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Book Discussion Groups

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Main Library

PageTurners Book Group

Please join us the second Thursday of each month in the Main Library Board Room from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Registration is required. Call 480-644-5899 starting January 3, 2008.
Book Group copies will be provided to the first 10 registrants.

Our group reads a variety of fiction and an occasional nonfiction title.

• June 12
  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
• July 10
  The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

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Red Mountain Branch

R.M.T.M.B.C.: Fiction Book Discussion Group
(Red Mountain Tuesday Morning Book Club)

Meets the second Tuesday of each month, 10:30-12:00 p.m., Conference Room
Join this community group in discussing a wide variety of general fiction and nonfiction titles. Please go to "Ask Here" Desk for current title to be discussed.

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A Novel Approach Book Discussion Group

Meets the second Wednesday of the month 7-8:30 p.m., Conference Room
Join this community group in discussing a wide variety of general fiction and nonfiction titles. Please go to "Ask Here" Desk for current title to be discussed.

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Kids Events & Storytimes

Storytimes

Spring Cuentos
Wednesdays, January 30th, February 27th, March 26th, April 30th, and May 28th
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Come and enjoy bilingual stories, music, games, and a simple take-home craft. For pre-schoolers and their families.
Youth Activity Room
Main Library

Cuentos para la familia
Miércoles, 30 de enero, 27 de febrero, 26 de marzo, 30 de abril, 28 de mayo
De 6:30 a 7:30 p.m.

Disfrute de juegos, cuentos, música y una sencilla manualidad. Para niños pre-escolares y sus familias.

Salón de Jóvenes
Biblioteca de la Ciudad de Mesa
64 E. 1st Street
Para más información, llame al: 480-644-2705

Baby Lapsit

Main Library, Youth Activity Room
Wednesdays, June 4–July 30, 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Baby Lapsits introduce the rhythm and beauty of language to babies, aged birth to 18 months, using rhymes, songs, and simple stories. This program – limited to one child per grown-up lap – helps enrich the bond between caregiver and child, while building the foundation for a lifelong love of books and reading. No registration required.

Summer Reading Program & Kick-off Events

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The summer reading program is back! May 27 - July 27, 2008, kids are encouraged to "Catch the Reading Bug". Free burritos from Chipotle Mexican Grill, free tickets to Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Roadrunner games, and free books! These are just some of the great prizes that Mesa’s young readers can receive, when they participate in the City of Mesa Library’s 2008 Summer Reading Programs! Three programs are being offered (each with a different set of prizes), based on the age of the reader. The “Baby Bunny” program will be for infants and toddlers; the “Catch the Reading Bug” program will be for children; and, the “Metamorphosis” program will be for teens. No matter the age of the child, they are invited to join this free program and earn prizes for reading, or being read to, this summer! Come to any City of Mesa library, beginning May 27, to join. For more information on the Summer Reading Programs, please call (480) 644-2705.

Kids Events

What ’s Bugging You? Puppet Show

Dobson Ranch Branch Library, Program Room
Thursday, May 15th 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Red Mountain Branch Library, Program Room
Monday, May 19, 10:30 - 11 a.m.

Main Library, Saguaro Room
Friday, May 23, 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Find out what’s bugging the Mixed-Up Chameleon and other Eric Carle characters in this fun filled puppet show presented by Maricopa County Library District librarians.

Great Arizona Puppet Theater In “Three Little Kittens: The Mewsical”

Main Library, Saguaro Room
Thursday, May 29, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

The valley’s award-winning puppet theater presents one of its
most popular shows, an original extravaganza of the well-known
nursery rhyme. Adults may accompany preschool children and
are welcome to attend with older children as space allows.

“Creepy Crawly” Storytime

Red Mountain Library, Program Room
Friday, June 13, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Join us for bug-themed stories, music, and fun geared for ages 3-5. You’ll also get to meet real desert creepy crawlies presented by scientists from the Mesa Community College Life Science department! No registration necessary. Sponsored by the MCC Alumni Association and Life Science Department.

Teen Events