Short Books for Busy People Book Club (Valente)
Want to join a book club, but don't have much time to read? Join the Short Books for Busy People Book Club at Valente! All book selections will be fewer than 250 pages, and will encompass a wide range of fiction and nonfiction selections. Print copies are available for pickup at the Valente Branch Library. Ebook and eaudio copies are available through https://minuteman.overdrive.com
The book club selection for December will be Audition by Katie Kitamura.
Short Books for Busy People Book Club (Valente)
Want to join a book club, but don't have much time to read? Join the Short Books for Busy People Book Club at Valente! All book selections will be fewer than 250 pages, and will encompass a wide range of fiction and nonfiction selections. Print copies are available for pickup at the Valente Branch Library. Ebook and eaudio copies are available through https://minuteman.overdrive.com
The book club selection for November will be: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Summer Reading: Live Animal Program with Mass Audubon (Collins)
What better way to learn about wildlife than by observing them in person? Meet local wildlife ambassadors and discover the amazing adaptations that help them survive in the wild. Ask questions and learn what you can do to protect the wildlife of Cambridge.
For children of all ages and their caregivers.
Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Summer Reading: Live Animal Program with Mass Audubon (O'Neill)
What better way to learn about wildlife than by observing them in person? Meet local wildlife ambassadors and discover the amazing adaptations that help them survive in the wild. Ask questions and learn what you can do to protect the wildlife of Cambridge. For children of all ages and their caregivers.
Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
LOCATION CHANGED - Beginning English Class (MAIN)
This event has been moved to the Community Room on L2 at the Main Library, located at 449 Broadway, due to the temporary closing of the Valente Branch.
Join us for an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) class! This class will be taught at a beginner level. No testing is needed. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.
This class will be held at the Main Library, located at 449 Broadway, during the month of July.
LOCATION CHANGED - Beginning English Class (Main)
This event has been moved to the Learning Lab at the Main Library, located at 449 Broadway, due to the temporary closing of the Valente Branch.
Join us for an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) class! This class will be taught at a beginner level. No testing is needed. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.
This class will be held at the Main Library, located at 449 Broadway, during the month of July.
We Love Reading (Valente)
Celebrate reading with fellow new readers at the Valente Branch Library! We will explore a book from the Beginning Reader collection, spend time reading together, and do an activity! Copies of the book will be provided via the library; participants may check out a copy to take home after the program.
This is open to students in kindergarten through second grade who are practicing reading independently; their grown-ups are welcome to join us.
Registration is required. Contact the library at 617-349-4015 for more information.