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Stories and songs for children and their families.

Family Storytime

Join us as we read, sing and play together. Fun for the entire family from infants to grandparents.

Join in on the fun of storytime! Help your children foster early literacy skills through dynamic and entertaining books, songs, music, movement, and more. Playtime follows.

Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes and fun!
In English and Spanish, geared for children 5 and under.
Cuentos, juegos de dedos, rimas y más!
En inglés y español, para niños de 5 años y menores.

After storytime join us for a craft activity!
Despues del programa invitamos a los niños a hacer una manualidad.

Born in Berkeley, California, artist and photographer Ronald Hirano, a Deaf Nisei, was "adopted" by Miss Delight Rice, who founded the Philippine School for the Deaf in 1907, when his entire family was interned to relocation camps with 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II. This exhibition of his works includes photography, linoleum-engraved and designed covers of the California News (the newspaper from the California School for the Deaf), linoleum-engraved cards and pen and ink cards.

Rhymes, songs, and fingerplays for the very young and their caregivers.  For children under age 5.

Cuentos para la Familia en Español e Inglés

Families, come join us for songs, rhymes and more in Spanish and English!

Age 6 and up

An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.

Last Saturday of the Month Movies are for all ages.  The audience limit is 42.

The Typewriter (In The 21st Century) is a film about a machine and the people who use, love, and repair it.

The film features 30+ interviews in 10 U.S. states with Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning authors Robert Caro and David McCullough, collectors, repairmen, artists, musicians, inventors, and bloggers from The Typosphere - an online gathering place for typewriter enthusiasts.

The film was inspired by a May, 2010 article in Wired magazine called “Meet The Last Generation of Typewriter Repairman.” Director Christopher Lockett and Producer Gary Nicholson discussed the importance of the typewriter in 20th Century literature. The conclusion being that every great novel of the 20th Century was written on one, and if typewriters are in their final days, they deserved to be celebrated one last time.

It only took a few interviews to determine that the typewriter and its legion of fans is far from dead. By the time the “Last Typewriter Factory Closes Its Doors” article went viral in April of 2011, Lockett and Nicholson were not only already making the film, they were convinced they had a much bigger story on their hands. They did.

Funded largely through Kickstarter, the film eventually featured not only typewriter people – the aforementioned technicians, collectors, bloggers, users and fans – but famous typewriters as well. The film features machines once owned by Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Tennessee Williams, John Steinbeck, Jack London, Sylvia Plath, George Bernard Shaw, John Lennon, Joe DiMaggio, Helen Keller, The Unabomber, John Updike, Ray Bradbury and Ernie Pyle.

Find out more about the film at http://typewritermovie.com/the-film/

Saturday at the Movies will take place on the 4th Saturday of the month at 3:00. This month we'll show Born Yesterday (1950) Starring Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford and William Holden  

Uncouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn. Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall to see if he can make her more presentable in capital society. But Harry gets more than he bargained for as Billie absorbs Verall's lessons in U.S. history.

Black and White; 103 minutes.

Join Summer Reading Teen Volunteer Training to help the Summer Reading Program at Portola Branch Library and gain community service credits.  Registration is required, schedules will be given first come first serve.   For ages 12 to 18, bring a friend.   For information, please call (415) 355-5660. 

When a small town comes under siege by zombies, who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mitz-Plasse
Focus Features; Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell
Rated PG; 92 minutes; 2012

HIgh school students provide free homework assistance in math and English for school age children.

Note: Homework Help may be cancelled if volunteers are unavailable.

Music books and more for children ages 18 to 36 months. Storytime lasts 30 minutes followed by playtime.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and more for children 0-5 yrs. Limited to first 42 participants, in line, day of storytime. Tickets for this storytime are handed out at the Children's Room Entrance (entering from playground) only!

Books, rhymes, music, movement and more for toddlers 18 to 36 months and their caregivers.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and more for ages 3 to 5.

Family Storytime

Join us as we read, sing and play together.  Fun for the entire family from infants to grandparents.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and more for children, ages 3 to 5 years old.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and more. For children up to 5 years

Stories, songs, fingerplays and more.  For ages 3-5.

Rollicking rhymes, songs and books for infants to 18 months and their caregivers.

Do you need homwork help?  Kindergarten through 8th grade students can receive assistance completing their homework, studying for tests, and strengthening language arts and math skills. This is a co-host program between the Visitacion Valley Boys and Girls Club and Visitacion Valley Branch Library

Free photobooth pictures at Excelsior Branch! Bring your friends and leave with a strip of pics. For ages 12-18. Contact Marla at mbergman@sfpl.org or 415-355-2868 for more information.

Come play PS3 games on our big screen in the Potrero meeting room!

We have a selection, but you can bring your own T or E rated games to share.

Challenge your friends to determine who is the ultimate gamer!

♦ Some snacks will be provided! Snacks!!!♦

Ages 10-18 welcome

For more info, contact Lisa Fagundes at lfagundes@sfpl.org or 415 355 3822

Join us when Josh Kornbluth performs "Haiku Tunnel.” This story recounts the neurotic misadventures of a terrific temp ("Josh") who always becomes a terrible "perm” when he is hired by a sinister law firm, Schuyler & Mitchell (S&M) as the secretary to Bob Shelby, a highly intimidating tax attorney who Josh comes to suspect may be Satan.  A book sale by Readers Books follows the event.

Related exhibition: On the Clock: A Playful Guide to Working Life

Selections from the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor

Main Library, Skylight Gallery, April 1 – May 31.

Toddler Tales

Books, rhymes, music, movement and more for toddlers 18 to 36 months and their caregivers.

Play and Grow: Toddler Fun with Reading, Rhyming and Recreation is an early literacy play group that promotes parents child interaction and kindergarten readiness. The group is intended for parents, grandparents, caregivers, and children birth-age five.

This program is a collaboration effort between Edgewood Center, Parent University, APA Family Support Services, and San Francisco Public Library.

Opera Guild preview lectures are scheduled in communities throughout the greater Bay Area by local Guild chapters. Each preview features a renowned musicologist who may use recordings and/or handouts to familiarize the audience with repertoire from the current season.

Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach

Speaker: Timothy Flynn

Rolicking rhymes, songs & books for infants to 18 months and their caregivers.

Rollicking rhymes, songs & books for infants and toddlers to 18months. Meet and greet playtime follows the program. Limited to first 42 participants, in line, day of storytime. Tickets for this storytime are handed out at the Children's Room Entrance (entering from playground) only!

Trouble with Technology?

We can help!

*email

*laptops

*kindles

*tablets

*cell phones

*digital cameras

*electronic gadgets

Get help from a Teen Computer Corps Volunteer at Chinatown Branch!

Drop in on Wednesdays, 5/22 & 5/29, 3:30 - 5 pm

Anhvu from WritersCorps continues to lead fun and chill creative workshops. Expect arts and crafts like spray painting, bookmaking, altered t-shirts, recycled crafts, and surprise activities. For more info, contact Marla at mbergman@sfpl.org or 415-355-2868.

Volunteer helps elementary school-aged children who want to improve their reading.

Do you need math homework help?  We can help!  Math teacher - volunteer will be on site to answer math homework questions weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4-6pm.

El título de este mes es Nadar Desnudas de Carla Guelfenbein.

Club de lectores en español

Club de lectores en español moderado por Chelis López, periodista y locutora de KPOO en el programa Pájaro Latinoamericano.
El ultimo miércoles de cada mes, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Sala Paley, 3ª planta, Biblioteca Central.

Starting kindergarten is a big academic and social step, for both parents and their children. Parents for Public Schools – San Francisco will share parent-to-parent advice and tips to ease families with this transition.

Workshop presented in Cantonese. No child care provided.

For more information, contact Nicole at (415) 355-5660 or nterminigermain@sfpl.org.                

May meeting of the Mission Branch Book Club.

Title To Be Announced.

For more information, visit the 2nd Floor Information Desk or call 355-5735.

Songs, stories and rhymes for children from birth to 36 months and their caregivers.

Music and books and more for children

Rollicking rhymes, songs, and books for infants to 18 months and their caregivers.

For ages 3 to 5 and parents/caregivers.

We provide the room and the toys! All you need to do is show up.  Meet other parents while your children enjoy playing with each other.  For children from birth to 36 months.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and more for children ages 3-5.

For ages 3 to 5 and parents/caregivers.

Rollicking rhymes, songs and books for infants to 18 months and their caregivers.

May 30 - All May long, SFPL is having a Michael Moore-a-thon during Thursdays @ Noon!

Sicko
(2007, 123 minutes)

A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories. As the Affordable Care Act has passed into law, this film still remains highly informative and relevant.

FREE book!  Just swap us a review.

Here's how it works: Every Thursday, the Teen Librarian will bring out several books (new titles, old titles, and titles that have not been published yet) and allow teens the chance to browse through them for one that you'd like to keep.  You will, in turn, swap us a review of the book by the end of the month.

For ages 12-18

For more information, contact: Dorcas at dwong@sfpl.org

Join us as we read, sing and play together. Fun for the entire family from infants to grandparents.

Books, songs, rhymes, and fun for children of all ages unless noted.

Baby Rhyme Time

Rollicking rhymes, songs and books for infants to 18 months and their caregivers.

The reading selection for this month is Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski.  New members welcome!

Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth. Based on Suzanne Collins best-selling trilogy.

Free movies for teens every month! Ages 13 - 18. Snacks provided. Rated PG-13. Approximately 142 minutes. For more info, contact Ileana at ipulu@sfpl.org or (415) 355-5757.

Need homework support? Drop by the library for free assistance provided by high school students. Grades 3rd through 8th.

E.T.A. Hoffman (author of 'The Nutcracker') recalls his three tragic loves:  Olympia the mechanical doll; Guilietta the greedy courtesan; and the genuinely good Antonia, who dies despite being treated by 'Dr. Miracle'.   When the drunk Hoffman's current flame Stella appears, he sees her as the embodiment of 'The Three'.  And he rejects her!

The Green Bookmobile partners with The Kitchen Sisters, KQED Public Radio, and AIR, Inc. at SFMOMA for "The Making Of...." live. This FREE and open to the public program celebrates makers from throughout the Bay Area to the museum to demonstrate and present what they make and why. Click here for more information.

We'll be parked on 3rd Street outside of the museum store from 10am-3pm. Come peruse our special DIY collection!

Join Summer Reading Teen Volunteer Training to help the Summer Reading Program at Chinatown Branch Library and gain community service credits. Limit to twenty-five participants. Pre-registration is required. For teens, ages 13 to 18 years old. For information, please contact Jewel at Chinatown Branch Library, Tel: (415)355-2888 or jewelchen@sfpl.org

Do you need math homework help?  We can help!  Math teacher - volunteer will be on site to answer math homework questions weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4-6pm.

Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free from meddling from the human world. Over-protective of his teenage daughter, Mavis, Dracula fabricates tales of elaborate dangers to dissuade her adventurous spirit. As a haven for Mavis, he opens the Hotel Transylvania, where his daughter and some of the world's most famous monsters Frankenstein and his bride, the Mumm, a family of werewolves, and more can kick back in safety and peace. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.

Free movies for teens every month! Ages 11 - 18. Snacks provided. Rated PG. 2012. Approximately 91 minutes. Voices by Adam Sandler, Andy Samburg, Selena Gomez. For more info, call (415) 355-5660.

Volunteer helps elementary school-aged children who want to improve their reading.

Stories and songs for children and their families.

Family Storytime

Join us as we read, sing and play together. Fun for the entire family from infants to grandparents.

Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes and fun!
In English and Spanish, geared for children 5 and under.
Cuentos, juegos de dedos, rimas y más!
En inglés y español, para niños de 5 años y menores.

After storytime join us for a craft activity!
Despues del programa invitamos a los niños a hacer una manualidad.

Rhymes, songs, and fingerplays for the very young and their caregivers.  For children under age 5.

Cuentos para la Familia en Español e Inglés

Families, come join us for songs, rhymes and more in Spanish and English!

Come join the Bay Area Rapid Folders and learn some great origami tricks.

All skill levels are welcome. Please bring your own paper.

Age 6 and up

GoGo Craft will teach you how to make a customized tote bag that is perfect for carrying your library books or shopping at your local farmer’s market. Appliqué a cotton tote with San Francisco images like the Golden Gate Bridge, cable car, or your favorite landmark. Bring your own Bag or use one of ours. Materials, tips, and tricks provided.

For adults and older teens. Space is limited; call 355-5757 or contact Ileana at ipulu@sfpl.org to register or if you have any questions.

FREE Book! Just swap us a review. Here's how it works: Every Wednesday, the Teen Librarian will bring out several books (new titles, old titles, and titles that have not been published yet) and allow teens the chance to browse through them for one that you'd like to keep. You will, in turn, swap us a short review of the book by the end of the month.

For ages 12 - 18

For more information, contact Shawna at ssherman@sfpl.org

Let's play teen video games: Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports etc. For teens & tweens, ages 8 to 18 years old.

Boswick Turnstyle the Clown!"

Come see the wonderful Boswick!

Misión Flamenca: Primer Evento de Lectura de Verano 2013
Las actuaciones de Misión Flamenca tienen como objetivo profundizar en la energía creativa de sus componentes y crear un espacio abierto y de colaboración, en un recinto accesible a todos aquellos que desean participar --- compartiendo el flamenco con todos, no solo con los que actúan en el escenario, sino con los que participan en la actuación como espectadores activos.

Vengan a disfrutar este expresivo baile de España.
Es la mejor manera de comenzar la Lectura de Verano 2013.

This SPCA program pairs trained dog-and-owner therapy teams with kids to grow their literacy, self-confidence, and socio-empathic skills. Whether your child underperforms in reading, or needs extra attention in vocabulary and grammar, s/he will love reading to this calm canine companion in a non-judgmental setting!  For ages 4-7 but older welcome. Call 415-355-5707 to reserve your spot. Space limited.

Attention teens: Join us on the first Saturday of the month at 4pm at the beautiful Ortega Branch!

Questions?  For more information or assistance reserving a copy of the book, please contact Tony at aluini@sfpl.org.