Amelia’s Road, with children’s author Linda Jacobs Altman. Altman will share her poignant children’s book. The story is about Amelia Luisa Martinez, a young Latina girl, who hates roads. The roads take her migrant worker family to fields where they labor all day, to schools where no one knows Amelia’s name.
October 11, Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., Rancho Cordova Library
October 11, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m., Belle Cooledge Library
October 11, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Galt-Marian O. Lawrence Library

Cool Melons – Turn to Frogs!, with Matthew Gollub. Award-winning author Matthew Gollub's book showcases traditional Japanese-style poetry, known as haiku, and features the life and poems of Issa, Japan’s best loved haiku master. Gollub will read excerpts from the inspiring book in English, Spanish, and Japanese. The book earned A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year and an American Library Association Notable Book selection.
October 19, Wednesday, 10 a.m., South Natomas Library
October 19, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Arden-Dimick Library

Peach Boy and Peach Ice Cream Making, with storyteller Sally Sweeny. Hear the Japanese folktale of Peach Boy. Kids will make peach-flavored ice cream.
October 4, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Galt-Marian O. Lawrence Library
October 8, Saturday, 2 p.m., Arcade Learning Library
October 12, Wednesday, 3:33 p.m., Walnut Grove Library
October 19, Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., Elk Grove Library
October 27, Thursday, 3:30 p.m., Sylvan Oaks Library

P is for Peaches, with ArtWorks. Make a simple alphabet book that explores all the creatures and things found on a farm or in an orchard.  Use construction paper and pictures from magazines and catalogs or create your own alphabet coloring book.
October 13, Thursday, 3:30 p.m., Fair Oaks Library.
October 13, Thursday, 3:30 p.m., Belle Cooledge Library
October 20, Thursday, 4 p.m., North Natomas Library
October 23, Sunday, 2 p.m., Arcade Learning Library

See the family movie, James and the Giant Peach.
October 5, Wednesday, 4 p.m., Arden-Dimick Library
October 12, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., North Highlands-Antelope Library

Create a Community Mural, with ArtWorks. Hear stories from Epitaph for a Peach and other wonderful children’s stories about peaches. Then help create a community mural that depicts the dreams and memories of rural life in California.
October 4, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m., Colonial Heights Library
October 6, Thursday, 4 p.m.: North Sacramento-Hagginwood Library

Origami, with ArtWorks. Origami is an ancient Japanese paper folding technique. If you thought origami was limited to folding paper cranes, make a fortune teller, jumping frog, butterfly, and other wonderful origami designs.
October 11, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Del Paso Heights Library
October 12, Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.: Courtland Library
October 12, Wednesday, 4 p.m.: South Natomas Library
October 12, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Ella K. McClatchy Library
October 13, Thursday, 3:30 p.m., Sylvan Oaks Library
October 19, Wednesday, 4 p.m., Southgate Library
October 20, Thursday, 3:30 p.m., McKinley Library
October 25, Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., Central Library
October 25, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Orangevale Library
October 27, Thursday, 3:30 p.m., North Highlands-Antelope Library

Create a Giant Peach Book, with ArtWorks. Create a one-of-a-kind, peach-shaped book.  Write and illustrate stories about farm and community life. Create pictures using a peach or other fruits and vegetables.
October 5, Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., Rio Linda Library
October 20, Thursday, 4 p.m., Franklin Community Library

Poetry and Haiku, with ArtWorks. Simple brush strokes and just a few words say a lot in Japan.  Create an accordion book made with origami paper designs, filled with Zen brush-stroke paintings, and 14 effortless words based on the story, Momotaro, the Peach Boy; or other great peach stories.
October 11, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
October 11, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Orangevale Library
October 13, Thursday, 3 p.m., Isleton Library
October 13, Thursday, 3:30 p.m., Valley Hi-North Laguna Library