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Kids in 1st through 8th grade are invited to celebrate Black History Month by telling about their heroes from African American history! Participants will research the life and accomplishments of their favorite African American hero and at the “Living History Museum” on February 28,  will become that hero! Participants can wear a costume, bring props, play music: anything that will bring that hero to life!

Learn more about this unique event at the  orientation on Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012, 4- 5 PM in the Storytime Room, Peninsula Center Library, or
 call Laura Henry at 310-377-9584, ext 206

The popular Babies in the Library storytime is coming to the Miraleste Library every Tuesday from 11:30 am to 12:00 noon.  Aimed at children ages 6 – 24 months, and their caregivers,  this half hour program includes playtime, a lap sit session with songs and nursery rhymes and stories and board books. Older and younger children are welcome to attend too! This program is on going and no registration is required. For more information, call the Young Readers Desk at 310-377-09584, ext 600.

Here are some tips for making the most of any storytime:

Participate!  Sit with your child and model how much fun it is to listen, see, sing, clap and even dance at Storytime.

Discuss! After Storytime, talk about the books, songs and puppets. Conversations with even the youngest children increase their language development.

 Explore! Look at books, try a coloring sheet, play with puzzles or flannel pieces, or try our Early Literacy computer stations

 Make Friends! When storytime is over, children and adults can socialize and make lifelong friends!

Join us for a fun PressFriends/PV Library District writing workshop for 4th and 5th graders. The free “Arts Galore” workshop will take place on Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 12–4:15 p.m. at the PV Library’s Teen Annex (located next door to the main Peninsula Center library).

As an aspiring news reporter, you will be mentored by the PressFriends group of middle and high school students as we prepare the winter edition of PV Kids News. Bring a book to write a book review, and then we’ll go on a walking field trip to the PV Art Center in the Promenade on the Peninsula and learn how to write art reviews. Each reporter who completes an article will have at least one article published in PV Kids News (either the book review or the art review article).

Registration is required. Space is limited, so sign up soon! To enroll, sign up online.

PressFriends mentor more than 350 elementary students a year and work on more than seven elementary student newspapers. Our motto is Making Friends While Making Writing Fun! For more information, email PressFriends at info@pressfriends.org.

Hope to see you in February.

Join us at one of six sessions! Learn how girls celebrated Christmas throughout American history, make an elegant greeting card,  and enjoy lemonade and cookies!  If you like, bring any favorite doll or stuffed animal.

December 10, 2011    -   10 am—11 am, 1pm—2 pm,  or  3:30 pm—4:30 pm

OR

December 17, 2011    -    10 am—11 am, 1pm—2 pm,  or  3:30 pm—4:30  pm

Space is limited, so please choose one day and time.

Follow these instructions to register online.  Please sign up every person who will attend, including adults.

Go to

http://host5.evanced.info/pvld/evanced/eventcalendar.asp?ag=&et=&kw=doll&dt=mo&mo=12/1/2011&df=list&cn=0&private=0&ln=ALL

Click on the Historical Doll Tea Party session you plan to attend.

Fill in Online Registration Form at the bottom of the page.

Click on Complete Registration.

Registrant will receive an Event Confirmation page with confirmation number.

For more information call the Young Readers Desk at 310-377-9584 ext. 600.

Did you know that The Chronicles of Narnia were originally published in this order:

 #1: The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe, #2 Prince Caspian, #3 Voyage of the Dawn Treader, #4 The Silver Chair, #5 The Horse and His Boy, #6 The Magician’s Nephew, #7 The Last Battle. 

But in  1994, they were reprinted in a different order that put the events of the stories in chronological order, like this:

#1 Magician’s Nephew, #2 The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, #3 The Horse and His Boy, #4 Prince Caspian, #5 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, #6 The Silver Chair, #7 The Last Battle

The nice things is that these books can really be read in any order! Each book is a complete story with no cliff hangers gives enough background so you won’t be confused if you haven’t yet read an earlier book.