Pasadena Public Library
Our Lucha Libros program has ended for the 2017-2018 school year! After answering questions about their last book for the year kids got to learn their scores and get tickets, as well as certificates commemorating their participation in this program. We gave extra tickets to the kids who placed in […]
On Tuesday, we began our Fall session for infant toddler storytime! We started things off with a classic fall theme: Apples! Books We Shared Our first story was Apple by Nikki McClure. This beautiful book uses single words and black, white and red images to tell the journey of an apple […]
For the past few years, 2nd and 3rd graders have come to the library every first Wednesday of the month to answer questions about a book they read and earn tickets to buy prizes. This year, in order to allow more kids to join, we created separate programs for 2nd […]
Last night kids came to Central to answer questions about The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker. What a hilarious book! Clementine’s class is putting on a talent show and she gets into all sorts of capers trying to figure out what her talent is. In the end, her talent is […]
In the spirit of One City, One Story, the Pasadena Public Library and Vroman’s Bookstore hosted programs centered around the Young Readers League (YRL) selection, El Deafo by Cece Bell. YRL is designed as a community-wide reading celebration by championing and geeking out over a single book. El Deafo is a hilarious and charming graphic novel memoir about a young hearing impaired girl […]