Menlo Park Main Library will be closed May 21 - June 18, 2012. The library Circulation area will be remodeled, a radio frequency identification (RFID) system will be implemented, and carpeting throughout the building will be replaced. The bookdrop will remain open during this time, except on the Memorial Day Holiday, Monday May 28th. Also the Belle Haven Branch Library will be open for extended hours on Sundays in June from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. See the Library Closure FAQs for more details.

Events Calendar by date Menlo Park Main and Belle Haven branch libraries are part of the Peninsula Library System, which includes libraries throughout San Mateo County. Come to your library and dream, explore, share!

The library is proud to support the Menlo Park City School District’s Life Skills and Culture initiative, which teaches students about a life skill each month by pairing the skill with a special book. Teachers share the books in the classroom and the library creates a display for the featured book, along with a booklist that supports the theme. We hope you will borrow the featured books as well as other titles that we recommend. This month´s life skill is Respect and the featured book is Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace by Jen Cullerton Johnson. This story presents the life of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her efforts to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees. See this list for more books about respect. Learn about the MPCSD's initiative here.

 

MPL Mystery Readers invite you to hear Guest Author William M. Gould discuss his two novels A Little Score to Settle Three Boys Like You Wednesday, May 16th at 7:15 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room
Two Saturday Series Events in June! At Menlo Park Council Chambers 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park California Gardens from Monterey to Humboldt Bay Saturday June 2, 11 a.m. David Laws, travel writer/ photographer, will disucss his Android and Apple application, California Gardens North, an easy-to-use mobile travel guide to exploring the finest publicly accessible gardens in Northern California and present a slide show. Click here to see a flyer for this event.	Dance Without Steps: A Memoir Saturday June 16, 11 a.m. At the age of 21, Paul Bendix was shot in a street robbery and paralyzed - and in Dance without Steps, he takes us on a journey of the next four decades of his life with humor and grace. Click here to see a flyer for this event. For more information on either event, contact Roberta Roth at 650-330-2512 or e-mail rlroth@menlopark.org
	Book Sale Sunday June 17 Noon - 4 p.m. Will be held in the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, at the opposite end of the library parking lot, next to the gym Sponsored by the Friends of the Menlo Park Library All proceeds benefit the Menlo Park and Belle Haven libraries
Now available! eBooks and eAudiobooks Library collections from Overdrive, EBSCO, Safari and OpenLibrary are available for most portable readers and audio players. See details.

 

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