Program Type: Book Clubs

Does your little one love to read already and love talking about the books they have read?  Join Mrs. Akilah and other happy beginning readers as we share our thoughts and ideas.  This live virtual social event will allow each child the opportunity to read aloud, when prompted, sentences from the book as we share time together talking about a good book followed up with a craft to help bring the book to life.  This week’s book will be Inky the Octopus by Erin Guendelsberger.

Books are provided to the first four students who register by the Friends of the Southeast Branch Library.

Please register on our web site and you will be e-mailed your meeting ID and password login within 24 hours of the event start time.

Join Donna for an Adult Zoom Book Club where you can get in on the discussion from the comfort of your own home. This month we will be discussing The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Michele Richardson.

1936. Tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. She joins Roosevelt’s Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a traveling librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her mule to deliver books and other reading material to the impoverished hill people of Eastern Kentucky. Along her route, Cussy faces doubters at every turn, but is determined to bring the joy of books to the hardscrabble Kentuckians.

This program is held through ZOOM. Registration is Required. You can email Donna at dbraasch@sjcfl.us to register.

WARRIORS FANS — this NEW tween and teen Erin Hunter Book Club is for you! Join Librarian Ms. Lisa for an adventure through Erin Hunter’s Warriors books!

Although we will meet through Zoom for a special Book Club meeting, you don’t need to wait for our club meeting to get started! Every member who RSVPs will get an invitation to our Virtual Erin Hunter Book Club Hub.

Complete fun reading challenges to earn virtual rewards and tickets to win free Erin Hunter books! As you move through the levels (Kit, Apprentice, Reading Warrior, Deputy and Clan Leader) we will track your progress and share your work in our Virtual Erin Hunter Book Club Hub. Will you be the first to work through all of the levels?

For questions about this new program, contact Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us. This Book Club proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. 

Join Akilah monthly to discuss best-selling graphic novels! This month, we’ll be chatting about the graphic novel Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick.

Books are provided to the first three people who register by the Friends of the Southeast Branch Library.

Please register on our web site and you will be e-mailed your meeting ID and password login within 24 hours of the event start time.

Join Donna for an Adult Zoom Book Club where you can get in on the discussion from the comfort of your own home. This month we will be discussing The Dutch House by Ann Pratchett.

This program is held through ZOOM. Registration is Required. You can email Donna at dbraasch@sjcfl.us to register.

Thursdays, March 4 & 11 @ 3:30 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, ABC Murders by Agatha Christi. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! Sign up online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his waythrough the alphabet – and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is forMrs Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for SirCarmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting moreconfident – but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud HerculePoirot might just prove to be the first, and fatal mistake.

Does your little one love to read already and love talking about the books they have read?  Join Mrs. Akilah and other happy beginning readers as we share our thoughts and ideas.  This live virtual social event will allow each child the opportunity to read aloud, when prompted, sentences from the book as we share time together talking about a good book followed up with a craft to help bring the book to life.  This week’s book will be Sparkly New Friends, a Unicorn & Yei book, by Heather Ayris Burnell.

Books are provided to the first five students who register by the Friends of the Southeast Branch Library.

Please register on our web site and you will be e-mailed your meeting ID and password login within 24 hours of the event start time.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Join Amy, a librarian, and AyoLane, a naturalist, for an outdoor book club that focuses on our natural world. We’ll discuss our all-time favorite nature titles, both fiction and non-fiction. The book club will meet at parks throughout St. Johns County, practically in your own backyard!

For hundreds of thousands of years, humans lived intimately with the earth. We were in the wild and of the wild. Today, we live mostly urban lives―and our vital wildness has gone dormant. As a result, we’re more isolated, unhealthy, anxious, and depressed than ever, and our planet has suffered alongside us. With Rewilding, Mortali invites us to shed the effects of over-civilization and explore an inner wisdom that is primal, ancient, and profound. Whether you live in the middle of a city or alongside the woods, the insights and practices on these pages will bring you home to your wild, wise, and alive self. Micah Mortali brings together yoga, mindfulness, wilderness training, and ancestral skills to create a unique guide for reigniting your primal energy―your undomesticated true self―and deepening your connection with the living earth.

This event is free and open to the public, but for social distancing purposes, registration is required. If the weather is sunny, please bring your own camp chair for sitting out under the trees. If it’s rainy, we’ll be sitting in the park pavilion. Masks are encouraged, social distancing is required. Feel free to bring your own snacks & beverages! Questions? Please call Amy at 904.827.6942 or email at aackerman@sjcfl.us.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Join Amy, a librarian, and AyoLane, a naturalist, for an outdoor book club that focuses on our natural world. We’ll discuss our all-time favorite nature titles, both fiction and non-fiction. The book club will meet at parks throughout St. Johns County, practically in your own backyard!

This meeting will take place at Canopy Shores Park.  We’ll discuss “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston. This book is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic dreams, it is the story of fiercely independent Janie Crawford, and her evolving selfhood through three marriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose. A true literary wonder, Hurston’s masterwork remains as relevant and affecting today as when it was first published.  Throughout the book, Hurston uses nature as a metaphor and symbol. From 1938 through 1939, Hurston was a folklorist and contributor to the Florida division of the Federal Writers’ Project, part of the Works Progress Administration. During that time, Stetson Kennedy was in charge of folklore, oral history, and ethnic studies of the Florida Writer’s Project.

This event is free and open to the public, but for social distancing purposes, registration is required.  If the weather is sunny, please bring your own camp chair for sitting out under the trees.  If it’s rainy, we’ll be sitting in the park pavilion.  Masks are encouraged, social distancing is required. Feel free to bring your own beverages!  Questions?  Please call Amy at 904.827.6942 or email at aackerman@sjcfl.us.

WARRIORS FANS — this NEW tween and teen Erin Hunter Book Club is for you! Join Librarian Ms. Lisa for an adventure through Erin Hunter’s Warriors books!

Although we will meet through Zoom for a special Book Club meeting, you don’t need to wait for our club meeting to get started! Every member who RSVPs will get an invitation to our Virtual Erin Hunter Book Club Hub.

Complete fun reading challenges to earn virtual rewards and tickets to win free Erin Hunter books! As you move through the levels (Kit, Apprentice, Reading Warrior, Deputy and Clan Leader) we will track your progress and share your work in our Virtual Erin Hunter Book Club Hub. Will you be the first to work through all of the levels?

For questions about this new program, contact Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us. This Book Club proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. 

Wednesdays @ 2:30 March 24, 31 & April 7, 14
Join Ms. Nicole for our Grades 3-5 Zoom Book Club: Hoot by Carl Hiaason and our first every graphic novel, Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! We will spend the first few weeks working our way through Hoot and wrap up the club with Sunny Side Up. Sign up for our bookclub online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Wednesdays @ 2:30 March 24, 31 & April 7, 14
Join Ms. Nicole for our Grades 3-5 Zoom Book Club: Hoot by Carl Hiaason and our first every graphic novel, Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! We will spend the first few weeks working our way through Hoot and wrap up the club with Sunny Side Up. Sign up for our bookclub online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

In observance of the Good Friday holiday, all SJCPLS libraries will be closed on Friday, April 2, 2021. Libraries will reopen on Saturday, April 3, 2021.

Bookdrops will remain open during this closure and, of course, our virtual services such as eBooks, databases and downloadables are available 24/7.

Wednesdays @ 2:30 March 24, 31 & April 7, 14
Join Ms. Nicole for our Grades 3-5 Zoom Book Club: Hoot by Carl Hiaason and our first every graphic novel, Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! We will spend the first few weeks working our way through Hoot and wrap up the club with Sunny Side Up. Sign up for our bookclub online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Wednesdays @ 2:30 March 24, 31 & April 7, 14
Join Ms. Nicole for our Grades 3-5 Zoom Book Club: Hoot by Carl Hiaason and our first every graphic novel, Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! We will spend the first few weeks working our way through Hoot and wrap up the club with Sunny Side Up. Sign up for our bookclub online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Thursdays, April 22, 29 and May 6, 13 @ 3:30 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! Sign up online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

A Cinderella story with deadly stakes and thrilling twists, perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why – or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.

Thursdays, April 22, 29 and May 6, 13 @ 3:30 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! Sign up online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

A Cinderella story with deadly stakes and thrilling twists, perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why – or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.

Thursdays, April 22, 29 and May 6, 13 @ 3:30 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! Sign up online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

A Cinderella story with deadly stakes and thrilling twists, perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why – or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.

Thursdays, April 22, 29 and May 6, 13 @ 3:30 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! Sign up online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

A Cinderella story with deadly stakes and thrilling twists, perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why – or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.

In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, all SJCPLS libraries will be closed on Monday, May 31, 2021. Libraries will resume their normal operating hours on Tuesday, June 1, 2021.

Book drops will remain open during this closure and, of course, our virtual services such as eBooks, databases and downloadables are available 24/7.