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Join us for Lora Mathis' The Snakes Came Back Berkeley book release

Don't miss the Berkeley celebration of the release of Lora Mathis' second book of poems, The Snakes Came Back.

Yayoi Kusama has been called the most important living Japanese artist, the world's best-selling female artist, and the world's most successful living artist—and the princess of polka dots. For seven decades, Kusama has explored infinity in a variety of media: paintings, mixed media artwork, mirror rooms, and sculptures, including her celebrated polka dot-covered pumpkins.

Join us at West Branch for Prince as a Revolution: How “The Artist” Changed Music and the Music Business.

Prince was a musical phenomenon without peers, from his transcendent songs to his kinetic live performances. But due to his restless artistic output and quest for secrecy, tracking how revolutionary Prince was across the musical spectrum has been mysterious until now.

Rising Reader's is a book discussion group for third graders that meets monthly at the Claremont Branch Library. Currently this program is full, but we will begin taking names for our wait list on Friday, August 18th at 10:00 a.m. Please call (510) 981-6280 on or after that date to have your child's name placed on this list.

Start the school year with a full toolbox! Join us for an interactive workshop facilitated by Classroom Matters Co-Directors, Tatiana Guerreiro Ramos and Lisa Miller. Parents/guardians are invited to attend with their student(s) to learn how to prepare for a strong start to school, how to practice self-advocacy skills, and make a plan for sustained engagement and success! Participants will learn and practice strategies to help plan and prioritize, manage time, reduce distractions, and increase family harmony.

Follow Jack through his misadventures with his trusty cow Buttercup, a set of magic beans, a giant, and a beanstalk! 

Ages 4 and up. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library

Join us for child-directed play, a story and a song or two! Ages 0-3

Celebrate National Library Card Month with this exhibit of library cards and ephemera from around the Unitied States and the world! On display in the cases at the Historic Entrance to the Central Library.