Main Library Garage Closed on November 21 for 27th El Tour de Tucson
This year's El Tour de Tucson will start and end at Jácome Plaza, on the southwest corner of North Church Avenue and Pennington. The race is Saturday, November 21. Although the library will be open regular hours, Main Library parking garage will be closed all day and some downtown roads will be closed: Church, Pennington, and Alameda Streets. Stone Avenue will remain open.
Brain™ Times at the Library
Listen to stories and sing fun songs at the Library while learning tips about how to help your child's brain develop in healthy ways. Learn new ways to play with toys, puppets, and even everyday household objects that support healthy brain development during our Brain™ Times.
Fantastic Creations Teen Fantasy & Sci-Fi Drawing Contest Winners
Check out the amazing art from this year's winners from the Fantastic Creations Teen Fantasy & Sci-Fi Drawing Contest. The top winners were awarded on November 13, 2009 during TusCon 36, Tucson's Science Fiction Fantasy Convention, sponsored by the Baja Arizona Science Fiction Association.
Family Read Aloud Nights are Back!
Enjoy stories, songs, make a craft and meet storybook characters at Family Read Aloud Nights at several branch libraries and community locations.
Drawing Contest for Young Artists
Jeremy Jackrabbit has an important story to tell... and we're looking for young artists to draw his story.
Southside Chess Championship
All levels of players are welcome at this free chess tournament.
This Year's OneBookAZ Winners Are...
We are thrilled to announce that the 2010 OneBookAZ winning titles are ...
Pair Your Beginning Reader with a Reading Partner at Your Library
Compañeros y Compañeras de Lectura para su lector principiante en su biblioteca local
Trained Reading Partners are ready to start reading with your child during your visit to your local library.
Tucson Festival of Books' Young Writer's Competition
Concurso de Escritores Jóvenes del Festival de Libros de Tucson
The Tucson Festival of Books Young Writer's Competition invites all pre-school through grade 12 youth in Pima County to submit an original story that makes us feel and think.
Free Reading Tutoring for K-5 Students
Is your child struggling to read? Would she benefit from one-on-one reading tutoring? Tucson OASIS, a national education organization dedicated to enriching the lives of adults age 50 and older, will match kindergarten through 5th grade students and their parents with tutors for free, 9-week reading tutoring sessions.
Conversation Café Open at Dusenberry-River Branch Library
Are you looking for a comfortable place for a one-on-one or small group conversation? Then come to Conversation Café at the Dusenberry-River Branch Library, Thursdays and Fridays from 12-3 pm.
Free Reading Tutoring for K-5 Students
Is your child struggling to read? Would she benefit from one-on-one reading tutoring?
First Graders Can Get Their First Library Card
Did you know that the first grade is an ideal time to get your child a library card?
Celebrate 50 Years of Supergirl at the Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch Library
It's great being able to fly through the air as free as a bird, look right through things, and bend steel bars, but it's not easy being a teenage superhero! See how Supergirl has balanced schoolwork with saving humanity for the past 50 years with an awesome display through the end of the year at the Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch Library