Location: Hastings

Bringing history to life with hands-on history lessons! Join us for classes where kids can use their hands alongside their brains to learn more about history.

This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel : www.youtube.com/user/sjclibraryvid

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 us for a special Facebook online story break with Youth Services Librarian Carla Day. Songs! Books! Laughs! This is a Facebook event that you can conveniently watch on our Facebook page, and it will be archived afterward on our website and on our Youtube channel!

Local author, Greg Leonard, talks with Leslie of the Bookmobile-Extension Services Department about his recently published book, Hastings: Florida’s Potato Capital. This is a personal story for Leonard and those that know of Hastings when it was a thriving town with a rich history. Located close to Palatka, a major port at that time, and Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway, farms in Hastings provided food for not only local communities, but also throughout the United States. This bustling town that once had its own newspaper would start to see a decline with the construction of State Road No. 4, now known as US 1.

We are celebrating St. Johns County’s Bicentennial all year long!  Check out our YouTube 200^th Playlist for more Virtual Programs: bit.ly/SJCPLScelebratesSJC200.  More information on events county-wide can be found at sjc200.com

Do you want some extra practice speaking Spanish? Learning a foreign language can be challenging when you do not have native speakers to learn from. Each meeting we will do something different to practice our Spanish skills – from watching movie clips, to ordering out at a restaurant. This conversation group is open to all middle and high school students needing practice speaking Spanish. Join Ms. Nicole by signing up online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us.

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 Shadow in the Woods – and other scary stories, by Max Brallier.

Books are provided to the first three 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.

Are you up for a LEGO challenge? Grab your bricks and log into Zoom for weekly challenges, LEGO history tidbits, and a chance to show off your latest creations! This is a fun social gathering designed for grades K-5.

This event will take place on ZOOM. You must register on our website to attend. The Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event.

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!

The St. Johns County Library System has partnered with the St. Johns County Cultural Council to celebrate St. Johns County’s Bicentennial.  The Cultural Council received a grant for all sorts of fun programs with the library throughout 2021, and one of the things they’re funding is our April Backyard Book Club, where they are giving the first 20 people to sign up a FREE copy of “Travels on the St. Johns River,” by John and William Bartram, edited by Thomas Hallock and Richard Franz. We will be meeting at Alpine Groves Park on Wednesday, April 21st (the day after William Bartram’s birthday!) right on the very St. Johns River we’ll be discussing. Registration is limited due to social distancing, so we will hold two back-to-back book club meetings (9:30 am or 11:00 am) to accommodate everyone.

In 1765 father and son naturalists John and William Bartram explored the St. Johns River Valley in Florida, a newly designated British territory and subtropical wonderland. They collected specimens and recorded extensive observations of the plants, animals, geography, ecology, and native cultures of an essentially uncharted region. The chronicle of their adventures provided the world with an intimate look at La Florida. Travels on the St. Johns River includes writings from the Bartrams’ journey in a flat-bottomed boat from St. Augustine to the river’s swampy headwaters near Lake Loughman, just west of today’s Cape Canaveral. Vivid entries from John’s Diary detail which tribes lived where and what vegetation overtook the river’s slow current. He describes the crisp, cold spring waters tasting like a gun barrel. Excerpts from William’s narrative, written a decade later when he tried to make a home in East Florida, contemplate the environment and the river that would come to be regarded as the liquid heart of his celebrated Travels . A selection of personal letters reveal John’s misgivings about his son’s decision to become a planter in an inhospitable pine barren with little more than a hovel as shelter, but they also speak to William’s belated sense of accomplishment for traveling past his father’s footsteps. Editors Thomas Hallock and Richard Franz provide valuable commentary and a modern record of the flora and fauna the Bartrams encountered. Taken together, the firsthand accounts and editorial notes help us see the land through the explorers’ eyes and witness the many environmental changes the centuries have wrought.

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.

Join us for a special story break with our Anastasia Library Youth Librarian, Ms. Nicole! We will be teaching young ones weather, colors, counting, letters, songs, stories and more in both English and Spanish in this fun online event. Join us as we go on our Facebook page or at our YouTube channel: SJCLibraryVid!

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!

The St. Johns County Library System has partnered with the St. Johns County Cultural Council to celebrate St. Johns County’s Bicentennial.  The Cultural Council received a grant for all sorts of fun programs with the library throughout 2021, and one of the things they’re funding is our April Backyard Book Club, where they are giving the first 20 people to sign up a FREE copy of “Travels on the St. Johns River,” by John and William Bartram, edited by Thomas Hallock and Richard Franz. We will be meeting at Alpine Groves Park on Wednesday, April 21st (the day after William Bartram’s birthday!) right on the very St. Johns River we’ll be discussing. Registration is limited due to social distancing, so we will hold two back-to-back book club meetings (9:30 am or 11:00 am) to accommodate everyone.

In 1765 father and son naturalists John and William Bartram explored the St. Johns River Valley in Florida, a newly designated British territory and subtropical wonderland. They collected specimens and recorded extensive observations of the plants, animals, geography, ecology, and native cultures of an essentially uncharted region. The chronicle of their adventures provided the world with an intimate look at La Florida. Travels on the St. Johns River includes writings from the Bartrams’ journey in a flat-bottomed boat from St. Augustine to the river’s swampy headwaters near Lake Loughman, just west of today’s Cape Canaveral. Vivid entries from John’s Diary detail which tribes lived where and what vegetation overtook the river’s slow current. He describes the crisp, cold spring waters tasting like a gun barrel. Excerpts from William’s narrative, written a decade later when he tried to make a home in East Florida, contemplate the environment and the river that would come to be regarded as the liquid heart of his celebrated Travels . A selection of personal letters reveal John’s misgivings about his son’s decision to become a planter in an inhospitable pine barren with little more than a hovel as shelter, but they also speak to William’s belated sense of accomplishment for traveling past his father’s footsteps. Editors Thomas Hallock and Richard Franz provide valuable commentary and a modern record of the flora and fauna the Bartrams encountered. Taken together, the firsthand accounts and editorial notes help us see the land through the explorers’ eyes and witness the many environmental changes the centuries have wrought.

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.

Join Emma and Persimmon for a fun “cactus” planter craft. These painted rocks look just like the real thing without any of the upkeep or watering real plants require! Have fun following along with this step-by-step painting project.

This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel.

Kids of all ages are invited to join Ms. Nicole and make a whimsical picture holder with painted rocks!  Everyone loves to have pictures around.  Here is an easy, all ages craft for you to make your own unique picture holder out of some inexpensive Dollar Store items or free supplies!  Stop by the Anastasia Library for your easy toy kit, then watch the online video for instructions!    This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our YouTube Channel, SJCLibraryVid, or our Facebook page.

Can’t get to the Anastasia Library? Supply List: rock, paint, paint brush, 20 gauge wire, pliers, wire cutters

Join Mrs. Akilah as we explores the fluid movements of the body with dance inspiration from around the world. Students will also learn a fully choreographed routine to perform at the end of the term for family and friends. Please grab your bottled H2O and wear your best stretchy dance gear so you can really feel the music and express yourself in this live Zoom event.

Please note: This semester’s Youth Dance class is no longer accepting registrations. Our next semester will begin in the summer.

Join us for a special Facebook online story break with Youth Services Librarian Ms. Michelle! Songs! Stories Fun!! This is a Facebook event that you can conveniently watch on our Facebook page, and it will be archived afterward on our website and on our Youtube channel!

Join Main Library’s Adult Programming Assistant Beth online as she makes seed bombs to celebrate Earth Day! To follow along, you will need flower seeds, potter’s clay powder, peat-free compost, water, a bowl, and a baking tray. This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.

Join Ms. Akilah and create whimsical, adorable fairy crafts! This month, we will be making a mini clay pot fairy house. All materials are provided by the Friends of the Southeast Branch Library. Registration is limited for this free class, which will be recorded and available to watch on our website, Facebook page, and YouTube channel.

Please register on our web site and you will be contacted via e-mail with information on picking up your supplies.

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.

Yes, you heard that right! The librarians at SJCPLS have an island in Animal Crossing and want to invite you to come and play. We have named the island Biblio Bay and we would love to welcome you to come play games, do scavenger hunts and hang out together. Be sure to leave some room in your pockets so we can send you back to your own island with some new gifts. Bring a few items with you so you can do some trading at our trading post too.

Registration is required in order to receive the Dodo Code for the event. Only 1 RSVP per Nintendo Switch.
All participants will need their own Switch device, their own copy of the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons and a Nintendo Switch Online Account in order to join the island.

The Nintendo Switch Online app will also be used for voice chat during gameplay. This is not required, but will greatly enhance your experience on the island.

AGES 10-16

Meet Origami Master Wayne Tahara as he amazes us with what he can make with just one sheet of paper! Grab any paper you have at home and join us! Learn to make origami fun toys and origami for everyday use. Resources for learning more about origami, its applications, and its many varieties can be found at your local library branch.

This is a Facebook event that you can conveniently watch on our Facebook page, and it will be archived afterward on our website and on our Youtube channel!

Learn to code and use computer science to change the world! Girls Who code is a free after-school online program for 3rd-5th grade girls. While the Girls Who Code programs are designed for participants who identify as female to promote a girls-supportive environment, we welcome any 3rd-5th grade member who wishes to join the Girls Who Code. This is a 12 week program using the Girls Who Code national curriculum.

Join us for a special online storytime with Ms. Lisa from the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library! Songs! Books! Laughs! This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our Facebook page, website and on our Youtube channel!

Ever find an old cookbook at your grandmother’s house? Join Will and Katy as they attempt old recipes from the 1920s and 1930s.

Maple Fudge

3 Cups Brown Sugar, 2 Cups Maple Syrup, 1 Cup of Milk, ½ Cup of Water, Butter the size of an egg,1 Cup of English Walnut Meats or Hickory-nuts.

Boil the sugar and maple syrup till you can make it into a very soft ball when you drop it in water; only half as hard as you boil molasses candy. Then put in the milk, water, and butter and boil till when you try in water it makes quite a firm ball in your fingers. Put in the nuts and take off the fire at once, and stir till it begins to sugar. Spread it quickly on buttered pans, and when partly cool mark in squares with a knife.

This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/sjcpls or our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/sjclibraryvid. ​

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Kids and tweens, join Ms. Akilah in a world of pure imagination for you to practice roleplay and be a part of an epic storytelling adventure.  Register online for this epic social and emotional learning class designed for kids and tweens to learn the joy of working as a team.  Problem solving skills and math will be used to help move you along throughout this fun journey with your teammates.  No adventure is the same and will be complete at the end of each session.

Registration is required. Please register online for this free virtual program. You will be e-mailed your Zoom login the day of the program.

Are you up for a LEGO challenge? Grab your bricks and log into Zoom for weekly challenges, LEGO history tidbits, and a chance to show off your latest creations! This is a fun social gathering designed for grades K-5.

This event will take place on ZOOM. You must register on our website to attend. The Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event.

Join us for a special Facebook LIVE online storytime with Ms. Alex from the Southeast Library! Songs! Books! Laughs!

This is a LIVE Facebook event that you can conveniently watch on our Facebook page, and it will be archived afterward on our website and on our Youtube channel!

Spend a few minutes chatting with Bartram Trail’s Donna and local artist C. Ford Riley, famous for his wildlife and landscape art. Not to be missed!

This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel.

Join Mrs. Akilah as we explores the fluid movements of the body with dance inspiration from around the world. Students will also learn a fully choreographed routine to perform at the end of the term for family and friends. Please grab your bottled H2O and wear your best stretchy dance gear so you can really feel the music and express yourself in this live Zoom event.

Please note: This semester’s Youth Dance class is no longer accepting registrations. Our next semester will begin in the summer.

Teens and Tweens, grades 6-12, join Ms. Carla in making a wood bead key chain for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. Pick up a kit at your local library branch or curbside at the BT Annex while supplies last, kits are limited.

Included in the kit are:

• Three One inch (25mm) Wood Beads with 1/8” holes
• 18 inches of 3mm leather lace
• Swivel Lobster Claw Clasp with Key

You will also need:

• Acrylic Paint in 2-3 colors
• 2-3 paper cups (depends on how many colors you are using)
• 2-3 paint brushes

Join us for a special online story break with our Main Library Youth Services Librarian, Mr. Andy!

You can find this story break and more on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.

Join Main Library’s Adult Programming Assistant Beth online as she meets with Kimberlyn Elliott, Assistant Director of the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center, to learn about some local HERstory! Ms. Elliott will be discussing the Lincolnville Museum’s new exhibit, Women Who Made a Difference, featuring the exceptional stories of five local women: Janie Price, Katherine Twine, Mildred Parson Mason Larkins, Debbie McDade, and Barbara Vickers. This online event can be conveniently viewed on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.

We’re celebrating St. Johns County’s Bicentennial all year long!  Check out our YouTube 200^th Playlist for more Virtual Programs: bit.ly/SJCPLScelebratesSJC200.  More information on events county-wide can be found at sjc200.com

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.

Learn to code and use computer science to change the world! Girls Who code is a free after-school online program for 3rd-5th grade girls. While the Girls Who Code programs are designed for participants who identify as female to promote a girls-supportive environment, we welcome any 3rd-5th grade member who wishes to join the Girls Who Code. This is a 12 week program using the Girls Who Code national curriculum.

Kids, join Ms. Alex for a fun virtual art class! This month, we’ll be learning about The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai! All supplies are provided by the Friends of the Southeast Branch Library. . Registration is limited for this free Zoom program.

Please register on our web site and you will be e-mailed your Zoom meeting ID and password login within 24 hours of the event start time. You will also be contacted via e-mail with information on picking up your supplies.

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. 

Most of us are familiar with the historical resources about St. Johns County that are located here locally.  But do you know about the documents pertaining to St. Johns that are housed in Tallahassee?  Join us as Dr. Josh Goodman, Archives Historian at the State Archives of Florida, shows some of the really neat resources that can be found at the State Archives.  He not only shows them to us, but he also instructs us on how we can locate the digitized copies ourselves on the Florida Memory website.  This event is the first in a five part series.  In this one, Dr. Goodman will concentrate on resources specific to our Territorial Period (1821-1845).

We are celebrating St. Johns County’s Bicentennial all year long!  Check out our YouTube 200^th Playlist for more Virtual Programs: bit.ly/SJCPLScelebratesSJC200.  More information on events county-wide can be found at sjc200.com

Do you want some extra practice speaking Spanish? Learning a foreign language can be challenging when you do not have native speakers to learn from. Each meeting we will do something different to practice our Spanish skills – from watching movie clips, to ordering out at a restaurant. This conversation group is open to all middle and high school students needing practice speaking Spanish. Join Ms. Nicole by signing up online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us.

Are you up for a LEGO challenge? Grab your bricks and log into Zoom for weekly challenges, LEGO history tidbits, and a chance to show off your latest creations! This is a fun social gathering designed for grades K-5.

This event will take place on ZOOM. You must register on our website to attend. The Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event.

Join Akilah monthly to discuss best-selling graphic novels! This month’s book is Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke.

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 us for a special story break with our Anastasia Library Youth Librarian, Ms. Nicole! We will be teaching young ones weather, colors, counting, letters, songs, stories and more in both English and Spanish in this fun online event. Join us as we go on our Facebook page or at our YouTube channel: SJCLibraryVid!

Join Main Library’s Adult Programming Assistant Beth online in a recorded presentation of a special Zoom poetry program hosted by the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum! During April, in collaboration with the St. Johns County Public Library System, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum happily welcomed visual artist Cyriaco Lopes and poet Terri Witek to Flagler College for a participatory virtual event that took place in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Zoom has become a ubiquitous part of both our personal and professional lives during the course of the pandemic. Through The Keepers, Lopes and Witek utilized Zoom as an investigation of the gap between images and text, as orchestra, as conversation, as interactive performative work. The artists encouraged viewers to participate in the creation of both visual and auditory elements in order to generate a unique art experience on this newly popular platform. This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.

About the artists:

The work of Cyriaco Lopes Terri Witek combines images and texts in a lyrical meditation on the passage of time and on the imperfect language of what remains and is transformed. Thus, they bring together fragments of history and cultural landscapes: decontextualized museum cartouches and manuals, sculptures and places. Interested in both the genealogies of experimental visual poetry and those of the visual essay, in their work, mythology, history, and archaeology weave a delicate plot that refers us to when philosophy was poetry and art was life. From the beginning, their artistic work as a duo values both chance and choice, investigating the different visual poetics of the text-image binomial.

Their various projects range from postcards given to strangers on the street to site-specific installations, artist’s books, and participatory performances. Always giving great importance to cultural memory, multilingualism, and the trace of a deep past, they also recover materiality as a central element. Understood as a whole, woven of everyday vestiges, the work of Cyriaco Lopes Terri Witek suggests that the convergence of different means of expression and disparate bodies gives rise to a third mysterious thing that may resemble the future.

Kids of all ages are invited to join Ms. Nicole and make a fun 3D paper rainbow craft! Here is an easy, all ages craft for you to make your own 3D rainbow with just a few easy to find supplies!  Stop by the Anastasia Library for your kit, then watch the online video for instructions!    This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our YouTube Channel, SJCLibraryVid, or our Facebook page.

Can’t get to the Anastasia Library? Supply List: construction paper, cotton balls, scissors, and white glue.

We’re celebrating St. Johns County’s Bicentennial all year long!  Check out our YouTube 200^th Playlist for more Virtual Programs: bit.ly/SJCPLScelebratesSJC200.  More information on events county-wide can be found at sjc200.com

Are you a veteran in need, love a veteran who is struggling with suicidal thoughts, or just someone who cares about veterans?  Please join Reference and Adult Services Librarian Anne Crawford as she sits down with St. Johns County Commissioner and 20-year soldier, Jeremiah Ray Blocker, for a special interview about The Fire Watch, the only organization nationwide dedicated to preventing veteran suicide. As St. Johns County is home to St. Augustine, our Nation’s Oldest City with a long military history and home to our Nation’s only veteran suicide prevention organization, The Fire Watch is incredibly worthy of recognizing for St. Johns County’s 200th anniversary.

For more about Fire Watch, please visit the The Fire Watch’s website and/or download The Fire Watch app to your device. The Fire Watch invites veterans and civilians alike to volunteer to support veterans in need. Any veteran struggling with their mental health is encouraged to join this organization and receiver a Watcher – someone specially assigned by The Fire Watch to the veteran in need to confide in and reach out to anytime. Thank you to our St. Johns County Communications Division for helping to produce this virtual interview. This special interview also honors Mental Health Month.

This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel.

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.

Our dancers have worked all semester long and it’s finally time for their recital!

Please note: This semester’s Youth Dance class is no longer accepting registrations. Our next semester will begin in the summer.

Do you enjoy the Star Wars franchise? Help us celebrate a belated May the 4th! Join us for this family friendly trivia night on Zoom.

This trivia is taken from animated and live-action productions of the franchise.

Contact Will at mpate@sjcfl.us for issues with Zoom links and questions.

Registration Required.

Middle grade students, join Ms. Akilah for a very special embroidery project. Materials are provided for this program by the Southeast Branch Friends of the Library. Registration is required. Registration will close Thursday, 4/8.

This is a Live ZOOM class that meets once a month.  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. For this program, “middle grade” refers to students who are approximately ages 8-15.

Join Main Library’s Adult Programming Assistant Beth online as she visits the historic Ximenez-Fatio House Museum in downtown St. Augustine. Beth will meet with the museum’s director Dr. Roger Smith and archivist and curator Taryn Rodriguez-Boette to learn more about the long history of this coquina structure built in 1798 and owned and managed by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Florida since 1939. She will get a glimpse of the museum’s new exhibit, “I Lived Here, As Well”: The African American History of Our Home, that examines what life was like for African American slaves and servants living invisibly to guests in this boardinghouse throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This program can be conveniently viewed on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.

We’re celebrating St. Johns County’s Bicentennial all year long!  Check out our YouTube 200^th Playlist for more Virtual Programs: bit.ly/SJCPLScelebratesSJC200.  More information on events county-wide can be found at sjc200.com

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 A Magic Spark, by Jessica Young.

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.

Are you up for a LEGO challenge? Grab your bricks and log into Zoom for weekly challenges, LEGO history tidbits, and a chance to show off your latest creations! This is a fun social gathering designed for grades K-5.

This event will take place on ZOOM. You must register on our website to attend. The Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event.

Join Karlene, the head of the teen anime club at the Main branch, as she reviews anime series and movies, talks a bit about Japanese culture and history, and shares her opinion on all things anime. You can join in by emailing sjcpls@tblc.libanswers.com. Remember to put “Anime” in the subject line and your email may be read on the next episode! Karlene’s Anime Corner Podcast is designed for teens ages 12-18. You can listen to the podcast on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE. New episodes will be uploaded the second Tuesday of every month.

Join us for a special Facebook LIVE online storytime with Ms. Alex from the Southeast Library! Songs! Books! Laughs!

This is a LIVE Facebook event that you can conveniently watch on our Facebook page, and it will be archived afterward on our website and on our Youtube channel!

Ever find an old cookbook at your grandmother’s house? Join Will and Katy as they attempt old recipes from the 1920s and 1930s.

Cookies

1 Qt Flour, 2 Cups of Sugar, 1 Cup of Lard, 1 Egg1 Cup of Milk

Sift one quart of flour, make a hole in center, put in two cups of sugar, one of lard, one beaten egg, and one cup of sweet milk (regular ol’ milk), into which has been stirred a half teaspoonful of soda. Work all together, roll thin, cut and bake in a quick oven.

This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/sjcpls or our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/sjclibraryvid. ​

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Want to learn some basic art techniques and create a painting inspired by popular books, movies & tv-shows? Join Kathryn this month to learn about template transfers, under painting and blocking-in. Popular Paintings! is a new ongoing series that will feature different art techniques and walk you through a painting from start to finish. Kits will be available for pick-up on a first-come, first-serve basis. Grab your paints, brushes, and all of your other painting supplies – let’s have some fun!

Didn’t Get a Kit? – Here’s a List of Recommended Supplies:

8″x10″ Canvas or Canvas Panel

Acrylic Paints

Paint Brushes (for acrylics)

Watercup

Rags / Papertowels

Paint Palette

Droid Template (download here)

Palette knife for mixing (optional)

Not sure what paint colors or brushes to use? Click the link for a guide to the supplies/techniques that are used in the video:

Popular Paintings Quick Guide

Recommended Ages 11-18

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.

Do you want some extra practice speaking Spanish? Learning a foreign language can be challenging when you do not have native speakers to learn from. Each meeting we will do something different to practice our Spanish skills – from watching movie clips, to ordering out at a restaurant. This conversation group is open to all middle and high school students needing practice speaking Spanish. Join Ms. Nicole by signing up online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us.

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.

Join Karlene, the head of the teen anime club at the Main branch, as she reviews anime series and movies, talks a bit about Japanese culture and history, and shares her opinion on all things anime. You can join in by emailing sjcpls@tblc.libanswers.com. Remember to put “Anime” in the subject line and your email may be read on the next episode! Karlene’s Anime Corner Podcast is designed for teens ages 12-18. You can listen to the podcast on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE. New episodes will be uploaded the second Tuesday of every month.

Join Karlene, the head of the teen anime club at the Main branch, as she reviews anime series and movies, talks a bit about Japanese culture and history, and shares her opinion on all things anime. You can join in by emailing sjcpls@tblc.libanswers.com. Remember to put “Anime” in the subject line and your email may be read on the next episode! Karlene’s Anime Corner Podcast is designed for teens ages 12-18. You can listen to the podcast on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE. New episodes will be uploaded the second Tuesday of every month.

Are you in need of a job and need assistance with your resume, interview skills, and more? Join Adult Services Librarian Anne Crawford as she highlights three new great job assistance books you can check out, a fantastic SJCPLS database (Brainfuse JobNow) you can use for free 24/7 with your SJCPLS library card, and a local employment assistance organization’s website you can utilize (CareerSource of Northeast Florida), all in the service of helping you get the job you need! At the end of this online presentation is a list of further suggested titles you can check out to help you take your employment endeavors to the next level. Need a SJCPLS library card to access these suggested book titles and SJCPLS database Brainfuse JobNow? Simply visit any SJCPLS branch library to get your SJCPLS library card today!

This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel.

In observance of the Independence Day holiday, all SJCPLS libraries will be closed on Monday, July 5, 2021. Libraries will resume their normal operating hours on Tuesday, July 6, 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.

Join Karlene, the head of the teen anime club at the Main branch, as she reviews anime series and movies, talks a bit about Japanese culture and history, and shares her opinion on all things anime. You can join in by emailing sjcpls@tblc.libanswers.com. Remember to put “Anime” in the subject line and your email may be read on the next episode! Karlene’s Anime Corner Podcast is designed for teens ages 12-18. You can listen to the podcast on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE. New episodes will be uploaded the second Tuesday of every month.

Join Karlene, the head of the teen anime club at the Main branch, as she reviews anime series and movies, talks a bit about Japanese culture and history, and shares her opinion on all things anime. You can join in by emailing sjcpls@tblc.libanswers.com. Remember to put “Anime” in the subject line and your email may be read on the next episode! Karlene’s Anime Corner Podcast is designed for teens ages 12-18. You can listen to the podcast on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE. New episodes will be uploaded the second Tuesday of every month.

Join Amanda for a fun and easy paper flower making adult craft. Use pages from a retired book to create petals, then form them into colorful flowers. No painting skills are required – step by step directions will be given.

This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel.

Join Karlene, the head of the teen anime club at the Main branch, as she reviews anime series and movies, talks a bit about Japanese culture and history, and shares her opinion on all things anime. You can join in by emailing sjcpls@tblc.libanswers.com. Remember to put “Anime” in the subject line and your email may be read on the next episode! Karlene’s Anime Corner Podcast is designed for teens ages 12-18. You can listen to the podcast on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE. New episodes will be uploaded the second Tuesday of every month.

Join Karlene, the head of the teen anime club at the Main branch, as she reviews anime series and movies, talks a bit about Japanese culture and history, and shares her opinion on all things anime. You can join in by emailing sjcpls@tblc.libanswers.com. Remember to put “Anime” in the subject line and your email may be read on the next episode! Karlene’s Anime Corner Podcast is designed for teens ages 12-18. You can listen to the podcast on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE. New episodes will be uploaded the second Tuesday of every month.