Discover a world of opportunities for your education, enrichment and enjoyment at the library.

Address

707 Meadowsweet Drive
Corte Madera, CA 94925

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Phone

Information Recording: (415) 924-4844
Circulation: (415) 924-3515
Reference: (415) 924-6444
Children's Services: (415) 924-6382

Branch Manager: Nancy Davis

News and Announcements

Corte Madera Library closed for Labor Day

Thursday Sep 2, 2010 10:30am
The Corte Madera Library, and all branches of the Marin County Free Library System, will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2010, in observance of the Labor Day Holiday.

Events

Tuesday Aug 31, 2010 10:30am

To see all of the upcoming events for the Corte Madera Library,

visit our new Calendar of Events!

 

 

September is Library Card Month

Friday Aug 27, 2010 5:13pm

September only, replace your library card for free!

 

Especially for kids-- get a brand-new shiny library card set:  a wallet-sized card plus a tiny card on a curly key chain!

 

And, for kids (through sixth grade) enter the Giants raffle!!!   Show us your Marin County library card, old or new, and you'll be entered in a raffle for a set of four tickets to the San Francisco Giants vs. the San Diego Padres on Saturday, October 2. 

 

Kids can enter the raffle starting Wednesday, September 1 through Monday, September 20.  One entry per person.  Ten sets of four tickets will be raffled at the end of the day on September 20.

Congratulations to our Teen Summer Reading Prize Winner

Tuesday Aug 24, 2010 11:19am

Congratulations to the Corte Madera Library Teen Summer Reading Grand Prize Winner, Chiara Arellano!

On Display

Post-Impressionist Art

Learn about the masterpieces of Van Gogh, Gaugin, Cezanne and beyond in preparation for the coming exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.  Browse the library's collection of books and DVDs about art history!

 

 

Events

Storytimes

Come join us for storytime at the library!

 

 

Wednesdays at 10:00 am for 2 year-olds (September through May)

 

Wednesdays at 11:00 am for 3-6 year-olds

 

Tuesdays at 3:30 pm for 5-8 year-olds (in October, November, February, March, April)

 

Kids Book Club

Debbie Toizer will host the Corte Madera Library Kids Book Club for 4th and 5th graders.  Please call (415) 924-6382 to sign up for the club and reserve a copy of the book. 

Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show

Corte Madera Library Morning Book Discussion Group

Are you looking for a good book club?  Join us at 10:00 a.m. on the third Wednesday of the month, January through June and September through November. Click here to see what we've read in the past. 

Financial Planning for Teens

Teens, learn how to manage your personal finances and plan for your future at this workshop.  Alex Reyes, registered investment advisor at Reyes Capital Management in San Francisco, will cover topics like planning for college and beyond. 

 

 

Read to a Dog

The Marin Humane Society presents Read to a Dog at the Corte Madera Library on the first Saturdays in June, July and August.

 

Kids age 5-9 are invited to call the Children's Librarian at (415) 924-6382 to sign up for a 10 minute session, between 2 and 3 pm.

 

Internet Tutoring

One-to-one Internet tutoring is available.  To reserve a tutoring session, speak with a librarian in person or by phone at the Corte Madera Library Reference Desk,  (415) 924-6444.

Special Resources

Access Science

Get fast, easy and accurate access to authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology from Access Science, now available only in the Corte Madera Library.  What you'll find in this new electronic encyclopedia:

• Over 8,500 online articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th edition
• Content contributed by more than 5000 researchers, including 36 Nobel Prize winners
• New images--detailed scanning electron micrographs to majestic Mars Express photographs
• More than 200 news and video stories from Science News magazine and ScienCentral News covering the latest research