Pasadena Public Library
For today’s storytime we learned about parts of the body. I asked each toddler to point to different parts of a teddy bear’s body on their way in. So they were already practicing the words for ears, eyes, nose, arms, feet, head, etc. even before storytime started! Books We Shared […]
For today’s storytime we learned about parts of the body. Books We Shared Hey Little Baby by Heather Leigh and illustrated by Genevieve Cote has a nice message, asking the baby in the story what he will do with his marvelous hands, where he will go with his feet, what […]
Halloween is around the corner so we indulged in books about a pumpkin named Stumpkin and a monster who learns not to play with his food. We also shared a story activity that involved six white ghosts! Its never boring at storytime! Here are the books, songs, story activity, action rhymes […]
We shared some great stories and flannel rhymes about finding, cooking and eating food! Well it wasn’t just about food! The books we read taught us about sharing, doing great things (even when you are small), and guarding against false assumptions. Sound deep? Yes, it was! But it was also […]
This morning, we used stories and our imaginations to take a trip into outer space. And we had some help with this thanks to the “NASA @ My Library” program administered through the California State Library and Southern California Library Cooperative. NASA sent us some fun materials to use and […]
Today we read about baby animals and the kids got to meet a cute kangaroo puppet and her joey! Books We Shared Next To You: A Book of Adorableness, by Lori Haskins Houran and pictures by Sydney Hanson, gives a laundry list of cute, big-eyed, fluffy baby animals and explains […]
On Saturday, August 31st we had a reception honoring the winners and honorable mentions of our Art and Writing Contests. This year’s theme was “Fractured Films,” fitting with our Summer Reading theme, “It’s Showtime at Your Library!” We got beautiful art and writing entries that were inspired by films, but […]
We shared some great stories and flannel rhymes about SWEET TREATS during our Preschool Storytime! Here are the books, songs, flannel boards, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read I Love Cake by Tammi Sauer with illustrations by Angie Rozelaar is a funny story about three friends – Rabbit, Porcupine and Moose. […]
Read the story that won 1st Place in the Children’s Category for our Fractured Films Writing Contest–a Triassic take on the movie “Jurassic Park” written by Joel Mason Griffin! The judges loved the action and suspense, and I think you will, too! […]
Read the story that won 2nd Place in our Fractured Films Writing Contest–a fairytale take on the Avengers (or an Avengers take on fairytales!) written by an amazing duo of writer brothers: Diego and Mateo Fernández! Action-packed and a delight to read, see for yourself why it placed! […]