{"id":17604,"date":"2025-06-04T12:10:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=17604"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:10:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:10:59","slug":"emerald-city-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2025\/emerald-city-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerald City Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Land of Oz! On April 11th<\/sup>, 2025 the Pasadena Public Library hosted an Emerald City Adventures event at the Villa Parke Community Center. For those with whimsy in their hearts, this free 2-hour event was designed to showcase the Villa Parke Community Center’s tenants as a unified resource serving the broader community. The primary tenants are Pasadena Public Library, Parks Recreation Community Services, Women Infant and Children (Pasadena Public Health), and Options for Learning<\/span>. With varying enrichment activities for the approximately 300 attendees the event was a delight to all!<\/p>\n

We\u2019re off to see the Wizard! Upon entering the Villa Parke Community Center, families were met with a yellow brick road, just like in The Wizard of Oz<\/em>. This led throughout the Community Center and allowed children and parents to test their observation skills with an Oz themed scavenger hunt. This meant searching for Glinda the Good, the Emerald City, a ruby slipper and so much more. In the upstairs library guests could pick out prizes and even view a special screening of the 1939 The Wizard of Oz<\/em> film before heading to the garden for a seed pot activity just in time for spring!<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no place like home! A very magical story time was presented by library staff members Pamela dressed as Dorothy and Kevin dressed as the Tinman, joined by a stuffed animal Toto! Along with the story reading there was singing, movement, and guitar playing for all to enjoy. For anyone who needed a little extra courage a very exciting cowardly lion plate puppet activity was offered at our arts and crafts station. \u201cOur special Emerald City Adventures story time was a delight to present and host! We had so much fun with all the kids and caregivers. It was so exciting to see many Dorothy\u2019s with their cute little Toto\u2019s. We hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did because we all organized it with so much love and thought. Thank you!\u201d\u2013 Miss Pam<\/p>\n

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Stories We Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Wake up The Tiger<\/em> by Britta Teckentrup<\/p>\n

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?<\/em> by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle<\/p>\n

Do Lions Live on Lily Pads?<\/em> by Melanie Walsh<\/p>\n