SEEKING SPONSORS - support literacy in Kern County by becoming a Books in Motion sponsor! 📚 Books in Motion turns 🔟 this summer and we are preparing for our most impactful year yet! Will you join us? 🎉 Since 2016, we’ve served 20,000 children, given away 15,000 FREE books, and have distributed 64 children’s book titles. @kerncountylibrary Businesses and individuals are invited to support our county-wide effort to ensure every child has a chance to succeed in their educational pursuits by developing literacy skills to last a lifetime. 🙌 BECOME A SPONSOR 👉 kerndance.org/SUPPORT 2026 will be a hallmark year and we hope you’ll join us! LEARN MORE 👉 kerndance.org/BIM #KDA #KernArts #CentralValleyArts #ArtsEducation #ArtsAdministration #ArtsAdvocacy #NonprofitArts #Literacy #KernCounty #BooksinMotion #Sponsor

🍏 Need food? Waste Hunger Not Food rescues extra meals from schools & delivers them safely to those in need. Explore free pickup spots in Kern County: kernpublichealth.com/healthy…. Let’s fight hunger together!

🎃👻 Spooky season is here, but so is Valley Fever! Most cases arise in fall when dust and fungus spores are airborne. If you have a cough, fever, or chest pain lasting over two weeks, it could be Valley Fever. Learn more at kernpublichealth.com

🚨 Unsure about that food vendor? Salmonella lurks in undercooked food—Kern County sees 100 cases annually! Trust your gut: skip vendors that seem unsafe. Report concerns: 661-862-8740. #FoodSafety #StayHealthy

When people ask if I still dance. . .❤️

🎷🦁 Books in Motion® 2025 kicked off with a WILD and joyful ROAR at the Southwest Library Branch — and it was PACKED OUT! With close to 200 attendees, our first public performance was an unforgettable start to the season set to the wildest musical score we’ve ever heard! 🎉📚 🐒 🎶 Books in Motion® brought the hilarious and imaginative “Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo” by John Lithgow and Leeza Hernandez to life — and let’s just say... the animals weren’t the only ones dancing! 🎺🦓 Thanks to the incredible @mclaughlindancecollective, kids and families were swept into a full storytelling experience filled with music, movement, laughter, and zoo-sized fun. After the show, children joined a themed dance class and made creative crafts to bring the book’s magic home. 💃🎨🦒 Huge thanks to @kerncountylibrary for helping make this event so special and for opening their doors to hundreds of smiling families. This free event is just the beginning of a summer filled with connection, creativity, and community through Books in Motion®. 🎟️ Missed the Zoo? You still have two more chances to join the fun: 📍 July 8 at 10:30 AM – Wilson Branch Library 📍 July 9 at 10:00 AM – Shafter Veterans Hall (with ASL interpretation) 🌐 Learn more and view the full schedule at kerndance.org/BIM #BooksInMotion #NeverPlayMusicRightNextToTheZoo #McLaughlinDanceCollective #DanceAndLiteracy #KernDanceAlliance #BIM2025 #ReadMoveCreate #FreeFamilyEvents #KernCountyLibrary #InclusiveArts #SummerReadingFun #KernCountyLibraries #ASLAccess #StorytimeInMotion #LiteracyThroughDance #WhereBooksComeToLife

Esto no es solo un cordón. Es una promesa. Ojos en el agua, corazón en los niños. Sé la persona en la que puedan confiar este verano.Recoge tu kit GRATUITO del Vigilante del Agua en el Departamento de Salud Pública del Condado de Kern

The Read-O de Mayo Reading Challenge is here! From now to May 5, 2025, kids ages 4-12 can read 10 books to earn one FREE kids meal voucher from Baja Fresh—or go for the full flavor and read 20 books to earn two. Sign up on Beanstack at kernlibrary.beanstack.org/

📷 BIG News for the Arvin Library! 📷 Arvin Branch Library will be temporarily closed from April 8 – September 29, 2025, for critical safety and infrastructure improvements, thanks to the Building Forward Library Infrastructure Grant! 📷📷

📢 Attention, Kern County Library patrons! 📢 All Kern County Library locations will be closed on Wednesday, March 5th. But don’t worry—you can still enjoy eBooks and audiobooks anytime, anywhere through our free eLibrary! 📚🎧

Don't wait for someone else to speak up. Be the one to intervene and prevent a potential disaster. Remember, a life can depend on it. #nationalpassengersafetyweek #passengersafety #passengersspeakup

🎶 New Music Friday: Mac Miller's second posthumous album is now available on hoopla. Listen now for #freewithlibrarycard. 🎈🎧 hoopladigital.com/music/1770… #macmiller #balloonerism

All I want for Christmas is more trips to the library!

Library Card- the gift that keeps on giving

#LetsTalkHealth Bakersfield as Jessica Altman of @CoveredCA and Dr. Irving Ayala-Rodriguez of @Clinica_1971 were hosted by Shalyn Pineda of @KernCntyLibrary to discuss #OpenEnrollment for 2025 #ACA coverage and its new health literacy campaign at CoveredCA.com/lets-talk-heal….

Sometimes all you wanna do is listen to an audiobook. 🤷‍♀️ Explore our collection of Most Borrowed Audiobooks of 2024 to find your next read! 🥳🎧 hoopla.app.link/to6lpOaDQOb

Looking for our next book to get lost in. #booklovers