This program is an extension of our Baby Lap Time program and is recommended for children ages birth to 18 months. Little Tots is designed so the baby/young toddler will be in their caregiver’s lap and the grownup is actively involved in the program; it is recommended that each child have their own adult with them. Please plan on attending only one of the identical 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. sessions.
Story Time fun for the entire family. These 30-to-40-minute story times are packed full of books and activities designed to be enjoyed by all ages. Promoting language and literacy skills, story times are a great way to further your child’s lifelong love of reading and learning. Children and their grownups are encouraged to actively engage and participate with the stories and activities during the program.
Join yoga instructor, Dexter Sumner, for an accessible, all-levels yoga class every Wednesday evening. Yoga will take place in the lower level meeting room. Please bring your own yoga mat.
FREE | Ages 18+
The Wise Aging Seminar Series, led by trained facilitator Harriett Stonehill, is designed to initiate key conversations in a small group about addressing the challenges and opportunities of aging.
Novelists and neighbors, Kate Lehrer and Susan Shreve, will discuss the writing life – the importance of writing in their lives, how their writing routines differ, and how friendship has played into their work.
Join yoga instructor, Dexter Sumner, for an accessible, all-levels yoga class every Wednesday evening. Yoga will take place in the lower level meeting room. Please bring your own yoga mat.
FREE | Ages 18+
The Wise Aging Seminar Series, led by trained facilitator Harriett Stonehill, is designed to initiate key conversations in a small group about addressing the challenges and opportunities of aging.
Are you a fan of the lovable monsters known as Pokémon? This is the club for you! Do you have no idea what a Pokémon is, but you want to make friends and have some good, silly fun? This is alsothe club for you!
Get one-on-one assistance with navigating your digital devices. We will also look at Overdrive and other DC Public Library databases you can use for free with your library card. Please bring your charged device with you.
Join this barrier free knitting circle at the Cleveland Park Library the third Wednesday of every month. This program will meet in the first floor meeting room.
Come see what's going on at the library this month!
August is here and that means it is the last month to sign up for summer reading!
Sign up here, and make sure you claim your badges by Aug. 31 to get prizes. And don't forget: The essay contest ends Aug. 15! Submit your essays here! Here's what we have going on this month:
Aug. 5, 4:30 p.m., is Book Bingo. Try your luck and win a prize!
Staff at Cleveland Park Library are available for job seeker assistance, all month long, every month.
While we can provide quick help for walk-ins, call the Information Desk at 202-282-3072, or email to clevelandparklibrary@dc.gov for one-on-one assistance. You can receive help writing resumes and cover letters, navigating popular job search websites, filling out job applications online, and setting up accounts on popular job websites.
Two brothers travel in a covered wagon for four months, following a 19th-century American highway to Oregon, the first time someone retraced the Oregon Trail in the same way the pioneers had traveled.
During the American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco, the annual Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were announced.
Here are the winning titles available to check out and download from the library system.
Fiction
For when you've read through the entire YA section
So you’ve read your way through the YA section at your library, and you’re at a lost at what to do next. The fiction shelves seem daunting, but here are some suggestions to get you started.
Feedby Mira Grant
July is here and that means a new month of events! Beat the heat at the library. We will be having programming every Wednesday at 4 p.m. so stop by and earn some teen summer reading badges. Haven't signed up for teen summer reading yet? Sign up today!
Make your own hypnotizers on July 1!
July 8 is movie night! We'll be watching the sci-fi/horror thriller Alien.
Thursday, July 2, 6:30 p.m. we will be discussing Julia Dahl's Invisible City, the first in a series featuring newspaper reporter Rebekah Roberts. Child of a Jewish mother and Christian father, Rebekah learns about her heritage while covering the story of a murdered woman in the Hassidic community of Brooklyn.
Staff at Cleveland Park Library are available for job seeker assistance, all month long, every month.
While we can provide quick help for walk-ins, call the Information Desk at 202-282-3072, or email to clevelandparklibrary@dc.gov to make an appointment for one-on-one assistance. You can receive help setting up accounts on popular job websites, writing resumes and cover letters, filling out job applications online, and navigating popular job search websites.
A lot of people are hesitant to pick up a book if it is labeled historical fiction.
What they don't realize is that historical fiction is not that different from the sometimes more "glamorous" fantasy novels -- both are set in a world different from the one we know today. I find exploring different worlds, whether they are fantastical or historical, extremely interesting which is why I love both genres.
What follows is a very abbreviated list of some of my favorite historical fiction titles which I believe would interest even the most reluctant historian.
