Pasadena Public Library
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 […]
Today’s Read Around the World Book Club discussion focused on the country of Oman, after we read The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye. The book is a very quiet read, focused mostly on one boy’s love for his country and unwillingness to leave it, and his relationship with […]
To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, our Read Around the World book club for 3rd – 5th graders discussed the exciting middle grade fantasy/adventure book Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, published by Rick Riordan Presents. Race to the Sun is set in Albuquerque, New Mexico and also Navajo […]
Today our book club learned a bit about Chiang Mai, Thailand and discussed the book Tua and the Elephant by R. P. Harris. Nine-year-old Tua releases an abused elephant from its chains, but its angry and ruthless owners are on her tail and they’ll do anything to get their elephant […]
This month, the Read Around the World book club for 3rd through 5th graders read and discussed the book Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner. (The book is available on hoopla as an eBook.) This is a delightful romp through 1920s Berlin with a bunch of boys who are […]
On Friday we read excerpts from the middle grade books that are available as prizes for Summer Reading Challenge participants. Then we explored how those books can teach us something about writing. Hooks To learn about writing a first page that will “hook” the reader, we read the first page […]
Our first coding class for ages 7-12 on May 29 had a total of 115 attendees! 115! Not all of them could be there for the entire time. But still, 115 new or fairly new users were brought to the fountain of free learning and creativity that is Scratch! So […]
It was all about things that GO during our last Infant Storytime of the winter session. We also talked about the letter G in Go and found some other things that begin with G! Guitar, Goose and Goat! Take a look at the books, flannel boards, songs, rhymes & […]
On Monday, February 24, we held our fourth Educator Night at Pasadena Public Library. 48 teachers, librarians, and administrators from 27 schools came to learn about the resources available at our libraries and enjoy lots of giveaways and opportunity drawings! Around 20 new educator cards were opened. Participants came from […]