Location: Ponte Vedra Beach

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 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!

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.

Turtles are unique reptiles that can occupy a multitude of habitats. Every wonder about the turtles in the pond behind your house? Or the tortoise you saw walking around the park? Now is your chance to learn more. Join Parks Naturalist, Kelly Ussia, for an engaging talk about the various turtle species that live in Florida.

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

Registration Required

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.

Registration required.  Join us on Zoom for a lively discussion about the novel Paris for One by Jojo Moyes. Paris for One will make you laugh and cry and dream and maybe remember sweet stories of your own.

Please register on our website, The Zoom link with login information will be emailed within 24 hours of the event start time. A copy of the book can be sent to any library branch on request. Questions? Please email Donna if you need more information: Dbraasch@sjcpls.us.

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

Teens and Tweens, grades 6-12, join Miss Carla in sewing a corner bookmark and building your sewing skills. Pick up a kit at your local library branch while supplies last, kits are limited.

Materials needed by all crafters:

• Straight pins
• White thread
• Sewing machine
• Iron

Materials needed (if you do not have a kit from the library):

• 2 – 4 inch squares of dark cotton fabric
• 1 – 4 inch square of contrasting cotton fabric
• 2 – 3 ¼ squares of mid-weight fusible (iron-on) interfacing
• Scrap of fabric larger than your 4 inch square or linen-type dishtowel (not terrycloth)
• Thread to match your fabric
• ruler

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 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.

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 creative lettering styles for many interesting applications. Join us with a pen, pencil, eraser, and paper for an introduction to letter art.

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!

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 month we’ll be reading the Florida classic, “A Land Remembered,” by Patrick D. Smith. This month’s meeting will take place at Canopy Shores Park. In this best-selling novel, Patrick D. Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history. A best-selling novel of Florida historical fiction, A Land Remembered was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and received the state’s highest literary award from the Florida Historical Society, the 1986 Tebeau Prize for the Most Outstanding Florida Historical novel.

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!

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.

Calling all teens and young adults! Choose your weapon. Concentrate your spells, and set your resolve. A new adventure awaits. You have received a mysterious letter beckoning you and your party to the stunningly beautiful land of Barovia. A local burgomaster there summons you to aid his beloved daughter, for she is afflicted by malice too horrible for writing. Great riches are promised should you be able to free her from her torment.

Registration is closed. Program at capacity. The Zoom link will be sent to you prior to the program.

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 Will for this Family-Friendly Cooking Class. This easy Campfire Nachos recipe will get everyone in the family excited to practice their cooking skills.

Materials needed: Large Dutch Over, Cooking Oil, Chef Knife or equivalent, 1/2 lb Tortilla Chips, 1 Can Red Enchilada Sauce, 1 Cup shredded Mexican Cheese blend, 1 Can Black Beans, 1 Large avocado, 4-5 green onions, handful of fresh cilantro, 1 Small lime

Registration Required.

Email Will at mpate@sjcfl.us with questions or issues with Zoom links.

Do you enjoy the Marvel movies? Join us for this family friendly trivia night on Zoom.

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

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

Registration Required.

Registration required.  Join us on Zoom for a lively discussion about the novel Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? by Lisa Scottoline. Does This Beach Make Me look Fat? Is a delightful collection of stories to make us think, and laugh.

Please register on our website, The Zoom link with login information will be emailed within 24 hours of the event start time. A copy of the book can be sent to any library branch on request. Questions? Please email Donna if you need more information: Dbraasch@sjcpls.us.

Registration required.  Join us on Zoom for a lively discussion about the novel Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? by Lisa Scottoline. Does This Beach Make Me look Fat? Is a delightful collection of stories to make us think, and laugh.

Please register on our website. Space limited due to social distancing requirements.  A copy of the book can be sent to any library branch on request. Questions? Please email Donna if you need more information : Dbraasch@sjcpls.us.

Join Mr. Andy and friends for a LIVE storytime for little ones through Zoom. We will sing, dance and share stories, together! Registration is required for this live event. The Zoom link will be e-mailed to you shortly before the event.

For more information, please e-mail Mr. Andy at acalvert@sjcfl.us.

Join Amy, Assistant Branch Manager of the Main Library, as she welcomes Terra Freeman, Horticulture Extension Agent and Master Gardener Program Coordinator of the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences – Extension St. Johns (UF/IFAS). Terra will talk about everything you need to know about your summer vegetable garden!

This is an online event that you can watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel!

Join Kelly Ussia to learn about the history of hurricanes in Florida, the science behind the storm, and how you can be sure you are prepared. Sign-up online at sjcpls.or or email Will at mpate@sjcfl.us to register.

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

Registration Required

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.

Registration required.  Join us on Zoom for a lively discussion about the novel The Boy From the Woods, by Harlan Coben. This book is full of twists and turns. A perfect summer read.

Please register on our website, The Zoom link with login information will be emailed within 24 hours of the event start time. A copy of the book can be sent to any library branch on request. Questions? Please email Donna if you need more information: Dbraasch@sjcpls.us.

Get up and moving with Youth Services Librarian Ms. Alex in a LIVE storytime for little ones through Zoom. Registration is required for this live event. The Zoom link will be e-mailed to you shortly before the event.

For more information, please e-mail Ms. Alex at aphillips@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 month we’ll be reading the Florida classic, “A Land Remembered,” by Patrick D. Smith. This month’s meeting will take place at Canopy Shores Park. In this best-selling novel, Patrick D. Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history. A best-selling novel of Florida historical fiction, A Land Remembered was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and received the state’s highest literary award from the Florida Historical Society, the 1986 Tebeau Prize for the Most Outstanding Florida Historical novel.

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.

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.

Songs! Stories! Fun! Join Youth Services Librarian Ms. Lisa for a LIVE pre-k storytime through Zoom! Sign-up online through the library website or email Ms. Lisa at lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Join Main Library’s Adult Programming Assistant Beth online as she meets with Charles Tingley of the St. Augustine Historical Society to discuss one of our most infamous historical residents, Jesse Fish. A resident of eighteenth-century St. Augustine under both Spanish and British rule, Jesse Fish was a merchant and a shipmaster, a slaveholder and a smuggler, a realtor and a translator, possibly a spy and most certainly a schemer. Beth will meet Mr. Tingley at one of the properties that passed through Jesse Fish’s hands, the Llambias House, built sometime before 1763 and named a National Historic Landmark in 1970. 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

Grab the family and join us for our Zoom Murder Mystery Night! Each meeting’s goal eventually leads to the murderer of Toby Mendia. Sign-up online at sjcpls.org or email Will at mpate@sjcfl.us to register.

Registration Required.

Teen Anime fans, this virtual café has saved a seat for you! Join Ms. Karlene, longtime leader of library’s Anime Club, and Ms. Lisa from the PVB Library, for a fun virtual get-together by Zoom to celebrate all things Anime! Trivia, discussions, and more. RSVP through the website or email Ms. Lisa at lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

This program proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. 

WARRIORS FANS — this fun 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 online 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 program, contact Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us. This Book Club proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. 

Join Heather on Zoom for our Adult Crafternoon! Craft kits are supplied by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 16 participants who sign-up. Sign-up online or email Will at mpate@sjcfl.us to register. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Registration Required.

Get up and moving with Youth Services Librarian Ms. Alex in a LIVE storytime for little ones through Zoom. Registration is required for this live event. The Zoom link will be e-mailed to you shortly before the event.

For more information, please e-mail Ms. Alex at aphillips@sjcfl.us.

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 the Civil Rights Movement. This is an online event that you can watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel!

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

Wednesdays @ 2:30 June 16 – July 7
Join Ms. Nicole for our Grades 3-5 SSYRA Zoom Book Club: The Disaster Days by Rebecca Behrens. 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 10 students who sign up! Each book club will have trivia and hands on activities. Sign up for our book club online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Hannah Steele loves living on Pelling, a tiny island near Seattle. It’s a little disconnected from the outside world, but she’s always felt completely safe there. Which is why when she’s asked one day to babysit after school, she thinks it’s no big deal. Zoe and Oscar are her next-door neighbors, and Hannah just took a babysitting class that she’s pretty sure makes her an expert. She isn’t even worried that she left her inhaler at home.Then the shaking begins.The terrifying earthquake only lasts four minutes but it changes everything, damaging the house, knocking out the power, and making cell service nonexistent. Even worse, the ferry and the bridge connecting the kids to help – and their parents – are both blocked. Which means they’re stranded and alone… With Hannah in charge, as things go from bad to dangerous.

Wednesdays, June 16, 23, 30 and July 7 @ 3:45 PM
Kids can join Ms. Nicole in search finding Bigfoot! Are you good at puzzles and solving mysteries? Test your skills by helping us solve the clues leading us to Bigfoot. Each week’s meeting brings us one step closer to finding Bigfoot! This is a four part mystery hunt. Sign up once for all four parts online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to register.

Songs! Stories! Fun! Join Youth Services Librarian Ms. Lisa for a LIVE pre-k storytime through Zoom! Sign-up online through the library website or email Ms. Lisa at lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Thursdays, June 17, 24 and July 1, 8 @ 3:30 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. This summer you can choose how to participate, either join us through Zoom, or meet with us at The Growers Alliance Cafe 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.

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books – but we are real. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all.  I am Number Four.

Growers Alliance Cafe is located at 322 Anastasia Blvd, St. Augustine, FL 32080.

Magician Mark Alan joins us again this summer at the Amp to help us kick off The Best Summer at Your Library! This hilarious show is aimed at kids ages 6 and up, and is always a hit year after year. The show is free, but seating is limited and you will need a ticket.  Please visit your local branch on Saturday, June 19, during Library open hours for tickets.  Mark Alan’s appearance is sponsored by The Friends of the Library.

The Amp is located at 1340C A1A S, St. Augustine, FL 32080.  Tickets are required for this event and may be picked up at your local library on June 19.

For locations and hours please visit: https://sjcpls.org/branches/

Join Mr. Andy and friends for a LIVE storytime for little ones through Zoom. We will sing, dance and share stories, together! Registration is required for this live event. The Zoom link will be e-mailed to you shortly before the event.

For more information, please e-mail Mr. Andy at acalvert@sjcfl.us.

Donna and Leslie take you around St. Johns County for some Free & Fun activities to do on your own or with friends and family. This episode will take us to the Mission Nombre De Dios located in downtown St. Augustine, Fort Mose Historic State Park in the North City area, and Vaill Point Park in the St. Augustine Shores area. Come along as we explore the beauty of St. Johns County.

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

Join Will for this Family-Friendly Cooking Class. This easy Trail Mix recipe will get everyone in the family excited to make their own on-the-go snacks.

Materials needed: Baking sheet; Small skillet; 1 cup each of unsalted raw walnuts, pecans, and cashews; 1 cup each of banana chips and unsweetened coconut ribbons; 1/2 cup each raisins and chocolate chunks

Registration Required.

Email Will at mpate@sjcfl.us with questions or issues with Zoom links.

Get up and moving with Youth Services Librarian Ms. Alex in a LIVE storytime for little ones through Zoom. Registration is required for this live event. The Zoom link will be e-mailed to you shortly before the event.

For more information, please e-mail Ms. Alex at aphillips@sjcfl.us.

Join Main Library’s Adult Programming Assistant Beth online as she visits historic Fish Island with archaeologist and Friends of Fish Island member Marsha Chance. Fish Island is an approximately 73-acre cultural landscape located on the Matanzas River and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Named for the infamous eighteenth-century St. Augustine resident Jesse Fish who established Florida’s first large commercial orange plantation on the island, Fish Island is comprised of undeveloped upland buffer, wetlands, and wildlife habitat, and boasts several points of archaeological interest. 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

Wednesdays @ 2:30 June 16 – July 7
Join Ms. Nicole for our Grades 3-5 SSYRA Zoom Book Club: The Disaster Days by Rebecca Behrens. 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 10 students who sign up! Each book club will have trivia and hands on activities. Sign up for our book club online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Hannah Steele loves living on Pelling, a tiny island near Seattle. It’s a little disconnected from the outside world, but she’s always felt completely safe there. Which is why when she’s asked one day to babysit after school, she thinks it’s no big deal. Zoe and Oscar are her next-door neighbors, and Hannah just took a babysitting class that she’s pretty sure makes her an expert. She isn’t even worried that she left her inhaler at home.Then the shaking begins.The terrifying earthquake only lasts four minutes but it changes everything, damaging the house, knocking out the power, and making cell service nonexistent. Even worse, the ferry and the bridge connecting the kids to help – and their parents – are both blocked. Which means they’re stranded and alone… With Hannah in charge, as things go from bad to dangerous.

Wednesdays, June 16, 23, 30 and July 7 @ 3:45 PM
Kids can join Ms. Nicole in search finding Bigfoot! Are you good at puzzles and solving mysteries? Test your skills by helping us solve the clues leading us to Bigfoot. Each week’s meeting brings us one step closer to finding Bigfoot! This is a four part mystery hunt. Sign up once for all four parts online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to register.

St. Johns County Public Library System and St. Johns Cultural Council are hosting a Special Zoom Book Club Event in honor of St. Johns County’s 200th Anniversary! Teens and adults are invited to join special book club event co-hosted by SJCPLS and the St. Johns Cultural Council.   Extension Services Director Harold George and Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library’s Adult Services Librarian Anne Crawford will lead a special Zoom Book Club honoring St. Johns County’s 200th Anniversary! The book we will be discussing is If It Takes All Summer by Dan R. Warren, available for request in SJCPLS’s catalog. To register for this Zoom event, please e-mail Harold at hgeorge@sjcfl.us. The first eight registrants for this Zoom Book Club will receive a free copy of the book! If you have any questions, please contact Anne at 904.827.6950. Thank you to St. Johns Cultural Council for providing free copies of the book for this special Book Club!

Songs! Stories! Fun! Join Youth Services Librarian Ms. Lisa for a LIVE pre-k storytime through Zoom! Sign-up online through the library website or email Ms. Lisa at lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Thursdays, June 17, 24 and July 1, 8 @ 3:30 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. This summer you can choose how to participate, either join us through Zoom, or meet with us at The Growers Alliance Cafe 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.

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books – but we are real. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all.  I am Number Four.

Growers Alliance Cafe is located at 322 Anastasia Blvd, St. Augustine, FL 32080.

Grab the family and join us for our Zoom Murder Mystery Night! Each meeting’s goal eventually leads to the murderer of Toby Mendia. Sign-up online at sjcpls.org or email Will at mpate@sjcfl.us to register.

Registration Required.

Calling all teens and young adults! Choose your weapon. Concentrate your spells, and set your resolve. A new adventure awaits. You have received a mysterious letter beckoning you and your party to the stunningly beautiful land of Barovia. A local burgomaster there summons you to aid his beloved daughter, for she is afflicted by malice too horrible for writing. Great riches are promised should you be able to free her from her torment.

Registration is closed. Program at capacity. The Zoom link will be sent to you prior to the program.

Teen Anime fans, this virtual café has saved a seat for you! Join Ms. Karlene, longtime leader of library’s Anime Club, and Ms. Lisa from the PVB Library, for a fun virtual get-together by Zoom to celebrate all things Anime! Trivia, discussions, and more. RSVP through the website or email Ms. Lisa at lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

This program proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. 

WARRIORS FANS — this fun 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 online 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 program, contact Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us. This Book Club proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. 

While sharing some family tales, Donna and Leslie will cook up some old Florida favorites – Oxtail and Gator tail. If you have never had these dishes before, hang on to you hat, you are in for a treat!

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

Get up and moving with Youth Services Librarian Ms. Alex in a LIVE storytime for little ones through Zoom. Registration is required for this live event. The Zoom link will be e-mailed to you shortly before the event.

For more information, please e-mail Ms. Alex at aphillips@sjcfl.us.

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 the World War II era. This is an online event that you can watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel!

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

Wednesdays @ 2:30 June 16 – July 7
Join Ms. Nicole for our Grades 3-5 SSYRA Zoom Book Club: The Disaster Days by Rebecca Behrens. 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 10 students who sign up! Each book club will have trivia and hands on activities. Sign up for our book club online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Hannah Steele loves living on Pelling, a tiny island near Seattle. It’s a little disconnected from the outside world, but she’s always felt completely safe there. Which is why when she’s asked one day to babysit after school, she thinks it’s no big deal. Zoe and Oscar are her next-door neighbors, and Hannah just took a babysitting class that she’s pretty sure makes her an expert. She isn’t even worried that she left her inhaler at home.Then the shaking begins.The terrifying earthquake only lasts four minutes but it changes everything, damaging the house, knocking out the power, and making cell service nonexistent. Even worse, the ferry and the bridge connecting the kids to help – and their parents – are both blocked. Which means they’re stranded and alone… With Hannah in charge, as things go from bad to dangerous.

Wednesdays, June 16, 23, 30 and July 7 @ 3:45 PM
Kids can join Ms. Nicole in search finding Bigfoot! Are you good at puzzles and solving mysteries? Test your skills by helping us solve the clues leading us to Bigfoot. Each week’s meeting brings us one step closer to finding Bigfoot! This is a four part mystery hunt. Sign up once for all four parts online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to register.

Songs! Stories! Fun! Join Youth Services Librarian Ms. Lisa for a LIVE pre-k storytime through Zoom! Sign-up online through the library website or email Ms. Lisa at lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Thursdays, June 17, 24 and July 1, 8 @ 3:30 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. This summer you can choose how to participate, either join us through Zoom, or meet with us at The Growers Alliance Cafe 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.

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books – but we are real. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all.  I am Number Four.

Growers Alliance Cafe is located at 322 Anastasia Blvd, St. Augustine, FL 32080.

Join us for this family friendly trivia night on Zoom that tests your knowledge about the quirkier side of our local history.

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

Registration Required.

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 Mr. Andy and friends for a LIVE storytime for little ones through Zoom. We will sing, dance and share stories, together! Registration is required for this live event. The Zoom link will be e-mailed to you shortly before the event.

For more information, please e-mail Mr. Andy at acalvert@sjcfl.us.

Join Leslie as she talks with Dr. Ann Browning Masters, a local author and educator, for a fascinating discussion on the Floridanos, Menorcans and the Cattle-Whip Crackers. Dr. Masters shares the local history of these first European settlers, the Spanish and British periods, Statehood, and recites a few favorite poems from Floridanos, Menorcans, Cattle-Whip Crackers: poetry of St. Augustine.

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

Join Will for this Family-Friendly Cooking Class. This easy grilled recipe will put a new spin on dessert for the family.

Materials needed: Grill; Chef knife; 2 large peaches; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1 (5.3.oz) container thick vanilla yogurt like Greek style yogurt; honey; 3-4 mint leaves

Registration Required.

Email Will at mpate@sjcfl.us with questions or issues with Zoom links.

Get up and moving with Youth Services Librarian Ms. Alex in a LIVE storytime for little ones through Zoom. Registration is required for this live event. The Zoom link will be e-mailed to you shortly before the event.

For more information, please e-mail Ms. Alex at aphillips@sjcfl.us.

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 St. Augustine as a tourist destination.This is an online event that you can watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel!

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

Wednesdays, June 16, 23, 30 and July 7 @ 3:45 PM
Kids can join Ms. Nicole in search finding Bigfoot! Are you good at puzzles and solving mysteries? Test your skills by helping us solve the clues leading us to Bigfoot. Each week’s meeting brings us one step closer to finding Bigfoot! This is a four part mystery hunt. Sign up once for all four parts online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to register.

Songs! Stories! Fun! Join Youth Services Librarian Ms. Lisa for a LIVE pre-k storytime through Zoom! Sign-up online through the library website or email Ms. Lisa at lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Join us as Mercedes Harrold, Cultural Resource Coordinator of St. Johns County, talks about the St. Johns County Coat of Arms. Many of us have seen the familiar image with the stone crown and the sheep, but don’t really know what it signifies. Mercedes will teach us about the significance of each component. This is an online event that you can watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel!

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

Thursdays, June 17, 24 and July 1, 8 @ 3:30 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. This summer you can choose how to participate, either join us through Zoom, or meet with us at The Growers Alliance Cafe 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.

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books – but we are real. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all.  I am Number Four.

Growers Alliance Cafe is located at 322 Anastasia Blvd, St. Augustine, FL 32080.

Grab the family and join us for our Zoom Murder Mystery Night! Each meeting’s goal eventually leads to the murderer of Toby Mendia. Sign-up online at sjcpls.org or email Will at mpate@sjcfl.us to register.

Registration Required.

Registration required.  Join us at the park for a lively discussion about the novel The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs. Alexander Hamilton is a fascinating historical individual. Let’s explore this book and other interesting Hamilton information. Perfect for July.

Please register on our website, We will meet at the Pavilion at Plantation Park. 875 Davis Pond Blvd, 32259.  A copy of the book can be sent to any library branch on request. Questions? Please email Donna if you need more information : Dbraasch@sjcpls.us.