Musician Liz DeRoche (a.k.a. The Singing Lizard) combines original and traditional children’s music with electronic, pop, and dance genres, moving listeners to the beat of an entirely new style she calls Electro-Kindie. The Singing Lizard has been creating seriously fun dance parties for all ages since 2010. Her songs will have you digging into your imagination and shaking your tail feather!
Children of all ages accompanied by a caregiver are welcome. Free! No registration required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the San Rafael Public Library.
Meet players from our hometown baseball team the San Rafael Pacifics! The players will talk about how they became interested in baseball, how they started playing professionally, and will share their favorite children’s book or poem. They will also be available to sign autographs.
Children of all ages accompanied by a caregiver are welcome. Free! No registration required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the San Rafael Public Library.
Award-winning magician and second-grade teacher Mike Della Penna brings laughter, wonder, and real warmth to his performances for children. His approachability and elementary-school background make him a favorite with children and families alike.
This performance is great for all ages. Free! No registration required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the San Rafael Public Library.
• Looking for affordable senior housing?
• Need help with small household repairs?
Leslie will outline your housing options and answer your questions. Also, learn about the free service offered by Rotary Home Team for San Rafael seniors and people with disabilities who may have financial or physical challenges in performing small household repairs.
Join with us to celebrate the new book from local author, Jesus Campos. Long-time lawyer, teacher and community leader in the Canal District, Sr. Campos will share from his award-winning book in a night of culture, music and dance.
Inventor’s Workshop: Roller Coaster Engineering with The Lawrence Hall of Science
Custom make a table-top marble roller coaster! Kids and their caregivers will design and test their coasters to keep their marble on track through all their loops, twists, and turns. Participants get to take home their projects. For children 5 years and older with a caregiver. Space is limited, please register at the Children’s Reference Desk, or give us a call at 415-485-3322. Sponsored by the Friends of the San Rafael Public Library.
This is Marin’s favorite book event of the year so bring your friends and family to spot some great summer reading…
Volunteers from Friends of the San Rafael Library will set out 8,000 books on 30 tables for easy viewing and many more will staff the sale as cashiers and helpers of good cheer.
There will be a charming children’s corner with everything from board books for babies to teen books.
We’ll have a huge arts section with painting, drawing, single artist books, art history, ceramics, photography, architecture & decorating.
Another large & delicious section will be cook books, plus gardening & landscape design.
Other areas of interest: poetry, spirituality, natural history, history, health & fitness, psychology, travel, science & math, music & sheet music, mythology, anthropology, classics, oldies, hard cover fiction and nonfiction, coffee table books minus the coffee, reference, trade fiction and nonfiction, CDs, DVDs, sets of vintage books and much more.
All of this will be on the Library Lawn under the beautiful oak tree.
Sponsored by: Friends of the San Rafael Library. All proceeds benefit the San Rafael Public Libraries.
Give our damaged, out of date books new life by upcycling them into boxes! We’ll provide precut book covers, duct tape, and oodles of crafting odds and ends. Program is for middle school youth in 6th-8th grade. Sign-up at the Children’s Reference Desk, or call us at 415-485-3322!
Musician Liz DeRoche (a.k.a. The Singing Lizard) combines original and traditional children’s music with electronic, pop, and dance genres, moving listeners to the beat of an entirely new style she calls Electro-Kindie. The Singing Lizard has been creating seriously fun dance parties for all ages since 2010. Her songs will have you digging into your imagination and shaking your tail feather!
Meet players from our hometown baseball team the San Rafael Pacifics! The players will talk about how they became interested in baseball, how they started playing professionally, and will share their favorite children’s book or poem. They will also be available to sign autographs.
Award-winning magician and second-grade teacher Mike Della Penna brings laughter, wonder, and real warmth to his performances for children. His approachability and elementary-school background make him a favorite with children and families alike.
Inventor’s Workshop: Roller Coaster Engineering with The Lawrence Hall of Science
Give our damaged, out of date books new life by upcycling them into boxes! We’ll provide precut book covers, duct tape, and oodles of crafting odds and ends. Program is for middle school youth in 6th-8th grade. Sign-up at the Children’s Reference Desk, or call us at 415-485-3322!