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Go shopping and help support your Tustin Library!
Barnes and Noble Booksellers in the Tustin Marketplace is hosting a fundraiser for the Tustin Library. From Monday, June 23 to Sunday, June 29, a portion of every purchase you make at Barnes and Noble will come back to the Tustin Library IF you supply a voucher or simply mention the Tustin Library name at the time of your purchase. You may pick up a voucher at the Circulation Desk or Information Desk of the Tustin Library.
Prize Drawing
As part of our Summer Reading Celebration kick-off, Barnes and Noble will have prize drawings on Monday, June 23. Three lucky Library-supporting shoppers will each win a $5 Barnes and Noble gift card.
Be sure to visit Tustin’s children’s librarian, Mary Pezzetti, reading “If You Give a Pig a Pancake,” on Wednesday, June 25 at 10:00 a.m. at Barnes and Noble in the Tustin Marketplace. Bring your camera, because the Pancake Pig will be making a guest appearance!
Summer Reading Celebration—Prizes for Adults, Teens, Kids
The Tustin Library thanks Barnes & Noble, Pat & Oscar’s, Z Pizza, Starbucks, and a host of other local businesses and patrons, including Curtain Call Dinner Theater and El Camino Pet Grooming, who have contributed incentives and prizes for our three summer reading celebrations: children, teens, and adults. The display cases in the Library are replete with a huge assortment of desirable gifts that may be won simply by reading the book you’ve been wanting to read all along! A complete list of our generous
sponsors will be posted soon.
Tawney Bubbles Kicks Off Summer Reading Celebration
Special programs for children and families will be offered during our Summer Reading Celebration. Staff will be dressing accordingly. Coming up on June 24 is Tawney Bubbles and her amazing balloons and staff dressed up like bubbles. Then a visit from Dr. Sue the Bug Lady with Library staff dressing as bees, butterflies, or spiders! We’ll be patriotic in red, white, and blue, although the Library will be closed for the 4th of July. You’ll see us looking like beach bums, cowboys and cowgirls, and strangely mismatched, like we’ve escaped from That 70’s Show. Please join us as we celebrate the fun of reading.
Adults Read, Play, Win!
Adult programs include MADGAB on Tuesday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m. and Wii Sport on Tuesday, July 1 at 7:00 p.m. Auditions for Unplugged will be forthcoming.
Teen Reading Fun
Teens join the Metamorphosis @ Your Library. Anime Night takes place on Thursday, June 26 at 7:00 p.m. Mad Scientist and Operation Wardrobe programs will follow.
Teen Volunteer Squad
A cadre of teen volunteers will be helping out with the Library’s Summer Reading Celebration. Our goal is to get to know our readers, to help them find interesting and challenging new things to read, and to share their interest and excitement in their reading. We want to get to know you, and to provide for you the books and services you most want and need. This will be fun!
Check out our full schedule of Tustin Library Summer Reading Celebration Special Events by visiting the Tustin Library’s Events page.
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Library’s All-Out Reading Fun-for-All
Wahines, (ladies) grab your grass skirt and glide over to the Tustin Library on Wednesday evening, June 18. The Art of the Hula will be presented by Kalua from 7-8:00 p.m. Of course, hảne (men) are welcome to learn and dance as well. Kalua will have your hips swaying and your hands saying good things about the islands by the end of the evening. Learn the music, the culture, and the dance. This free program is appropriate for teens and adults.
Summer Reading Celebration—our all-out reading fun-for-all kicks off on Monday, June 23. Special programs for the youngest children (who must be read to), for school-age kids, for teens, and for adults are planned. Join us for the first family event, Tawney Bubbles’ balloon show at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 24, at the Clifton C. Miller Community Center, next door in the City Hall complex. Remember, all Library programs are absolutely free.
Yes! This summer we’ve got a reading extravaganza designed especially for adults, with a full schedule of enticing programs. Ever tried MadGab? Bowling Night at the Wii? Happy Hour Poetry open mic night? All this and we’re serving refreshments, too. Prize packages await ravenous readers. Sign-ups start June 23.
Tustin residents love their Library. At the annual Chili Cook-Off, most asked questions were, do you need volunteers, do you accept book donations, and when will the new Library be finished? Thanks for your interest. And here are some answers.
We’re revving up for our summer reading celebration and for more targeted programs for young children. Adult visitors have been giving us lots of ideas for programs they would enjoy. So, we now have a volunteer Volunteer Coordinator, Carole Blanscet. Whether you like short tasks like shelving, dusting, mending, or watering plants; enjoy driving for day care delivery or shut-in service; or like reading or storytelling with youngsters, we have a spot for you. We have the friendliest Friends and the most vivacious Volunteers. If you have the talent and time, we have the task.
We do accept book donations. Books need to be useable either in our collection or for resale through the Friends book store. Books that are mildewed, shabby, or outdated with no historic value meet the same sad end here they would meet at your home. For sharp and saleable donations, we’ll be happy to provide a tax receipt. Then the Library benefits by adding needed copies to our collection or by reaping the rewards from the Friends Book Store and Super Sales.
The new Library, growing daily in the lot next door, should be finished and open for service around this time next summer. Tustin residents are fortunate in that they have never been without library service during the creation of this grand new facility. For more information, the exterior view of the new building is on display in the Tustin Library lobby, and the City provides new brochures detailing the building’s progress from time to time.
We share your anticipation and excitement. Thanks for visiting us.
We do have just a few “Inaugural Edition” Chili Cook-off cookbooks available, FREE, for a $50 patron membership to the Friends of the Tustin Library, or $10 to support the Library. The FOTL is the support group that funds our free programs for patrons. Enjoy a pot of Cleopatra’s favorite chili, or try the one Rami Payne and her husband enjoy. Friends and staff contributed to this awesome array of recipes—not to be missed! Your donations help the Friends help the Library help you. Thanks for your support!
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Tustin’s annual Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off took off on Sunday, June 1. About 32,000 visitors were expected; about 35,000 arrived. Staff think at least 30,000 of them played “Spin & Win” at the Library’s booth! For those who think library outreach is blah and dull, have we got news for you! We were all about chile peppers and having fun with chili trivia. We had flashing chiles here. We had dazzling chiles there. We gotcha’ chiles everywhere.
We met library lovers from far and wide; and we can tell you, Tustin residents love their Library. At the Cook-Off, most asked questions were, do you need volunteers, do you accept book donations, and when will the new Library be finished? Thanks for your interest. And here are some answers.
Carole Blanscet has volunteered to be our volunteer coordinator, and whether you like short tasks like shelving, dusting, mending, or watering plants; enjoy driving for day care delivery or shut-in service; or like reading or storytelling with youngsters, we have a spot for you! We have the friendliest Friends and the most vivacious Volunteers. If you have the talent and time, we have the task.
We do accept book donations; but they need to be useable either in our collection or for resale through the Friends book store. For sharp and saleable donations, we’ll be happy to provide a tax receipt. Then the Library benefits by adding needed copies to our collection or by reaping the rewards from the Friends Sale.
The new Library should be open for service around this time next summer. Tustin residents are fortunate in that they have never been without library service during the creation of this grand new facility. The exterior view of the new building is displayed in the Library lobby, along with brochures updating its progress.
We’re revving up for our summer reading celebration and for more targeted programs for young children. Check the ticker for special summer reading events for kids, teens, and grown-ups. They are plentiful, varied, and FREE!
Plus! This summer we’ve got a reading extravaganza designed especially for adults, with a full schedule of enticing programs. Ever tried MadGab? How about Bowling Night at the Wii? Happy Hour Poetry open mic night—Yes! We’re serving refreshments, too! Prize packages await ravenous readers. Sign-ups start June 23.
The Art of the Hula will be presented by Kalua at the Tustin Library on Wednesday, June 18, from 7-8:00 p.m. Learn the authentic history and culture of the hula, enjoy Hawaiian music, and learn the storytelling dance. All free. Mark your calendars now!
The Tustin Library is the place to find hot cookbooks for cool recipes for hot summer days and cold winter nights.
We’re your ChiLibrary this weekend! We’re The Haute Spot for Cool Reads, and you’ll find us at the Tustin Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off with recipes to tantalize you, questions to quiz you, and prizes to reward you! Join us in Old Town Tustin on Sunday, June 1st. The Library will be closed for the day; so come to the Street Fair to find out all about the upcoming Summer Reading Celebration with special programs and events for pre-readers, self-readers, teens, and adults.
FREE! For becoming a Patron of the Friends of the Tustin Library, only $50 per year, you will receive a commemorative edition of the Chilibrary Cookbook 2008, brought to you by the Friends of the Tustin Library and the Tustin Library staff of cooks and researchers. Look for our booth, sporting the Wheel of Fun, prizes, and the rare and special talents of Library staffers. Hula hoop, anyone? Kazoo solo, perhaps? Juggle-Magic? Don’t miss it!
Yes! This summer we’ve got a reading extravaganza designed especially for adults with a full summer of enticing programs. Ever tried MadGab? How about Bowling Night at the Wii? Happy Hour Poetry open mic night—Yes! We’re serving refreshments! Prize packages await ravenous readers. Sign-ups start June 23.
Make sure to show for the “Blow-Out Book Sale” sponsored by the Friends of the Tustin Library, set for Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, 2008.
The Library’s Community Room is the place to be for book bargains galore. This is the big sale you’ve been waiting for. Pull a wagon, bring the SUV, or borrow a pick-up truck for this haul. You’ll thank us for it later.
Interested in being a teen volunteer with our Summer Reading Celebration? Applications are now available for pick-up. If you need community volunteer hours or have a special interest in libraries or helping children enjoy reading, the Tustin Library may be the place for you. We will accept the first 100 completed and returned applications. An orientation session will be held at a later date.
Teens currently offer homework help to elementary students in the Library on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-5:00 p.m. FREE!
Boys and girls from two to four years old and their parents are invited to the Tustin Library’s “Rise Up Reading Pajama Storytime Party,” Wednesday, May 22, from 10:15-10:45 a.m. This is an active storytime with picture books, silly songs, music and movement. Parent participation is encouraged. Rediscover your inner child! Stretch and sing and read along with us! This program is free. Questions? Please call Mary, Children’s Librarian at 544-7725.
The Independent Writers or Southern California (IWOSC) group will meet for the last time this season at the Tustin Library on Wednesday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m… Aspiring and published writers are invited to share their work and discuss the publishing biz.
The next workshop presented by SCORE will focus on start-up capital and financing. SCORE presentations are free, but pre-registration is requested. Please call the Library at 544-7725 to get on the list.
Tustin Library is gearing up for a busy Summer Reading Celebration, starting June 23. Magicians, jugglers, bug ladies, storytellers, and balloonists will present fantabulous programs for free. Programs for pre-readers, self-readers, and teen readers abound.
Teen Summer Reading events include the hugely popular Game Night, Anime Night, Breaking Dawn Book Release Party, and more. Stay tuned!
These library programs are funded by the Friends of the Tustin Library. Our programs keep kids happily engaged with wholesome entertainment and enjoyable reading activities. This makes skill-building easier for the girls and boys of summer. Regular visits to the Library build school success. Community support for our Summer Reading Celebration is welcome. Please see our Summer Wish List for ways you can help.
Coming Up!
Tustin Library will be closed on Memorial Day, Sunday, May 26. Books may be returned on time in the book drop.
Top 10 Myths of Social Security, Wednesday, May 28 from 7-8:00 p.m. in the Tustin Library Community Room. This program is free.
Teen Advisory Board meets Friday, May 30 at 4:00 p.m.
Tustin Library will be closed for the annual Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off on Sunday, June 1. Visit us at our booth. We’re the “Haute Spot for Cool Reads!”
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Celebrating poetry in April was absolutey fun, contemplative, and creative; with our very own Sharon and Mary performing their hilarious skits of poems…
Even our Teens had their chance, three winners from the Teen Poetry Contest, an evening with Two Idiots Peddling Poetry and an open mic session for the brave…
March Madness was full of activities from the BIG READ’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” theme and accompanying movies, In-N-Out’s Food for Thought, and Readers’ Rally that sent our visitors across Orange County go get their Readers’ Rally passports stamped. We ended March with an awesome author-talk from a local World War II Bombardier, Mr. Charles Norm Stevens, who has recorded his experiences in his memoir, An Innocent At Polebrook: A Memoir of an Eighth Air Force Bombardier.
With all of that, we had our drawing for March Madness participators, and all those lucky winners came to collect their prizes, thanks to the Friends of the Tustin Library, and to our local ACORN NATURALIST for donating some very nice merchandise for our lucky winners!
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Tustin’s annual Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off took off on Sunday, June 1. About 32,000 visitors were expected; about 35,000 arrived. Staff think at least 30,000 of them played “Spin & Win” at the Library’s booth! For those who think library outreach is blah and dull, have we got news for you! We were all about chile peppers and having fun with chili trivia. We had flashing chiles here. We had dazzling chiles there. We gotcha’ chiles everywhere.
