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- May/June Preschool Art Class
A weekend Art class for little ones! Our professional kids art teacher, Ms. Yu-ming Tseng, has a master in fine arts.
Drawing Technique class is for 6-8 years old and meets at 9:00-9:45am on Saturday.
Mixed Art class is tailored to 3-6 years old and meets at 10:00-10:45am on Saturday.
March class starts on March 8th. Small class size, only 10 seats available. Parent participation required. Please call or email librarian for registration.
- May/June and Summer Preschool Chinese Classes
Please note that we only offer one Saturday class in the summer. Register now before it's filled.
Small class size, limited to 6 kids per class. Register now!
All NEW curriculum and teaching method for your 3-5 years old! Learn to recognize characters between songs, rhymes, games, and stories! Class meets once every week, conducted in Mandarin. Parent participation required. Please call or email librarian to register.
- Saturday Storytime
11:15am to 11:45am in the Library. Children aged 3 and over, accompanied by adults who are members are welcome to join us. Online registration is ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED. Space limited to 20 kids.
- Baby Circle Time
On every Wednesday morning from 10:30am--11:00am, babies and toddlers aged 0 to 3, accompanied by a parent or guardian, are welcome to join. Online registration REQUIRED. Space limited to 20 babies.
- Spring Parent Support Group
Starting from 3/4, meeting every other Thursday morning from 10am to 12pm, total five classes. Dr. Shu-ling Chen will lead you to read parenting books, discuss among the group, and answer your parenting questions. Conducted in Mandarin. This class is tailored to parents with kids 7 to 18 years old, but will accept parents with younger children. Call or email librarian for registration. Click here for more information
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- Books & Me is conveniently located at the border of Los Altos and Mountain View, on the El Camino Real and San Antonio Rpad.
4600 El Camino Real, Suite 205
Los Altos, CA 94022
Tel: 650-941-4379
- Library hours:
| Mon | 10am-2pm |
| Tue | 10am-2pm |
| Wed | 10am-4pm |
| Thu | 10am-4pm |
| Fri | closed |
| Sat | 10am-5pm |
| Sun | closed |
| * Operating hours are subject to change; please visit our web site for current operating hours. |
- Books & Me is open to public for free. You need a Library Card to check out books, and you can apply for one at the Library.
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- Books and Me has thousands of books and audio/visual materials for children, in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Topics cover natural sciences, history, culture, education, parenting and more.
- To renew library items, please email to librarian@zhaoyu.org. You only can renew once per item.
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Library Theme - Mother's Day
Suggested Reading List (Chinese editions):
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Book: What Mommies Do Best
Written by Laura Numeroff
Mommies can do lots of things, like building a snowman with you, sewing a loose button on your teddy bear, and reading you a cozy bedtime story; Daddies can do lots of things, like baking you a birthday cake, playing with you in the park, and taking you trick-or-treating. This is an appealing flip book that represents mothers and fathers participating in everyday activities to show their love for their children in very similar ways. Traditional Chinese with Zhuyin. Great for kids over 3 years old.
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Book: The Hen is Looking For Babies
Written by Chien Ming Chang
The hen has ten babies. One day, she knows it¡¦s going to rain, and starts calling her babies to come home. The first, second, and third of hers come home right after they hear mother¡¦s calling. Then the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth stop dancing with baby ducks and come home too, but, where is the tenth chick? This is a warm and sweet story. Parents can read the story for children, or children read by themselves. Traditional Chinese with Zhuyin. Great for kids over 3 years old.
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- Volunteers:
The success of Books & Me depends on your involvement. We are looking for volunteers in many fields. Please write to hr@zhaoyu.org if you are interested in lending a hand.
- Library Assistant/Admin
- Marketing Assistant
- Storyteller/Activity Teacher
- Activity Organizer
- Web Engineer
- Representives from Chinese schools
- Book Carriers
- Equipment:
Your junk can be a treasure for us. Please contact gift@zhaoyu.org for equipment donations.
- Chinese children's audio CDs with or without books
- Chinese children's videos
- A flat screen computer monitor 19" or larger
- A Computer projector SVGA resolution or better
- A Projector screen
Due to space constrain, we do not accept English books, books for adults (except parenting books), and homework practice type of books. We also do not accept toys and craft items unless specified on the website.
- Donations:
Public support is essential to the success of the Library. Your donation to Books & Me through the Zhaoyu Cultural Foundation is tax deductible. A small donation can help us bring more books and better service to your children and the community. For more information, please click here, or contact us at: gift@zhaoyu.org.
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The Zhaoyu Cultural Foundation (ZCF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in the State of California. Our mission is to promote multi-lingual mastery of Chinese language, culture and identity among overseas Chinese children in North America.
The Books & Me Children's Chinese Library is our first community service. For information about the Foundation and our future plans, please click links below:
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- We also want to thank the following volunteers for their extraordinary work to make the library launch smoothly:
- Gina Ng
- Sheena Chin
- Jenny Huang
- Sheena Chen
- Wanling Lee
- Vaiman (Fifi) Shum
- Helen Guo
- Kevin Wang
- Shirley Yu
- Jen Chang
- Sharon Wang
- Veronica Hom
- The Zhaoyu Cultural Foundation and Books & Me Children's Chinese Library want to thank the following ladies and gentlemen for their contribution:
- Chairman Steve Wang and President Chuan-Li Lee of Yuan Liu Publishing Group
- Horace Hsia and Huei-Guang Tsai of Mandarin Daily News
- Sophie Lin and Cathy Wang from Commonwealth Publishing Group
- Chairman Steve Chen of EasyTravel.com
- Principal Jane Chen of Mandarin Chinese School
- Principal Jane Wei of Palo Alto Chinese School
- Story Time Host: Ms. Sheena Chin
- The Zhaoyu Cultural Foundation and Books & Me Children's Chinese Library want to thank the following ladies and gentlemen for their generous donation:
- Bonfei Kao
- Vicky Huang and Jack Hong
- Seck-eng Tan and Patti Lowe
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