The Palos Verdes Library District Young Readers Department Libarians are now offering free Research Skills Appointments called A+ Research Success! These appointments are for students in elementary, middle and high school. Parents and teachers are welcome too! Stop by the Peninsula Center Library Young Readers Desk to fill out an Appointment Request Form or print out [...]
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
After four days of intensive research and writing, a group of 16 local elementary school students has published the Summer 2010 PV Kids News. The 20-page newsletter features fashion, book and movie reviews as well as interviews with several local notables such as Dr. Kiersten Darrow of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, Gail Phinney of the [...]
Thursday, July 29, 2010
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 [...]
Friday, July 9, 2010
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 [...]
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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 [...]
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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 [...]
Monday, May 3, 2010
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 [...]
Thursday, April 8, 2010
On Thursday, April 22 from 4-5 p.m., in the Peninsula Center Library Community Room, the Peninsula Center Library Young Readers Department staff will host a free Children’s Earth Day Celebration featuring crafts, displays/information, face painting, and games/prizes. Fun for the whole family! No sign ups necessary. Several community groups will attend to provide information on how we can use our resources [...]
Friday, April 2, 2010
Whether you are 6 or 16, you are welcome to submit an article to PV Kids News. PressFriends and the Palos Verdes Library District are offering a kids’ community newsletter to be published two times a year (Fall and Spring). In addition, those kids who attend the PressFriends summer camp (August 2, 3, 4, and [...]
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Alice Ong and Jennifer Jai from the South Bay Chinese School will conduct weekly Chinese Cultural Preschool Storytimes with stories and songs at the Peninsula Center Library. Join us on: Friday, April 9 Friday, April 16 Friday, April 23 Friday, April 30 There are two storytime sessions each Friday: 10:15am – 10:45am (For fluent Chinese speakers) [...]
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