We had so much FUN during our final storytime of the Summer Session! This was my first attempt at a storytime about cars, buses, trucks & traffic and it was amazing. The children and their parents were engaged and happy to toot, beep, start and stop with me. I got the […]
Infant Storytime – Baby Goes Beep & Bye Bye! – August 19
Published on :My final Infant Storytime for the Summer Session was bittersweet; it is always so sad for me to let the babies go. It is truly an honor to share this special stage in your baby’s development – I always feel so happy sharing stories, rhymes, bounces & songs with all […]
Infant and Toddler Storytimes – Owls – August 12
Published on :Hoot…Hoot…Hoot… My friend Owliver and I presented a storytime on Owls! Here is a picture of Owliver…he’s a beautiful spotted owl! Of course, this was taken during one of our typical California winters (wink). Owliver and I talked about owls loving the night life and about their ability to […]
Family Storytime – BUGS! – August 9
Published on :Bugs were everywhere! They were buzzing, flying and swooping past us – bees, butterflies, flies & fireflies – those were just some of the bugs in our preschool storytime today. There was a bee who learned to share and a ladybug who got in over her head. (Well, not to […]
The Wig in the Window by Kristen Kittscher
Published on :Sophie Young is a smart girl who is in love with everything about Chinese culture. Grace Yang, her best friend, is a cunning and clever superspy-wannabe. Together, they are Young and Yang, unstoppable sleuthing duo! There’s something…OFF… about their school counselor Dr. Agford, but every time they think they know […]
Infant Toddler Storytimes – August 5 – Bugs!
Published on :Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! We read stories about bugs in Tuesday’s Infant Toddler Storytimes. Well some of the adults (one in particular) weren’t too happy about this, but when I assured them I didn’t have any REAL bugs in my storytime arsenal (just some stories and flannels ABOUT bugs) they settled down. 🙂 We […]
Scratch 101, Friday August 1
Published on :We made more great Scratch projects last Friday as ten kids between the ages of 10-18 came to the library to learn how to create an interactive animated “talk show.” They learned programming concepts and created sequences of events that a computer could execute so that it looked like characters […]
Outer Space – Preschool Storytime
Published on :Today we had an out of this world storytime as we explored outer space together! Books We Shared We learned all about what astronauts do in I Want to Be an Astronaut by Byron Barton. As one storytime kid noticed even when eating dinner, astronauts are upside down. Later […]
Infant Toddler Storytimes – July 29 – Frogs!
Published on :FROGS!!! Did you know that froggies jump high and froggies jump low? (Great way to reinforce our opposites.) And did you know that they eat flies??? (Already introducing next week’s theme-bugs.) And did you know that they can be very curious about what OTHER animals eat? (Hint: Curiosity isn’t only dangerous for cats!) […]
Dave Skale the Magician
Published on :David Skale the Magician performed at the Central Library’s Donald Wright Auditorium on Saturday and had everybody rolling in the aisles! His kid volunteers did a great job as well. Here are a few pics–you’ll find many more on our Facebook page. Remember: ALL the books in the library are […]