tweens

Book clubs STEM 

Read Around the World Book Club: The Parker Inheritance

November 22, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments STEAM, tweens, young readers league

Last night we had our first Read Around the World book club meeting, and our book was The Parker Inheritance

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Writing 

Writing Hidden Histories for our Young Reader’s League Writing Contest

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments contest, history, tweens, young readers league

Last week our Kids’ Writing Workshop focused on hidden histories and flash fiction, to help kids develop entries for our

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Announcements & News Arts & Crafts 

Winners and Honorable Mentions for our Fractured Films Art Contest

August 31, 2019September 5, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments art, contest, school age, teens, tweens

On Saturday, August 31st we had a reception honoring the winners and honorable mentions of our Art and Writing Contests.

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Uncategorized 

“Triassic Park” by Joel Mason Griffin: 1st Place

August 31, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments contest, dinosaurs, fiction, school age, science fiction, tweens

Read the story that won 1st Place in the Children’s Category for our Fractured Films Writing Contest–a Triassic take on

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Writing 

“Fairytale Avengers” by Diego and Mateo Fernández: 2nd Place

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments contest, fairytales, fiction, school age, tweens

Read the story that won 2nd Place in our Fractured Films Writing Contest–a fairytale take on the Avengers (or an

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STEM 

Webpages Designed and Coded by Kids!

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding, tweens

Over the summer, kids came three times to Pasadena Public Library to learn the basics of HTML and CSS code

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Events & Programs STEM Writing 

It’s Showtime! Stop-Motion LEGO Movies Made by Tweens

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments apps, iPad, lego, school age, summer reading challenge, tweens, videos

A few weeks ago when our Summer Reading Program, “It’s Showtime At Your Library!” officially began, we held a LEGO

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Events & Programs STEM Writing 

Book Trailers Made by Kids!

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments apps, book trailers, iPad, tweens, videos

Kids 9-12 years old came to the library for a three-day program last week to make book trailers about their

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Events & Programs STEM Writing 

Make-Believe Science: Kids’ Writing Workshop

April 1, 2019April 3, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments school age, science, STEAM, tweens

On Saturday, we held a workshop called “Make-Believe Science,” inspired by two books: “Don’t Forget to Write: For the Elementary

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Arts & Crafts Events & Programs 

Project Designation: Valentine’s Day Arts and Crafts

March 4, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments art, graphic design, holidays, tweens

On Saturday, February 9th, high school students from Arcadia High School came and presented a fun and informative workshop on

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