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« February 16, 2010 - March 18, 2010 »
 
02 / 16
Start: 11:00 am

Ages *2+
Come prepared to wriggle, jiggle and sing!
 *Children under 2 are welcome to attend, but stories/activities are targeted to 2+  

02 / 17
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 0-2. 
Shake a leg (or have Mommy or Daddy shake your leg for you)!  

Start: 4:00 pm

Ages 4+ 
This storytime is targeted towards those of you who have to be at school during our normal 11AM story hours.  We'll be reading longer picture books, classics and maybe even some chapter books.    

02 / 18
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 2+
Come prepared to wriggle, jiggle and sing!
 *Children under 2 are welcome to attend, but stories/activities are targeted to 2+  

Start: 1:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm

 

Come on in and get your face painted with your favorite Greek God's symbol while eating blue food!  Be sure to also pick up your Percy Package (first come, first serve).

 

Start: 2:30 pm

 

Ancient Greek soldiers were also known as Hoplites. They carried a large
shield often made of wood and were painted by the individual soldiers
to their own design.  Ours won't be quite as sturdy - but your creativity will make them just as elaborite!

 

Start: 3:00 pm

 

Together, we'll go on a quest through the store to find Zeus' Lightning Bolt.
Afterwards, get your picture taken and pick it up in the store next week!

 

02 / 19
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 0-2. 
Shake a leg (or have Mommy or Daddy shake your leg for you)!  

Start: 4:30 pm

Moms and daughters will choose, read and discuss a different book each month. We'll have thought provoking and fun questions to help guide our monthly conversations along with an occasional activity. Come join the fun and share your love of reading with a girl in your life! Future meetings will be held the third Friday of every month.

This Month's Book:

02 / 20
Start: 11:00 am

All Ages. 
Sing along to your favorite songs and listen to great new stories.  

Start: 4:00 pm

A not-to-be-missed author visit!  Tim Myers, author of several Reading Bug favorites like If You Give a T-Rex a Bone, Dark Sparkle Tea, and The Furry-Legged Teapot will be in-store to sign books, answer questions and weave beautiful, magical folktales.  Tim is one of our favorite guests, and we're thrilled to have him visit us again! Recommended for ages 3+ 

Tim Myers is a writer, songwriter, storyteller, and lecturer in education and English. His Good Babies (2005) earned a strong review from Kirkus.  Basho and the River Stones (2004) was a Junior Library Guildselection, got excellent reviews in The New York TimesKirkus ReviewsBooklistPublishers Weekly, and a starred review in School Library Journal; it was also a NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book 2005, and is being adapted and performed as a play by the Bret Harte Elementary School After-School Theater Project, Burbank, CA.

Tanuki’s Gift (2003) got an excellent boxed review with art in the New York Times and was chosen as a “Best Book of the Year” by NickJr. Magazine, among other honors.  Basho and the Fox (2000) was read aloud on NPR by Daniel Pinkwater, made the New York Times bestseller list for children’s books, and was chosen as a Smithsonian Notable Children’s Book, a Children’s Book Council “Not Just for Children Anymore” selection, and a Bank Street Irma Black Honor Book, among other honors.  Tim’s placed numerous pieces with top children’s magazine(Cricketgroup, Cobblestone group, AppleseedsStoryworksHighlightsNew Moon)—won a national poetry contest judged by John Updike and has an adult poetry chapbook coming out—won a prize in the international Writers of the Future Contest for science fiction/fantasy—and has published much other fiction, non-fiction and poetry for kids and adults.  He was a SCBWI Golden Kite picture-book judge for 2002 and has a new children’s book in press. 

Tim spent fourteen years as a classroom teacher in the States and overseas, has fourteen years’ university experience and has been a professional storyteller for over 25 years.

His wife directs the reading program at SCU, his older son is working on a Ph.D. in rhetoric in New Mexico, his younger son is in grad school in Montana, and his daughter is a book-gluttonous UC Berkeley student and "Daily Californian" blogger.

Tim is the oldest of eleven children and can actually whistle and hum at the same time. 

02 / 21
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 3+ 
More than just a storytime!  Once the stories are done, we'll complete a related craft project together! (No cost)  

02 / 22
02 / 23
Start: 11:00 am

Ages *2+
Come prepared to wriggle, jiggle and sing!
 *Children under 2 are welcome to attend, but stories/activities are targeted to 2+  

02 / 24
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 0-2. 
Shake a leg (or have Mommy or Daddy shake your leg for you)!  

Start: 4:00 pm

Ages 4+ 
This storytime is targeted towards those of you who have to be at school during our normal 11AM story hours.  We'll be reading longer picture books, classics and maybe even some chapter books.    

02 / 25
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 2+
Come prepared to wriggle, jiggle and sing!
 *Children under 2 are welcome to attend, but stories/activities are targeted to 2+  

Start: 7:00 pm

 

We'll be reading and discussing great fiction for young people, like C.D. Payne's Youth in Revolt and Chuck Palahniuk's Choke. After meetings, we can relocate to one of the many bars and restaurants nearby! Come for the book discussion, the finger food, or just the good company. Future meetings will be held the last Thursday of every month.

This Month's Book:

02 / 26
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 0-2. 
Shake a leg (or have Mommy or Daddy shake your leg for you)!  

02 / 27
Start: 11:00 am

All Ages. 
Sing along to your favorite songs and listen to great new stories.  

Start: 4:00 pm

Ages 3+ 
More than just a storytime!  Once the stories are done, we'll complete a related craft project together! (No cost)  

02 / 28
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 3+ 
More than just a storytime!  Once the stories are done, we'll complete a related craft project together! (No cost)  

Start: 1:00 pm

Intended for readers from 8-12, the monthly one hour meeting will consistof discussing the book and completing a related activity. Please joinus for an exploratory hour of fun! Future meetings will be held thelast Sunday of every month.

This Month's Book:

03 / 1
03 / 2
Start: 11:00 am

 

All Ages

Come hear your favorite Dr. Seuss stories, as The Bug celebrates his birthday!

Start: 4:00 pm

Begins at 4:00PM with a very special performance by the cast of Seussical the Musical (from North Star Academy).

Help celebrate this famous author's birthday with a special activities, including Seussian tongue twisters, word games, and poetry writing.  Plus, help us create a giant birthday card for Dr. Seuss!

Card and Crafts recommended for ages 3+

Word games and poetry - ages 6+

 

03 / 3
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 0-2. 
Shake a leg (or have Mommy or Daddy shake your leg for you)!  

Start: 4:00 pm

Ages 4+ 
This storytime is targeted towards those of you who have to be at school during our normal 11AM story hours.  We'll be reading longer picture books, classics and maybe even some chapter books.    

03 / 4
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 2+
Come prepared to wriggle, jiggle and sing!
 *Children under 2 are welcome to attend, but stories/activities are targeted to 2+  

Start: 7:30 pm

Future meetings will be held the first Thursday of every month.

This Month's Book:

03 / 5
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 0-2. 
Shake a leg (or have Mommy or Daddy shake your leg for you)!  

03 / 6
Start: 11:00 am

All Ages. 
Sing along to your favorite songs and listen to great new stories.  

Start: 4:00 pm

 

Join us for high tea w/ cookies, and a side of... madness! Come dressed as Alice, the Mad Hatter, or any of your favorite Wonderland characters

  • Musical chairs
  • Crafts (Queen of Hearts crowns)
  • Caterpillar relay race-- how fast can you move as a caterpillar?

Ages 4+

 

Start: 4:00 pm

Ages 3+ 
More than just a storytime!  Once the stories are done, we'll complete a related craft project together! (No cost)  

03 / 7
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 3+ 
More than just a storytime!  Once the stories are done, we'll complete a related craft project together! (No cost)  

03 / 8
03 / 9
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 2+
Come prepared to wriggle, jiggle and sing!
 *Children under 2 are welcome to attend, but stories/activities are targeted to 2+  

03 / 10
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 0-2. 
Shake a leg (or have Mommy or Daddy shake your leg for you)!  

Start: 4:00 pm

Ages 4+ 
This storytime is targeted towards those of you who have to be at school during our normal 11AM story hours.  We'll be reading longer picture books, classics and maybe even some chapter books.    

03 / 11
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 2+
Come prepared to wriggle, jiggle and sing!
 *Children under 2 are welcome to attend, but stories/activities are targeted to 2+  

03 / 12
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 0-2. 
Shake a leg (or have Mommy or Daddy shake your leg for you)!  

03 / 13
Start: 11:00 am

All Ages. 
Sing along to your favorite songs and listen to great new stories.  

Start: 4:00 pm

Ages 3+ 
More than just a storytime!  Once the stories are done, we'll complete a related craft project together! (No cost)  

03 / 14
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 3+ 
More than just a storytime!  Once the stories are done, we'll complete a related craft project together! (No cost)  

03 / 15
03 / 16
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 2+
Come prepared to wriggle, jiggle and sing!
 *Children under 2 are welcome to attend, but stories/activities are targeted to 2+  

03 / 17
Start: 11:00 am

Ages 0-2. 
Shake a leg (or have Mommy or Daddy shake your leg for you)!  

Start: 4:00 pm

Ages 4+ 
This storytime is targeted towards those of you who have to be at school during our normal 11AM story hours.  We'll be reading longer picture books, classics and maybe even some chapter books.    

03 / 18
Start: 10:00 am

 

Limited space- sign-up required. Email or call (650-591-0100) to reserve your spot.

Parents and toddlers 12 months- 3 yrs.

Work with your child and learn hands-on techniques to make disciplining your child a positive experience for the whole family.

For twenty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard
reference for grown-ups working with children.  The key to positive
discipline is not
punishment,  but mutual respect.  The purpose of this seminar is to
teach parents to be both firm and kind, so that any child - from a
three-year-old toddler to a rebellious teenager - can learn creative
cooperation and self-discipline with no loss of dignity.

 

Susan Lehman
is a Certified Positive Discipline Associate and has been a
Professional Nanny for over 20 years with families of young children.
One of her claims to fame is that she was a "Hollywood Nanny." In
Beverly Hills, she was a nanny placement counselor and instructor at a
well known Nanny School/Agency used by the stars.

 
Susan has dedicated her life to developing happy, secure and
independent children as well as coaching parents on every aspect of
their child's development and care. She started her career becoming a
Certified Nanny at a nationally recognized school. She has also had
training at the Coaches Training Institute in San Rafael, California in
life coaching. Susan loves her work providing Positive Discipline
training, consultation and supportive services. With over 20 years
experience as a Certified Professional Nanny, Susan has gained a wealth
of knowledge about nurturing children which adds to the depth of her
teaching as a Certified Positive Discipline Associate. Her teaching
style brings warmth, humor, comfort and enthusiasm to all her lectures
and experiential workshops for parents, teachers, childcare providers,
and any groups who work with children or families.

 
In the past five years, Susan's work has brought her recognition as a
great speaker and workshop facilitator. She has customized speeches and
workshops to meet the demands of interested parents and teachers.
Participants in her sessions describe her as "passionate, caring,
dynamic, knowledgeable and definitely fun."

 


 

Start: 11:00 am

Ages 2+
Come prepared to wriggle, jiggle and sing!
 *Children under 2 are welcome to attend, but stories/activities are targeted to 2+