The El Toro Library

Please call the library for information regarding storytimes, reading clubs, and other events.

El Toro Cultural Events, Lectures, and Groups

Scrabble Club

Bring your own Scrabble game and play with other's in the Library's Community Room. All levels welcomed: beginners/intermediate/advanced. Adults (18+). Sundays 1-3pm as follows:

• November 22nd
• January 17th
• February 21st
• March 21st
  
  
  

El Toro Book Discussion Groups

El Toro Library Book Club

Join us for a cup of coffee and a friendly discussion. Newcomers always welcomed. Get your reading copy at the Information Desk. Fridays 1-2pm as follows:

Nov. 13, 2009 Chang and Eng by Darin Strauss
Jan. 8, 2010 The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus
Feb. 19, 2010 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Can't attend a session? Online discussions going on now at http://eltorobookclub.pbworks.com

El Toro Storytime

Toddler Storytime

Babies ages 0-3 and their caregivers are invited to join us for a 30-minute program featuring songs, stories, rhymes and playtime for the youngest book lovers.  Mondays, September 28, October 5, 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16 beginning at 10 a.m. in the Community Room.

Preschool Storytime

Children ages 3-5 may come to a 30-minute storytime full of rhymes, stories, fingerplays and more.  Join us in the Community Room on Wednesdays, September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 18 beginning at 1:30 p.m.  Parents welcome.

Afterschool Fun

Tuesday, November 24, 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. - Meet Laura Ingalls Wilder!  Actress Judith Helton portrays the author of the "Little House" books.  In the Community Room.  Afterschool program for ages 6 - 12.

Toddler Storytime

Babies ages 0-3 and their caregivers are invited to join us for a 30-minute program featuring songs, stories, rhymes and playtime for the youngest book lovers. Mondays beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the Community Room. December 7, 14, January 4, 11, 25, February 1, 8. SPACE IS LIMITED: PLEASE REGISTER AT THE INFORMATION DESK.

Preschool Storytime

Children ages 3-5 may come to a 30-minute storytime full of rhymes, stories, finger plays and more. Join us in the Community Room on Wednesdays beginning at 1:30 p.m. December 9, 16, January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, 10.

Spanish Storytime/Media hora de cuento en Espanol

Little ones ages 2-5 are invited for stories and rhymes in Spanish. A 30-minute program in the Community Room on Wednesdays beginning at 12:30 p.m. January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3.

Cuentos y rimas en espanol para ninos de 2 a 5 anos. Los miercoles de las 12:30pm hasta las 1pm. En el salon comunitario de la biblioteca el 6, 13, 29, 27 de enero y 3 de febrero.

Portable Planetarium

Lasers, music and slides bring the galaxy to the library! An afterschool program for ages 6-10. Tuesday, January 26, 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the Community Room.

Puppet Show

Ahoy Matey! Puppeteer Richard Woloski spins a lively yarn about the adventures of Petey the Parrot. Schoolage program for ages 6-10. Tuesday, February 23, from 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. in the Community Room.