Location: Ponte Vedra Beach

Join us for a perfect first storytime for babies! This gentle lapsit program features action rhymes, songs, and stories presented in a circle time format in the Children’s Library. For babies up to 12 months; siblings welcome.

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program. 

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open on the 15th. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

This interactive storytime for toddlers encourages physical, social, and language & literacy development. Be prepared to laugh, move, and sing! For ages 12-24 months; siblings welcome.

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program. 

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open on the 15th. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Let’s practice the alphabet together! Each week this storytime will feature a letter of the week to help children learn letter shapes and sounds. For ages 24 months-Kindergarten; siblings welcome.

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program.

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open on the 15th. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

NEW at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, LEGO STEM Adventures! Students in grades 2-5 have an opportunity to build, code, and create with the library’s new set of iPads and LEGO Spike Essential Prime kits! This LEGO Education program is made up of fun, engaging STEM lessons for elementary school students with LEGO bricks, intelligent hardware, and an interactive coding app. October’s classes begin with the “Amazing Amusement Park” unit, part 1.

IMPORTANT: This new program is for students in grades 2-5 and class size is limited. To allow as many friends as possible to join us, please register for only one class in October. The same project will be repeated for both October classes. Also, please register only the child attending the class (no adults or siblings, please). If your plans change and you can’t join us (we will miss you!) please update your RSVP to “No” so a student from the waitlist can take your spot.

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open at 8:00 a.m. on October 15. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

This program proudly funded by a special programming grant from the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. Thank you PVFOL for your continued support! For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for this live Zoom video-conference event. This special event will be hosted by Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library’s Adult Services Librarian Anne Crawford and Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert. RSVP below to reserve your spot!

Get ready for Halloween with “Ghost Hunters” TV star, Dustin Pari, as he presents “Documenting the Dead.” From Dustin’s website: “Dustin takes a look back at his own efforts to conduct paranormal research and brings it back even further to some of the earliest spirit communication techniques. Complete with historical stories, evidence, and some “would-be” evidence, Dustin does a great job of presenting an honest and respectful retrospective piece on contacting the other side. Filled with anecdotal tales from his travels, and evidence from his investigations, this lecture is just the right mix of educational, fun, and creepy.” This event is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.

Questions? Call us at 904-827-6950 or email us at sjcpls@tblc.libanswers.com. You will need to provide your own internet-connected device and a Zoom account to participate.  Create a free Zoom account at zoom.us. The Zoom link for this special event will be sent to all registered attendees the day before the event. Happy Halloween!

Join us for a perfect first storytime for babies! This gentle lapsit program features action rhymes, songs, and stories presented in a circle time format in the Children’s Library. For babies up to 12 months; siblings welcome.

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program. 

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open on the 15th. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Kids Crafternoons are open to children K and up. During each session, we will have a different craft for kids to make. Parent participation is encouraged. This is a drop in program and RSVP is not required. Materials will be available while supplies last. We will meet in the Children’s Library. Materials are generously provided by the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Friends of the Library.

For more information, please contact Joan Meyers, Youth Services Programming Coordinator at jmeyers@sjcfl.us or 904-827-6979.

This interactive storytime for toddlers encourages physical, social, and language & literacy development. Be prepared to laugh, move, and sing! For ages 12-24 months; siblings welcome.

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program. 

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open on the 15th. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Let’s practice the alphabet together! Each week this storytime will feature a letter of the week to help children learn letter shapes and sounds. For ages 24 months-Kindergarten; siblings welcome.

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program.

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open on the 15th. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

**Please note, this is a repeat of the October 6 class. A new build will be presented in November!**

NEW at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, LEGO STEM Adventures! Students in grades 2-5 have an opportunity to build, code, and create with the library’s new set of iPads and LEGO Spike Essential Prime kits! This LEGO Education program is made up of fun, engaging STEM lessons for elementary school students with LEGO bricks, intelligent hardware, and an interactive coding app. October’s classes begin with the “Amazing Amusement Park” unit, part 1.

IMPORTANT: This new program is for students in grades 2-5 and class size is limited. To allow as many friends as possible to join us, please register for only one class in October. The same project will be repeated for both October classes. Also, please register only the child attending the class (no adults or siblings, please). If your plans change and you can’t join us (we will miss you!) please update your RSVP to “No” so a student from the waitlist can take your spot.

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open at 8:00 a.m. on October 15. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

This program proudly funded by a special programming grant from the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. Thank you PVFOL for your continued support! For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Teens will have fun painting pumpkins! Bring your creativity to make them scary, silly, funny or creepy. Supplies will be provided. RSVP is encouraged but not required.  This event is for kids 6th-12th grades only, please.

For more information about teen programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Joan Meyers at 904-827-6979 or jmeyers@sjcfl.us.  This program is proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.

Join us for a perfect first storytime for babies! This gentle lapsit program features action rhymes, songs, and stories presented in a circle time format in the Children’s Library. For babies up to 12 months; siblings welcome.

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program. 

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open on the 15th. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

It’s that time of year for costumes, pumpkins, and of course, not-so-scary storytime stories! Little ones and their families are invited for a special Halloween storytime and a costume parade through the library. Dress up and join us for seasonal fun at the library!

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program. Please arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Special thanks to the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for sponsoring this program.

Kids in grades K-5 are invited to special Halloween party at the library! Enjoy a seasonal shadow puppet show, a pumpkin painting picture craft and more Halloween fun!

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program. Siblings always welcome.

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open on the 15th. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about children’s programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Joan Meyers at 904-827-6979 or jmeyers@sjcfl.us. This program is proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.

The Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library’s Book Lovers Book Club is hosted each month by our Adult Services Library Staff – Anne or Trinh – and offers two opportunities a month to discuss our monthly selection! You can attend in person on Friday morning at 11 am, via Zoom on Wednesday evening at 6 pm, or both. Adults are invited to participate and new members are always welcome! If you want to join us for our Zoom meeting, please RSVP online for a Zoom link at this weblink:  SJCPLS Book Clubs.

The Book Lovers Book Club will be reading is Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty in October. Print and audiobook CD copies, while they last, are available at the Adult Reference Desk at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for checkout with your SJCPLS library card. This title is also available  for checkout in physical formats via our SJCPLS online catalog or in downloadable formats via Overdrive with your SJCPLS library card. We can’t wait to discuss this book with you!

Book Synopsis  “Apples Never Fall follows the four Delaney siblings after the disappearance of their mother, Joy Delaney. The police soon identify their father, Stan, as a possible person of interest in her case. As they try to unravel the mystery of what happened to her or where she went, the four siblings — Troy, Brooke, Logan and Amy — are forced to confront truths about their relationships with each other, with their significant others, with their parents and about their parents’ marriage. To complicate matters, there’s also a strange young woman who showed up at Stan and Joy Delaney’s door a while back, and who is now nowhere to be found…” (taken from The Bibliophile)

Thank you to the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for sponsoring our branch library’s Book Lovers Book Club!

Join us for a perfect first storytime for babies! This gentle lapsit program features action rhymes, songs, and stories presented in a circle time format in the Children’s Library. For babies up to 12 months; siblings welcome.

Please RSVP for each child and adult attending the program. 

Mark your calendars! RSVP spots for next month’s events will open on the 15th. Be sure to RSVP and arrive on time to ensure your attendance.

For more information about youth programming at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, please contact Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert, lcalvert@sjcfl.us.

Kids Crafternoons are open to children K and up. During each session, we will have a different craft for kids to make. Parent participation is encouraged. This is a drop in program and RSVP is not required. Materials will be available while supplies last. We will meet in the Children’s Library. Materials are generously provided by the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Friends of the Library.

For more information, please contact Joan Meyers, Youth Services Programming Coordinator at jmeyers@sjcfl.us or 904-827-6979.

The Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library’s Book Lovers Book Club is hosted each month by our Adult Services Library Staff – Anne or Trinh – and offers two opportunities a month to discuss our monthly selection! You can attend in person on Friday morning at 11 am, via Zoom on Wednesday evening at 6 pm, or both. Adults are invited to participate and new members are always welcome! If you want to join us for our Zoom meeting, please RSVP below for a Zoom link.

The Book Lovers Book Club will be reading is Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty in October. Print and audiobook CD copies, while they last, are available at the Adult Reference Desk at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for checkout with your SJCPLS library card. This title is also available  for checkout in physical formats via our SJCPLS online catalog or in downloadable formats via Overdrive with your SJCPLS library card. We can’t wait to discuss this book with you!

Book Synopsis  “Apples Never Fall follows the four Delaney siblings after the disappearance of their mother, Joy Delaney. The police soon identify their father, Stan, as a possible person of interest in her case. As they try to unravel the mystery of what happened to her or where she went, the four siblings — Troy, Brooke, Logan and Amy — are forced to confront truths about their relationships with each other, with their significant others, with their parents and about their parents’ marriage. To complicate matters, there’s also a strange young woman who showed up at Stan and Joy Delaney’s door a while back, and who is now nowhere to be found…” (taken from The Bibliophile)

Thank you to the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for sponsoring our branch library’s Book Lovers Book Club!

The Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library’s Book Lovers Book Club is hosted each month by our Adult Services Library Staff – Anne or Trinh – and offers two opportunities a month to discuss our monthly selection! You can attend in person on Friday morning at 11 am, via Zoom on Wednesday evening at 6 pm, or both. Adults are invited to participate and new members are always welcome! If you want to join us for our Zoom meeting, please RSVP online for a Zoom link at this weblink:  SJCPLS Book Clubs.

The Book Lovers Book Club will be reading is The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah in November. Print and audiobook CD copies, while they last, are available at the Adult Reference Desk at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for checkout with your SJCPLS library card. This title is also available  for checkout in physical formats via our SJCPLS online catalog or in downloadable formats via Overdrive with your SJCPLS library card. We can’t wait to discuss this book with you!

Book Synopsis  “In The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, Elsa Wolcott is a woman trying to raise two children on farm in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl following the Great Depression. She watches as the lands around her crack in their perpetually parched state and the hopelessness threatens to breaks the spirit of those around her. As the situation worsens, Elsa is forced to make a decision to stay and fight or leave for the uncertain and unfamiliar lands in the West. In this tale, Kristin has written a survival story about resilience, love, family, courage and the American Dream.” (taken from The Bibliophile)

Thank you to the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for sponsoring our branch library’s Book Lovers Book Club!

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants is back in person and ready to show you how to make fun, holiday arrangements with “Downton Abbey” as the inspiration! The second “Downton Abbey” movie released in May 2022 titled “Downton Abbey:  A New Era.” Get in the holiday spirit and revisit the Crawley family and their “Downstairs” counterparts with fellow Sisterhood and “Downton” enthusiasts. Bring a friend and make an afternoon of it!

Everyone is invited to join us in the FOL Community Room at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for this special Sisterhood event featuring fun banter, step-by-step demonstrations of flower arrangements, and holiday cheer. Light refreshments will be available and raffle tickets will be sold for chances to win the arrangements the Sisterhood creates! The proceeds from the raffle help pay for this special event sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. Not yet a Friends member and want to support our Library? You can join via their website:  https://folpvbfl.org/

Don’t forget, you can relive, or enjoy for the first time, “Downton Abbey” the show and two movies via DVD with your SJCPLS library card! Any questions about today’s event? Please call our Library at (904) 827-6950. We look forward to seeing you. Happy Holidays!

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, all SJCPLS libraries will be closed Thursday, November 24, and remain closed through Friday, November 25, 2022. Libraries will reopen on Saturday, November 26, 2022.

Book drops will remain open during all closed days and, of course, our virtual services such as ebooks, databases, and downloadables are available 24/7. We wish you a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.

The Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library’s Book Lovers Book Club is hosted each month by our Adult Services Library Staff – Anne or Trinh – and offers two opportunities a month to discuss our monthly selection! You can attend in person on Friday morning at 11 am, via Zoom on Wednesday evening at 6 pm, or both. Adults are invited to participate and new members are always welcome! If you want to join us for our Zoom meeting, please RSVP below for a Zoom link.

The Book Lovers Book Club will be reading is The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah in November. Print and audiobook CD copies, while they last, are available at the Adult Reference Desk at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for checkout with your SJCPLS library card. This title is also available  for checkout in physical formats via our SJCPLS online catalog or in downloadable formats via Overdrive with your SJCPLS library card. We can’t wait to discuss this book with you!

Book Synopsis  “In The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, Elsa Wolcott is a woman trying to raise two children on farm in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl following the Great Depression. She watches as the lands around her crack in their perpetually parched state and the hopelessness threatens to breaks the spirit of those around her. As the situation worsens, Elsa is forced to make a decision to stay and fight or leave for the uncertain and unfamiliar lands in the West. In this tale, Kristin has written a survival story about resilience, love, family, courage and the American Dream.” (taken from The Bibliophile)

Thank you to the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for sponsoring our branch library’s Book Lovers Book Club!

The Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library’s Book Lovers Book Club is hosted each month by our Adult Services Library Staff – Anne or Trinh – and offers two opportunities a month to discuss the monthly selection! You can attend in person on Friday morning at 11 am, via Zoom on Wednesday evening at 6 pm, or both. Adults are invited to participate and new members are always welcome! If you want to join us for our Zoom meeting, please RSVP below for a Zoom link.

In December, the Book Lovers Book Club will be celebrating an amazing year of reading and discussing literature together! At this special holiday party, each attendee is invited to share a favorite book with our Book Club members. A suggested reading list of these titles will be compiled and e-mailed out by Adult Services Librarian Anne to all Book Lovers Book Club members as a holiday gift to ourselves:  a great list of books to try out and read!

Any titles not currently owned by SJCPLS we will attempt to purchase for SJCPLS so that other readers may enjoy these wonderful titles. Additionally, Adult Services Librarian Anne and Adult Services Assistant Trinh will share the 2023 Book Lovers Book Club monthly reading list with you to get you pumped about 2023 and give you the opportunity to read ahead. You’ll also learn about St. Johns Reads 2023, so mark your calendars for this fun-filled wrap-up event with fellow readers and great books!

Thank you to the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for sponsoring our branch library’s Book Lovers Book Club!

The Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library’s Book Lovers Book Club is hosted each month by our Adult Services Library Staff – Anne or Trinh – and offers two opportunities a month to discuss our monthly selection! You can attend in person on Friday morning at 11 am, via Zoom on Wednesday evening at 6 pm, or both. Adults are invited to participate and new members are always welcome! If you want to join us for our Zoom meeting, please RSVP online for a Zoom link at this weblink:  SJCPLS Book Clubs.

In December, the Book Lovers Book Club will be celebrating an amazing year of reading and discussing literature together! At this special holiday party, each attendee is invited to share a favorite book with our Book Club members. A suggested reading list of these titles will be compiled and e-mailed out by Adult Services Librarian Anne to all Book Lovers Book Club members as a holiday gift to ourselves:  a great list of books to try out and read!

Any titles not currently owned by SJCPLS we will attempt to purchase for SJCPLS so that other readers may enjoy these wonderful titles. Additionally, Adult Services Librarian Anne and Adult Services Assistant Trinh will share the 2023 Book Lovers Book Club monthly reading list with you to get you pumped about 2023 and give you the opportunity to read ahead. You’ll also learn about St. Johns Reads 2023, so mark your calendars for this fun-filled wrap-up event with fellow readers and great books!

Thank you to the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for sponsoring our branch library’s Book Lovers Book Club!

All libraries will be closed for the Christmas holiday on Saturday, December 24, and Monday, December 26, 2022. All libraries will resume regular operating hours on Tuesday, December 27.

Book drops will remain open during all closed days and our virtual services such as eBooks, databases, and downloadables are available 24/7. We wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday.