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Pacifica Libraries NewsletterMay 2015
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Dia de los Ninos: Maya, Olmec, Aztec Monday, May 1 @ 12:00 p.m. Sanchez Library We will explore fascinating Meso-American civilizations from Mexico through Central America. We'll create some ancient images with clay. (Vamos a explorar fascinantes civilizaciones Meso-americanas de México hasta Centroamérica . Vamos a crear algunas imágenes antiguas con arcilla.)
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Free Comic Book Day Sat., May 2 from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Sanchez Library & Sharp Park Library Visit the library and get a free comic book! Be sure to check out our comic book display.
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Camp Nanowrimo After Party Monday, May 4 @ 6:00 p.m. Sanchez Library Celebrate the end of National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO), whether you met your writing goal or not. Bring an excerpt of your favorite quote, scene, or chapter, and share it (or not, no pressure). Discuss your editing, rewriting, or plans to continue your project.
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Dark Wolf Magic Show Saturday, May 9 @ 11:00 a.m. Sharp Park Library Local child magician, Angelo Iniguez, will be wrapping up Ditch Your Device Week with a show of magic and mystique! For all ages.
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Get Fit @ the Library: Eating the Rainbow Tuesday, May 12 @ 6:30 p.m. Sanchez LibraryJoin us for our final program of this series promoting healthy and nutritious eating presented by Fresh Approach. Receive a $5 voucher to spend at the Coastside Farmer's Market. Lecture and snack demonstration.
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Make It Wednesday, May 13 @ 3:30 p.m. Sharp Park Library Projects in science, electronics and do-it-yourself crafts. For ages 8 and up/teens. Registration required. Materials will be provided. Generously funded by the Pacifica Friends of the Library.
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French Storytime Saturday, May 23 @ 10:30 a.m. Sharp Park Library French bilingual storytime led by a local volunteer to give children the opportunity to learn basic words and phrases in French.
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Sharp Park Library Family Storytime Wednesdays @ 7:00 p.m. Preschool Storytime: Thursdays @ 10:30 a.m. Firefighter Storytime (Preschool Storytime) Thursday, 5/14 @ 10:30 a.m. French Storytime Saturday, 5/23 @ 10:30 a.m.
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Sanchez Library New! Baby Storytime Wednesdays @ 10:30 a.m. Toddler Musical Storytime Fridays @ 10:30 a.m.
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Check Out Our Calendar for All New & Ongoing Events
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Bring the Internet Home The San Mateo County Library is offering WiFi hotspots and WiFi hotspot/laptop combos. This program provides wireless hotspots with unlimited data. WiFi hotspot/laptop combos include Microsoft Office 2013 along with popular browsers. The devices are part of our In-Luck collection and can be checked out for 7 days.
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FindIt! FindIt! is a word-based classification system for our nonfiction materials and it will be replacing the Dewey Decimal System at all San Mateo County Library locations. We’re simply swapping out decimal numbers for commonly-understood, word-based categories to make it easier for patrons to find their desired topics and books.
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Silicon Valley GivesOn May 5, 2015, our community will come together for Silicon Valley Gives, and we’d love for YOU to join us. It’s 24 hours of unprecedented nonprofit giving—and it’s your chance make a real difference, right here in our community. If you love the library and the benefits it brings to Pacifica, then you love the Pacifica Library Foundation. And by showing your love through Silicon Valley Gives, you help sustain this grassroots organization, which is working so hard to build a 21st century library for all Pacificans. Join us in supporting our community now through May 5, 2015, by donating online at: http://svgives.razoo.com/story/Pacifica-Library-Foundation Thank you!
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Check Out Our Electronic Book (Ebook) Catalogs
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Ebooks for San Mateo County and City Library Card Holders
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Ebooks for San Mateo County Library Card Holders (# beginning with 29041)
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FindIt!: New York Times Bestsellers Available @ the Library!
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The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
Obsessively watching a breakfasting couple every day to escape the pain of her losses, Rachel witnesses a shocking event that inextricably entangles her in the lives of strangers.
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies: The Real West
by David Fisher
A companion to Bill O'Reilly's documentary series Legends and Lies: The Real West offers an eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know.
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All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
by Anthony Doerr
A blind French girl on the run from the German occupation and a German orphan-turned-Resistance tracker struggle with their respective beliefs after meeting on the Brittany coast. By the award-winning author of About Grace.
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson
The #1 New York Times best-selling author of In the Garden of Beasts presents a 100th-anniversary chronicle of the sinking of the Lusitania that discusses the factors that led to the tragedy and the contributions of such figures as President Wilson, bookseller Charles Lauriat and architect Theodate Pope Riddle. Includes two maps. Simultaneous.
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The Stranger
by Harlan Coben
Parents Adam and Hannah confront the shocking secret on which their marriage was built, leaving Adam to wonder whether he ever truly knew his wife at all. By the best-selling author of Missing You.
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The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
by Kate Andersen Brower
An intimate account of White House life from the perspectives of the service staffs of the Kennedys through the Obamas details their friendships, marriages, everyday activities and elaborate state dinners. 100,000 first printing.
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Sharp Park Library 104 Hilton Way, Pacifica, CA 94044 650-355-5196 - Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 12:00-8:00 p.m.
- Wednesday: 12:00-8:00 p.m.
- Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Friday: Closed
- Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Sunday: Closed
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Sanchez Library 1111 Terra Nova Blvd., Pacifica, CA 94044 650-359-3397 - Monday: 12:00-8:00 p.m.
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
- Thursday: Closed
- Friday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Sunday: Closed
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