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		*SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN*		BOOK STORE The friends of the Los Banos Library maintains an online bookstore. We currently have some great books and CD's. Please stop by and check out our selection! CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES Wee Wigglers Thursdays (Weekly) 10am-11am, at the Los Banos Library. Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Preschoolers and their families. They'll have a Wiggling Good Time! Wee Wigglers' is organized and promoted by the Los Banos Rotary Club as one of its literacy promotion efforts. FREE! Para Los Niños Saturdays (Weekly) 10am-11am. at the Los Banos Library. Bi-lingual Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Preschoolers and their familias. Para los Ninos is organized and promoted by the Ceasar Chavez Committee. FREE! Para Los Niños Los Sábados (Semanales) de 10 a 11 horas-en la Biblioteca de Los Banos, 1312 7th Street. Bilingüe de cuentos, canciones y rimas para niños en edad preescolar y sus Familias. Para los niños es organizado y promovido por el Comité César Chávez. GRATIS! *Wildlife & Nature Subjects* Saturday (Monthly), 11:30am-1pm. Come and learn about insects, nature and wildlife! You can make a fun craft project to take home! The instructor is Candace Sigmond of the Grassland Environmental Education Center, a joint venture of Grassland Water District & CA Dept of Fish & Game/Los Banos Wildlife Area FREE!
		MEETINGS Please join us for our monthly meetings at the Library. We meet meet September through May on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm. Learn about how we're enriching our community by supporting our library and how you can make a difference. We're looking forward to seeing You there!
		LIBRARY INFORMATION The Los Banos Branch of the Merced County Library is located at 1312 7th Street, Los Banos Ca, 93536. The library phone number is 209-826-5254. The Los Banos Library works hard to serve the community and has the support of over 100 San Joaquin Valley Libraries and is part of the Merced County Library System. The Merced County Library System holds 400,000 items in its collections for patron use.
		HOW TO GET A LIBRARY CARD Come into the Los Banos Library to register for a library card, and access a world of unlimited information. For more information, click here Library Card Applications Adult - English \| Spanish Children - English \| Spanish
		BENEFITS OF A LIBRARY CARD You can use the Online Catalog (ValleyCat) to search all the titles and authors available to adults and young people throughout the San Joaquin Valley Library System (SJVLS). If you don't have a computer at home, come into the library and browse using our ValleyCat computers. If the book or material you want is in the system, you can request it be sent to the Los Banos Library for check out! Whether your interest is fiction or nonfiction, our books and materials have you covered. Add to that the more than three million (and increasing) items in the San Joaquin Valley Library System, and you have an unending source of new information available each day.