¡Musica Gratis y Legal con Freegal! / Free and Legal Music with Freegal
¡Musica Gratis y Legal con Freegal! Freegal es un servicio de música descargable que la Biblioteca Pública de Santa Clarita ofrece completamente gratis. Si te encanta la música, puedes descargar tus canciones favoritas y aprovechar este valioso recurso que ofrece nuestra Biblioteca. Todo lo que necesita es su tarjeta de…
Read for the Win
Read for the Win With summer approaching, and the end of the school year almost here, The Santa Clarita Public Library give parents no reasons to fear. How can kids stay sharp while out of school? Read at least 5 books is the general rule! The summer reading program is…
Schneider Family Book Award
The American Library Association (ALA) bestows many awards upon books for children, the most notable being the Newbery Medal and the Caldecott Medal. Did you know that there are many other awards given by ALA? My personal favorite is the Schneider Family Book Award. To quote the ALA website, “The…
Fight Summer Learning Loss
Summer is fast approaching and if you’re a parent that means you need a plan to ensure that your children are properly prepared for school in the fall. Studies show that children that do not read lose an average of 2 months of academic knowledge over the summer. There…
Free Professional Performers in May
Please join us for one, or all, of the wonderful stories and songs offered for free thanks to the sponsorship by the City of Santa Clarita Cultural Landscape Fund. All three performances will be held during the month of May and no registration is necessary. “Firecracker Dragon” with Storyteller Barbara…
Dia De Los Ninos, Dia De Los Libros
This Saturday is our 4th annual Dia De Los Niños Celebration! Saturday, April 30th, 11AM-12PM We will have Music! Crafts! Face Paint! An International Storyteller! And Special Guests! “El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día, is a celebration every day of…
Aaron Starmer, My New Favorite Author
This past November, I happened upon a middle grade book with a fantastic cover. One of the main characters shares my daughter Fiona’s name so I decided to make this my next book to read. Little did I know that I would be going down a rabbit hole that would…
Performers are Coming!
Hi folks. Storytime is wrapping up but don’t despair. We have some exciting performers coming your way. This may we will have 3 performers visiting our Santa Clarita Public Libraries. Our first performer will visit our Valencia Library on Wednesday, May 4th at 10:00 am. Barbara began her professional storytelling…
Come Celebrate Elephant & Piggie
I have a secret to confess…my favorite children’s books are always the ones that make me laugh and my experience has been that no one does it better than Mo Willems. His series Elephant & Piggie is pure brilliance! These early reader books written about a cautious grey elephant named…