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Kids Summer Challenge: Graphic Novels Bookshelf
Now is a marvelous time to indulge children’s reading enjoyment for graphic novels. If you've ever felt the delight of... read more →
July 3, 2020
Storytime with Lexi: Cuentos y Canciones
Cuentos y canciones exclusivamente en español con Lexi. Para todos, pero especialmente para los niños de 3-5 años. Stories and... read more →
June 23, 2020
Kids Summer Challenge: Diversity & Kindness Bookshelf
As parents, creating a statement of the values we want to teach our children can be very powerful. Even with... read more →
June 23, 2020
Kids Summer Challenge: Mock Newbery Bookshelf
If you’re wondering how to fill your children’s downtime this summer, check out the new Summer Challenge series on KidsBlog. ... read more →
June 19, 2020
Storytime With Vanessa: Whole Wide World
While everyone’s sheltering at home, our staff have been busy bees making storytime videos for you! We hope that the... read more →
June 16, 2020
Kids Summer Challenge: Kickoff
Move over Learning at Home, let summer fun begin! This year the summer challenge is easier than ever. While the... read more →
June 16, 2020
Storytime With April: Music and Movement
While everyone’s sheltering at home, our staff have been busy bees making storytime videos for you! We hope that the... read more →
June 9, 2020
Kids at Home: Screen Time Mania
The fights. Negotiations. Meltdowns. You have entered the screen zone at home. “There is a fifth dimension beyond that which... read more →
June 8, 2020
Storytime With Vanessa: Turtle Time
While everyone’s sheltering at home, our staff have been busy bees making storytime videos for you! We hope that the... read more →
June 2, 2020
Kids at Home: The Unsummer of 2020
A mainstay of coronavirus life is uncertainty. At the current edge of summer, parents are faced with the quandary of... read more →
June 1, 2020
Storytime With Iris: Mother Goose on the Loose
While everyone’s sheltering at home, our staff have been busy bees making storytime videos for you! We hope that the... read more →
May 26, 2020
Kids at Home: Mental Health
It seems befitting that May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the midst of the pandemic. We’re seeing and hearing... read more →
May 19, 2020
Storytime With Adrienne: Baby Storytime #3
While everyone’s sheltering at home, our staff have been busy bees making storytime videos for you! We hope that the... read more →
May 19, 2020
Storytime With Vanessa: Boxes and Blocks
While everyone’s sheltering at home, our staff have been busy bees making storytime videos for you! We hope that the... read more →
May 12, 2020
Kids at Home: Tips for Another Month of SIP
It’s nearly two months since the initial Shelter in Place order for our community. How are you feeling now? Frustrated?... read more →
May 6, 2020
Storytime With Iris: Picture Books & Crafts #1 (Ages 4+)
While everyone’s sheltering at home, our staff have been busy bees making storytime videos for you! We hope that the... read more →
May 5, 2020
Children’s Book Week May 4-10
One of the best ways to keep educational momentum going through months of learning at home is to encourage a... read more →
April 30, 2020
Popup Learning Space for Teens of Essential Workers
Marin County Free Library is now providing a Popup Teen Study & Distance Learning Space for Teens of Essential Workers.... read more →
April 28, 2020
Storytime With April: Music and Movement #1 (Toddlers)
While everyone’s sheltering at home, our staff have been busy bees making storytime videos for you! We hope that the... read more →
April 28, 2020
Kids at Home: Help Us Serve You!
Are you struggling to handle all the demands of Shelter in Place? Please tell us in a quick email what children's... read more →
April 27, 2020
Adults & Seniors
Adults at Home: Celebrate National Ice Cream Month
Fun fact from our Anne T. Kent California Room: on July 29, 1954, the first family to move into Terra Linda was presented with... read more →
July 9, 2020
Neshama’s Choices for July 6th
This installment:Russian politics and chess (f); growing up black and gay in the South (nf); a trans woman and her... read more →
July 6, 2020
Ancestry Library Edition Now Available from Home (extended through end of July)
UPDATE: Through end of July 2020, you can now freely access Ancestry.com from your personal device at home, using your... read more →
July 6, 2020
Adults at Home: Tracking the Coronavirus
It's hard to get a good sense of what's happening with the pandemic, whether locally, nationally, or globally. Whether you're... read more →
July 2, 2020
Neshama’s Choices for June 29
This installment: art and slavery in the deep south (f); horticulture and friendship (f); the seamy side of the art... read more →
June 29, 2020
Adults at Home: Learn Music For Your Socially-Distanced Porch Hang
Even with the stay-at-home order loosening up, most of us are still spending more time than ever at home. If... read more →
June 25, 2020
Neshama’s Choices for June 22
This installment: mayhem among the Amish (f); the dreadful thrall of an abusive relationship (nf); scuba and blackmail in Florida... read more →
June 22, 2020
Adults at Home: Summer Solstice
In the northern hemisphere, the Summer Solstice will be here soon! In California it falls at 2:43 PM on Saturday,... read more →
June 19, 2020
Message from the Library Director
All is eclipsed by the protests all over this country and the world to demand that police violence against... read more →
June 16, 2020
Neshama’s Choices for June 15
This installment: Patti Smith's latest (nf); original essays about weirdness (nf); four generations of African-American women (f); faith, sorely tested... read more →
June 15, 2020
Update on Curbside Service: Returns and New Holds
We are happy to announce that the Library will now be offering: Curbside Returns Drop-Off Service Outside the South Novato... read more →
June 12, 2020
Adults at Home: Documentary Publishers on Kanopy
Our streaming video service Kanopy* is a great resource for documentaries! This post highlights several of the documentary producers and... read more →
June 10, 2020
Neshama’s Choice for June 8
This installment: Enright's latest (f); Rushdie's latest (f); light, snarky essays (nf); nasty doings on the education front (f); and... read more →
June 8, 2020
Adults at Home: Pride 2020
Photo by Joshua Mcknight from Pexels This year, Pride month looks both completely different than we're used to, while at... read more →
June 4, 2020
Adults at Home: Navigating the World Online
Due to the coronavirus, we are increasingly relying on our devices to stay connected, entertained, and informed. Online shopping has... read more →
June 1, 2020
Update on Library Plan for Curbside Service
The Marin County Free Library is excited to announce that we have been approved by the County of Marin to... read more →
June 1, 2020
Neshama’s Choices for June 1
This installment: a novel that manages to be both elegiac and funny (f); Jesus's wife tells the tale (f); religious... read more →
June 1, 2020
Adults at Home: Language Learning
While we are all stuck at home, why not use this time to brush up on your foreign language skills... read more →
May 27, 2020
Neshama’s Choices for May 25
This installment: a creepy new McEwan (f); class struggles in Chicago circa '33 (f); two fathers tell of their daughters'... read more →
May 25, 2020
Adults at Home: Trusted Sources for Health Information
Bad health advice has always been out there, but the Coronavirus pandemic has created a perfect storm of fear and... read more →
May 22, 2020
Adults at Home: Staying Connected
In these prolonged days of sheltering in place, keeping in touch with friends and family from a distance has become... read more →
May 20, 2020
En español
Peregrinaje Virtual al Camino de Santiago
El Camino de Santiago es la ruta de peregrinación más famosa del mundo, y con buena razón. Desde el siglo... read more →
July 13, 2020
Pasatiempos Desde Casa – Aprende a Tocar un Instrumento
A pesar de que las órdenes de quedarse en casa han sido relajadas en algunas comunidades, la realidad es que... read more →
July 10, 2020
Reseña – La Popular Serie de Jake Maddox
El favorito de los fanáticos, Jake Maddox, va por la victoria al combinar las historias deportivas emocionantes que conoces... read more →
July 8, 2020
Siguiendo al Coronavirus
Es difícil tener una buena idea de lo que está sucediendo con la pandemia, ya sea a nivel local, nacional... read more →
July 6, 2020
Homenaje a Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Ofrecemos un recordatorio al novelista español más leído de la historia después de Cervantes: Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Falleció la semana... read more →
June 24, 2020
De Cuentos a Senderos: Desafío de Lectura de Verano 15 de junio a 8 de agosto
¡Que comience la diversión del verano! Este año estamos haciendo las cosas un poco diferente y estamos ofreciendo nuestro Desafío... read more →
June 22, 2020
Reseña – Rachel Hollis
Nos complacemos en ofrecer las obras de Rachel Hollis en español y en todos los formatos. Sus dos títulos son... read more →
June 17, 2020
Mensaje de la Directora de la Biblioteca
Las protestas en todo el país y el mundo eclipsan todo para exigir que la violencia policial contra hombres,... read more →
June 16, 2020
Libby en Español
¡Buenas noticias! La aplicación de libros y audiolibros digitales Libby de OverDrive ahora está disponible en varios idiomas: Español Francés... read more →
June 15, 2020
Actualización Sobre el Servicio Desde la Acera: Devoluciones y Reservas Nuevas
Nos complace anunciar que la Biblioteca Gratuita del Condado de Marin ahora está ofreciendo: Servicio de Devoluciones Desde La... read more →
June 12, 2020
Reseña – Libros de la Frontera
Recientemente, se vió una gran controversia en el mundo literario centrada en American Dirt (Tierra Americana) de Jeanine Cummins, una... read more →
June 10, 2020
Acceso Gratis a los Informes del Consumidor en Línea
Consumer Reports (Informes del Consumidor en Línea) es una organización independiente sin fines de lucro que ha estado probando productos... read more →
June 8, 2020
Pasatiempos Desde Casa – Exprésate con Manualidades
El tiempo en casa para muchos ha sido una oportunidad para explorar pasatiempos y distracciones. Las manualidades son otra excelente... read more →
June 5, 2020
Reseña – Las Crónicas Lunares
Las Crónicas Lunares es una serie de novelas de ciencia ficción para jóvenes escritas por la autora estadounidense Marissa Meyer.... read more →
June 3, 2020
Actualización de la Biblioteca Sobre el Servicio Desde la Acera
La Biblioteca Gratuita del Condado de Marin se complace en anunciar que hemos sido aprobados por el Condado de Marin... read more →
June 1, 2020
Asistencia de Alquileres Durante COVID19
El 24 de marzo de 2020, la Junta de Supervisores del condado de Marin aprobó una Resolución de Moratorio de... read more →
June 1, 2020
Pasatiempos Desde Casa – Descubre Podcasts en Español
¿Qué es un Podcast? Una emisión de radio o de televisión que un usuario puede descargar del internet y escucharla... read more →
May 29, 2020
Reseña – Mi Papi Tiene una Moto
Justo a tiempo para el Día de los Padres presentamos Mi Papi Tiene una Moto. Es un homenaje al amor entre... read more →
May 27, 2020
COVID-19 Guía Para los Californianos Inmigrantes
Si eres un inmigrante que vive en California, el Estado de California ha recopilado en una guía lo que necesitas... read more →
May 25, 2020
Pasatiempos Desde Casa – Jardinería
El tiempo de cuarentena es una buena oportunidad para trabajar en el jardín. Puedes planificar qué tipos de verduras quieres cultivar,... read more →
May 22, 2020
Recursos Para el Bienestar y la Salud Mental
En estos tiempos difíciles puede que estemos experimentando una variedad de respuestas emocionales que pueden ser abrumadoras o difíciles. Algunos... read more →
May 20, 2020