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.

Do you have questions about basic computer skills, digital library resources, email, internet basics, basic computer troubleshooting, or other technology-related issues?  Come to Northwest and a library staff member will assist you!

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. 

Join us for stories, songs, and movement under the big oak tree behind the Petaluma Historical Museum downtown.

Join Cloverdale Regional Library's Mr. John for stories, songs, movement, and basic Yoga poses for children. 

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

Join your local librarian in singing, reading, and playing at Depot Park for Family Storytime. 

Stories, Songs, and Movement.  

Sonoma Valley Library - Diagnóstico de Diabetes Mellitus

con Juliana Jimenez

Diagnóstico de Diabetes Mellitus

con Juliana Jimenez

Share Your Fairgrounds Memories!

Finding History Day 2022 - a celebration of Sonoma County's unique past

Explore the brand new Sonoma County Library BiblioBus! This mobile library will be at Rohnert Park Senior Center from 11am- Noon.

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

Register Here: https://libraryc.org/sonomalibrary/18882/register

Please REGISTER NOW for:

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

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

First Class Meets: August 3, 2022  at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

If you go out in the woods...or if you come over to the Guerneville Library in the redwoods, there's going to be a teddy bear's picnic! Bring your favorite fluffy stuffed animal friend and enjoy stories and games with the children's librarian.

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!

Please join us for local nibbles as we wind up a fun night for stuffed animals and celebrate the Guerneville community's Lazy Bear Week.

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. 

Join us in the discussion of Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

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. 

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

Are you a teen interested in volunteering for the Petaluma Regional Library?  We are starting in-person volunteering once again.  Bring the attached Volunteer Packet signed by both you and your parent/guardian to the orientation

Please REGISTER NOW for:

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

1:00 – 2:30 pm

First Class Meets: August 4, 2022 at 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Bring one of your stuffed animal friends to the library for a night of fun and festivities!

Advanced Spanish conversation class

Join us for a rollicking good time playing Dungeons & Dragons! Beginners are welcome!

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

Read The Last Place You Look, by Kristen Lepionka and join us in person at the Windsor Senior Center (9231 Foxwood Drive, Windsor) for the discussion on Monday, August 1st 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. 

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. 

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

Join us for fun with perler beads! What will you make? A character from anime? Minecraft? Star Wars? A meme? We have the supplies you need to need to make your own 8-bit creation. For those going into grades 6-12. Free! All supplies provided.

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

Do something brave... Learn to Code!

Read along with Miss Kate!

When you register and arrive at the library for the First Chapter Book Club, Miss Kate will have copies of give-away books for you!

The group will then read-aloud with Miss Kate.

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

This event is for beginning readers. 

Read a story to a dog!

Little ones read to attentive pooches and their person at the Library to improve skills and confidence!

"Read to a Dog" is for beginning readers.

Sign up is first-come-first-served.

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

Come join the Santa Rosa Police Department during National Night Out at Mitote Food Park for a family event full of games, food trucks, booths, and fun! We look forward to seeing you there. 

DRAFT AGENDA
Sebastopol Library Advisory Board
August 3, 2022, 4:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom -

Held Via Teleconference (Computer or Telephone)

The Sonoma Valley Regional Library's Mystery Book Club is back!  You may pick up a copy of each month's book at the Sonoma Valley Branch while supplies last.  Then, please come and discuss it with us.  We look forward to seeing you!

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. 

Sonoma County Library is pleased to host "Lawyers in the Library," a program providing free legal information and referrals.

Clases de Ciudadanía en Español Gratis

Las clases están diseñadas para ayudar a los estudiantes a prepararse para la entrevista de ciudadanía.

Los Miércoles, a partir del 3 de Agosto de 2022, 5:30-7:30

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

CoderDojo has returned to the Rincon Valley Regional Library for in-person sessions! Or join us Via Zoom- link will be sent prior to session

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.

Monthly meetup 6:30-8 PM

The first few meetings will have a two-fold focus: 

Do you love to write? Do you want to meet with others who also love to write? This virtual workshop is for writers and aspiring authors to create and share their stories for immediate feedback.

Learn how to knit or crochet Summer Reading bookmarks with experts from Healdsburg's Purls of Joy co-op! Make new friends, share some snacks, and learn some handy skills in a fun, judgment-free environment.