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!