Week Calendar

Alzheimer's Association support groups, conducted by trained facilitators, ara a safe place for people living with dementia and their care partners to: 

Join Pine View High School student, Leila, and Selby Librarian, Heather to discuss "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Native American botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer. Then enjoy venturing along the trails with friends. Recommended for teens and adults.

Bring a few questions and your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

Space and staff are limited.

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots Family Center can help you enjoy parenting even more.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

Drop in at the Elsie Quirk Library anytime today to make a craft featuring an endangered species.  Sea Turtle activity bags will also be available for pick up.  For ages 2-12.

For ages 2-8.  Join us for Family Story Time.  Enjoy stories, movement activities, songs and more at this early literacy program.

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots Family Center can help you enjoy parenting even more.

Learn how to make your very own Dragon or Mermaid Egg and customize it so that it’s uniquely yours!

Children ages 6 - 9 with the help of a parent/guardian can choose between making a Dragon Egg or a Mermaid Egg!

Join us for a fun-filled morning of reading, songs, dancing, learning kindergarten readiness skills and craft activities! Recommended for ages 3-5.

Bring a few questions and your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

Space and staff are limited.

Enjoy a cup of tea while discussing British movies and television series with a very welcoming group!    

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots Family Center can help you enjoy parenting even more.

Join us for a fun-filled morning of reading, songs, dancing, learning kindergarten readiness skills and craft activities! Recommended for ages 3-5.

Join us for a morning filled with live music brought to you by the Florida Studio Theater!

In this workshop we will cut fabric strips to layer/glue over bowl shaped forms and when dry remove from form to reveal a free-standing bowl.

Finished pieces may be further embellished with beads, wire, feathers and trims.

Join Ms. Adrianne for an exercise adventure with fun music!

Recommended for ages 3-6. Attendance is limited. Pick up a ticket starting 30 minutes before the program at the youth desk. 

Join us at the North Port Library for the return of storytimes! Singing, dancing and stories guaranteed!   

For ages 2-8.  Join us for Family Story Time.  Enjoy stories, movement activities, songs and more at this early literacy program.

Engage babies newborn to 18 months with movement to music, singing, rhymes and basic sign language to enhance social interaction and language development. Playtime follows.

This summer, our NASA programs will focus on Tales of Tails in science. Our community has really enjoyed learning about Perseverance, and they have asked for more tales of Perseverance and Ingenuity!

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots Family Center can help you enjoy parenting even more.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots Family Center can help you enjoy parenting even more.

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots Family Center can help you enjoy parenting even more.

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through a live, virtual appointment. 

Design and create fabric bows with Ellen Goldberg: Make your bowl using fabric scraps, embellishments, and paint if desired.

Registration required.

The Venice Symphony and Jacaranda Library are teaming up to bring you three fun and participatory programs combining:

Due to the closure of all Sarasota County facilities with the approaching storm Elsa, the Movie Matinee for July 6 has been cancelled.

Watch a movie on the big screen! We'll watch a different movie every week.

Learn how artists and designers can also be inventors. In this workshop we will identify a problem to solve and create a solution through the use of and construction with materials such as cardboard, recyclables, glues, tapes, cast offs, etc.

Bring a few questions and your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

Space and staff are limited.

Watch your Sarasota County Library favorites share a storytime designed with your little one's learning needs in mind! This alphabet storytime series can be viewed on-demand whenever you'd like. 

Work at the library or take a kit home. Recommended for ages 8 and up. Supplies available on a first come, first served basis.

July 9: Catapult

July 16: Marble Maze

July 23: Matchbox Car

July 30: Parachute

Join us on Zoom for a book discussion, with a side of culinary advice!  The book discussion will start at 3 p.m. followed by culinary Q & A.

On the reading menu for July: "The Book of Unholy Mischief" by Elle Newmark

LEGOs are back!

Combine your imagination and engineering skills to fabricate super-cool LEGO creations at the Jacaranda Library. We've got the LEGOs, as well as fun building challenges, so all you need to bring is your enthusiasm!

Enjoy making art with a variety of materials. Supplies and space are available on a first-come, first -served basis. A special project will be featured each week.

Join us for this fun craft activity - Make Your Own Dragon Egg. Materials will be supplied. Registration is required.

A different project every week!

Ages 6+. 

Play digital games with Wii, Nintendo Switch and Playstation consoles; and check out our extensive board and card game collection.

Play the classic role-playing game with a new group of players/adventurers.

Want to test your trivia prowess? Join us for online trivia using Zoom and Kahoot! These questions will challenge your brain and keep you entertained!

The theme for this week: Harry Potter!

Pack your bags!