Classes & Programs

Chinese Story Times-Ni Hao!

All ages welcome.
Stories told in Mandarin and English. Fun language-learning with puppets, music and games.

Hindi Story Time-Namaste!

Ages 3 and older with families.
Stories told in English and Hindi. Fun language-learning with stories, music and games in Hindi celebrating Children's Day/Book Day or El día de los niños/libros.

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Play & Learn Chinese

Newborn to age 5 with an adult.
Have lots of fun learning, reading and sharing! The Play & Learn group will be conducted primarily in English but the facilitator is a bilingual English/Chinese speaker.

Hello English! Intermediate ESL Class

Learn English in a structured environment. Instructional materials will be provided.

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Sammamish Library Writing Group

Ages 14 and older.
Respond to prompts, or write what you want to. Come once or attend every month. Led by Reisha Holton, Sammamish journalist and creative writer. For questions, email reishaholton@gmail.com.

Meet the Author: Sherri Brooks Vinton, Put ‘em Up! and The Real Food Revival

Put ‘em Up! is a preserving guide and cookbook all in one! This creative collection has 80 inventive recipes for preserving all kinds of fruit, from apples, berries, and cherries to lemons, quince, and tomatoes, but it also has 80 recipes for using preserves in main dishes, side dishes, desserts and cocktails.
www.sherribrooksvinton.com

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Food Justice Now! The Right to Grow and Eat

Through discussion and information, look at how to change our food system to one that support the rights of everyone to grow, distribute, and eat good, clean, fair food. This workshop will focus on injustices in the food system and building a movement for food justice. Facilitated by the Community Alliance for Global Justice, www.seattleglobaljustice.org

Talk Time

Conversation practice for adults who want to improve their English language skills.

Hello English! Intermediate ESL Class

Learn English in a structured environment. Instructional materials will be provided.

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Play & Learn Chinese

Newborn to age 5 with adult.
Have lots of fun learning, reading and sharing! The Play & Learn group will be conducted primarily in English but the facilitator is a bilingual English/Chinese speaker.

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Talk Time

Conversation practice for adults who want to improve their English language skills.

Bee-Boppin’ Bugs Concert

Ages 2 to 5 with adult, siblings welcome.
Join Northwest singer-songwriter Nancy Stewart for this springtime concert series. Explore fun facts about our tiny buzzing, creeping, and crawling friends.Children and adults will sing, wiggle and buzz along.

Dig Into Reading- Great Summer Reads for Grades 3-5

Looking for new books to read? This fun program introduces the Summer Reading Program to kids going into third to fifth grade including reading recommendations, trivia and games to inspire digging into books!

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Play & Learn Chinese

Newborn to age 5 with adult.
Have lots of fun learning, reading and sharing! The Play & Learn group will be conducted primarily in English but the facilitator is a bilingual English/Chinese speaker.

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Women’s Natural Guide to Avoiding Cancer

Come join naturopathic physician, Lisa Price, to learn how to maintain good health and minimize your risk of getting cancer. To register, please call the Cancer Education Center: (206) 386-2502.

Talk Time

Conversation practice for adults who want to improve their English language skills.

Sticks & Stones, Seeds & Bones Concert

Ages 2 to 5 with adult, siblings welcome.
Join Northwest singer-songwriter Nancy Stewart for this springtime concert series. From goats’ toenails to gourds and stones, anything that makes a sound can make a rhythm! See, hear, and sing with unusual rhythm instruments from around the world.

Mother Daughter Book Club

Daughters ages 10 to 13 and their mothers.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg.
" Suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away-- with style-- to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing her younger brother Jamie has money and can help her with a serious cash-flow problem, she invites him along. Once settled into the museum, they find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master, Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn’t it? Claudia is determined to find out. Her quest leads her to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue, and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself."

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Play & Learn Chinese

Newborn to age 5 with adult.
Have lots of fun learning, reading and sharing! The Play & Learn group will be conducted primarily in English but the facilitator is a bilingual English/Chinese speaker.

Teen Writers Group

Talk about writing, do writing exercises and munch on snacks.

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Meet Dianne Aprile, Washington Trust Fellow

Dianne will read excerpts from Thicker Than Water, her current work in progress, a memoir of her special relationship with an eccentric aunt whose long, resilient, friend-filled life belied a 70-year struggle with the stigma and challenges of mental illness. Dianne will also read a selection from The Eye Is Not Enough: On Seeing and Remembering, a collaboration with visual artist M.L. Hess, re-issued in paperback in 2012. Join the author in a discussion after the reading.

Study Zone

Grades K-12.
Drop in for free homework help from tained volunteer tutors. Get help in all subject areas, including Math, Science, SAT and other test preparation. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-8pm.

Sammamish Book Group

Come for a lively discussion about books and authors! This month is a "free read". Share something you've read and find out what others are reading.

Jr. Book Club

Ages 6 to 9 with adult.
Story Time for the second generation!
Open to young elementary-ages and their parents, this group focuses on picture books for older readers. The librarian will guide a discussion on themes and characters in the chosen story followed by fun activities and a list of other recommended books to take home.

I Dig Dinosaurs Concert

Ages 2 to 5 with adult, siblings welcome.
Take a musical journey to explore the lighter side of dinosaurs. From songs about dinosaurs driving cars to the audience-choreographed “Continental Drift” and, of course, digging for bones.
A roaring good time is guaranteed!

Meet Erika Mitchell, author of Blood Money

In Blood Money, author-you-almost-certainly-have-never-heard-of Erika Mitchell brings you a thriller where accountants are heroes and spies are sidekicks. Join Erika as she discusses her book, which The Readers Cafe hailed as, “Five out of five Sudoku puzzles,” as well as blogging, publishing and maybe the zombie apocalypse too if there’s time.

Block Party! Legos in the Library

Ages 6 to 11 with adult.
This is a hands-on class where kids will build machines, buildings, vehicles and other motorized structures out of LEGO® bricks, using one-of-a-kind model plans designed by Bricks4Kidz® Watch the creative side of your child while they play and socialize with friends learning fundamentals of engineering and architecture.