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Mango Languages Mango Languages

Let the library help you to learn a foreign language! Get started with Mango Languages today!
Let the library help you to learn a foreign language! Get started with Mango Languages today!
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Minecraft for Makers Minecraft for Makers

eBooks for all ages! Learn to code with Python or set up your own server with these awesome guides from Safari books.
eBooks for all ages! Learn to code with Python or set up your own server with these awesome guides from Safari books.
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The Latest and Greatest in eBook Comics The Latest and Greatest in eBook Comics

New digital editions of your favorite graphic novels—over 6000 to choose from!
New digital editions of your favorite graphic novels—over 6000 to choose from!
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Kids & Teens

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Intergenerational Storytime Intergenerational Storytime

Sep 19th | 11:00am - 11:30am
College Terrace Library
Join us for a special storytime designed exclusively for seniors living with memory care issues and toddlers (aged 18 mo - 3 years).
Join us for a special storytime designed exclusively for seniors living with memory care issues and toddlers (aged 18 mo - 3 years).
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New: Family Storytime! New: Family Storytime!

Oct 9th | 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Mitchell Park Library
Starting October 9, join us Wednesday evenings at Mitchell Park Library for a family storytime for children and their parents/caretakers.
Starting October 9, join us Wednesday evenings at Mitchell Park Library for a family storytime for children and their parents/caretakers.
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Fire Safety Month Fire Safety Month

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October is Fire Safety Month. Make sure you and your loved ones are prepared in the event of an emergency by learning about fire safety.
October is Fire Safety Month. Make sure you and your loved ones are prepared in the event of an emergency by learning about fire safety.
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What's Happening to Water? What's Happening to Water?

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Explore the importance of water in light of debate in the California State Senate over environmental protections with one of these books.
Explore the importance of water in light of debate in the California State Senate over environmental protections with one of these books.
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It's Welcome Week in Palo Alto! It's Welcome Week in Palo Alto!

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Welcoming Week 2019 takes place September 12-22. Library staff have put together a list of titles that celebrate the "United States of US."
Welcoming Week 2019 takes place September 12-22. Library staff have put together a list of titles that celebrate the "United States of…
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Short Stories Short Stories

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Enjoy the gem of a short story, brilliant in design and satisfying to the core.
Enjoy the gem of a short story, brilliant in design and satisfying to the core.
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Back to School Back to School

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Keep the library in mind for your homework and learning needs. Primary sources? Reliable information? Study tools? We have the resources!
Keep the library in mind for your homework and learning needs. Primary sources? Reliable information? Study tools? We have the resources!
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Meditation for Relaxation Meditation for Relaxation

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Looking for some relaxation? Check out one of these books!
Looking for some relaxation? Check out one of these books!
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Shark Week Reads Shark Week Reads

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Enter the fascinating world of sharks off-screen with one of these great reads!
Enter the fascinating world of sharks off-screen with one of these great reads!
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Summertime and the living's easy! Summertime and the living's easy!

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It's the Dog Days of summer and we're all feeling the heat. Check out these books that take place during summer.
It's the Dog Days of summer and we're all feeling the heat. Check out these books that take place during summer.

Life Hacks

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Vintage Media Lab Vintage Media Lab

Digitize your memories with the Vintage Media Lab.
Digitize your memories with the Vintage Media Lab.
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Book Club Kits Book Club Kits

Is your book club looking for its next title? Then check out a Book Club Kit! Search “book club kit” in our catalog for a list of titles.
Is your book club looking for its next title? Then check out a Book Club Kit! Search “book club kit” in our catalog for a list of titles.
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Discover and Go Discover and Go

Use your library card to get free and low-cost tickets to museums, science centers, zoos, theaters and other fun cultural attractions.
Use your library card to get free and low-cost tickets to museums, science centers, zoos, theaters and other fun cultural attractions.
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Brainfuse Brainfuse

Brainfuse is an online homework and study tools suite for kids and adults.
Brainfuse is an online homework and study tools suite for kids and adults.
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Tunes & Flicks

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UNAFF Film Festival 2019 UNAFF Film Festival 2019

The 2019 United Nations Film Festival runs October 17 - 27! Check out the website to learn more about the films and showtimes this year.
The 2019 United Nations Film Festival runs October 17 - 27! Check out the website to learn more about the films and showtimes this year.
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The Good, the Bad and the Exoplanetary The Good, the Bad and the Exoplanetary

Low budget, high adventure, off-world. Put on your space helmet in this engaging, Western-style, sci-fi flick.
Low budget, high adventure, off-world. Put on your space helmet in this engaging, Western-style, sci-fi flick.
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Black Cats, Treasure Hunters & Samurai Black Cats, Treasure Hunters & Samurai

From Kurosawa to classic Japanese horror to modern classics, stream movies to your device compliments of the Palo Alto City Library.
From Kurosawa to classic Japanese horror to modern classics, stream movies to your device compliments of the Palo Alto City Library.
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Wow Yourself Wow Yourself

Whether it's parrots on Telegraph Hill or Black Holes lurking in our Galaxy, get your science on with our streaming documentary…
Whether it's parrots on Telegraph Hill or Black Holes lurking in our Galaxy, get your science on with our streaming documentary collection.
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Unlimited Kids Views Unlimited Kids Views

You can now stream most kids movies, shows and lessons on Kanopy Kids without limit.
You can now stream most kids movies, shows and lessons on Kanopy Kids without limit.
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