Lucha Libros: 2nd Grade – Junie B. Jones and Jack and Annie

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Last week, twenty second graders met at Pasadena Central Library to answer questions about two books they read this month: Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business / Junie B. Jones y el negocio del mono Haunted Castle on Hallow’s Eve / Un castillo embrujado en la noche de […]

Lucha Libros: End of Year Certificates, Prizes and the Champion Belts!

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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 […]

Lucha Libros: Starting Year 4!

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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 […]

The Lucha Libros Class of 2017–and a new Champion!

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Last night thirty-six 2nd and 3rd graders and their families came to the Donald R. Wright Auditorium to answer questions about the book Fantastic Mr. Fox / El Superzorro by Roald Dahl, and get their final scores for the year. These kids have been coming every month since September to […]

The Talented Clementine: Lucha Libros

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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 […]

Lucha Libros: Big Nate Goes for Broke

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Last night kids answered questions about the book Big Nate Goes for Broke / Nate el grande invencíble by Lincoln Peirce. The questions were much harder this time and fewer kids got the Bonus Round right. That’s good–these kids are so smart they keep pushing us to get tougher! One […]

Lucha Libros Battle: Winter of the Ice Wizard

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We had some great guest scorekeepers at our Lucha Libros battle last night.  One of them was our new Library Director, Michelle Perera!  She stopped by after work to check out the event and when she saw we were short on people, she jumped in and lent a hand!  A parent […]

Geronimo Stilton and the Fickle Nature of Love

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In Geronimo Stilton’s tenth novel, All Because of a Cup of Coffee, he describes the way he fell head over paws for a lady mouse named Stephanie von Sugarfur, a countess who isn’t interested in his displays of affection for her nor his over-the-top gifts. It is after he finally […]

Lucha Libros: Haunted Castle on Hallow’s Eve

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Things went much smoother at our most recent Lucha Libros battle on November 2nd. I noticed we had slightly lower attendance than last month… World Series Game 7, perhaps? 😉 (It’s okay, I forgive you–after all it was a historic game.) We had a few new systems to manage the […]

Lucha Libros: Junie B Jones and a Little Monkey Business

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Last night there was a long line here in the Central Library great hall–around 120 people came to support their 2nd and 3rd grade students in answering questions about the book Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (in Spanish Junie B. Jones y el negocio del mono) by […]