present The Water Beat! 

Sing, dance, and enjoy music while learning about responsible water use and ways to conserve in this bilingual presentation.

Read to a Dog

Come and read out loud to the dogs of PALS (Paws as Loving Support). These well-trained dogs love to listen to stories in English and Spanish. 

Please REGISTER NOW for:

June’s Let’s Talk English Conversation Classes on THURSDAYS

2:00 – 3:30 pm

First Class Meets: June 2, 2022 at 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Zun Zun Tunes present The Water Beat! 

Sing, dance, and enjoy music while learning about responsible water use and ways to conserve in this bilingual presentation.

Book Cover Tile Art with Monika Scoby*

Turn your favorite book covers into a piece of art to display or coaster! All materials provided.

Tween Comic Workshop with Gio Benedetti

Learn how to create your own mini-comic book from illustrator Gio Benedetti! All materials provided. 

Sabor De Mi Cuba – Music 
Traditional Cuban and current Latin music performed by Carlitos Medrano and the Afro-Cuban trio Sabor De Mi Cuba. 

Anime Workshop with Oliver Chin*

In this two-hour workshop, author and artist Oliver Chin will teach you how to draw in the Japanese comics and animation (manga and anime) style. All materials provided.

Franken-Toys Workshop with Lindsay Hunter*

They’re alive! Construct your own creature with a fantasy ecosystem. All materials provided.

Zun Zun Tunes present The Water Beat! 

Sing, dance, and enjoy music while learning about responsible water use and ways to conserve in this bilingual presentation.

Are you a teen in Petaluma, California?  Do you want to be more involved in your community?  Want to be involved in Lumacon planning?  Planning of library programs?  Join Petaluma's Teen Advisory Council!  We will have mee

(To register, please contact Courtney Klein at the Sebastopol Library: cklein@sonomalibrary.org)

Do something brave... Learn to Code!

Welcome to our Read to a Dog Program at Northwest Library!

This event is for beginning readers. 

Read a story to a dog!

Welcome Back to our Read to a Dog Program.

This event is for beginning readers. 

Practice reading with a 4PAWS certified therapy dog to improve reading skills and confidence. 

Intergenerational Chess: teens & seniors

Weekly on Thursdays, 3:30-5 PM (with optional tournaments on the fourth Thursday of the month)

Join us! Learn something! Have fun!

Franken-Toys Workshop with Lindsay Hunter*

They’re alive! Construct your own creature with a fantasy ecosystem. All materials provided.

Come learn about Japanese culture, discuss your favorite series, and watch an episode of an anime with your fellow teens!

In this virtual series children's author Natasha Yim will lead young writers, ages 9-12, in monthly meetings to develop their own stories.

Paint Party
Follow along and create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece at our interactive paint parties with Beautiful Things Art Studio and local artist Tara Hackett.

Zero Waste Workshop*

Join Zero Waste Sonoma to make your own utensil holder to help combat single-plastic use. All materials provided.

Come join other Anime fans on Zoom every Wednesday at 4:30 pm! Come meet other Teens who enjoy watching Anime and discussing Manga.

Teens will also help the group decide what Anime titles to watch.

AGENDA

Sonoma Valley Regional Library LAB Meeting

Thursday June 9, 2022 at 4:00 PM

Come and craft at Roseland Regional Library every Friday from 4-5:00pm! Each week there will be a different craft for teens to do, so bring your creative minds. Snacks and all materials will be provided. 

Hang out with other queer teens and allies to discuss books and other media on a monthly theme. 

Please join us for our monthly Library Commission meeting.

Virtual drop-in class for adults to practice verbal English in a small group setting with a class facilitator.

Let’s Play Lotería!

Play a few rounds of Lotería and win prizes! Lotería is a traditional Mexican game combining cards and bingo.
 

¡Juguemos Lotería!

This highly participatory course focuses on conversation, emphasizing pronunciation and vocabulary.  It provides the knowledge, linguistic structures, and grammar necessary to communicate in Spanish at a basic level.

Zun Zun Tunes present The Water Beat! 

Sing, dance, and enjoy music while learning about responsible water use and ways to conserve in this bilingual presentation.

Join librarians virtually to discuss books centering on LGBTQ+ voices.

Meetings are on the second Wednesday of the month (January-December) from 6-7 pm.

Join the Joe Mesics' Literary Canon book group in June to discuss "Memories, Dreams, Reflections" the autobiographical book of psychologist Carl Jung, edited by Aniela Jaffé.