On January 12, 2016 Pasadena Library’s monthly Creative Writing for Beginning Readers workshop (ages 5-8) had a very special guest instructor to teach songwriting: Emily Arrow! Emily (www.emilyarrow.com) tours all over the country performing her songs about children’s literature, and has a CD coming out in February. She presented a […]
Lucha Libros: Ramona the Pest
Published on :On Tuesday night, January 5th, kids came to the Donald R. Wright Auditorium to do battle in Lucha Libros and answer questions about the book Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary. The questions are always in English and Spanish because the books are, too! Many kids come to us from the […]
Family Storytime: Christmas
Published on :It’s only Dec. 26th, and technically we’re on the 2nd day of Christmas, so today’s storytime was Christmas themed! All the books I chose are from popular picture book series. After we sang our opening song, kids got to make arctic “North Pole” animals out of felt circles, triangles, pentagons […]
“Lily Means…” by Lily Mahmud
Published on :Young Readers League “What’s in a Name” Writing Contest Category 1 (Age 8-11) 1st place
“My Name” by Emma Haag
Published on :Young Readers League “What’s in a Name” Writing Contest Category 1 (Age 8-11) 2nd place
“A Legacy” by Stella Paz
Published on :Young Readers League “What’s in a Name” Writing Contest Category 1 (Age 8-11) 3rd place
Kids’ Writing Workshop 12/18/15: Fractured Fairytales
Published on :On Friday Dec. 18th, our kids’ writing workshop made up new stories involving one or more fairytale characters. Kids got to draw two names from a basket–these were names of characters from some European or American fairytale, such as Brothers Grimm fairytales or Hans Christian Andersen fairytales, and usually not from the […]
Family Storytime – ART! – December 12
Published on :We read books about mixing colors, drawing monsters and using a circle and a square to create all sorts of things. Let’s take a closer look: Herve Tullet covers color mixing in Mix it Up! Each page invites interaction and imagination as children use their fingers to mix colors and create different hues. A great book […]
Toddler Storytime: Toys
Published on :Tuesday, December 15th was our last storytime for the Fall Session. In anticipation of the holidays, we did stories and songs about toys. First everybody got a shaker egg and we sang our opening song “Clap Everybody and Say Hello.” We did the song Open Shut Them and read the book Mimi […]
Infant Storytime: Toys
Published on :Tuesday, December 15th was our last storytime for the Fall Session. In anticipation of the holidays, we did stories and songs about toys. First everybody got a shaker egg and we sang our opening song “Clap Everybody and Say Hello.” We did the tickle Hurry Scurry Little Mouse and then read the […]