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Reading Buddies
A Teen Reading Buddy is looking for a little buddy who needs to practice their reading or who simply loves to read! Search for us in the Children's Area to sign up for a 25 minute one-on-one time. We...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, November 12, 2025
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Main Floor, Monterey Public Library
- Audience:
- Kids
Technology and Ebook Help
Our Technology Volunteer is here to answer questions like "Can you give me a jump start on using ebooks?", "How can I add formatting to my Word document?", "How do I print to the library printer from...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 13, 2025
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Monterey Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults
Paws to Read
Spend some time reading to a certified therapy dog. Participants will sign up for 10 minutes reading sessions to read a selection of their choice to a new furry friend.
Great for kindergarten and up!...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 13, 2025
- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- Location:
- Community Room, Monterey Public Library
- Audience:
- Kids
Storytime
Join friendly library staff for storytime every Friday morning. We meet in the Library's Community Room for a 30 minute storytime and stay and play. All are welcome, especially ages 2-5.
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- Date:
- Friday, November 14, 2025
- Time:
- 10:15am - 11:00am
- Location:
- Community Room, Monterey Public Library
- Audience:
- Kids
Cannery Row Days: Travels with Charley Book Discussion with Susan Shillinglaw
During the past decade, there has been intense scholarly discussion about precisely how to categorize Travels with Charley. Is it nonfiction? If so, does Steinbeck seem to embellish episodes or, as is...
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- Date:
- Friday, November 14, 2025
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Location:
- Community Room, Monterey Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults
Fall Bingo: Sept 15 - Nov 15
Thanks for celebrating the cozy season with the Monterey Public Library. Be sure to return your completed bingo sheet by today to be entered into our special grand prize drawing! Winners will be...
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Sewing With Julia
Kids aged 7-10 learn sewing skills with Library Clerk Julia. Each session will have a different project for children to complete.
Join us in the Community Room the 3rd Saturday of every month for a...
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- Date:
- Saturday, November 15, 2025
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Community Room, Monterey Public Library
- Audience:
- Kids
- Register! - 17 seats left
Cannery Row Days: The Life History of Ed Ricketts and His Marvelous Laboratory
Join Gregor Cailliet and Lucas Seastrom for a discussion about Ed Ricketts and Pacific Biological Laboratories!
Gregor Cailliet will discuss and show slides of the life history of Ed Ricketts, his...
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Robert Louis Stevenson's Unbirthday Celebration
In 1891 writer Robert Louis Stevenson gave his birthday away to his friend's 12 year old daughter, Annie Ide. The reason for this was that Annie was unhappy that her birthday fell on Christmas Day and...
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- Date:
- Saturday, November 15, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Community Room, Monterey Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Register! - 14 seats left
Teen Advisory Board Meeting
Join TAB twice a month to plan out teen events, help manage the teen instagram page, receive volunteers hours and more!
To be an active member, you must commit to attend a minimum of 4 meetings until...
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- Date:
- Monday, November 17, 2025
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Community Room, Monterey Public Library
- Audience:
- Teens