Pasadena Public Library
This year, eight young writers participated in the NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program — a challenge to complete a novel in just 30 days! Participants of the Young Writers Program set their own word count goals and learn how to split that word count into 30 days of creative and productive […]
Each week I’m showcasing stories by kids who participated in our NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program in November 2020. We’ll be doing the program again this November, so stay tuned! This week, our last two writers on the alphabet — but last is NOT least!! Check out these funny excerpts from […]
Each week I’m sharing stories by kids who attended last year’s NaNoWriMo Young Writer’s Program in November 2020. We’ll be doing the program again this year; stay tuned! This week we’re showcasing stories by Sedonah and Sundai! Sedonah Sedonah’s novel Mallory and the Magic is about a girl named Mallory […]
Each week I’m sharing a few stories written during our NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program last year in November 2020. We will be doing the program again this year; stay tuned! This week we’re showcasing stories by Lexi and Meira. Lexi Lexi’s novel Spirit of a Bird is the first of […]
Each week I’m sharing stories written during our NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program which we had in November 2020. We will be doing the program again this November; stay tuned! This week we have stories by Elijah and Layla! _ Elijah Elijah’s novel Zura is set in the Amazon rainforest in […]
Each week I’m sharing stories written during our NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program last year in November 2020. We’ll be doing the program again this year! Our next two writers in alphabetical order are Arina, Avishi and Delight! Arina Arina’s novel The Murder starts out with the main character having […]
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 […]
Dream Catcher Story Contest 1st place (Category 1: grades 3-5) “Catching Dreams to Be the Dream” by Madeleine Cham Age 11, Grade 5 Once upon a time, there was a little girl who wished to catch dreams. Every night, she left a glass jar by her bed to […]
Dream Catcher Story Contest 2nd place (Category 1: grades 3-5) “Dreams” by Penelope Vuong Age 11, Grade 5 Ava went out to her backyard to look at her dream catcher. It had been going all morning, sucking each bad dream that roamed around in the air. The dream […]
Dream Catcher Story Contest 3rd place (Category 1: grades 3-5) “What Happens In The Night” by Zoe Beheshti Age 9, Grade 3 When the moon will rise And the stars will shine Many people will whisper “Star light, be mine.” But what’s going on? What’s behind […]