Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with us as we enjoy a live demonstration of bonsai on Thursday, May 17 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm - get expert advice on how to grow and prune your own bonsai plants.

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High school teens!  Are you looking for a worthwhile activity to help out your community this summer?   Needing volunteer hours for school or to put on your college or job application?  Then the Katy Branch is the place for you - our summer teen volunteer program needs YOU!  Call or come by the library for more information.

What is The Book & Bite Club, you ask?  It's our new book group, which will meet on the last Thursday of each month at 12:30pm, beginning on Thursday, April 26.  Since we're meeting around lunchtime, we thought it would be fun to have food to tie in with the book!  The selection for April is The Descendants by Kaul Hart Hemmings - as always, we have copies at our circulation

You've heard it before - you are what you eat!  Come on Monday, April 16 at 1:00pm, when a certified AFPA nutrition consultant tells us why we eat what we eat, and gives tips on making better food choices.

Seven million Americans may have diabetes and not know it - are you one of them?  Do you or a loved one already have a diagnosis of diabetes?  Join us on Thursday, March 22 at 1:00p.m. when a diabetes educator from Memorial Hermann Katy will talk about this increasingly common diagnosis.

The AARP FoundationTax-Aides are back to help you with your taxes.  They offer free assistance to taxpayers with low and moderate income with special focus on those 60 and older.  They're here at the Katy Branch every Tuesday through April 17 and work with people on a first come - first served basis between 12:30pm and 4:30pm.  Signups begin after 10:00am each Tuesday and participants should expect to wait an extended period of time for their names to be called.

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The new Katy Book Club has just formed and we want YOU to join us!  We're reading books from all genres - this time it's The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka.  It's a quick read - only 129 pages and there's still plenty of time before we meet on Wednesday, February 29 at 6:30pm.  Ask for your copy at our check-out desk!

That's right!  The Friends of the Katy Library Book Sale will be on Saturday, February 11 from 9:00am to 6:00pm at the VFW Hall, 6202 George Bush Drive.  You'll find bargain prices on used books, cds, and movies and all proceeds benefit the library.  What  a deal!

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Teens, its time to sign up to take the free practice SAT test that will be given here by Princeton Review on Saturday, February 4 at 10:00am.  Then on Saturday, February 11 at 10:00am, come back to get your test results and find out how to improve. You can register by stopping by in person or by giving us a call at 281-391-3509.

Have you always wanted to know what its really like to homeschool your children?  Find out on Saturday, January 28 at 1:00pm, when a veteran homeschooling mom will be here to give advice and tips on how to get started.