Ingleside Branch Staff Greet You

Happy New Year!

Manigong Bagong Taon!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Feliz Ano Nuevo!

S Novim Godom!

Dec. 25th!

All San Francisco Public Libraries will be closed starting 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008 for Christmas.

Holiday Open House Party - Dec. 23rd

Join us for cookies, hot spiced cider and a raffle for gifts! Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

Preschool Holiday Crafts - Dec. 21st

Fun, easy holiday crafts for preschoolers, led by your friendly children's librarian. Space limited: sign up early! Sunday, Dec. 21, 3:30 p.m. For children 7 years and younger.

Community Affair - Dec. 14th

The winner of the Fil-Am Essay Writing Contest was announced last Sunday, Dec. 14th at the St. Emydius Fil-Am Unity Club Christmas celebration. The winner is Benice Francisco from Balboa High School. The award was $200.00 presented by Estelle Oloresisimo, President.

How To Create a Blog - Dec. 19th

Students will learn how to build a simple personal blog, create and edit postings, create and change the page layout, add photos, create hyperlinks, incorporate streaming videos and audios into the blog and save blog contents. Space is limited so please call 355-2898 to sign up. The class starts at 3:30-5:30 pm. Friday, Dec. 19th, 2008 at Ingleside Branch.

The Chung Ngai Dance Troupe - Dec. 14th

Come see the beautiful and colorful dancers of the Chung Ngai Dance Troupe, who have performed for the San Francisco Chinese American community since 1966. Besides traditional folk dance, their programs include lion dancing, drumming, and martial arts. A great way to bring in the holiday festivities! Their presentation starts at 2:30 pm on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008.

Holiday Wreath Making - Dec. 6th

Getting ready for the holidays! Let's make a wreath that you can hang on your door. Space limited. For reservations, call 415-355-2898 to sign up. Workshop starts at 2:30 - 3:30 pm.

Ingleside Branch

1649 Ocean Ave. (at Faxon)

San Francisco, CA 94112

Happy Thanksgiving Day To All!

All San Francisco Public Libraries will be closed starting 5:00 pm. on

Wednesday, November 26 and Thursday, November 27 and

Friday, November 28, 2008 for Thanksgiving.

November Update - New Ingleside Branch

This is the Ocean Avenue side of the New Ingleside Branch.

This is the Plymouth side of the New Ingleside Branch.

Pop-Ups Made Easy - Nov. 16th

Pop-ups are a great way to make books, stories and cards more exciting! And they are a lot easier to make than you might think. Each child will learn the basic aspects of pop-ups and go home with some wonderful examples. For Kids Ages 7 and up

Flickr:Online Photo Management-Nov. 15th

Learn to upload photos, organize and share them to family and friends.

Upcoming Adult Programs

May 23, 2009 - Be Red Cross Ready, Community - 3:00 pm.
June 6, 2009 - FoundSF.org:
San Francisco History Online - 3:00 pm.

Schools & Libraries: Building Blocks for a Better Future - Nov. 12

Learn how San Francisco libraries and schools are working together to strengthen educational institutions for our children. Share your experiences with dedicated educators, parents and librarians who are forging new alliances to ensure quality educational opportunities for children and families.

Come on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the Office of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library at 391 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. For more information call 415-626-7512 x107 or email mary.abler@friendssfpl.org.

Get Out And Vote! - Nov. 4th

Ingleside Branch Library at 1649 Ocean Ave. (at Faxon) San Francisco, CA 94112 is a polling place.

Vote and exercise your right of suffrage!

Little Kids Little Songs - Nov. 4th

Come listen to sweet, playful, and funny songs and stories about rolling in mud, climbing trees, flying like an airplane, and getting rid of monsters. The original music and storytelling of Keith Torgan and the virtuosity of flutist Barbara Siesel will tickle the youngest of audience members.

Remember, Little Kids Little Songs by Flute Sweets & Tickletoons at 10:30 a.m.

Cara Black, Mystery Writer - Nov. 5th

Cara Black will discuss her "Aimee Leduc" series! Learn what inspired her to write and how she became one of the famous writers of San Francisco!

This program starts at 5:30 until 6:30 pm.

Ingleside Library Campaign Celebration

Attention:
Calvin, Janet Truong, Joe , Jin Li Yip your gifts are waiting for you to be picked up at Ingleside Branch Library. You are winners of the raffle tickets held last Oct. 25th at the Minnie & Lovie Ward Recreation Center.

Come to Ingleside Branch and claim your prizes!

Kids' Day

Saturday, October 25th

1-4 p.m.

Minnie & Lovie Ward Recreation Center

650 Capitol Avenue @ Montana

FREE!

Prizes

Refreshments

Stories & Music

Crafts

Raffle

Entertainment

Come one, come all! Enjoy your day with your family and friends! Bring your children and hear wonderful children's stories with your favorite storyteller, Lise Braden of Ingleside Branch Library. There will also be a band playing children's music! Don't forget to visit the library booth and learn more about the new Ingleside Branch!

Scary Stories for Halloween

With Nationally Acclaimed Storyteller, Michael Katz, join us for haunting tales that will make you giggle and jump with fright! Recommended for Ages 6 and up. Remember the date: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 7pm. Then on Oct. 29th, Wednesday at 5:00 pm come to Ingleside Branch again for another Halloween activity: Pumpkin Carving for Kids.

October Update-New Ingleside Branch

Adult Area


Work room

Construction is going on!

October: Filipino-American History Month

An "Essay Writing Contest" is in progress and will continue until November 14 in celebration of the Filipino American History Month. The contest is open to Grades 9-12. For details call 415-584-1165. Visit your library and read the following books mentioned below to be inspired and participate in the contest and win cash prizes.

Philippine history and government by Gregorio F. Zaide

An introduction to Philippine history by Jose S. Arcilla

A question of heroes by Nick Joaquin

Journey of 100 years by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. ed.

Culture and history by Nick Joaquin

People power by Monina Allarey Mercado, ed.

In our image by Stanley Karnow

The Filipino Americans by Veltisezar Bautista

Patrons' Comments Corner

Papel Picado - Oct. 5, Sat.- 2:30-3:30pm.

"The teacher talks slowly so other people can follow" - Susan Umadhay
"Thank you for tapping into my Mexican heritage." -Elizabeth Castillo




Learning YouTube: Online Video Sharing
Sept. 27., Sat. 2:30-4:30 pm.

"Will be back for other classes" - Nisha Agarwal
"Count me in, in the next class" - Phil Silverio

One Day! One Book! For children throughout San Francisco!Jumpstart’s READ FOR THE RECORD is a national campaign that was launched in order to raise awareness about the importance of early literacy readiness by creating the largest shared reading experience in history! Come to a library READ FOR THE RECORD event to listen to a reading of Corduroy by Don Freeman, perhaps join in an activity, and collect stickers, bookmarks, and a participation certificate. Ingleside Branch participation for the Read for the Record will be held in San Miguel Child Development Center at 300 Seneca Ave., San Francisco with Brian Harrigan's 23 pupils, ages three to four years old.

Climate Change

This slideshow will be held on Oct. 8. Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences. Average weather may include average temperature, precipitation and wind patterns. It involves changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over durations ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes can be caused by dynamic processes on Earth, external forces including variations in sunlight intensity, and more recently by human activities.

Filipiniana Section

If you would like to go on vacation, try the Philippines. The following books would help you know the country and the interesting tourist spots there.

• The rough guide to the Philippines by Daniel Dalton
• Island voyages: journeys through the Philippines by Daniel Cuneo
• Philippines travel guide by Jens Peters
• The Philippines: Globetrotter travel map
• The former Philippines through foreign eyes by Fedor Jagor
• The Philippines by Nigel Hicks.

Below is a sample video that shows how fascinating the island is!

Adult Program

Mexican Papercutting

Papel Picado will be demonstrated by Cynthia Lauron at Ingleside Branch on October 4. 2008. Papel Picado is a traditional folk art from Mexico that involves cutting out intricate patterns on colorful tissue paper. The tissue paper is then glued to a string in a line to form banners which are used as decorations for important festivities throughout the year. An infinite variety of patterns and designs are made in papel picado: flowers, birds, lettering, people and animals.


Basic Computer Class: YouTube (Online videos sharing website)
Saturday, Sept. 27th at 2:30-4:30 p.m.


Learn how to view YouTube videos using certain features, search videos by category and keywords, customize a playlist, subscribe to video channels, save them for later viewing, and upload videos to the YouTube website.

Enrollment is limited to 15. Call (415) 355-2898 to sign up.

Children's Area

Public Schools 101: Choosing an Elementary School, Wednesday,

Sept. 17th, 6:30-8:00pm

• Hear first-hand experiences from parents about their public school
• Learn from families who recently went through the SFUSD enrollment process
• Get tips and advice on key information and resources
• Learn how Parents for Public Schools - SF can help you.

Recommended Books For Kids

The video below provides sample books for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Enjoy!

Recommended Books For Teens

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles

Giles gave readers a huge surprise at the book's beginning. Here a major twist, one of several, comes at the end, though it raises more questions than it answers. Ninth-grader Sunny is not entirely sad about the death of her 18-year-old sister in a New York apartment fire. Jazz's perfection has been a thorn to Sunny, but it was all that sustained their depressive mother and alcoholic father. Her death has pushed both parents over the edge. Then one day, a letter from Jazz arrives, and soon after, Jazz herself returns, claiming she was away and only recently learned about the fire. But this girl isn't really Jazz, though she does resemble her and seems to know enough about her to assume her life. Both Sunny and her father realize the truth; Mother seems not to. For a while, though, everyone is willing to have Jazz alive. This is a page-turner with sharp dialogue and psychologically intriguing viewpoints. Readers are continually kept off balance as Jazz and her motives change like shapes in a fun-house mirror. But when Sunny asks her final question, "What have I done?" readers might wish for a clearer answer.

Looking for Red by Angela Johnson

Mike, 12, describes what her life on Cape Cod has been like since her older brother disappeared while swimming in the ocean three months earlier. She still sees Red leaning against the shed and in her dreams. She isolates herself from others who are also grieving, especially Red's best friend, Mark, and his girlfriend, Mona, who were there with her when he drowned. In the fall, Mike begins interacting with her friends again and sees her brother less. She finally tells her aunt about the pact that Mark and Red had made: if Red swam out to a buoy and back, Mark would give him his car. Mona had encouraged him and Mike herself had been hopeful he would win the bet. With the secret told, Red walks out of her dreams. The strength of this story is the accurate portrayal of the surreal nature of grief laden with guilt that the three young people are experiencing. Short chapters include scenes that alternate from before and after the drowning, and piecing them together and making sense of them will be a challenge to some readers.

Green Angel by Alice Hoffman

Beautifully written prose fills this first-person narrative of a teen whose world is turned around in an instant. This is both a survival story and an homage to the need to cherish life's every moment. Moody, introspective Green, 15, stays at home while her parents and younger sister travel to the city to sell their produce. Her disappointment at being left behind causes her to be cold and not say good-bye. Then the city is engulfed in flames, and ashes hover in the atmosphere for a long time. Green is left with her guilt for her sullen behavior and the solitude of her ruined garden. Hoffman has created a multilayered, believable protagonist. Readers suffer along with her and share her fears as she tries to pick up the pieces of her life. The contrast between her original faith in the promise of the future and her later acknowledgment of the tentative nature of reality is vividly and eloquently portrayed. This is not an easy read, and though it is an absorbing tale, it will most likely appeal to more sophisticated readers. A powerfully written and thought-provoking selection.

Are you applying for citizenship? Would you like to pass the citizenship examination? Click the links below for citizenship questions and answers.

http://www.sfpl.org/librarylocations/main/pracquest.htm

http://www.sfpl.org/chinese/sfplonline/web/citizenship.htm

Ingleside Branch Library...The Place to be!

Produced by: Richard Le

What's Happening at the Library

Come visit our branch and you will find new Filipino DVDs!

Children's Area

Kid Power Volunteers

Thank You!

Stratford School is coming to the Ingleside Neighborhood this Fall 2008. For more information, check their website: http://www.stratfordschools.com/


Teen Area
Another challenge is coming!
Join the Fil-Am Essay Contest in October and win Big Bucks! For more information, call Estelle Oleresisimo at (415) 595-9248.





















Adult Area
On the Same Page for July/August is entitled, The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.


New Library Location


Click on the photo to see the progress of the construction. This is what is presently going on at 1298 Ocean Ave. (at Plymouth), our future home.

Community Events - Come one! Come all!
Sept. 13 - Oceanview, Merced, Ingleside Family Festival
Sept. 27 - Westwood Park Picnic

Oct. 25 - Kids/Family Day

Children Programs 2008

Click on the picture to see selected photos from past programs




Regular Programs

Infant/Toddler Lapsits
Tuesdays at 10:30 am. Ages birth to 3 years old

Family Storytimes/Crafts
Sundays, 2:00-3:00 pm.

Coming Soon!
Sept. 14: Slapstick! with Derique McGee
Oct. 22: Scary Stories for Halloween
Nov. 16: Pop-ups Made Easy!
Dec. 14: Chung Ngai Dance Troupe

Special Clown Performance
Derique McGee's one-clown show features physical comedy, circus arts, and Hambone body drumming. It will tickle the funny bone of children of all ages!

Book Talks for Teens

Listen to our book talks
(Click on the links below)

Esperanza Rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Scholastic.

Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse. Scholastic.

Monster
by Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins

Other Recommended Readings
(My Favorite Books)

Click here to listen to them.

What's Happening at the Library

Come visit our branch and you will find new Filipino DVDs!

Children's Area

Kid Power Volunteers

We are proud of you for serving as our helpers during the Summer Reading Program. Your patience, regular attendance, cheerfulness and en

thusiasm are commendable. You are our heroes! Now, it is time to relax and party. Come to the library on August 27th at 5:30 p.m. It is party time!

Stratford School is coming to the Ingleside Neighborhood this Fall 2008. For more information, check their website: http://www.stratfordschools.com/


Teen Area
Another challenge is coming!
Join the Fil-Am Essay Contest in October and win Big Bucks! For more information, call Estelle Oleresisimo at (415) 595-9248.





















Adult Area
On the Same Page for July/August is entitled, The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.


New Library Location


Click on the photo to see the progress of the construction. This is what is presently going on at 1298 Ocean Ave. (at Plymouth), our future home.

Community Events - Come one! Come all!
Sept. 13 - Oceanview, Merced, Ingleside Family Festival
Sept. 27 - Westwood Park Picnic

Oct. 25 - Kids/Family Day

Children Programs 2008

Click on the picture to see selected photos from past programs




Regular Programs

Infant/Toddler Lapsits
Tuesdays at 10:30 am. Ages birth to 3 years old

Family Storytimes/Crafts
Sundays, 2:00-3:00 pm.

Coming Soon!
Sept. 14: Slapstick! with Derique McGee
Oct. 22: Scary Stories for Halloween
Nov. 16: Pop-ups Made Easy!
Dec. 14: Chung Ngai Dance Troupe

Special Clown Performance
Derique McGee's one-clown show features physical comedy, circus arts, and Hambone body drumming. It will tickle the funny bone of children of all ages!

Adult Programs 2008

How to Cope with Chronic Pains and Arthritis by Darlene Cohen - Coming Soon!


Darlene Cohen, M.A., LMT, earned her graduate degree in physiological psychology in 1966 and began sitting at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1970. She was ordained as a zen priest in 1999. While living at Green Gulch Farm, Zen Center's temple in Marin County, she developed rheumatoid arthritis, which had also plagued her mother. This painful and crippling disease led her to explore the potential of her meditation training to address chronic pain and catastrophic situations. In 1980 after receiving her certificate as a massage and movement teacher from Meir Schneider, the reknown Israeli self-healing teacher, she began instructi
ng people with chronic illness in various meditation and concentration practices, many of them involving comforting movement.



Click on the picture to see selected photos from past programs.



Author Reading and Discussion
Nov 5 - Cara Black, Mystery Writer

Crafts
Oct 4 - Papel Picado - Mexican Papercutting for Everyone
Dec 6 - Holiday Wreath Making

Health
Sept 10 - How to Cope with Chronic Pains and Arthritis
Oct 8 - Climate Change Slideshow