National Library Week is all about loving your library! This year we celebrate the theme “Libraries Transform”, reminding all of us that libraries of today are not just about being a big building that holds many books, but what we do for and with people, how we connect with each…
La escritora de cuentos y poesías Hispano-Americana, Pat Mora (Patricia Estella Mora), nació en 1942 en El Paso, Texas. Es graduada de la Universidad de Texas en El Paso y ha trabajado extensamente como educadora y profesora en el distrito escolar de El Paso; así como también ha sido instructora…
My favorite library program is Dance Party. If you have been to one of our Dance Party programs, I don’t need to explain what makes it great. If you haven’t, then you are in for a real treat. Dance Party is a program of music and movement for children who…
Therapy dogs have been coming to the Santa Clarita Public Libraries for many years. These special animals like to listen to children read stories to them, pet them, and talk to them as well! There are many different sizes and breeds of dogs that are part of this wonderful program.…
The Jungle Book is a collection of fables written by Rudyard Kipling while living in Vermont in 1894. The Second Jungle Book was published the following year. Several of the fables feature Mowgli, an abandoned “man cub” raised by wolves in the Indian Jungle. In a few short weeks Rudyard Kipling’s…
Fiction is the section with stories, and non-fiction is the section with facts and figures. True or false? Believe it or not, this is actually false. Not everything in the non-fiction section of the library is factual. You will find folklore, fairy tales, religious parables, ghost stories, poetry, and UFO…
Every year I strive to complete a new reading challenge. This is a fun practice that I recommend to everyone. It forces you to read at least a few books each year that you might otherwise have never looked at. This year I’m working on the 2016 Reading Challenge. One of…
I do! Have you read all of his books and are now waiting patiently for May 3rd when the first book, “The Hidden Oracle” in his newest series, The Trials of Apollo that comes out? Well, if you are this kind of fan you are at the right place. Look below…
Daylight savings is observed twice a year, when we adjust our clocks so that the sun will rise earlier or later. Benjamin Franklin first suggested that shops could close earlier to save on the cost of lighting, an early proposal of what would become daylight savings time. But it…
TumbleBooks es uno de los recursos digitales que ofrece la Biblioteca Pública de Santa Clarita. Esta es una amplia colección de libros electrónicos con imágenes animadas diseñada para niños. Por medio de libros electrónicos que constituyen un recurso literario ideal para los niños que empiezan a leer, Tumblebooks promueve el…
