Carlsbad City Library is Totes Thankful 

Check out a life story

Hey, young readers! Our kids’ biography and memoir collection is full of sports legends, inventors, leaders and brilliant thinkers from artists to musicians who have shaped our world. Available in print and digitally on Libby.

Celebrate Native American Month with these titles

• "Fancy Pants" by Dawn Quigley
• "Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi!" by Art Coulson
• "Firefly Season" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• "Autumn" by Alexander Lawrence Posey
• "Chooch Helped" by Andrea L. Rogers
• "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

All-Star Readers Book Club

Weekly on Tuesdays

3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

Storytime Room

3368 Eureka Place

A book club for children in grades 1 through 3. Join us every Tuesday to discuss various book titles.

For more information email Bilingual@carlsbadca.gov

Tween Game Time at the Cole Library

Monday, Nov. 10

3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Georgina Cole Library, Teen Room

1250 Carlsbad Village Drive

Join us on the second Monday of the month for Tween Game Time! Bring your friends or make new ones.

Each month a new board game will be introduced and played. We will be playing low/medium-weight board games that can be taught and played within one hour. Snacks will be provided.

For tweens, ages 9 to 12 or grades 3 through 6.

New reading challenges for middle and high school students

Calling all readers in grades six through twelve! Carlsbad City Library is launching two exciting reading challenges this November:

• 50 Books Before Middle School Promotion for grades 6 - 8

• 100 Books Before High School Graduation for grades 9 - 12

Register in Beanstack, then visit any Carlsbad City Library location to claim your registration reward—a free book and a pin board to help start your reading journey. For every ten books you read, you’ll earn a book-themed pin of your choice. Complete the challenge and celebrate your achievement with a special graduation lei, proudly displaying all the pins you've collected.

For more details, visit our website or email libraryteens@carlsbadca.gov

Creative Cultures Arts Festival

Saturday, Nov. 8

noon to 2 p.m., performances begin at 1 p.m.

Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

3368 Eureka Place

Creative Cultures Arts Festival is back for its third installment. Creativity Suitcase will boast six arts booths and three vibrant dances from around the world.

To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, there will be a regional dance and game, marigold and monarch art-making to honor Día de los Muertos and plenty more. Join this family-friendly event and connect through cultural expressions.

Book Explorers Book Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month

4 to 4:30 p.m.

Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

Storytime Room

3368 Eureka Place

A book club for children in grades 4 through 6. Each month we'll explore and learn about a different topic through group activities and take home a book to learn more about that month's topic.

For more information email Bilingual@carlsbadca.gov

*In observance of Veteran's Day, November's meeting will fall on Tuesday, Nov. 18.

In-N-Out Cover to Cover Program

Oct. 4 to Nov. 15

Carlsbad City Library

The annual In-N-Out Cover to Cover program encourages reading for children ages 4-12. Children will receive an award of one free hamburger, cheeseburger or grilled cheese for every five books or 300 minutes read, with up to three awards available per child.

Ready-to-go event calendars

Carlsbad City Library

Keep track of all the happenings at Carlsbad City Library with our ready-to-go event calendars. Whether you're planning your next visit to Dove Library, Cole Library or Learning Center, our downloadable, easy-to-print calendars will keep you updated on all upcoming activities at each library location.

Upcoming closures

Veterans Day Closure

All Carlsbad City Library locations will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

Libraries will reopen on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 9 a.m.

Thanksgiving Closure

All Carlsbad City Library locations will close early at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26 in observance of Thanksgiving.

All Carlsbad City Library locations will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 and Friday, Nov. 28 in observance of Thanksgiving.

Libraries will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 9 a.m.

If you have any questions, please contact the library at 442-339-2049 or email librarian@carlsbadca.gov.