Family Storytime

Family Storytime is for all ages. It is an opportunity for parents to introduce their children to reading and language in a fun way.

Family Storytime is on break this week. We will return on June 1. See you then!

Dungeons & Dragons Club

Everyone is welcome to attend the D & D group at Woods Library. We will be doing version four and using a paper grid. No experience necessary to join.

Woods Memorial Library Book Club

This is a monthly book club for adults. We read both fiction and nonfiction titles. Please join us! Call 594-5445 if you have any questions.

This month's reading selection is Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks.

College and Career Exploration with a Student Ambassador

Do you have plans after earning your diploma or GED? Are you thinking about college or a career, but don't know what to do next?

Meet one-on-one with a Student Ambassador to help you:

• Research colleges and different careers
• Learn how to apply to college
• Get scholarship and financial aid information
• Find resources to learn new job skills

Student Ambassadors are available to meet with high school and adult students and their families.

Food Stamp Application Assistance

Let an employee from the Community Food Bank help you apply for SNAP (“food stamps” or the government nutrition assistance program), AHCCCS (health care) and TANF (cash assistance). To find out what documents that you will need, please call the Community Food Bank at 520-622-0525 extension 275.

Quiet Zone / La Zona de Silencio

We are designating a Quiet Zone for those customers who would like an area where they can have a peaceful place for study, contemplation, reflection, productive thinking or to just read, with minimal disturbances.

La Zona de Silencio está reservada para clientes de la Biblioteca quienes están leyendo, estudiando, conduciendo investigaciónes u otras actividades sin ruido.

Healthy Living: Managing Ongoing Health Conditions

Is a workshop developed by Stanford University to help adults and caregivers successfully live with ongoing health conditions. The workshop teaches management skills through interaction, goal setting and action planning. You learn to manage your own health. Attend if you are living with ongoing health issues like hypertension, arthritis, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or other conditions. Small-group workshops are 6 weeks long, meeting once a week for 2.5 hours. Healthy Living workshops are taught by trained leaders who often live with chronic conditions. Workshop is conducted in English only and the minimum to start the workshop is 10 participants up to 16.

Pre-registration is required. Phone 520-243-7939 and talk with Hector Juarez, Healthy Living Coordinator.

Workshop is Tuesday, from 10:30am – 1:00pm, April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, and June 4.

Community meeting. This is not a library-sponsored event and is subject to change without notice.

Amphi Neighborhood Action Mural Workshop

Bring your neighborhood to life! This mural will be designed and painted by a group of youth who will interview residents and dream up a design that will inspire people for generations to come. The mural will be painted on the north side of the Woods Library, becoming a community cultural landmark.

Free to register! Open to the first 15 youth, ages 11-18. To register, contact Michael B Schwartz of the Tucson Arts Brigade by email or phone at 520-623-2119.

Workshop 13/ Mural Project Reflection
Neighborhood Speaker: Supervisor Richard Elias.

Bilingual Storytime

Designed for children and their parents or caregivers. We will read stories, sing and do a craft to take home.

Esa hora de cuentos es para los ninos y sus padres y cuidadores. Leen cuentos, cantan, y hacen un arte para llevar a casa.

Quiet Zone / La Zona de Silencio

We are designating a Quiet Zone for those customers who would like an area where they can have a peaceful place for study, contemplation, reflection, productive thinking or to just read, with minimal disturbances.

La Zona de Silencio está reservada para clientes de la Biblioteca quienes están leyendo, estudiando, conduciendo investigaciónes u otras actividades sin ruido.

Preschool Storytime

Designed for 3- to 5-year-olds and their parents or caregivers. Stories are longer than the Toddler Storytime and the activities are more complex. Children must be able to sit still for a longer period of time than during Toddler Storytime. Preschool Storytime is 30 to 45 minutes long.

Family Fun Club!

Join us every Wednesday for a fun activity. All ages welcome!

Read to a Dog

Hey kids! Read to one of the dogs and have fun while improving your reading skills! Therapy dogs love to have books read to them. They never criticize your reading skills and will often lick your hand to show appreciation. They just love to be read to by children.

Create a Special Place for Me

The Blake Foundation. Community meeting. This is not a library-sponsored event and is subject to change without notice.

Babytime

Designed for babies up to 18 months of age. At Storytime, children have an opportunity to do activities that promote development and learning.