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The Thing About Florida - Tyler Gillespie Author Presentation

10:00am - 11:00am
Registration
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Live Virtual, Authors & Writing, Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:
Join us for a live, virtual author presentation featuring Tyler Gillespie, author of The Thing About Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State. Audience Q&A will be offered as part of this interactive event. Tyler Gillespie is a poet ...

Storytime Anytime!

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: On Demand, Literacy & ESL, Storytime
Event Details:
Enjoy storytime at home or on the go with Storytime Anytime! This is a condensed version of our in-person storytimes and includes a variety of songs, stories, rhymes and caregiver tips designed to promote and reinforce early literacy and language dev...

Disclaimer(s)

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Myrtle Over the Moon

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Performances
Event Details:
In this original moooosical Adventure, a “boring bovine” seeks love and fame on MooTube by attempting to jump over the moon using a trampoline, roller skates and a jetpack. She fails, but finally realizes the appreciation she craves was there al...

Cow Over the Moon Paper Plate Spinners

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
With a couple of paper plates and a few simple supplies, kids can make their own cows.  Grab and Go Activity Kits with supplies for this craft are available at all library locations, beginning June 14, while supplies last. Written craft instr...

Wildlife Rehabilitation with Nature's Nursery

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Live Virtual, Arts & Crafts, Technology & STEAM
Event Details:
What does it mean to be a wildlife rehabilitator? What do you do if you find an animal you believe needs help? How can you help the animal? This program will introduce teens to current happenings in the clinic and nursery while teaching attendees how...

Meet the Author: Tammi Sauer

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Performances, Authors & Writing
Event Details:
Tammi Sauer has written 30 picture books with more on the way!  In "The Farm That Mac Built," the scarecrow from Old Mac Donald’s farm emcees a barnyard theater production that collapses into hilarious chaos in this rollicking rendition of “The ...

Storytime Anytime!

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: On Demand, Literacy & ESL, Storytime
Event Details:
Enjoy storytime at home or on the go with Storytime Anytime! This is a condensed version of our in-person storytimes and includes a variety of songs, stories, rhymes and caregiver tips designed to promote and reinforce early literacy and language dev...

Disclaimer(s)

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Clucking Chicken Cups

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Time for another egg-cellent craft for kids! Today we’re making chickens out of cups that actually cluck!   WATCH THE VIDEO AT THIS LINK ON JUNE 24. ...

Teen Summer of Service Workshop Series

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Live Virtual
Registration Required
Waitlist Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:
Earn service hours while helping your community with the Teen Summer of Service program. This six week series introduces participants to a variety of agencies that provide services throughout the community and offers the opportunity for teens to...

Virtual Craft Club for Adults

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Live Virtual, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:
Calling all crafters! Join us for a live virtual craft club for adults where we will take turns sharing our latest crafty creations. Knitters, painters and crafters of all types welcome!  Please pre-register below in order to partic...

Meet Kamal Bell from Sankofa Farms

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Community & Lifestyle, Technology & STEAM
Event Details:
Kamal Bell is not your average farmer. He started the 12-acre Sankofa Farms, in Durham, NC to improve food policy, teach nutritional literacy, and educate kids about agricultural-related professions. Kamal will take us on a virtual tour of Sankofa Fa...

The Ocean's Got Talent

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Performances
Event Details:
We’ve searched the seven seas for some of the ocean’s most talented creatures. Octopus will perform an amazing escape, Mantis Shrimp will prove he’s not just a pretty face, and Angler Fish has an act you’ll definitely want to catch. With all this tal...

Printed Ocean Scenes

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Arts & Crafts, Technology & STEAM
Event Details:
With recycled styrofoam and water based markers, kids can make their own beautiful ocean scenes.  Grab and Go Activity Kits with supplies for this craft are available at all library locations, beginning June 28, while supplies last. &...

Reptiles as Pets

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Live Virtual, Arts & Crafts, Technology & STEAM
Event Details:
Teens, get ready to meet dragons, pythons, geckos, frogs and much more in this interactive program with reptile expert Jason Clevett. Participants will learn how to responsibly care for them as pets and how to build a suitable rep...

Meet the Author: Kate Messner

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Authors & Writing
Event Details:
Kate Messner is passionately curious and writes books for kids who wonder, too. Her titles include award-winning picture books like Over and Under the Pond, Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, Over and Under the Pond, The Brilliant ...

Storytime Anytime!

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: On Demand, Literacy & ESL, Storytime
Event Details:
Enjoy storytime at home or on the go with Storytime Anytime! This is a condensed version of our in-person storytimes and includes a variety of songs, stories, rhymes and caregiver tips designed to promote and reinforce early literacy and language dev...

Disclaimer(s)

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Virtual Book Discussion for Adults

10:00am - 11:30am
Registration
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Live Virtual, Book Discussion
Registration Required
Waitlist Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
Calling all readers! Join us for a live virtual book discussion for adults. There is no assigned title. Instead we will be taking turns sharing about the latest books that we have read.  Please pre-register below in order to participate ...

Murder at the Library Book Club Author Presentation

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Live Virtual, Authors & Writing, Book Discussion
Event Details:
Baker & Taylor, in partnership with Sourcebooks, will host an exclusive live virtual book club event featuring USA Today bestselling author Carter Wilson discussing his new novel "The Dead Husband."   "The Dead Husband" ...

Coffee Filter Fish

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Arts & Crafts, Technology & STEAM
Event Details:
With some water based markers and a little H2O, coffee filters are transformed into colorful fish.   WATCH THE VIDEO AT THIS LINK ON JULY 1. ...

Teen Summer of Service Workshop Series

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Live Virtual
Registration Required
Waitlist Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:
Earn service hours while helping your community with the Teen Summer of Service program. This six week series introduces participants to a variety of agencies that provide services throughout the community and offers the opportunity for teens to...

Meet Yasu Ishida

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Live Virtual, Performances
Event Details:
Yasu is an award-winning performer who combines traditional Japanese theatre, music, origami, magic and storytelling into one-of-a-kind performances. Yasu will share an excerpt of his show and teach kids how make origami water creatures! ...

All Branches Closed - Independence Day

All Day
Branches:
Bonita Springs Public Library, Cape Coral Lee County Public Library, Captiva Memorial Library, Dunbar Jupiter Hammon Public Library, East County Regional Library, Fort Myers Regional Library, Johann Fust Community Library, Lakes Regional Library, North Fort Myers Public Library, Northwest Regional Library, Pine Island Public Library, Riverdale Branch Library, South County Regional Library, Library System Virtual Online Programming
Description:
All branches will be closed in observance of Independence Day. ...

Such a Library!

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Performances
Event Details:
A live action/animated show about a wacky librarian, a magic book and, of course, lots of animals. Based on the book SUCH A LIBRARY! By Jill Ross Nadler (aka Page Turner).   WATCH THE VIDEO AT THIS LINK ON JULY 5. ...

Pet Pop-Up Books

All Day
Library Branch: Library System Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Children
Program Type: On Demand, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
With an old file folder and a pair of scissors, kids can create their own magical pop-up books!  Grab and Go Activity Kits with supplies for this craft are available at all library locations, beginning July 3, while supplies last.   ...