Miss Chris is the Youth Services Librarian at the Old Town Newhall Library. She grew up as an only child. Miss Chris loved to entertain herself as a kid by reading a lot of books. Reading is still one of her favorite activities! Some of her favorite adult books to…
Did you know? Blue Whales can be up to 90 feet long and weigh up to 150 tons! Learn all about Balaenoptera musculus (more commonly known as the Blue Whale) on our Amazing Animals database! Put 22 elephants on one side of a balance scale. Put one blue whale on the other. The…
Many parents are surprised to find that we still use Dewey Decimal System in our library. Maybe they haven’t seen it in so long that they forgot it existed. Maybe they heard other libraries were using different systems for non-fiction. Maybe they never learned how to use it in the…
When searching the library catalog it is best to use diverse methods to find what you want. This post will briefly touch on different ways to search for the same subject. At the top of our catalog there three boxes you can select from: Keyword Search For, Search By and…
Angie has been a children’s librarian at the Canyon Country Library for two years. She is the mom of two daughters who are in preschool. Thanks to her girls, Angie can sing all of the “Yo Gabba Gabba “ songs! Angie is the second oldest out of a family of…
A beloved author, Theodore Seuss Geisel is having a birthday on March 2nd and Santa Clarita Library is Celebrating! “By the time Geisel died, he had written forty-eight books that, when combined, had sold more than 200 million copies. Through these books, he spearheaded a movement to make…
So, your child lost a book. It happens. It happens a lot. The worst thing for me to imagine is that a child is afraid to return to the library because she lost a book. She probably thinks that she’s the only kid who has done it. She probably thinks…
Each winter, the American Library Association gives awards for special books that were published during the previous year. Winners for 2015 were announced last week, and – as happens every year – there was excitement, chatter, and surprises! Choosing the winners is a long process. Committees made up of professional librarians from all…
Our Scholastic databases America the Beautiful, The New Book of Knowledge, and Amazing Animals are your go-to digital resource for students seeking authentic nonfiction content and literacy skills. Scholastic offers Award-winning curriculum-aligned content. Scholastic databases help students: Build vocabulary and analytic skills Strive to comprehend increasing levels of text…
This year’s first Dance Party was at Valencia Library with many more to come to both Newhall and Canyon Country libraries. Newhall’s are: February 6th and April 3rd. Canyon Country’s are: February 14th and March 14th. All of them are from 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM and designed for ages…
