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If you’re resolved to begin the New Year with a more active, healthy lifestyle, it’s easy to get started at your library. Throughout 2014, find ideas, inspiration and tips on simple ways to add more movement and healthy options to your life through the new adult series, Start to Fitness.
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Presented by Andrew Wahl.
Comics. Graphic novels. Sequential art. Whatever we call them, comic books have held a special place in the hearts of many Americans since first appearing on the market in the 1930s. This interactive, multimedia presentation traces the history of this popular print medium, from its Golden Age in the 1930s and ‘40s to the digital revolution of today. We will have a chance to recall our favorite characters and stories as journalist and comic-book historian Andrew Wahl leads us in a conversation about the history of comic books as an art form, an industry, and a lens for exploring American culture. We will gain knowledge to start exploring the world of comics and have the opportunity to share our own recommendations.
Sponsored by Humanities Washington.
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Ages 10 to 14.
Each month, focus on a different book in the Harry Potter Series. Join fun discussions and explore deeper meanings underlying Rowling’s world of magic and mystery. Not only great adventure tales, Harry Potter books also deal with universal human values, longings, growth and choices.
Receive a Harry Potter Reading Club Card and earn a stamp at each meeting. At the end of the 7 month series, enter prize drawings with your club card based on your number of stamps earned.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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World War II had just ended and the world was obsessed with air combat and the role of technology in society. Asimov’s stories reflected the concerns over the danger of technology but they also humanized robots, indicating that it is not technology that is evil but the way it is sometimes abused.
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet was the debut novel from this talented author, and received critical acclaim. The story of the Japanese American internment during World War II is told through the eyes of a young Chinese boy. Ford creates an unforgettable duo whose story teaches us the power of forgiveness and the tenacity of the human heart.
His most recent book, Songs of Willow Frost is set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle. This powerful tale focuses on two engaging characters — a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past—both seeking love, hope and forgiveness.
Books will be available for sale and a book signing will follow the program.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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Daughters ages 10 to 13 and their mothers.
This group meets monthly for lively book discussion and treats.
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She’s spent years trying to teach David the rules from “a peach is not a funny-looking apple” to “keep your pants on in public”—in order to head off David’s embarrassing behaviors.
But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she’s always wished for, it’s her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
Drop-ins welcome. Contact the library for email notification of dates and titles. Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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Professional, published freelance author and travel writer James Ullrich gives tips and insights on how to travel affordably in Europe when on a budget. Having learned the hard way, he gives tips on packing light/right and how to build a great itinerary that makes sense given your time restrictions. James also discusses some of the best places in Europe to visit and how to enjoy them regardless of budget constraints.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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For Spanish-speaking families with children newborn to age 5.
Series free workshops in Spanish for families to learn about Early Literacy and how to prepare their children for Kindergarten.
Para familias hispanas con niños recién nacidos hasta 5 años.
Series de ocho talleres gratuitos en español para que las familias aprendan sobre Alfabetización temprana y como preparar a los niños para el Kindergarten.
No se requiere registrarse pero el espacio es limitado.
Subvencionado por la Fundación del KCLS.
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Presented by Imagine Children’s Museum.
Ages 3 and older.
Get your passport stamped as you travel around the world and learn about traditions, play games and make crafts from other countries.
Space may be limited, first come, first seated.
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Presented by Greta Hardin.
Produce is forgiving and the food from the local farms makes us all better cooks. This cookbook and presentation is for all the people who ever walked up to me on a farm with a handful of vegetables and asked “What do I do with this?” and for all the parents who were just as excited as their children to learn how potatoes grow.
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A sheltered girl. A wild horse. An unforgettable journey.
Maya lives like a captive. At Grandmother’s house in California, everything is forbidden: friends, fun, even memories. And her life is built on lies: lies Grandmother tells her about her dead mother, lies Maya tells to impress or manipulate. But then she moves to the vast Wyoming wilderness where her mother’s family awaits – kind, rugged people who have no tolerance for lies. They challenge Maya to confront the truth about who she is. And a mysterious mustang called Artemisia waits, too. She holds the key to Maya’s freedom. But to find it, Maya will have to risk everything, including her life.
Daughters ages 10 to 13 and their mothers.
This group meets monthly for lively book discussion and treats.
Drop-ins welcome. Contact the library for email notification of dates and titles.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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Ages 10 to 14.
Harry Potter fans unite! Each month, focus on a different book in the Harry Potter Series. Join fun discussions and explore deeper meanings underlying Rowling’s world of magic and mystery. Not only great adventure tales, Harry Potter books also deal with universal human values, longings, growth and choices.
Receive a Harry Potter Reading Club Card and earn a stamp at each meeting. At the end of the 7 month series, enter prize drawings with your club card based on your number of stamps earned.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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Explore with Ajili Hodari the potential of meditation to reduce stress-related responses, improve concentration and enhance clarity of thought and mental equilibrium.
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Come for a lively discussion about books and authors!
This month’s selection will be announced after the January meeting.
This month’s meeting will be held in the Plaza Room.
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This presentation covers the essentials of how basic Medicare works, what it covers, the different types of available products and prescription drug plans. At the conclusion of this class, you will be able to make an educated, informed evaluation of what is available and what best suits your specific medical and financial needs.
The speaker, Jean Cormier, is not connected with the Federal Medicare Program.
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Winter is the perfect season to pump up your immunity knowledge, as we are all trying to keep well and avoid colds and flu. Discuss with Nick Rose, MS Nutrition Educator, PCC Natural Markets which foods and supplements offer the most benefits to our immune system, including new research supporting the ancient Mayan cough remedy–hot chocolate!
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Ages 3 to 12 months with adult.
Hearing families can use American Sign Language with hearing babies as young as 5 months old to greatly reduce frustration and aid early communication! Learn more in these fun, hands-on, introductory mini lessons with baby sign language expert Nancy Hanauer of Hop to Signaroo ®. Attend one, two or all three weeks.
Due to space and age limits, numbered passes available 10 minutes prior, as supply lasts. Caregivers participate with babies in lap. Older siblings welcome, seated quietly.
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Presented by Dragon Arts Studio.
Ages 3 and older.
Using Chinese rod puppets, this talented duo presents stories from folklore with elegance, humor and special effects.
Seating is limited, first come, first seated.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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Presented by Lance Rhoades.
Ever since cinema set the photographic image into motion, filmmakers have been drawn to demonstrations of physical agility, strength, and endurance. Whether in organized competitions or through individual efforts to push the limits of what is humanely possible, athletes inspire stories of determination, facing adversity, and taking risks. Movies that celebrate athletes’ efforts enable us to share in their defeats and victories. This multi-media presentation takes a look at examples from the wide range of documentary and narrative films featuring sports – and all sorts of phenomenal physical feats – throughout movie history.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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For Spanish-speaking families with children newborn to age 5.
Series of eight free workshops in Spanish for families to learn about Early Literacy and how to prepare their children for Kindergarten.
Para familias hispanas con niños recién nacidos hasta 5 años.
Series de ocho talleres gratuitos en español para que las familias aprendan sobre Alfabetización temprana y como preparar a los niños para el Kindergarten.
No se requiere registrarse pero el espacio es limitado.
Subvencionado por la Fundación del KCLS.
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Ages 10 to 14.
Harry Potter fans unite! Each month, focus on a different book in the Harry Potter Series. Join fun discussions and explore deeper meanings underlying Rowling’s world of magic and mystery. Not only great adventure tales, Harry Potter books also deal with universal human values, longings, growth and choices.
Receive a Harry Potter Reading Club Card and earn a stamp at each meeting. At the end of the 7 month series, enter prize drawings with your club card based on your number of stamps earned.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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If you’re resolved to begin the New Year with a more active, healthy lifestyle, it’s easy to get started at your library. Throughout 2014, find ideas, inspiration and tips on simple ways to add more movement and healthy options to your life through the new adult series, Start to Fitness.
Presented by Dan Nelson, Author of Snowshoe Routes, Washington.
Over the last 20 years, snowshoeing has been the fastest growing outdoor winter sport. The ease with which beginners can become accomplished snowshoers helps explain this growth, as does the relatively low cost of entering the sport. Author and snowshoe review specialist Dan Nelson will describe the techniques, safety concerns and destinations needed to help get you into the winter wilderness safely.
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Presented by Art Historian, Susan Olds.
This coming February the Seattle Art Museum presents a major exhibit of paintings by the surrealist artist Joan Miró. This preview discussion of the exhibit, The World of Miró will include the artist’s early life, artistic influences, diary entries and letters, association with the surrealists, experiments in abstraction and cubism, automatic drawing, creation of his unique constellation series and development of his later body of work.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
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For Spanish-speaking families with children newborn to age 5.
Series of eight free workshops in Spanish for families to learn about Early Literacy and how to prepare their children for Kindergarten.
In each of the workshops, get information about Early Literacy, free books in Spanish, craft materials, snacks and the opportunity to socialize with other families.
Para familias hispanas con niños recién nacidos hasta 5 años.
Series de ocho talleres gratuitos en español para que las familias aprendan sobre Alfabetización temprana y como preparar a los niños para el Kindergarten.
En cada taller pueden conseguir información sobre Alfabetización temprana, libros gratuitos en español, materiales para manualidades, bocadillos y la oportunidad de socializar con otras familias.
Registration not required, but space is limited.
No se requiere registrarse pero el espacio es limitado.
Sponsored by the KCLS Foundation.
Subvencionado por la Fundación del KCLS.
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If you’re resolved to begin the New Year with a more active, healthy lifestyle, it’s easy to get started at your library. Throughout 2014, find ideas, inspiration and tips on simple ways to add more movement and healthy options to your life through the new adult series, Start to Fitness.
www.kcls.org/fitness
How you take care of your feet can have a huge impact on your health. Join foot expert, Eric Sach, as he shares his knowledge of easy solutions now to avoid future problems later. He’ll share how to walk with better balance and have happier feet to keep you active and moving.
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