Library closing at 5pm on December 31 and closed on January 1 for New Year's Day

Please note that the Glen Park Branch and all other San Francisco Public Libraries will close at 5pm on Thursday December 31 and ill be closed on Friday January 1 for New Year's Day. We will resume our regular opening hours on Saturday January 2.

Thursday, Dec 31- 1-5pm (shorter hours)
Friday, Jan 1- closed
Saturday, Jan 2- 1-6pm (normal hours)

Happy New Year from all of us!

Library closed on December 25 for Christmas Day and closing at 5pm on December 24

Please note that the Glen Park Branch and all other San Francisco Public Libraries will be closed on Friday, December 25 for Christmas Day and will close at 5pm on Thursday December 24. We will resume our regular opening hours on Saturday December 26.

12/24= 1pm-5pm (closing early)
12/25= Closed
12/26= 1pm-6pm

Happy holidays to all of you!

Gingerbread craft class


Gingerbread craft class
Originally uploaded by Glen Park Library
We had a lot of fun this past Saturday during the design your own gingerbread person craft class. Here are just a few of the great works the kids created!

Gingerbread craft class

Gingerbread craft class

To see more, visit our Flickr page.

DIY Bath soaps and more for Teens

Thursday, December 17
4-6pm

In this spa event for teens, we’ll make bath scrubs, tub teas, and pour soaps. As they make great gifts, participants will also have the opportunity to decorate containers and make instructional tags for their products. Workshop presented by Steven James.

For ages 12-18. For more information, contact Marla Bergman, Teen Librarian, at mbergman@sfpl.org or (415) 355-2858.

Winter Reading Programs!

Once again the Glen Park Library is holding their annual winter reading programs for all ages! It starts December 12, 2009- January 16, 2010.

Adult readers only have to read 3 books to earn a small prize and receive a raffle ticket. The raffle prizes are 3 different food gift baskets. One winner per basket:

Foods of Italy basket
italian basket

A taste of Europe gift basket
european basket

chocolate lovers baskets
chocolate basket

For kids ages birth to 12, they can read on their own or have books read to them. They can read to earn a small prize then enter the raffle for the snowy owl puppet.

snowy owl puppet

The teen reading program is for ages 12-18. For every five hours they read they can enter the raffle. The raffle prizes are:
-$25 Visa gift card
-flashdrive.

The adult and kids program are only at Glen Park Library, the Teen is at: Bayview, Chinatown, Excelsior, Main, Mission, North Beach, Ortega, Portola,Richmond, Visitacion Valley and West Portal.

Hope to see you this winter!