As you may or may not know, once your fines reach $10 or more, you will not be able to use your library card. This means that no books can be checked out or renewed, holds cannot be placed, room reservations are not possible, and computer use is also on…
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center is a complete database available to you for free from your library! All you need to get started is a computer with internet connection and a library card. Content in the database covers over 140 topics, as well as magazine articles, books and videos that…
I’m so excited about the partial solar eclipse that will be visible from our area on August 21, 2017. If you aren’t able to attend our Friday Fun Day Learn about the Sun Day or Eclipse Viewing Party to pick up a pair of eclipse glasses. Please remember, it is…
There are all kinds of book displays located in every section of the library. One type of display is for “New Books”. What does this really mean? These are books that have been ordered and purchased and have just arrived at the library. These books have never been checked out…
National Summer Learning Day is a national advocacy day aimed at elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe and healthy every summer, ensuring they return to school in the fall ready to succeed in the year. Because learning doesn’t just stop when school does, this year we are…
This blog post title may have instantly conjured images of a parent reading a bedtime picture book to their toddler. And that’s okay! Reading to our children from a very young age is the cornerstone of early literacy and creates a foundation for the love of reading and learning for…
Technology is all around us, and therefore always around our children too. Perhaps you’re guilty of handing off the iPad to your 4 year old so you can get the dishes done. Maybe you use your phone for entertainment if the kids are getting restless at a restaurant. Super long…
Renewing Books is easier than you think! There is more than one way to renew a book, and anyway you choose is just perfectly fine with us. Why is renewing a book important? Well, first of all, nobody wants to have fines. If a child has a book past the…
April 8th and 9th found the Valencia Library celebrating books, spring and Peeps with our Peep Book Dioramas program. Here are samplings of some of the wonderful entries we received this year along with the book that inspired it. I hope to see your entry next year!! …
You are excited about coming to the library because there are so many wonderful books to choose from. There are thousands and thousands of choices!! Of course you do not want to take every book home – or maybe you do! Sometimes you may want to read parts of the…
