Pasadena Public Library
Here’s this week’s edition of my list of eBooks that are currently available and recommended. I hope this list might help you find something good to read while the libraries are closed. The descriptions of the books are taken from the databases where they were found. eBooks available through hoopla: […]
Here’s this week’s edition of my list of eBooks that are currently available and recommended. I hope this list might help you find something good to read while the libraries are closed. The descriptions of the books are taken from the databases where they were found. eBooks available through hoopla: […]
Life in the year 2020 may be rough, especially now when schools are closed and the libraries are closed too. But one of the things we can be grateful for is that we have access to millions of reading materials at the touch of a finger. However, even eBooks can […]
We have new DVDs at Central Library, although many of the stories have been around a long time. The Jungle Book, The BFG, and Pete’s Dragon have all been made into classic movies, and Pinocchio is a 1940 classic just recently released on DVD. But they’re not all old news. […]
We have some great new apps on our Children’s Room iPads, which were highly recommended in School Library Journal’s Top 10 of 2016 list. Read all about them here! You can also find all the apps we have on our Pinterest page: http://pinterest.com/pasadenalibrary! Skyscrapers – $2.99 – iOS, Android – […]
I started out storytime with a puppet show using a bunch of our Folkmanis puppets of all kinds of birds. I used them to tell the story of Hello, My Name is Ruby by Phillip C. Stead. In my telling, Ruby is a chicken (because I have more chickens than […]
On Thursday, August 25th, while the rest of the library was closed early, kids and their parents were hanging out here in the children’s Story Room learning about paleontology and center of gravity, and building their own dinosaurs! I showed a slide show about how scientists’ concepts of dinosaurs has […]
We read books about space in today’s preschool storytime. First we did a song to learn everyone’s names: Zoom Zoom Astronaut Can you say your name or not? What’s your name? _____________ Let’s all say it together! (from Jbrary) We started with Sheep Blast Off by Nancy Shaw and illustrated […]
This month, our Mother Daughter book club for girls 11 and up and their moms read a beautiful book called The Secret Hum of a Daisy by Tracy Holczer. And at last night’s meeting, we were graced by a special guest: Tracy Holczer! We had a great turnout, around 25 […]
It’s only Dec. 26th, and technically we’re on the 2nd day of Christmas, so today’s storytime was Christmas themed! All the books I chose are from popular picture book series. After we sang our opening song, kids got to make arctic “North Pole” animals out of felt circles, triangles, pentagons […]