Young Readers League 2016 Writing Contest Category 1 (Age 8-11) Honorable Mention Lavender Rose and the Magic Circus by Tabitha Foster 11 years old (Grade 6) Immaculate Heart Middle School Once upon a time there was a girl called Lavender Rose, who was, how should I put it, very special. You may […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop: The Erasmus Game
Published on :On Friday, Sept. 23 in our Kids’ Writing Workshop for children ages 8-12, we played something called “The Erasmus Game,” which I got to learn from PCC professor and YA author E. Katherine Kottaras. This exercise is based on Chapter 33 of the book Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style […]
“Lily Means…” by Lily Mahmud
Published on :Young Readers League “What’s in a Name” Writing Contest Category 1 (Age 8-11) 1st place
“My Name” by Emma Haag
Published on :Young Readers League “What’s in a Name” Writing Contest Category 1 (Age 8-11) 2nd place
“A Legacy” by Stella Paz
Published on :Young Readers League “What’s in a Name” Writing Contest Category 1 (Age 8-11) 3rd place
Meeting Liesl Shurtliff, author of Rump
Published on :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 […]
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 […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop: What’s your TRUE name?
Published on :To help kids brainstorm for our Young Readers’ League writing contest, we did writing exercises from the book Leap Write In! by Karen Benke, writing poem sentences and answering writing prompts about what our name means or what an ideal name would be for us. Here is what the kids came […]
Celebrating El Deafo part 2 — Sign language and clues
Published on :continued from El Deafo Part 1 Sign Scavenger Hunt The program was geared toward kids ages 8-12, but all ages were invited to attend. We started out in the Story Room where our Sign Language professional on staff, Tiffany Duenas, spoke a little about deaf culture and taught basic sign language. […]
Celebrating El Deafo part 1 — Jeopardy & capes
Published on :In the spirit of One City, One Story, the Pasadena Public Library and Vroman’s Bookstore hosted programs centered around the Young Readers League (YRL) selection, El Deafo by Cece Bell. YRL is designed as a community-wide reading celebration by championing and geeking out over a single book. El Deafo is a hilarious and charming graphic novel memoir about a young hearing impaired girl […]