Calendar of Events

 

Create art with different materials every week on a drop-in basis. Projects are usually open-ended to encourage creative exploration and imagination! Perfect for artists ages 4 and up. The projected activities are as follows:

 

6/04 — Fire-Breathing Dragons

6/11 — Superhero Masks

6/18 — Popsicle Stick Bird Feeders

6/25 — Yarn Owls

7/9 — Canvas Painting

7/16 — Paper Bag Monsters

7/23 — Puzzle Decorating

7/30 — Beaded Keychains

 

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This program is held as part of Level Up at Your Library: Summer Reading Challenge 2025! This is an all ages summer reading program celebrating the joy of learning through play. Whether you’re tinkering with STEAM concepts, starting a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, or exploring new artistic mediums, this challenge reminds us that libraries are not just a space for knowledge, they are a space for fun! Sign up today and start logging your reading to earn points and win prizes!
 

Sponsored by Friends of the El Dorado Hills Library.

We are now meeting from 10 to 11 am on Wednesdays for our Early Literacy Play and Story time hour.

Children learn through play. In fact, play helps them develop early literacy and school-readiness skills, and it can be a load of fun. Open-ended activities engage a variety of age groups and encourage adult-child interaction. Our library may not be an actual playground, but there is a place for play here.
Please join us and watch the learning happen! Sponsored by First 5 of El Dorado County.

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 Georgetown Friends of the Library.

Wednesday, Jul. 3, 10:30-11:30am
Join Miss Anel for a morning of stories, rhymes, crafts and all around 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 Friends of the Library.

Join us at the Placerville Library for a fun-filled Wacky Wednesday! Get creative with salt painting, a fun, hands-on activity that lets the imagination shine as kids create their own masterpieces. Supplies are limited, so registration is required. Donations to the Friends of the Library are welcome.

Are you looking for your next book to read? Do you have a book or author you love and want to share with others? Have you read a book that has had a lasting impact on you? Come meet with fellow book lovers and chat about all thing's books. The discussion group will meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 1:00pm. Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library .

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

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

Join other knitters and crocheters every Wednesday at the Georgetown Library from 3:00-4:30. Share tricks of the trade and enjoy lively conversation.

Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library .

Level up at the library this summer during Family Game Nights!

Stop by between 4:30 and 6:30 pm every Wednesday from June 25 - August 27, 2025 to enjoy some friendly competition at the SLT Library! Take your pick from the library's extensive stash of board and card games, or bring your own to share. All ages are welcome to join the fun! 
 

Attention romance readers! Romance Readers Book Club is a new monthly book club at the South Lake Tahoe Library. Join us on the second Wednesday of each month at 5:30 pm starting February 12, 2025. All romance readers ages 18+ are invited to join the discussion. Registration is not required, but will give you the option to receive a reminder message. 

You can keep up with us on The Storygraph and see our recent selections in the library catalog!

Next book:
July 9th - Pestilence by Laura Thalassa 

Past books:
June 11th - Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan 
May 14th - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
April 9th - The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
March 12th - A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
February 12th - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

  Sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Join Ms. Marni, your new Children’s Librarian, on Thursday mornings for Mother Goose on the Loose at the Placerville Library. 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.

 

Meet Jordan the Science Wizard and see his new and exciting “ElectroSonic Spectacular” show! Experience sound and electricity as you've never seen them before as the Science Wizard demonstrates for us the power of the Van De Graaff generator, Tesla coils, sulfur hexafluoride, and more!

 

Open to all ages, though geared for ages 5 and up. No tickets required. Seating is limited, attendance is NOT guaranteed. Strollers will not be allowed in the room during the presentation, so please make accommodations.

 

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This program is held as part of Level Up at Your Library: Summer Reading Challenge 2025! This is an all ages summer reading program celebrating the joy of learning through play. Whether you’re tinkering with STEAM concepts, starting a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, or exploring new artistic mediums, this challenge reminds us that libraries are not just a space for knowledge, they are a space for fun! Sign up today and start logging your reading to earn points and win prizes!
 

Sponsored by Friends of the El Dorado Hills Library.

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! Sponsored by First 5 and Friends of the Library.

Join us for a multi-day introduction to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) designed to spark curiosity and creativity in students from 3rd to 6th grade. Participants will explore a range of STEM topics through fun, hands-on activities led and supervised by at least two high school seniors. Space is limited, and registration is required for each individual activity—please sign up through our online calendar.

****This program requires that participants bring their own laptop or a chromebook. This will allow them to access the coding website and you will need a keyboard.
Donations to the Friends of the Library are welcome and appreciated.

June 19, Thursday, 12:30-2:00: Science focus; Creating lava lamps and/or Extracting strawberry DNA
July 10, Thursday, 12:30-2:00: Technology focus; Block coding a game online
July 31, Thursday, 12:30-2:00: Engineering focus; Building rubber-band powered toy cars

Use your imagination to build and create with Legos at the Library! Each week features a fun theme to inspire your designs, and creations will be proudly displayed for all to see. This program is designed to be enjoyed by families or for children with an accompanying adult. Duplos are available upon request.
 

*This is a special program for the Level Up at Your Library: Summer Reading Challenge 2025!
 

Sponsored by Cameron Park Friends of the Library.

The whole family is invited to build and create with Legos at the Library!
Your creations will be put on display in the "Lego Museum."
Duplo blocks will be available for little builders upon request. Sponsored by Placerville Friends of the Library.

June meeting dates: June 12th, June 26th
July meeting dates: July 3rd, July 10th
August meeting dates: August 7th, August 14th

Python Programming Workshop participants learn how to program in the Python progamming language. This is a work-at-your-own pace and collaborate with others environment; just bring any questions and stuff you'd like to look at each meeting and we all benefit as a group looking at it.
We have a bunch of coureswork ready to use, including:
Python Basics
Data analysis with "Pandas"

For Ages 12+

Prerequisite:
Have a google account and log into https://colab.research.google.com/ once ahead of time.  We'll use Colab for running python "notebooks" so we can work from any computer and don't need to install anything for the class.

*Work on your own laptop. The library has a few laptops that can be used if you do not have your own - please call Cheryl at: (530) 621-5110 to confirm availability.
 

Learn about Sogetsu Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, and create your own flower arrangement in this introductory class taught by Pat Medeiros. All supplies included.

Sogetsu Ikebana is a school of Japanese flower arranging established in 1927. Pat Medeiros has been studying Sogetsu Ikebana with Sogetsu master Kika Shibata since 2010. She has received a teaching credential from the Sogetsu school and has taught and demonstrated Ikebana to children and adults in the Sacramento area.
 
Register early for this class as seating is limited. Registration closes the day before the event. Please cancel your reservation if you cannot make the class to allow others to join in the fun.

This program is for adults 18 and older.

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This program is held as part of Level Up at Your Library: Summer Reading Challenge 2025! This is an all ages summer reading program celebrating the joy of learning through play. Whether you’re tinkering with STEAM concepts, starting a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, or exploring new artistic mediums, this challenge reminds us that libraries are not just a space for knowledge, they are a space for fun! Sign up today and start logging your reading to earn points and win prizes!
  Sponsored by the Friends of the El Dorado Hills Library.

Throw on your pajamas and bring your little ones and their stuffed animals for a Pajama Storytime on Thursday July 10th at 6:00pm! Snacks and a craft will follow. Then, the stuffed animals will spend the night and have a party! Pick up your stuffed animal Friday afternoon after 1:00 and get a special surprise. Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library .

Mother Goose on the Loose is a lap-sit storytime for little ones, age 0-2 years old. This award-winning program combines music, movement, visual literacy, and language development to help children get ready to read. Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library.