@ Menlo Park Library

Join us online (or attend an in-library simulcast) to meet the daughters of the legendary Shari Lewis: Mallory and Lamb Chop!

Mallory Lewis is a multiple Emmy Award Nominee, and an Emmy Award winner, for her work as head writer and producer on her mother’s television shows “Lamb Chop’s Play Along” and “Charlie Horse Music Pizza.”

Following Shari’s passing in 1998, Mallory began appearing with Lamb Chop, and now the pair have been performing together for over 25 years.

Mally and Lamb Chop will be Zooming in live from Portugal to talk about Shari, and share the latest, and take our questions.

Join us for tea and conversation around the tarot deck!

Socialize and practice your skills reading the tarot. Although this isn’t an instructional course, meet like-minded people who can share their tarot experiences.

Decks won’t be provided, but tea and tarot-themed book recommendations will, so prepare to get cozy and pull some cards.

Join us for a special storytime featuring books, rhymes, and fun in Portuguese!

Our Global Language Storytime features a different language each month. This time, children aged 1-8 with their grown-ups are invited to join us for a fun-filled Portuguese-language storytime.

Enjoy nursery rhymes, movement, and stories with Laura Cláes from A Casa Feita de Palavras. Non-Portuguese speakers will benefit from exposure to the language through literature and nursery rhymes, as well as experiencing the rich culture and traditions.

Laura Cláes is a Psychologist and Brazilian immigrant who shares the importance of Portuguese as a heritage language with families who have the same interest and are looking for spaces where the language can be encouraged and the culture known through books.

Menlo Park’s Global Language Storytime series features a different language each month, exposing children and families to a wealth of languages and cultures during fun, interactive activities for audiences of all language backgrounds.

Menlo Park Library’s Mystery Readers Group is a different kind of book group: rather than all reading the same book, we share our reading of different books surrounding a particular theme: Japanese detective fiction, for instance.

“Honkaku” fiction has roots in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, blending the strictly codified rules of classic Western detective novels with a Japanese literary style. Honkaku mysteries are frequently fair play mysteries, incorporating diagrams and puzzle box elements to help the reader solve the crime.

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