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County of Orange, California sent this bulletin at 11/23/2021 10:00 AM PST

Goodbye Late Fines!

Have library late fines left a bitter taste?

Beginning today, OC Public Libraries will eliminate overdue fines indefinitely, giving you access to all the sweet services the library has to offer.

Come back to YOUR library!

For more information, visit ocpl.org/nolatefines

Winter Painting Workshop

Virtual Event
Wednesday, December 8 at 6pm

Join us for a painting workshop.

To receive a painting kit, please contact or visit your nearest participating branch. Kits will be available starting in December at these select branch locations:

- Costa Mesa Donald Dungan Library
- El Toro Library
- Garden Grove Chapman Library
- Garden Grove Main Library
- La Habra Library
- Stanton Library
- Tustin Library

Kits available while supplies last.

Sponsored by OC READ
OC READ is a division of OC Public Libraries

Register: readoc@occr.ocgov.com

Workforce Development & Job Skills Platforms

OC Public Libraries provides workforce development and job skills platforms free of change for the year from the California State Library. These databases offer quick help to those unemployed or underemployed and hit hardest by the pandemic return to the workforce.

Check out all the databases OC Public Libraries have to offer here.

Career Online High School

Earn your accredited high school diploma through
OC Public Libraries.

Graduate faster with transfer credits from previous high schools/GED
Earn a career certificate with your diploma
Take courses 100% online

To learn more about this program, click here.

For questions, please call or email:

714-566-2837 / ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

Kindergarten Readiness Backpacks

Get your little one ready for school with Kindergarten Readiness Backpacks!

Backpacks include two books, manipulatives, and a laminated activity sheet with rhymes and fingerplays, information about early learning concepts, and suggestions for how to use the contents to make learning fun.

13 themed backpacks for your pre-kinder child to learn! Check-outs are limited.

Visit your local branch to check out your backpack today.

Book Club in a Box

OC Public Libraries has created book club kits to help our communities participate in the book club fun!

The kits contain 10 copies (sometimes more) of great book club titles
A folder of reader's guide questions
Review information
Read-alike title

Book club in a box titles can be found at OCPL libraries and can be requested using the hold system.

Check out for 6 weeks and host your own bookclub!

For more information on book clubs, contact your local branch.

Rita Recommends: Native American Heritage Month Book

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Nobel Maillard (Mekusukey Seminole)

Maillard celebrates the simple but delicious staple of Native American communities in all its iterations while Juana Martinez-Neal’s illustrations of diverse children learn about the history of the “hundreds and hundreds of tribes” that are referenced in the story. End notes provide more context for older kids, as well as Maillard’s own recipe!

Click here to get your own reading recommendation!

Scotiabank Giller Prize Book

Author Omar El Akkad just won the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his book, What Strange Paradise.

Place your hold on this title today at ocpl.org and find out what the buzz is all about!

Audiobooks with Symphonic Storytelling

Love Audiobooks?

Listen now (no waiting!) to these 3 eAudiobooks on OverDrive/Libby that were recently noted by the Seattle Times as audiobooks with symphonic storytelling!

The Mirror Thief by Martin Seay
Great House by Nicole Krauss
If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

Check out your copy today!

OCPL Celebrates 100 Years of Possibilities!

Residents are invited to join the year-long celebration with virtual and safe programs highlighting the library’s commitment to the community over the last 100 years. To join, follow @ocpubliclibraries on social media and hashtag #OCPL100. For more information about OC Public Libraries and the centennial, visit ocpl.org/centennial. Celebrate the Past, Inspire the Future. 100 Years of Possibilities.

Be sure to sign up for the 100 Book Reading Challenge! You’ll receive a badge for every 10 books you read. Can you collect all 10 centennial badges? Click here to register.

OCPL is now available to answer questions online!

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Questions? OCPL chat is available

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Friday - Saturday from 10:00am-4:00pm

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