Families spent an afternoon at the library tinkering and creating. We set up several drop in stations with LittleBits, 3D printing pens, Rainbow Looms, and Legos. The 3D printing pens extrude heated plastic filament that cools almost instantly into a solid, stable structure. You can draw up into the […]
Freedom by Nicole Kwan
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “My Family Story” Art Contest Category: Middle School (Grade 4-8) 2nd place Nicole Kwan, grade 5 “Freedom” Paint, glitter This piece is striking in color. The juxtaposition of the shackles against the flag with the glittery waters of earth represent both a dark and magical […]
Hands Across America by Kaylee Gunnoe
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “My Family Story” Art Contest Category: Middle School (Grade 4-8) 3rd place Kaylee Gunnoe, grade 4 “Hands Across America” Water color This piece depicts the ideal American dream in lovely colors–soft and positive. It’s what America could be: a safe haven, land of opportunities and […]
Happy Birthday, Salina Yoon!
Published on :March 14, 2015 was not only Pi Day, but also the birthday of one of our favorite authors and illustrators, Salina Yoon! To commemorate this very special occasion, Salina shared a couple of her newest books FOUND and STORMY NIGHT (and even made it rain!). We gave away party hats, little […]
Shrinky Dinks Jewelry Feb. 11, 2014
Published on :Kids packed the Story Room at Central Library last Wednesday to make their own jewelry by drawing it on shrink plastic. They made bracelets, earrings, necklaces and keychains. The bracelets were a surprisingly popular option, particularly for boys, and I think I’ll need to buy some bracelet chains next time […]
LittleBits Workshop
Published on :What are littleBits? littleBits is an open source library of discrete electronic components pre-assembled in tiny circuit boards. All logic and circuitry is pre-engineered in the bits. This pushes up the design process. Basically, a person who has little knowledge of electronics can now design something using electronics. The purpose […]
Celebrating the 1890s—Part Two: Who Was Claude Debussy?
Published on :Today we had a special program in the library’s auditorium, celebrating the life and music of French composer Claude Debussy. We examined his childhood, his musical influences, his friendships with impressionist and symbolist painters and composers, and the explosion of beauty and artistic expression that was the Belle Epoque in […]
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 […]
The Name of This Event is Secret
Published on :On 12-13-14… guests gathered in our auditorium for Pseudonymous Bosch, bestselling author of the Secret series. Mr. Bosch introduced the audience to his new book Bad Magic, performed some silly magic tricks, and made everyone laugh. The Secret series Activities In addition to meeting Mr. Bosch himself […]
Pictures of Staff — Drawn by Kids!
Published on :One of the things we’ve had the most fun with this summer is seeing the pictures kids have drawn of our Children’s Desk staff! Here’s Mr. Nick: Our fearless leader, Ms. Angela: Ms. Marie: And Ms. AnnMarie: And Miss Jennifer: And Mrs. Leela: […]