Salinas Public Library News
Below is a list of all Salinas Public Library website news articles, with the newest one at the top. To sign up for Salinas Public Library news by email, click here.
Curbside Library Service to Launch on June 22nd!
June 17, 2020
Stay safe and get your library materials in a socially distant fashion with simple, easy to follow procedures. Just log into the library website at catalog. salinaspubliclibrary.org , put your books on hold using your library card, and wait for an email or call from library staff that your materials...
Congratulations to Family Reading Circle Participants!
June 15, 2020
While it could not be facilitated in a large gathering, families came out nonetheless to El Gabilan Library last Friday, June 12th, to receive their graduation certificates. They were also able to collect a reading package for a new virtual Summer Reading Program called " Get on Board, Families! " which will host...
Dog Man, Dinosaurs, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid
June 2, 2020
Those were just a few of the titles requested in our Spring Reading Challenge.
Ian, pictured above, was super-excited when he received his prize in the mail: two new books! His mother thanked the library and called it an "awesome program."
Over 170 children and teens participated in the Spring Reading Challenge which...
SALINAS: GET READY FOR A NEW GRANT-FUNDED BOOKMOBILE!
May 26, 2020
It was definitely on the Salinas Public Library's "Wish List" for several years, and often seemed unattainable for many of those years. Library staff wanted a new bookmobile that would replace the existing bookmobile purchased over a decade ago from another library system in the Midwest. A new bookmobile that didn't rattle at high speeds...
New approaches to family literacy win the day!
May 13, 2020
Last Spring our Family Reading Circle program had lots of "points of contact." There were children's games played on the outdoor patio at Cesar Chavez Library, chairs huddled together in half circles with parents practicing their 'reading out loud skills,' and songs with fun rhymes sung over-and-over-again to the delight of the smallest children....
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