On Tuesday, November 17, Pasadena Public Library celebrated this year’s Young Readers League selection, Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin (Knopf) by Liesl Shurtliff. In partnership with Vroman’s Bookstore, Young Readers League is designed as a community-wide reading celebration by championing and geeking out over a single book. PPL and Vroman’s […]
Infant Storytime: Rain and Puddles
Published on :As cities across California gear up for “El Niño,” I thought our little niños might enjoy some fun books and songs about rain, puddles, and rainbows. We started storytime with our usual opening song and took scarves to sing One Bright Scarf and Peekaboo. Then we read a board book […]
Toddler Storytime: Rain and Puddles
Published on :As cities across California gear up for “El Niño,” I thought our little niños might enjoy some fun books and songs about rain, puddles, and rainbows. We started storytime with our usual opening song, then Open Shut Them, and took scarves to sing One Bright Scarf and Peekaboo. Then we […]
Infant Storytime 11/24: Turkeys
Published on :Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… And I’m working on catching up after taking care of my sick toddler for most of last week! I know many of you have been in the same boat. I hope you were all healthy and well and enjoyed your Thanksgiving. […]
Toddler Storytime 11/24: Turkeys
Published on :Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… And I’m working on catching up after taking care of my sick toddler for most of last week! I know many of you have been in the same boat. I hope you were all healthy and well and enjoyed your Thanksgiving. […]
Family Storytime: Turkeys
Published on :Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… So today our preschool/family storytime was all about turkeys! Everybody got a feather, and we sang a simple song about the colors: Turkey wore his red feather, red feather, red feather Turkey wore his red feather all […]
Mother Daughter Book Club: The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
Published on :I want to share one activity we did at Wednesday night’s Mother Daughter Book Club meeting that is worth remembering and thinking about some more. This month, we read the book The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods. In my opinion, the character who grows the most in this […]
Rump’s Restaurant – Young Readers League Program
Published on :For the past month we’ve been celebrating the Young Readers League: a book reading event based on the idea that all the kids in the community read the same book. It’s similar to our One City, One Story program, but for kids. Sponsored by The Friends of the Pasadena Public […]
Dogs – eStorytime
Published on :On October 30, we had our last eStorytime of 2015. Since the programs are held on Friday mornings, and most of the Fridays in November and December are holidays, we’ve decided to put the eStorytimes on hiatus for a bit. Of course, if you love them and want to see them […]
Family Storytime – Those Crazy Ocean Animals!- November 14
Published on :We read stories about some very dynamic ocean creatures…there was a shark who dreamed of being a detective, a boy whose little grey fish seemed to grow way beyond the confines of his fish tank and a squid who couldn’t stop bragging about being the BIGGEST thing in the ocean […]