Menlo Park Library

08/30/2026

Join us this week!

8/30: Coloring for Adults
9/2: Garden Talk
9/2: Teen Tabletop Gaming

--Plus storytimes, and English Conversation Club! https://bit.ly/4pMn1Xl

08/30/2026

Read the latest Library and Community Services Newsletter featuring:

🎒 Teen College and Career Day
🍂 Fall activity enrollment – Last call
🛠️ Holiday closure
📖 What to read this September
💦 Spend Labor Day weekend at the pool!
🍽️ Lunch is served at Menlo Park Senior Center (ages 60 and older)
🎮 Teen Media Nights
📺 eLibrary Spotlight: Kanopy Streaming TV and Films
🗓️ New pool hours

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08/29/2026

This year's Summer Puppetry Festival is behind us, but the happy memories stick around! The final show with Risa Lenore's Possibly Puppets was full of surprises and fun and audience involvement. Want to try creating your own puppet show? Hey, we've got books about that! Grab your library card & check them out. https://bit.ly/4c9jNbb

08/28/2026

Our Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Group is reading L. Frank Baum's Wonderful Wizard of Oz! Check it out & join us to talk about it--your choice of online or in-person--on Monday, Sept. 28. Should be plenty of time for you enjoy this classic! https://bit.ly/3UefbdJ

08/27/2026

The 11th Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival is on the way, featuring performances at Menlo Park Library, Belle Haven Library, and online--and a very fun storytelling workshop! Mark your calendar for our first performance, Afri-Crafty Tales with Kenyan-born performer Clara Kamunde, Sept. 27. https://bit.ly/3UaJq5p

08/27/2026

Yayoi Kusama was a fascinating artist, an international icon. As we remember her, we recall Zooming to Milan in 2022 for a virtual library event with Elisa Macellari, author of Kusama: The Graphic Novel. The book is available for you to reserve via our profile link, and you can view our visit with Macellari on our program archive. https://bit.ly/4hSgfxL

08/26/2026

We're just a week away from our next Garden Talk presentation! Join us online Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 6:30 as our gardening experts discuss their top 10 California perennials: plants that are fairly easy to grow, and will attract butterflies and pollinators throughout most of the year. Sign up now! https://bit.ly/3UbhqP0

08/26/2026

A student journalist from the M-A Chronicle came to the final show of the 9th Annual Menlo Park Summer Puppetry Festival, and shared some great photos and quotes!

A snail puppet closed out Menlo Park's ninth annual summer puppetry festival.

08/25/2026

She was a dancer, singer, and magician, but was best known as the ventriloquist behind sock puppets Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy and, of course, Lamb Chop. Join us at the library Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. as we close out this year's Summer Puppetry Festival with a screening of "Shari and Lamb Chop," a documentary sharing the life and legacy of Shari Lewis. https://bit.ly/4c4i5Ia