Pasadena Public Library
In July we launched a new program: “Art & Play” for children ages 2-6. One Monday morning each month, we focus on “process art”. With process art the fun is all in the doing, there are no rules; it involves exploration and tactile learning with no specific outcome. In the end you […]
We had lots of fun during our preschool storytime last Saturday! Whales snuck into each of our stories – whales that grew too large to keep in the bathtub, whales with advice and whales that appeared in a great “messterpiece” created by an “ocean” artist. Sound strange? Maybe. But remember, nothing’s impossible […]
Last Friday, kids came to Pasadena Central Library for a free writing workshop with middle grade author Kristen Kittscher, who writes the Young and Yang mysteries! She shared some of the funny facts that inspired her book The Tiara on the Terrace, which is based on Pasadena’s own Rose Court […]
WHOOOOO loves owls? We did, in Saturday’s preschool storytime! Books We Shared Everyone ones that owls are wise, but in Sean Taylor’s Hoot Owl Master of Disguise, illustrated by Jean Jullien, Hoot Owl shows us some other… skills that he has. Flying through the cover of darkness, Hoot Owl hunts […]
In July we launched a new program: “Art & Play” for children ages 2-6. One Monday morning each month, we’ll focus on a process-based art project. With process art, the fun is all in the doing, and you happen to end up with an art piece at the end! For […]
Our 8th and final storytime of the summer session was all about Babies! I introduced everybody to Ralph (the library baby) and we pointed to his nose, eyes, hands, feet, hair and bellybutton! Then we all tried to find our own body parts! After that it was babies, babies EVERYWHERE! Here are the books, songs, rhymes, flannel stories, […]
Our 8th and final storytime of the summer session was all about Babies! An infant storytime about Babies – what could be more appropriate? I introduced everybody to Ralph (the library baby) and we pointed to his nose, eyes, hands, feet, hair and bellybutton! Then we all tried to find our own body parts! After that it […]
At today’s storytime we talked about the moon, one of the key players in Monday’s solar eclipse! Books We Shared Our first story, Mae and the Moon by Jami Gigot, is about a girl who thinks of the moon as her friend, and feels sad when the moon seems to dwindle […]
Yesterday, after reading the book Du Iz Tak by Carson Ellis, kids in primary grades did an activity making up a new language. Then they created new written dialogue for picture books with few or no words. They chose a book and wrote dialogue for it on sticky notes shaped […]
Our 7th storytime of the summer session was all about Fish! Fish sure are slippery! Here are the stories, songs, rhymes, flannel boards, activities and video we explored about our topic. Books We Shared In Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins we run into a variety of fish! This is a colorful, boldly illustrated book that captures […]