Calendar of Events

 Join Ms. Marni for storytime with books, rhymes, and fun with friends!  Build your child’s pre-reading skills with this engaging and interactive program designed to support your child’s early literacy development for a lifelong love of reading and learning. Suitable for children 5 years of age or younger with their caregivers.

April 17th:   NO STORYTIME (LIBRARY CLOSED)

April 24th:   Bugs

May 1st:      Cows

May 8th:      Mother's Day

May 15^th:     Elephants

May 22nd:  Octopus- 
                   Lori Mortensen, a local author, will be here to read her most recent book which is "Arlo Draws an Octopus!"

May 29th:    Trains

***NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED


 

Mother Goose on the Loose is an award-winning program that combines music, movement, rhyming, visual literacy, and language development to help children get ready to read. This interactive, lap-sit storytime is perfectly suited for infants and toddlers (ages birth - 2 years old) with their caregivers. Join Miss.Missy and Miss.Savannah at 9:30 or 10:30!

Everyone is welcome!
Build your child's pre-reading skills with this engaging and interactive program designed to support your child's early literacy development for a lifelong love of reading and learning. Sponsored by First 5 El Dorado .

Join Miss Anel for storytime with books, rhymes, and fun with friends!  Build your child’s pre-reading skills with this engaging and interactive program designed to support your child’s early literacy development for a lifelong love of reading and learning. Suitable for children 3 to 5 years of age with their caregivers.
Sponsored by First5. Sponsored by First 5.

Relax, rejuvenate, and connect at this free meditation program for adults. 

During these sessions, volunteers from the Heartfulness Institute will guide you through the following techniques:

• Relaxation
• Meditation
• Rejuvenation
• Inner Connect

RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/EDHHeartfulRSVP, walk-ins are also welcome!
 

All 6th - 12th graders are invited to A.T.L.A.S. (At the Library After School), every Wednesday from 2:30-4:30. The fourth Wednesday of every month is STEAM Society. All supplies and snacks will be provided. Registration is appreciate but not required. 

January - Marshmallow Catapults
February - Balloon Cars 
March - LEGO Engineering
April - Paper Circuits
May and beyond - TBA Sponsored by Friends of the Library.

NEW OFFERING!  STARTING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17TH!

Join other chess fans for an informal chess club at the Cameron Park library every Wednesday at 3pm. 
All skill levels are welcome and we have all the supplies needed! 
Though this is not a class, there will be a person knowledgable about all things chess in the room to offer assistance!

No registration required. Sponsored by Cameron Park Friends of the Library.

Join us at the library every Wednesday from 3:00-4:30 pm for the knitting and Crochet Group. All levels of experiences are welcome. Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library.

Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe’s reading program, RUFF (Read Up For Fun) is designed to build self esteem in young readers. Trained volunteers bring their dogs into the library where children will read to the dog. The dog provides a comforting audience perfect for allowing children a safe atmosphere to practice their reading skills. Join us on Wednesday afternoons from 4:30 - 5:30 pm for an opportunity to Read Up For Fun!

* The Self Portrait Workshop is part of our National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read programming centered on Roz Chast's memoir Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

Explore your creativity in our NEA Big Read self-portrait workshop!  Participants will create artworks using a variety of mediums, looking to themselves as the main character of their own story.  All supplied provided.  
Registration required. 

The NEA describes Chast's memoir as follows:
"Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, written by Roz Chast, a longtime cartoonist for the New Yorker, is a “tour de force” (Elle), “remarkable” (San Francisco Chronicle), “revelatory” (Kirkus), “deeply poignant and laugh-out-loud funny” (New York Times), and “one of the great autobiographical memoirs of our time" (Buffalo News). A finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Kirkus Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Books for a Better Life Award, the memoir tells the story of Chast’s parents’ final years through cartoons, family photos, found documents, and narrative prose. “So many have faced (or will face) the situation that the author details, but no one could render it like she does” (Kirkus). “Anyone who has had Chast’s experience will devour this book and cling to it for truth, humor, understanding, and the futile wish that it could all be different" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). “I want to recommend it to everyone I know who has elderly parents, or might have them someday" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)."
  Sponsored by NEA, Arts Midwest, Arts & Culture El Dorado, and Friends of the Library.

Join other grandparents with your grandchildren to connect and support one another. Each connection/session offers the opportunity to learn about activities, ideas, and materials offered at the library! Birth to 5 yrs. No registration is required. 
This is a program offered before we open which will allow you to spend time in the children's area in a small group letting the children play, sing, & maybe even dance a bit with Ms. Marni! **No program on the 1st Thursday of the month! 

No Grandparents Connection-June 13th

Join Miss. Missy for storytime with books, rhymes, and fun with friends!  Build your child’s pre-reading skills with this engaging and interactive program designed to support your child’s early literacy development for a lifelong love of reading and learning. Geared for children 3-5 years of age with their caregivers, but all are welcome!.

Join us at the South Lake Tahoe Library for our in-person Mother Goose on the Loose storytime! 
Every Thursday at 10:30 AM with Miss Anel.
This award winning program combines music, movement, visual literacy and language development to help children get ready to read! Mother Goose on the Loose is a lap-sit storytime for little ones aged 0-2 and their caregiver.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Free nursing services through Marshall Medical Center are available at the Georgetown Library every Thursday from 12:00-2:00 pm. Call Hub 4 Navigator Rebecca to make an appointment, 530-620-8175. Walk-ins are also welcome. Sponsored by First 5 El Dorado .

Knitting, crochet, sewing, embroidery and more! Bring a project or start something new with materials from the library's stash. All fiber artists of all skill levels are welcome. 

For teens and adults.
  Sponsored by the Friends of the El Dorado Hills Library.

Come read with therapy dogs at the library!

Reading to dogs has been proven to improve reading ability and build reading confidence. Plus, it's fun! This drop-in event is open to all ages and will take place in the Children's Area by the paperbacks.

Important reminders:
Young children must be monitored by an adult at all times
All participants are expected to be calm and kind while interacting with the dogs
Always ask a handler before petting a dog, and never touch them inappropriately (i.e. poking their eyes)
Please wait your turn if there is already someone with the dog to avoid crowding
Adults, please help to enforce these rules. Thank you! 

Y.E.L.L. (Youth Executive League at the Library) is where 8th to 12th grade students are invited on a drop-in basis every Thursday at 4:00PM to plan, promote, and host library programs and events as well as lend a helping hand towards outreach efforts and community service opportunities. It’s also a great place to make new friends! This program counts towards volunteer hours for school and registration is not required.  

Come join in the fun!  
  Sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Discover different artistic mediums with this free program for teens!
 

This club occurs every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month and is an open-ended exploration of art that welcomes all creative levels and encourages socialization with other art enthusiasts. In addition, each month participants will be presented with an optional prompt they can follow. Projects created from these prompts will have the opportunity to be displayed in the teen section of the library (with the artist's permission).
 

Materials will be provided. No registration required. 
For ages 13 to 18. In order to create a learning environment appropriate for teens, age limits will be enforced.
 

Sponsored by Friends of the El Dorado Hills Library.

Moderated by local paranormal and romantic suspense writer Danna Wilberg, the mystery writers panel will consist of distinguished authors Kirk Colvin, Michelle Drier, James Etoile and Sandra Sullivan in conversation about the thrill of mysteries and mystery writing. The authors will discuss their work, writing habits, how they got started, and so much more. Bring your burning questions, meet the authors and join us for an intriguing evening at the library!   Sponsored by Cameron Park Friends of the Library.