All branches of the Marin County Free Library will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2013, in observance of Memorial Day.

Just announced....the 2013 winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal for illustration in children's books!The 2013 Caldecott Medal winner is This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon...
Tax Help
The end of January approaches, W-2s have started arriving in the mail, and updated versions of tax forms and instructions are complete, which means there are no more excuses...it is time to start...
This installment: a family’s dissolution, a multi-layered psychological mystery; and rural girls go bad.   Gone by Cathi Hanauer

Eve is a nutritionist, offering a sensible...
You may not be aware of the Pura Belpre Awards in literature but they're definitely worth seeing.  Pura Belpre was the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The award is...
The Edgar Awards have been announced.
The Edgar Awards, named for Edgar Allen Poe, are presented each spring by the Mystery Writers of America.  The awards honor the best mystery fiction and nonfiction published, and the best...
Mavericks! It’s ON!Big name surfers are flying from all over the world to participate in Mavericks to be held on this Sunday, July 20th in Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay. Beach, bluffs, and roads...
eBook Readers
Marin County Free Library has new eBook resources with the addition of 3M Cloud Library, Zinio Digital Magazines, BookFLIX for kids... and more!  These new resources are in addition to our...
 Photographs by Laural and Lily Reid at the Fairfax Library
Teenager Lily Reid is a talented artist who uses a Polaroid camera to capture the world around her. Her unique photographs are on display at the Fairfax Library during January 2013. ...
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday in January to commemorate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King.  King is remembered for his nonviolent activism during...
John Bellairs wrote his most popular series of gothic children’s mysteries while living in Massachusetts.  Bellairs was born and grew up in Michigan which he used as the setting for his...