“My Journey Around the United States” by Ella Lesnever

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Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest Honorable Mention Category 1 (ages 8-11)   Ella Lesnever Age 11 (Grade 6), Blair Middle School “My Journey Around the United States”   My family is doing a challenge where my brother and I will try to go to all fifty states before we […]

Untitled story by Lucca Sandino

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Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest Honorable Mention Category 1 (ages 8-11)   Lucca Sandino Age 11 (Grade 6), Blair Middle School Untitled   Once upon a time, a young boy named Henry was born in a big city named Tanker City. When Henry turned eight, he and his parents […]

Infant Storytime: Farm

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Old MacDonald Had a Farm “Old MacDonald” Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O With a “moo-moo” here and a “moo-moo” there Here a “moo” there a “moo” Everywhere a “moo-moo” Old Macdonald had a […]

Toddler Storytime: Farm

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Old MacDonald Had a Farm “Old MacDonald” Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O With a “moo-moo” here and a “moo-moo” there Here a “moo” there a “moo” Everywhere a “moo-moo” Old Macdonald had a […]

Preschool Storytime ~ Love & Hugs

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WE read some great stories about love and hugs during today’s Preschool Storytime!   Here are the books, songs, flannel board, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read All three of our stories had to do with love and hugs. In Oh Daddy! by Bob Shea, a little boy is convinced his […]

Young Readers League Contest Winners

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Here are the winners for the Art and Writing Contests: Writing Contest This year, young writers were challenged to tell us a ghost story in 300 words or less. Special thanks to our judges:  Allison Hill (Vromans), Shauna Redmond, Jean Penn, Leela Perea, Robin Reidy and Rosa Cesaretti (Pasadena Library). Category […]

Infant Storytime: Sea Animals

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Slippery Fish Slippery fish, slippery fish sliding through the water Slippery fish, slippery fish Gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… octopus, octopus squiggling in the water octopus, octopus gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… tuna […]

Toddler Storytime: Sea Animals

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Slippery Fish Slippery fish, slippery fish sliding through the water Slippery fish, slippery fish Gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… octopus, octopus squiggling in the water octopus, octopus gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… tuna […]

Toddler Storytime: Halloween

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Shadow Shapes I showed everyone these “scary shadows” that, upon being flipped over, turn out to be cute pictures of happy things! Four Little Bats Four little bats as happy as can be. One flew away and then there are three. Three little […]

Infant Storytime: Halloween

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Shadow Shapes I showed everyone these “scary shadows” that, upon being flipped over, turn out to be cute pictures of happy things! Who’s That Knocking? (Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush) Who’s that knocking at my door? At my door, at […]