Clairemont Library

Storytime is back! A new storytime was posted at 10:30 this morning. For the time being they will be recorded (not live).

Joyce from the Clairemont Library will read Jungle Gym by Sam Williams. Thank you to Simon and Schuster for permission to read this story. We will also do an action rhyme and action song. Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Welcome in the New Year with two poems. Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Listen to the first two chapters of The Cowardly Lion in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 3-4 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/210448640726895/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Listen to the first three chapters of The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Preschool Storytime is cancelled for today, January 5, 2021.

Listen to chapters 23-26 (the end!) of The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum Jump to the first three chapters of the next book The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/2766730656918329/

Listen to chapters 20-22 (the end!) of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of the first two chapters of the next book The Cowardly Lion of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/4018338774851841/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Baby/Toddler Storytime Joyce from the Clairemont Library reads The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin. Thank you to Simon and Schuster for permission to read this story.

Listen to chapters 21-22 of The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum Jump to the reading of chapters 23-26 (the end!) at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/990669648027554/

Listen to chapters 18-19 of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 20-22 (the end!) at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/837309400438462/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Listen to chapters 18-20 of The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum Jump to the reading of chapters 21-22 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/844299919647733/

New year, new books for our to-be-read list! Take some time to curl up with a good read and participate in our Winter Reading Challenge during the month of January. Reading for 5 hours or 5 book titles is all you need to earn some awesome prizes. The Winter Reading Challenge is open from January 1-31 and is for seasoned book readers to our little pre-readers. Take a look at our website for the full program details: sandiego.gov/WinterReading... The website also has some book recs to share with you, but you can also check out our SDPL Virtual Hub for recommended reads for all ages.

Still can’t do a live Baby/Toddler Storytime. I will do one from home tomorrow. Happy New Year!

To celebrate New Year's Eve listen to Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem: In Memoriam, [Ring out, wild bells]

Listen to chapters 15-17 of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 18-19 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/312719123387106/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Due to technical difficulties I am going to have to do Storytime later today. See you then......

Listen to chapters 13-14 of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump ot the reading of chapters 15-17 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/2855688121424789/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Joyce from the Clairemont Library reads Steam Train Dream Train with sound effect buttons by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld. Thanks to Chroncile books for permission to read this story. We will also do an action train rhyme, a train song, and pretend to go on a train trip.

Listen to chapters 11-12 of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 13-14 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/2806372152970707/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

There is something wrong with the WiFi I think and I cannot post today’s live storytime. I will record and post it as soon as I can. We will read Steam Train Dream Train and sing songs about trains.

Listen to chapters 9-10 of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 11-12 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/431583117861410/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Listen to chapters 7-8 of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 9-10 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/2853490754892298/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Ms. Joyce reads Dear Santa by Rod Campbell. Thank you to Simon and Schuster for permission to read this story.We also sing Jingle Bells and Feliz Navidad while shaking our shakers

Listen to chapters 5-6 of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 7-8 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/2914064395543325/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Listen to chapters 3-4 of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 5-6 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/139069261163109/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Ms. Joyce from the Clairemont Library reads Construction Site on Christmas Night by Sherri Duskey Rinker and AG Ford. Thank you Chronicle Books for permission to read this story. We also sing Feliz Navidad. Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Try a smaller binge read with invesigative journalist Robert Kolker. He has written two books: Lost Girls: An Unsolved Amerian Mystery https://sandiego.biblioco...mmons.com/item/show/258499161 Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family https://sandiego.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1364684161

Listen to the first two chapters of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 3-4 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/787862155098588/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Get ready to make some noise & dance 2020 away at this Noon Year's Eve Virtual Dance Party! Plus, learn how you can get your hands on a New Year's Wand Craft Kit so you can be accessorized for the celebration! This program is geared for children ages 2-6 and their families. See event for details & registration... sandiego.librarymarket.com//noon-years-eve-2021-dance-party

Listen to chapters 22-24 (the end) of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Jump to the reading of the first two chapters of the next book Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/190254789425776/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Know of any foot-stomping, hand-clapping, song-and-dance bouncing kiddos? Take a look at our weekly Monday morning Dance Pants Party sessions! Preschoolers, toddlers and babies will love seeing one another onscreen rocking out to fun tunes like "Baby Shark." Bringing an animal friend or buddy onscreen to dance along is encouraged! There's still time to sign up for this Monday's upcoming dance party: sandiego.librarymarket.com/dance-pants-party

Listen to chapters 20-21 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 22-24 (the end!) at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/305812994079700/ Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request disability-related modifications or accommodations, please email [email protected]

Ms. Joyce reads Where it Baby’s Christmas Present by Karen Katz. Thanks Simon and Schuster for permission to read this story. We also sing Let’s All Do a Little Clapping and the fingerplay Here is the Chimney. Thanks Sunflower Storytime for the fingerplay.

Listen to chapters 17-19 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 20-21 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/723194248323001/

Lectures at the Library with San Diego Oasis has a class coming up TODAY at 6 p.m. featuring guest speaker Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. on The Great Influenza & COVID-19. Influenza and coronaviruses are different from each other but the lessons that they taught, the medical advances they spawned and their impact on culture, society and politics have strong similarities. What they are, how they affect us and how they influence medical science continue to stimulate the intellect.... There's still time to sign up, as part of our program series, it's #free to attend! san-diego.oasiseverywhere.org//the-great-influenza-and-co/

Sing & sign with Georgia as she teaches us American Sign Language through songs! Join us this Thursday, December 17 for a special winter themed session as we learn to sign some of our favorite holiday songs! See event for registration details.

Listen to chapters 15-16 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 17-19 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/197849252064857/

Joyce from the Clairemont Library reads The 12 Sleighs of Christmas by Sherri Duskey Rinker and illustrated by Jake Parker. Thanks Chronicle Books for permission to read this story. We also sing Christmas songs and do the fingerplay "Here is the Chimney" . Thanks Sunflower Storytime for the fingerplay.

Are your wish lists ready? Looks like we’re going to Santa Claus’s town. Join us for a virtual Santa meet & greet event, Zoom to the North Pole, and tell the man in red what you’re wishing for this season. It’s coming up quick and space is limited, so make sure to sign up before space runs out! One sign up per household. Register for Friday, December 18: sandiego.librarymarket.com/meet-santa... Register for Monday, December 21: sandiego.librarymarket.com/meet-santa-1

Listen to chapters 13-14 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 15-16 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/148071763411803/

Who’s looking forward to GRINCHmas? This year, we’re holding it virtually! On Monday, December 21 at 3 p.m., gather the kiddos ‘round because we’re going to celebrate. Join us for a storytime, make a craft with us and play some games to get you in the spirit before our special guest arrives. sandiego.librarymarket.com/events/grinchmas

The Padres are having a goody bag giveaway for the kiddos! Watch Mike Clevinger's "Snowmen at Night" storytime on the SDPL Virtual Hub. facebook.com/watch/?v=736638867236336 ... To enter the drawing, click on the above link to both share your family's favorite winter read and watch the storytime!

The Padres are having a goody bag giveaway for the kiddos! Take a look at Pitcher Mike Clevinger's "Snowmen at Night" storytime on the SDPL Virtual Hub. To enter the drawing, click on the link below to both share your family's favorite winter read and watch the storytime.... facebook.com/watch/?v=736638867236336

Listen to chapters 11-12 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 13-14 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/413724220079612/

Tune into our new adult wellness program coming out on the SDPL Virtual Hub. Get the week started on the right foot with some gentle yoga this Sunday at 9 a.m.!

San Diego Public Library is coming out with our first-ever Black History Month commemorative library card and we're calling on all students in grades K-12 to submit a design! This card design contest will run from December 11 through January 11. For more info, visit: sandiego.gov/sdplblackhistory

Apologies: today's Reading from The Royal Book of Oz will not be happening. It will be posted on Sunday 12/13.

Listen to chapters 9-10 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 11-12 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/430086228182788/

Joyce from the Clairemont library reads the Hug Machine by Scott Campbell. Thank you Simon and Schuster for permission to read this story. Thank you Sunflower Storytime for the I Can Hug rhyme we sing and Narrogin Storytime for The Itsy Bitsy Monkey. We will also shake our shakers!

Listen to chapters 7-8 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 9-10 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/233213304904065/

Sing a couple of lapsit songs with Joyce and Gladys the Chicken from the Clairemont Library and guess the animals in Giant Pop-Out Pets. Thank you Chronicle Books for permission to read this story

Have you been taking photos this past year? San Diego Public Library’s Special Collections wants your help. We are asking the public to please join us in a project titled SNAPSHOT: A Photo Journal of Life During the Pandemic. Help us create an historical record for our archives: sandiego.gov/snapshot

Our final event in the Centennial Celebration of Women’s Suffrage series is almost here! San Diego Local Authors featured in our 2020 showcase were asked, Where do we go from here? to create a crowdsourced poem that will be shared during this event. Join us for a lively discussion with some of San Diego’s notable feminists. There's still time to sign up and save a space: sandiego.librarymarket.com//womens-centennial-series-looki

Listen to chapters 5-6 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 7-8 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/1037976816669450/

Joyce from the Clairemont Library reads the Hanukkah Mice by Ronne Randall and illustrated by Maggie Kneen. Kids can also sing along to the Dreidel song. Thanks to Chronicle Books for permission to read this story.

Preschool storytime will be at 11:30 this morning.

We've got some brand new guest performers coming on board! Check out the award-winning duo, Ruth and Emilia, for an engaging and energetic virtual music show. This show is #free but you must register to join in on the fun: sandiego.librarymarket.com//ruth-and-emilia-present-spaces This show may not be recorded but this duo is coming back in January and February on the 2nd Thursdays of the month at 3:30 p.m. Sign up for all three performances to join in the antics of Emilia and her alien friend!

Listen to chapters 3-4 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 5-6 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/227836392067212/

Listen to chapters 1-2 of The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson Jump to the reading of chapters 3-4 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/386858172739545/

We are sorry for any inconvenience. Baby /Toddler Storytime is cancelled today.

We've got a magic show coming up TODAY for the Ha-Ha-Holidays with Amazing Dana the Magician on the Virtual Hub for a laugh-out-loud magic show. Get ready for magic tricks featuring silk handkerchiefs, rope, a snowman, a fish and a 'fraidy-cat rabbit! Learn something newhe may even share a secret trick or two for you to perform on your own. He goes live on the SDPL Virtual Hub at 3:30 p.m. so don't miss out.

Listen to chapters 22-24 (the end!) of Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum Jump to the reading of the first two chapters of the next book The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/382110763014828/

Baby/Toddler Storytime will happen tomorrow (12/4) instead of today. You can watch previous storytimes by going to videos and scrolling down the playlists to Baby/Toddler Storytimes.

Listen to chapters 20-21 of Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum Jump to the reading of chapters 22-24 (the end!) at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/649841859043385/

Tiny houses are trendingknow of any middle school students interested in flexing their creativity and building their own model? We've got #free activity kits for these would-be architects for an upcoming Library NExT Workshop: Tiny Houses. There is still time to register for our Thursday, December 10 session. It starts at 4 p.m.! https://sandiego.librarymarket.com//virtual-tiny-houses-mi

Listen to chapters 18-19 of Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum Jump to the reading of chapters 20-21 at: https://business.facebook.com/clairemontlibrary/videos/421409332213161/