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Book Clubs, Bugs, Chess, Music & More
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Here in the Central Children's Room, autumn signals the start of a new year of book clubs. The groups we host begin each year with book suggestions; the kids who come to the first meeting in the fall vote on the books that we will read for rest of the school year! Come and vote!
We line up titles that have broad appeal and also give readers something to think about. We are always surprised by the election outcome; at least one "worthy" book we thought would be a hard sell, is chosen.
Fourth & Fifth Grade Book Club @Central CSR
Tuesday, November 8
4:00pm
Read and talk about great books, eat yummy snacks, play games, make new friends, and discover new authors. We will be discussing
My Homework Ate My Homework by Patrick Jennings. Contact us at 510-981-6223 or
email us to find out how to get a copy of the book. Fourth floor Story Room.
Tuesday,November 15
4:00pm
Where can you discover new authors, read and discuss thought provoking books, and eat tasty snacks? At the Berkeley Public Library, of course! Each year we visit with an author and discuss her or his books. Recent author visits include Mitali Perkins, Gene Yang, and a Skype conference with award-winner, Margarita Engle! The first book is
Space Case! Contact us at 510-981-6223 or
email us to get a copy of the book. Fourth floor Story Room.
Saturday, November 19
10:30am
Explore the fantastic lives of beetles, millipedes, tarantulas, walking sticks, whip scorpions and more! Learn about the incredible lives of these amazing creatures hands-on with guides from
SaveNature.org. Ages 5 and up.
Saturday, November 19
2:30-4:00pm
Come learn chess with an instructor from the Berkeley Chess School for our
International Games Day celebration and stay for a prize raffle! Ages 6-13.
Saturday, November 19
3:00pm
Mike Della Penna creates wonder and laughter with family magic performances that are equal parts playful and astonishing! Ages 4-10.
Saturday, November 19
2:00pm
Chanticleer's Louis A. Botto Youth Choir returns! Chanticleer recruits and trains young singers from all over the Bay Area, who then perform in many venues. Expect beautiful music from many different time periods, plain chant to contemporary. Fifth floor Art & Music Room.
Monday, November 21
3:30pm
Folk, camp, and cowboy songs of the Old West - all with a children's twist! Yee-Haw!
Come explore at your library,
the Berkeley Public Library.
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It's time to sharpen your research skills!
Have a report to do? Sometimes a book isn't the best place to start. For example, you might find more about a lesser-known person in
Biography in Context. Or look in
California Fact Cards for kid-friendly articles about commonly assigned California history topics.
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The
Newbery Award won't be chosen until January, but in the meantime,
Berkeley Unified School District elementary schools are holding
Mock Newbery Book Clubs. Here are some books generating Newbery buzz and being read at BUSD schools. Or start your own Mock Newbery club today!
Ghost
by Jason Reynolds
Aspiring to be the fasted sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, a gifted runner finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violence-prone father, in a debut entry of a series about four teammates from very different backgrounds.
by Grace Lin
Young Pinmei tries to rescue her beloved storyteller grandmother from a greedy Emperor who seeks to claim a Luminous Stone of legendary power.
by Sharon Creech
A lyrical account of 12-year-old Reena's move to rural Maine follows her efforts to adjust to a new environment while unexpectedly bonding with an ornery cow.
by Adam Gidwitz
Crossing paths at an inn, three 13th-century travelers impart the wryly whimsical tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee and a psychic peasant girl, who, in the company of a loyal greyhound, must escape evil knights, sit alongside a king and save their land from a flatulent dragon.
By Eric Dinerstein
In the threatened jungle of the Borderlands between Nepal and India during the 1970s, an adopted boy discovers his fate as a great elephant driver.
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All Berkeley Public Library Locations will be closed on
Friday
November 11
All Library locations close at 6:00pm Wednesday November 23rd
and will be closed
Thursday
November 24
&
Friday
November 25
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