Pasadena Public Library
Can you balance a shoe on the tip of your nose? Well that was just one of the many whimsical antics enjoyed by dozens of children and their caregivers at the annual “End of Summer Reading Bash” held at Jefferson Branch Library, where the entertainment included giant bowling, an art […]
Each week I’m showcasing stories by kids who participated in our NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program in November 2020. We’ll be doing the program again this November, so stay tuned! This week, our last two writers on the alphabet — but last is NOT least!! Check out these funny excerpts from […]
Each week I’m sharing stories by kids who attended last year’s NaNoWriMo Young Writer’s Program in November 2020. We’ll be doing the program again this year; stay tuned! This week we’re showcasing stories by Sedonah and Sundai! Sedonah Sedonah’s novel Mallory and the Magic is about a girl named Mallory […]
Each week I’m sharing a few stories written during our NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program last year in November 2020. We will be doing the program again this year; stay tuned! This week we’re showcasing stories by Lexi and Meira. Lexi Lexi’s novel Spirit of a Bird is the first of […]
Each week I’m sharing stories written during our NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program which we had in November 2020. We will be doing the program again this November; stay tuned! This week we have stories by Elijah and Layla! _ Elijah Elijah’s novel Zura is set in the Amazon rainforest in […]
Each week I’m sharing stories written during our NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program last year in November 2020. We’ll be doing the program again this year! Our next two writers in alphabetical order are Arina, Avishi and Delight! Arina Arina’s novel The Murder starts out with the main character having […]
Librarians always love being the first to see a good new book that’s coming out. Often, we get to see Advance Reader Copies of books so that we can decide whether to purchase those books for the library. But this year, I got a really special opportunity to mentor and […]
We had a wonderful group of smart, creative kids come to do some coding and art at our ArtNight program last Friday, April 16th. Kids 8 and up did the Artist Tutorial together on Code.org. The tutorial contains nine easy puzzles to solve, each one introducing a new concept about […]
For today’s Read Around the World Book Club meeting, we discussed the book Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell, set in Paris, France in the early 20th century. (Note: some reviewers say the book is set in the “Victorian era” but that’s INCORRECT. Faure’s Requiem wasn’t finished until around 1890, and had […]
There’s a new way for PUSD students to get access to free eBooks and audiobooks in the library’s collection, and it doesn’t even require a Pasadena Public Library card! Through a partnership between Overdrive and Sora, and Pasadena Public Library and PUSD, students can now check out books from the […]