On Tuesday, May 3, our 2nd and 3rd grade luchadores gathered together for one last battle, answering questions about Neil Gaiman’s hilarious book Fortunately, the Milk / El galáctico, pirático y alienígena viaje de mi padre. After answering the questions, each kid got tickets for our prize table. The children […]
Creative Writing for Beginning Readers: Stories inspired by Pamela Zagarenski
Published on :Yesterday in our Creative Writing for Beginning Readers workshop we wrote stories based on the beautiful illustrations in Pamela Zagarenski’s book The Whisper. This picture book is about a magic book whose words have all flown away and it is up to one intelligent little girl to create new words […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop with Author Rachel Searles
Published on :Rachel Searles, author of MG science fiction novels The Lost Planet and its new sequel Stolen Moon, got the kids thinking creatively and having fun making the weirdest, scariest, funniest, most colorful alien character they could! First she shared her writing process with us. I love it when a successful […]
Family Storytime – Silly Animal Stories – April 2
Published on :We read some pretty funny animal stories in our family storytime! Here are some of the books & activities we shared: OUR BOOKS: Clarabella’s Teeth by An Vrombaut Which is Round? Which is Bigger? by Mineka Mamada The Baby That Roared by Simon Puttock OUR FLANNEL BOARD: Teasing Mr. Crocodile […]
Lucha Libros: April Battle, Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid
Published on :We read and tested on another Megan McDonald book for Lucha Libros this month: Stink, The Incredible Shrinking Kid / Stink el increíble niño menguante. The book wasn’t a hard read, but a few of the questions were. It’s that these kids are doing so well, I have to throw in a […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop: Spies and Secret Codes
Published on :On Friday, February 11, kids between 8 and 12 came to Central Library to write stories about spies and encoded messages. First we read excerpts from a couple great stories involving codes: Ruby Redfort Take Your Last Breath by Lauren Child, and The Spotted Dog Last Seen by Jessica Scott. […]
Animals with Attitude!
Published on :Yesterday in our Creative Writing for Beginning Readers class, we explored the characters of Beatrix Potter and the concept of personification. We talked about what personification is and came up with some examples: Beatrix Potter was a scientist who kept a lot of animals and drew inspiration for her stories […]
Lucha Libros: Judy Moody Girl Detective by Megan McDonald
Published on :This month we answered questions about Judy Moody, Girl Detective / Judy Moody es detective by Megan McDonald. We had three new families join the group tonight! It’s nice to see the program grow. The new kids did a very good job too. Everybody did. The bonus round this time […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop: A Vivid Memory
Published on :This year’s One City One Story book, Orphan Train, is an adult book that centers around vivid, heartbreaking memories, so this year’s Short Story Writing Contest has a simple prompt: Write about a vivid memory. It can be from your past, or it can be an exploration of memories in […]
Creative Writing For Beginning Readers: Escaped Fairytale Characters
Published on :Last week on February 9th, kids ages 5-8 came to the library to do some fun creative writing. First we learned about the difference between “First Person” point of view, with lots of I, Me, My, We, Our, Us words, and Third Person point of view, with lots of He, She, […]