I have been so busy this summer that I haven’t been able to take the time I’d really like to write blogs showing what’s going on at our programs. Here is a much-belated post I’ve been meaning to write about the wonderful kids’ writing workshop we recently had with middle […]
Foxy Finds a New Home!
Published on :Congratulations, Foxy, and we hope you’ll be very happy with your new owner, Grace! Grace was the winner of our grand prize drawing for the Central Library mascot, Foxy! Thanks to all the kids who joined our Summer Reading Challenge! We hope you join us again next year!
Preschool Storytime: Yes Day
Published on :Today’s storytime was all about the all-too-common experience kids have of not always getting their way or being told what or what not to do. We started with a song and read the book Yes Day! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. This is a book about one day […]
Toddler Storytimes – Transportation! – August 19
Published on :We had so much FUN during our final storytime of the Summer Session! This was my first attempt at a storytime about cars, buses, trucks & traffic and it was amazing. The children and their parents were engaged and happy to toot, beep, start and stop with me. I got the […]
Infant Storytime – Baby Goes Beep & Bye Bye! – August 19
Published on :My final Infant Storytime for the Summer Session was bittersweet; it is always so sad for me to let the babies go. It is truly an honor to share this special stage in your baby’s development – I always feel so happy sharing stories, rhymes, bounces & songs with all […]
Infant and Toddler Storytimes – Owls – August 12
Published on :Hoot…Hoot…Hoot… My friend Owliver and I presented a storytime on Owls! Here is a picture of Owliver…he’s a beautiful spotted owl! Of course, this was taken during one of our typical California winters (wink). Owliver and I talked about owls loving the night life and about their ability to […]
Family Storytime – BUGS! – August 9
Published on :Bugs were everywhere! They were buzzing, flying and swooping past us – bees, butterflies, flies & fireflies – those were just some of the bugs in our preschool storytime today. There was a bee who learned to share and a ladybug who got in over her head. (Well, not to […]
The Wig in the Window by Kristen Kittscher
Published on :Sophie Young is a smart girl who is in love with everything about Chinese culture. Grace Yang, her best friend, is a cunning and clever superspy-wannabe. Together, they are Young and Yang, unstoppable sleuthing duo! There’s something…OFF… about their school counselor Dr. Agford, but every time they think they know […]
Infant Toddler Storytimes – August 5 – Bugs!
Published on :Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! We read stories about bugs in Tuesday’s Infant Toddler Storytimes. Well some of the adults (one in particular) weren’t too happy about this, but when I assured them I didn’t have any REAL bugs in my storytime arsenal (just some stories and flannels ABOUT bugs) they settled down. 🙂 We […]
Scratch 101, Friday August 1
Published on :We made more great Scratch projects last Friday as ten kids between the ages of 10-18 came to the library to learn how to create an interactive animated “talk show.” They learned programming concepts and created sequences of events that a computer could execute so that it looked like characters […]