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Storytimes, festivals, garden days, and more around San Francisco. Find a date that fits your family.

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October 2026

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3 events · San Francisco time

Thu, Oct 22 · 10:30 AM–11:15 AM

Free

Mission Bay Library program room · Mission Bay
960 4th Street, San Francisco

Enjoy books, songs and rhymes together.

Who it’s for:: For infants and their caregivers; no numeric age limit is specified.
Cost:: Free library program.
Before you go:: Limited free tickets are first come at the reference desk starting at 10 AM.

Thu, Oct 22 · 3:30 PM–5:00 PM

Free

Richmond Library meeting room · Inner Richmond
351 9th Avenue, San Francisco

Learn the card game or help another child learn. Decks and beginner gameboards are available to participants.

Thu, Oct 22 · 6:45 PM–7:45 PM

Free

West Portal Library children’s area · West Portal
190 Lenox Way, San Francisco

Discuss Mitali Perkins’s Hope in the Valley, about an Indian American girl starting middle school.

Who it’s for:: The organizer specifies girls ages 9–11 and their caregivers.
Cost:: Free library program.
Before you go:: Drop in; no advance registration is listed. This is a discussion of Hope in the Valley.

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