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There's still plenty of time to join the Summer Reading Program!

Have you joined the  the Palos Verdes Library District’s Summer Reading Program? It’s easy! Drop by Malaga Cove, Miraleste or Peninsula Center Library to pick up a free book bag, bookmark and reading log.  Read any books you like and for every 2  1/2 hours you read, you can collect a  cool patch. Read 15 hours and win a special certificate. You can read and collect patches through August 31st.  Reading in summer helps prepare kids for the school year and it’s fun too. Preschool children can join too, and earn patches when they listen to stories.  Check out our huge collection of books for all ages and interests and make a splash reading this summer!

Our special activities will continue through Aug. 13. Check our on on-line calendar at http://host5.evanced.info/pvld/evanced/eventcalendar.asp?Lib=ALL&EventType=Young+Reader  for details!

This July, the Palos Verdes Library District will host three sessions of “Operation Kid Print”! This free program is available to parents thanks to Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-54th District).  Lowenthal and her staff will help parents create special forms for their own records that include each child’s fingerprints, physical description, and medical information. These forms are kept by parents and are confidential.  Attend one of these fun activities at the library, and make your own KidPrints record!

Wednesday,  July 12, 3-4 PM – Miraleste Library –  Operation Kid Print will be available before, during and after A Day at the Beach Storytime

Thursday, July 22, 10:30 – 11:30 AM – Malaga Cove Library,  - Operation Kid Print will be available before, during and after The Teddy Bear Tea Party

Tuesday, July 27 , 3 – 4PM – Peninsula Center Library – Operation Kid Print will be available before, during and after the  Surf’s up Kids Crafts program

Summer is coming and it will soon be time to read and collect all new patches at the library! This year’s Summer Reading Program, Make a Splash @ Your Library, begins June 1st and continues all summer long. Starting June 1st, you can drop by Malaga Cove, Miraleste or Peninsula Center Library to pick up a free book bag, bookmark and reading log.  Read any books you like and for every 2  1/2 hours you read, you can collect a patch. Read 15 hours and win a special certificate.

Don’t forget our special activities too! We have  fantastic performers, crafts,  games, and movies every week. Check our on-line calendar for details.

Tuesday Showcase — June 15–August 10 at 3:00 pm in the Peninsula Center Community Room

Wonderful Wednesdays — June 16–August 11 at 3:00 pm at the Miraleste Library

Thrilling Thursdays — June 17–August 12 at 10:30 am at the Malaga Cove Library

Friday Films — June 18–August 13 at 3:00 PM in the Peninsula Center Storytime Room

Programs are subject to change without notice.

Calling all kid journalists, ages 6 to 16 …  Write an article on any topic that you think elementary school kids would like to read — and submit it by July 20 — and you just might get it published in the summer issue of the PV Kids News.

Although the free Summer Newswriting Camp, co-sponsored by PressFriends and the Palos Verdes Library District, is now full and can no longer accept more sign-ups, don’t let that stop your journalistic juices from flowing!  Research and write a short article (between 150 and 250 words) or a movie review (on a G or PG-rated movie), type it up, and send it to info@pressfriends.org. 

All submissions must be received no later than July 20.  PressFriends, a group of middle and high school students who volunteer their time as journalism mentors, will read and edit all the articles they receive. Although PressFriends cannot promise to publish every article they receive, they’ll do their best to include as many as possible in the next PV Kids News.  A limited number of print copies of the newsletter will be distributed at each of the three Palos Verdes libraries around August 6-9, and an electronic copy will also be posted on this website (www.pvld.mobi/kids) and on the PressFriends website (http://www.pressfriends.org/).

Looking for article ideas? Read the Spring 2010 PV Kids News.

Join us for a Chinese Yo-Yo Class on Wednesday, May 5th from 4:00-4:45pm in the Peninsula Center Library Community Room. 

Instructors Emily Dai and Jennifer Hsu of the South Bay Chinese School will teach us the basics of the Chinese Yo-Yo. They will demonstrate how to combine Yo-Yo and dance into a fun sport. Join us as we learn the fundamentals of this fun and exciting skill.

 Students in 4th grade -12th grade are invited to attend.

Contact the Peninsula Center Library Young Readers Desk to register: (310) 377-9584 x600.