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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
