The Primary Title The One Book Project is a communitywide reading and discussion project inviting everyone to read and discuss the themes of civil rights, tolerance, diversity, acceptance, and courage. About the Fall 2022 Primary Title When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she […]
Events at Your Library Print your library branch monthly brochures Access programming by viewing or printing our monthly brochures by age groups Arvin Library Temporarily CLOSED Baker Library Temporarily CLOSED Beale LibraryMay Kids | May Teens | May AdultsBoron LibraryMay Kids | May Teens | May AdultsBookmobile Apr. Events Buttonwillow Library May Kids | May Teens | May Adults California City Library Temporarily CLOSED Delano Library Temporarily CLOSED Frazier Park LibraryMay Kids | May Teens | May AdultsHolloway-Gonzales Library May […]
Who we are The Friends of the Kern County Library was formed in in the Spring 1953 with the intended purpose of supporting the library. In 1965 the group became an incorporated non-profit organization in the State of California. Friends of the Kern County Library, Inc. continues as a 501c3 organization of the State of […]
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLLINATORS We’re working with libraries across the nation to share the importance of protecting pollinators and increasing wildflowers in our community. With #PlantWildFlowers, we want to spread awareness about the importance of helping our food-producing friends all over. It’s easy! It starts with you! Now you can plant wildflowers in your backyard […]
Now you can use your Kern Library card to check out a free vehicle day-use pass for 200+ California state parks. Research shows that spending time in the outdoors is associated with better mental and physical health, and that many Californians face barriers to accessing their parks. California has a wealth of state parks, and […]
WELCOME to the Beale Memorial Library. We invite you to view an important collection of fine art placed throughout the building. The selection of these works, by 19th and 20th century California artists, was begun in 1987 and completed in 1995. The collection was made possible through funds raised by the Kern County Library Foundation.* These […]
Read Together, Be Together A Literacy Program for Pre-readers The Kern County Library is excited to offer a fun, easy, and FREE program that promotes reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers. We encourage parents to bond with their children through reading. Our goal is to help parents understand the importance of literacy even before children […]
