Location: Ponte Vedra Beach

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

Fried Bread:

Ingredients – 2 eggs, 2 cupfuls sour or buttermilk, Stale bread, 1 teaspoonful soda, 1/2 teaspoonful salt, 1 tablespoonful melted butter

Directions – Beat the eggs until light, add the sour or buttermilk, the melted shortening, soda and salt. Mix thoroughly together. Cut half-inch slices of stale bread into small squares or rounds and dip each slice quickly in boiling water, drain for a moment, and then dip in the sour-milk mixture. Unless the bread is very dry, omit the hot water dip. Fry a few pieces at a time in deep fat heated to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The fat will reduce to about 375 degrees Fahrenheit during the frying. Fry about two minutes or until a golden brown on both sides; drain on crumpled paper, and serve with cinnamon and sugar sifted over the slices. Or serve with honey, maple syrup or jam.

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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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!

German expressionist Ernst Barlach was a sculptor, writer, and printer. We’ll use an example of his woodblock printing as a jumping-off point for creating your own prints. Materials needed are watercolor paints, a sharp pencil, and craft foam or polystyrene squares (like those used in packaging in the grocery store.)

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 a malice too horrible for writing. Great riches are promised should you be able to free her from her torment.

Registration is required. The Zoom link will be sent to you prior to the program.

Kids, join Ms. Alex for a fun virtual art class! This month, we’ll be learning about color mixing, the history behind how colors earn their names, and making our very own custom colors! 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.

Middle grade students, join Ms. Akilah with your fall spirit and make your own felt mermaid friend. You can keep them for yourself or gift them to a friend. Materials are provided for this program by the Southeast Branch Friends of the Library. Registration is required. Registration will close Thursday, 2/25.

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.

The Friends of the Anastasia Island are holding the Annual Silent Basket Auction.  Come into the Anastasia Library to preview all of the baskets during the month of March and make your bid!  Past baskets have included pearl necklaces, gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses, a new bike and more!  The baskets are displayed throughout the adult side of the Anastasia Library from March 2-26, making social distancing easy and providing plenty of time for you to preview all the baskets and bid!  All proceeds go to support the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library.

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!

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 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.

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!

Kids of all ages are invited to join Ms. Nicole and make some fun wood toys!  Sometimes the best toys are ones you do not get to play with often, or ones you make yourself!  Stop by the Anastasia Library for your wood 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: wood tops or kendama (found at the Dollar Store or Amazon), paint, paint brush

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 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 creates an easy, bohemian-style door tassel. To follow along, you will need macrame rope, string, two colors of embroidery floss (Beth is using black and pink), wooden beads, scissors, and a ruler or measuring tape. This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.

Do you love Golden Girls? Join us for this family friendly trivia night on Zoom!

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

Registration Required.

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.

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 Ms. Kimberley as she teaches us how to create a fun hairy leprechaun craft for St. Patrick’s Day! This craft can be made with items you likely have at home. A limited number of craft kits will be available for pick-up at the Ponte Vedra Beach, Main, and Anastasia Island Library locations March 4-6 on a first come, first served basis. Supplies generously provided by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.

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!

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. 

The Friends of the Anastasia Island are holding the Annual Silent Basket Auction.  Come into the Anastasia Library to preview all of the baskets during the month of March and make your bid!  Past baskets have included pearl necklaces, gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses, a new bike and more!  The baskets are displayed throughout the adult side of the Anastasia Library from March 2-26, making social distancing easy and providing plenty of time for you to preview all the baskets and bid!  All proceeds go to support the Friends of the Anastasia Island 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!

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 various spring crops and discuss best practices for organic vegetable gardening techniques.

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

Fire is an key part of keeping Florida ecosystems healthy. Join Parks Naturalist, Kelly Ussia, for an engaging presentation about the importance of fire and controlled burns.

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 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 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 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.

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 Will as he interviews the UNF Special Archives about their Eartha M. M. White collection. Eartha White was a prominent African-American woman out of Jacksonville, FL known for her humanitarian and philanthropic endeavors.

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.

MAIN-iac Science Lab explores different scientific concepts, cool inventors and more. Join Mr. Andy as he shows you some cool science experiments that you can try at home.

Follow this link to our Facebook page: St. Johns County Public Library System

Watch more great science programs HERE on YouTube!

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 bracelet for St. Patrick’s Day. Pick up a kit at your local library branch while supplies last. Kits are limited.  Materials needed in addition to the kit are tape and scissors. A piece of felt could also be helpful as it will make it easier for you to line up your beads for stringing without them rolling away from you.

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

• Assorted green beads
• St. Patrick’s Day charms with attached jump rings
• 1mm stretch cord (make sure your beads have a large enough hole for the cord to go through)

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 us for an outdoor storytime in the beautiful St. Johns County Bird Island Park Amphitheater! Young children and their caretakers are invited to a storytime which features engaging stories, songs, and outdoor fun! Masks are requested, social distancing is required. Attendees are encouraged to bring towels or blankets to help designate family spaces. All attendees are asked to sign a waiver form to attend this program. The waiver form will be available to view and sign at the start of the program. In the event of inclement weather, outdoor storytime will be cancelled.

For social distancing purposes, capacity is limited and registration is required. To register for this event, phone the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, 904.827.6950.

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner- celebrate Irish culture online with Main Library’s Adult Programming Assistant Beth as she learns about clogging! Beth will meet with Flagler College student and local dancer Emma Lofland to discuss how Appalachian clogging partially evolved from traditional Irish dance, some clogging techniques, and Emma’s dance background, before she demonstrates some steps. This event can be conveniently viewed on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.​

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.

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

Join Ms. Michelle and bring your tablet or phone loaded with the Stop-Motion Studio app.  In this session, we’ll be working with Lego pieces.

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.

Grab the family and join us for our Zoom Murder Mystery Night! Help us eliminate a suspect in this mystery. Each month eliminates a new suspect to eventually find the murderer.

Registration Required

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Join us for a walk in one of St. Johns County’s hidden gems: Alpine Groves Park. This park is free of charge and can be visited from dawn to dusk. Be sure to pack a picnic in order to take in all the beauty this local park has to offer.

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.

Teens and Tweens, grades 6-12, join Ms. Michelle in creating a portrait that plays with perspective. Pablo Picasso, one of the 20^th century’s most famous artists, often worked in the cubist style. We’ll create portraits to see how this style allows the subject to be seen from multiple angles at the same time. This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our  website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel. Materials needed: Three pieces of white paper, approximately 8.5’’ by 11’’ or slightly larger, paints, brushes, a dark marker, colored pencils (optional), scissors, glue, collage items like bits of newsprint or labels (optional).

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

The Friends of the Anastasia Island are holding the Annual Silent Basket Auction.  Come into the Anastasia Library to preview all of the baskets during the month of March and make your bid!  Past baskets have included pearl necklaces, gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses, a new bike and more!  The baskets are displayed throughout the adult side of the Anastasia Library from March 2-26, making social distancing easy and providing plenty of time for you to preview all the baskets and bid!  All proceeds go to support the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library.

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 us for a program full of wonder, devastation, mystery and intrigue as local author, Beth Rogero Bowen, shares her book Bridge to a Dream “The Most Beautiful Bridge in Dixie” The story of building the Bridge of Lions – gateway to Anastasia Island and Davis Shores. Ms. Bowen shares images from her book as she narrates this tale of a dreamer, David Paul “Doc” Davis, who having much success developing Davis Islands in Tampa, set his sights on St. Augustine.

2021 marks St. Johns County’s 200th anniversary! Please join us in our year-long celebration by watching this program and all of our other great programs focusing on this beautiful and unique county.

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

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

Kids of all ages are invited to join Ms. Nicole and make some recycled fabric bracelets or necklaces!  Sometimes the best jewelry are items you make yourself! 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: fabric strips, white glue, elastic string, wax paper, pencil

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 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 Public Archaeology Coordinator Emily Jane Murray of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) at St. Augustine’s Lighthouse Park. Ms. Murray will teach us about the Heritage Monitoring Scouts (HMS Florida), a public engagement program focused on tracking changes to archaeological sites at risk, particularly those impacted by climate change in the form of erosion and sea level rise. She will discuss some of the tools they’re using, including 3D scanners, and how people can become involved in the program, and we’ll take a look at the Old St. Augustine Lighthouse. This online event is a celebration of both Florida Archaeology Month and St. Johns County’s 200th anniversary in 2021, and can be conveniently viewed 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 cute little gnomie friend, 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.

Join Ms. Kimberley as she teaches us how to create a cute river otter! This craft can be made with items you likely have at home. A limited number of craft kits will be available for pick-up at the Ponte Vedra Beach, Main, Bartram Trail and Anastasia Island Library locations March 18-20 on a first come, first served basis. Supplies generously provided by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.

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!

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. 

The Friends of the Anastasia Island are holding the Annual Silent Basket Auction.  Come into the Anastasia Library to preview all of the baskets during the month of March and make your bid!  Past baskets have included pearl necklaces, gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses, a new bike and more!  The baskets are displayed throughout the adult side of the Anastasia Library from March 2-26, making social distancing easy and providing plenty of time for you to preview all the baskets and bid!  All proceeds go to support the Friends of the Anastasia Island 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!

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.

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 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 Emma and Persimmon for an adult painting craft! Use a color blocking technique to create your own simple landscape painting. No painting skills are required, step by step directions will be provided.

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

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.

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 spring rabbit painting. Pick up a kit at your local library branch while supplies last. Kits are limited.

Materials needed by all crafters:

• Spring colored acrylic paint
• int sponge or brush
• 10″x10″ or 8″x10″ white stretched canvas
• Glue
• Scissors
• Skein of yarn to make a 2 inch pom-pom

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

• Small piece of string
• Scraps of spring themed or spring colored paper
• An adhesive backed cut out of a rabbit made from contact paper or Cricut removable vinyl

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 us for an outdoor storytime in the beautiful St. Johns County Bird Island Park Amphitheater! Young children and their caretakers are invited to a storytime which features engaging stories, songs, and outdoor fun! Masks are requested, social distancing is required. Attendees are encouraged to bring towels or blankets to help designate family spaces. All attendees are asked to sign a waiver form to attend this program. The waiver form will be available to view and sign at the start of the program. In the event of inclement weather, outdoor storytime will be cancelled.

For social distancing purposes, capacity is limited and registration is required. To register for this event, phone the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, 904.827.6950.

Join Main Library’s Adult Programming Assistant Beth online as she visits the historic Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville to celebrate upcoming World Theatre Day. The seven-story Mediterranean Revival-style building first opened its doors to the public in April 1927, presenting Vaudeville acts and silent films. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and today it continues to host more than 200 cultural and entertainment events, as well as numerous community ceremonies, every year. Beth will meet with Florida Theatre president Numa Saisselin to get a behind-the-scenes peek of this gorgeous theatre and learn some of the fascinating local history attached to its presence. This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.

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

Join Ms. Michelle and bring your tablet or phone loaded with the Stop-Motion Studio app.  In this session, you’ll have a choice of working with Lego pieces, clay, paper, small toys, or a combination of items.

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.

Grab the family and join us for our Zoom Murder Mystery Night! Help us eliminate a suspect in this mystery. Each month eliminates a new suspect to eventually find the murderer.

Registration Required

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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.

When Louise Nevelson walked the streets of New York picking up scraps, she wasn’t just keeping the neighborhood tidy. She was collecting interesting objects which she would arrange in a large-scale sculpture. She would then paint her piece all one color. Teens and tweens grades 6-12 are invited to create their own small-scale sculptures. This is an online event that you can conveniently watch on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel. Materials needed:  any small items you want to use. Can be recyclables like bottle caps, small items from the natural world, office items, beads, game pieces, etc.; a box in which to arrange them, spray paint or acrylic paint, hot glue.

Do you love local history? Can’t get enough of the many ghostly tales of St. Augustine? Perhaps both? Join Reference and Adult Services Librarian Anne Crawford as she helps celebrate St. Johns County’s 200th anniversary with local history and ghost lore books for adults! All titles reviewed can be found in St. Johns County Public Library System’s catalog. A reading list will be displayed at the end of each program of the books reviewed, so all you need is your St. Johns County Public Library card to request these intriguing items. Don’t yet have a card? Stop by any of our SJCPLS branch libraries and get one!

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

Do you love local history? Can’t get enough of the many ghostly tales of St. Augustine? Perhaps both? Join Reference and Adult Services Librarian Anne Crawford as she helps celebrate St. Johns County’s 200th anniversary with local history and ghost lore books for adults! All titles reviewed can be found in St. Johns County Public Library System’s catalog. A reading list will be displayed at the end of each program of the books reviewed, so all you need is your St. Johns County Public Library card to request these intriguing items. Don’t yet have a card? Stop by any of our SJCPLS branch libraries and get one!

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

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.

Do you enjoy Dreamworks movies? Join us for this family friendly trivia night on Zoom!

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

Registration Required.

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.

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.