Last night thirty-six 2nd and 3rd graders and their families came to the Donald R. Wright Auditorium to answer questions about the book Fantastic Mr. Fox / El Superzorro by Roald Dahl, and get their final scores for the year. These kids have been coming every month since September to […]
The Talented Clementine: Lucha Libros
Published on :Last night kids came to Central to answer questions about The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker. What a hilarious book! Clementine’s class is putting on a talent show and she gets into all sorts of capers trying to figure out what her talent is. In the end, her talent is […]
Lucha Libros: Big Nate Goes for Broke
Published on :Last night kids answered questions about the book Big Nate Goes for Broke / Nate el grande invencíble by Lincoln Peirce. The questions were much harder this time and fewer kids got the Bonus Round right. That’s good–these kids are so smart they keep pushing us to get tougher! One […]
Lucha Libros Battle: Winter of the Ice Wizard
Published on :We had some great guest scorekeepers at our Lucha Libros battle last night. One of them was our new Library Director, Michelle Perera! She stopped by after work to check out the event and when she saw we were short on people, she jumped in and lent a hand! A parent […]
Circus Mirandus Extravaganza
Published on :This year’s Young Readers League selection is Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley. In the spirit of One City One Story, Young Readers League is designed as a community-wide reading celebration. The goal is to bring kids, families, and educators together to explore a book’s themes through discussion, activities, art, and […]
Geronimo Stilton and the Fickle Nature of Love
Published on :In Geronimo Stilton’s tenth novel, All Because of a Cup of Coffee, he describes the way he fell head over paws for a lady mouse named Stephanie von Sugarfur, a countess who isn’t interested in his displays of affection for her nor his over-the-top gifts. It is after he finally […]
Be a Light Bender
Published on :On Nov. 18, 2016, to celebrate Young Readers League and its 2016 selection of Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley, we had a science program called “Be a Light Bender!” We had a jam-packed hour of activities exploring the physics of light and color. We did demonstrations of various phenomena, like […]
Creative Writing with Ashlyn Anstee
Published on :We had another terrific creative writing class for ages 5-8 with author-illustrator Ashlyn Anstee, who created the books Are We There, Yeti? and No, No, Gnome! Kids had a great time making up a funny character with crazy attributes, and coming up with a problem for him and a solution, […]
Lucha Libros: Haunted Castle on Hallow’s Eve
Published on :Things went much smoother at our most recent Lucha Libros battle on November 2nd. I noticed we had slightly lower attendance than last month… World Series Game 7, perhaps? 😉 (It’s okay, I forgive you–after all it was a historic game.) We had a few new systems to manage the […]
Project Designation 10/29/16
Published on :On Saturday, October 29, we had our Project Designation graphic design class for ages 11-14 in the Studio on 4th. Kids learned some concepts and tricks of graphic design, learned how to work with Pixlr editor, and got to design and print their own framed dry-erase weekly schedule. They also […]