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Mister Armando reads stories at his Thursday Cuentos bilingües de Pijama / Bilingual Pajama Time Stories

March 24, 2025

We are honored to announce our collaboration with Foster Youth Museum and CASA of San Mateo County to bring the Foster Youth Museum Exhibition and programs to Redwood City, celebrating the stories of foster and juvenile youth throughout April and May.

The Lost Childhoods art exhibit tells the story of loss and powerlessness in the foster care system – and the human capacity for resilience and connection. Experience the largest collection of art, artifacts and video portraits about youth experiences in foster care. The exhibit is available for public viewing at the Downtown Library during the months of April 2025 and May 2025.

Lost Childhoods events

• April 5 @10am: Exhibit Opens
• April 10 @ 6pm: Hype & Hope: Igniting Youth and Community Spirit
• April 14 @6pm: California's Forgotten Children Documentary and discussion
• April 18 @5pm: Living Out Loud: A Night of Spoken Word @ CZI
• April 26 @11am: Drag Story Hour
• May 6 @5:30pm: Self-Care Listens: Healing through Art and Music
• May 13 @6pm: A Conversation About CSEC
• May 19 @6pm: Not Again! School Stability for Foster Youth
• May 20 @5:30pm: Looking Back, Moving Forward: Juvenile Justice in San Mateo County

Sponsored by

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - box - Sequoia Healthcare District - The Sobrato Organization - Redwood City Arts Commission

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We are pleased to announce our new Mobile App, allowing you to access your Library in the palm of your hand.

App features include:

• Manage loans, holds & more
• Use digital card to check out materials
• Explore our entire catalog, read reviews and find similar items
• Access our Digital Collection in one convenient location. Borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMovies, eMusic, and eMagazines from OverDrive, hoopla, Kanopy and other content providers.
• Find more information about one of our many events! See events by date and add them to your calendar.
• See a book that looks interesting? Scan an ISBN barcode from the back of a book to see if a copy is available at one of our libraries.

Find the Redwood City Library App in the Apple store or Google Play

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International Transgender Day of Visibility, celebrated on March 31, recognizes and honors the achievements and resilience of transgender people around the world. It is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of transgender people, while also drawing attention to the poverty, discrimination and violence the community faces.

Want to better understand the relevant and pressing issues the transgender and non-binary communities face? Join the San Mateo County Pride Center for a Trans 101 online training on Thursday March 27. Register here and find more Pride Center events in celebration of Trans Week of Visibility here.

Check out our International Transgender Day of Visibility booklist

Join us on April 7 for Library Night with the San Francisco Giants! Cheer on the Giants while supporting a great cause—$5 from each ticket sold will directly benefit the Friends of the Redwood City Public Library, helping to fund vital library programs. Don’t miss this exciting night of baseball, community, and library advocacy. Grab your tickets today and root for the Giants while making a difference!

The Giants encourage guests to stop by China Basin Park, across from McCovey Cove, before catching the game. You’ll find books, kids activities, library card signups and more from library systems around the Bay Area.

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In addition to buying tickets to the April 7 Library Night with the San Francisco Giants, there are other ways you can support the Friends of the Redwood City Public Library this month!

1. Spring clean your gently used books to donate to the Friends at their April 19 Donation Event. From 10am-12pm at the Downtown Library and 10am-11:30am at at the Redwood Shores Branch Library.
2. Save the date for a Children's Book Sale on May 10 from 10am-1pm in the Downtown Library Family Place.
3. Spring allergy season got you down? Purchase local honey made by RCPL's bees to help! Jars are just $10
4. Drop in to the Bookstore at the Downtown Library for low priced books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles, videogames and so much more!

The Friends are an all-volunteer organization who sort, scan and price thousands of books, manage online book sales and run the bookstore and other sales to sponsor library programming. Learn more