Friends of Montclair Library

Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Gary Kamiya – Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco – 6:30-8:00pm
Author Gary Kamiya will discuss his book and his work as a historical columnist (“Portals of the Past”) for the San Francisco Chronicle. Copies of his book will be available for sale and signing courtesy of A Great Good Place for Books.

“It can be stipulated with confidence that Gary Kamiya is not the first person to fall in love with San Francisco. But richly qualified by recent careers as a Yale dropout, cabdriver, journalist and one of the founders of the online magazine Salon, and surely also by a questing nature, he has written in Cool Gray City of Love a rhapsody to San Francisco of unique value. He set out to explore systematically both the familiar and the secret corners of the city, using two wheels or two feet, and also to see and hear through senses augmented by history and literature.” San Francisco Chronicle

Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Pop Up Teen Zone – 1:30pm
Come visit the Montclair Branch to make crafts, hang out and share suggestions for serving you better! In February, we’ll be making FORTUNE FELTIES for Chinese New Year.

PAWS to Read with Bark Therapy Dogs – 1:30-2:30pm
New & practicing readers read to Natasha the dog. Reading to dogs can help increase kids’ reading confidence, skill and enjoyment.

Montclair Book Worms – 4:00pm
Do you like to read books and talk about them? The Montclair Book Worms meet once a month to talk about a book we’ve read, play book-related games, and eat snacks. We meet the first Wednesday of every month at 4pm. The books we read are recommended for grades 4th and up. February’s book is TBA.

Thursday, February 4, 2016
Toddler Storytime– 10:15-10:50am
Songs, active rhymes and stories especially for ages 18 months to 3 years, followed by playtime! Make new friends and play with toys.

Baby Bounce – 11:30-11:50am
Play, sing and rhyme one on one with your baby from birth to 18 months, followed by playtime! Make new friends and play with toys.