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 […]
Accordion Book Craft Program! – November 19
Published on :Last Wednesday the creative juices were flowing during the Accordion Book Craft program! Kids ages 5 & up (and some adults – you know who you are…) put together some magnificent works of art. Crafting activities aren’t just for fun – they do have […]
Getting your stories published
Published on :Our Kids’ Writing Workshop met today and learned all about the publishing process. To make things really easy and visual for them, I put together a packet of samples. A lot of beginning writers (especially kids) don’t understand what a good submission packet looks like and may get undue rejections […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop: Write This Book by Pseudonymous Bosch
Published on :Today the Kids’ Writing Workshop wrote exercises from Write This Book by Pseudonymous Bosch! Bosch (is that his REAL name??) will be coming to Pasadena on Dec. 13. Everybody got a “Save the Date” to help mark their calendars. He writes hilarious mysteries for kids and has a new book coming out […]
Writing Workshop with Kristen Kittscher
Published on :I have been so busy this summer that I haven’t been able to take the time I’d really like to write blogs showing what’s going on at our programs. Here is a much-belated post I’ve been meaning to write about the wonderful kids’ writing workshop we recently had with middle […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thursday Tunes and Tales: Bubblemania!
Published on :We had a visit from Bubblemania today, doing their show about the science of bubbles! Some kids even got to be inside a bubble! Thank goodness nobody floated away! Check out our Facebook page for more great photos of the program!